Tipiṭaka

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Jātaka

Sattakanipāta

Gandhāravagga

2. Mahākapijātaka

1 “Attānaṁ saṅkamaṁ katvā,

Yo sotthiṁ samatārayi;

Kiṁ tvaṁ tesaṁ kime tuyhaṁ,

Honti ete mahākapi”.

2 “Rājāhaṁ issaro tesaṁ,

yūthassa parihārako;

Tesaṁ sokaparetānaṁ,

bhītānaṁ te arindama.

3 Ullaṅghayitvā attānaṁ,

vissaṭṭhadhanuno sataṁ;

Tato aparapādesu,

daḷhaṁ bandhaṁ latāguṇaṁ.

4 Chinnabbhamiva vātena,

Nuṇṇo rukkhaṁ upāgamiṁ;

Sohaṁ appabhavaṁ tattha,

Sākhaṁ hatthehi aggahiṁ.

5 Taṁ maṁ viyāyataṁ santaṁ,

sākhāya ca latāya ca;

Samanukkamantā pādehi,

sotthiṁ sākhāmigā gatā.

6 Taṁ maṁ na tapate bandho,

mato me na tapessati;

Sukhamāharitaṁ tesaṁ,

yesaṁ rajjamakārayiṁ.

7 Esā te upamā rāja,

taṁ suṇohi arindama;

Raññā raṭṭhassa yoggassa,

balassa nigamassa ca;

Sabbesaṁ sukhameṭṭhabbaṁ,

khattiyena pajānatā”ti.

8 Mahākapijātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.

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