Tipiṭaka

Jātaka 421

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Jātaka

Aṭṭhakanipāta

Kaccānivagga

5. Gaṅgamālajātaka

1 “Aṅgārajātā pathavī,

kukkuḷānugatā mahī;

Atha gāyasi vattāni,

na taṁ tapati ātapo.

2 Uddhaṁ tapati ādicco,

adho tapati vālukā;

Atha gāyasi vattāni,

na taṁ tapati ātapo”.

3 “Na maṁ tapati ātapo,

ātapā tapayanti maṁ;

Atthā hi vividhā rāja,

te tapanti na ātapo”.

4 “Addasaṁ kāma te mūlaṁ,

saṅkappā kāma jāyasi;

Na taṁ saṅkappayissāmi,

evaṁ kāma na hehisi”.

5 “Appāpi kāmā na alaṁ,

bahūhipi na tappati;

Ahahā bālalapanā,

parivajjetha jaggato”.

6 “Appassa kammassa phalaṁ mamedaṁ,

Udayo ajjhāgamā mahattapattaṁ;

Suladdhalābho vata māṇavassa,

Yo pabbajī kāmarāgaṁ pahāya”.

7 “Tapasā pajahanti pāpakammaṁ,

Tapasā nhāpitakumbhakārabhāvaṁ;

Tapasā abhibhuyya gaṅgamāla,

Nāmenālapasajja brahmadattaṁ”.

8 “Sandiṭṭhikameva ‘amma’ passatha,

Khantīsoraccassa ayaṁ vipāko;

Yo sabbajanassa vanditohu,

Taṁ vandāma sarājikā samaccā”.

9 “Mā kiñci avacuttha gaṅgamālaṁ,

Muninaṁ monapathesu sikkhamānaṁ;

Eso hi atari aṇṇavaṁ,

Yaṁ taritvā caranti vītasokā”ti.

10 Gaṅgamālajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.

Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Pāli), 2005. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500, World Tipiṭaka Edition in Roman Script, B.E. 2548 (2005), prepared by the M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund. Text and segmenting as published by SuttaCentral, which marks it free of known restrictions under copyright law. Version: bilara-data, published branch at 4b0b8739c (2026-11-05). Source

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