Tipiṭaka

Jātaka 463

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Jātaka

Ekādasakanipāta

Mātuposakavagga

9. Suppārakajātaka

1 “Ummujjanti nimujjanti,

manussā khuranāsikā;

Suppārakaṁ taṁ pucchāma,

samuddo katamo ayaṁ”.

2 “Kurukacchā payātānaṁ,

vāṇijānaṁ dhanesinaṁ;

Nāvāya vippanaṭṭhāya,

khuramālīti vuccati”.

3 “Yathā aggīva suriyova,

samuddo paṭidissati;

Suppārakaṁ taṁ pucchāma,

samuddo katamo ayaṁ”.

4 “Kurukacchā payātānaṁ,

vāṇijānaṁ dhanesinaṁ;

Nāvāya vippanaṭṭhāya,

aggimālīti vuccati”.

5 “Yathā dadhīva khīraṁva,

samuddo paṭidissati;

Suppārakaṁ taṁ pucchāma,

samuddo katamo ayaṁ”.

6 “Kurukacchā payātānaṁ,

vāṇijānaṁ dhanesinaṁ;

Nāvāya vippanaṭṭhāya,

dadhimālīti vuccati”.

7 “Yathā kusova sassova,

samuddo paṭidissati;

Suppārakaṁ taṁ pucchāma,

samuddo katamo ayaṁ”.

8 “Kurukacchā payātānaṁ,

vāṇijānaṁ dhanesinaṁ;

Nāvāya vippanaṭṭhāya,

kusamālīti vuccati”.

9 “Yathā naḷova veḷūva,

samuddo paṭidissati;

Suppārakaṁ taṁ pucchāma,

samuddo katamo ayaṁ”.

10 “Kurukacchā payātānaṁ,

vāṇijānaṁ dhanesinaṁ;

Nāvāya vippanaṭṭhāya,

naḷamālīti vuccati”.

11 “Mahabbhayo bhiṁsanako,

saddo suyyatimānuso;

Yathā sobbho papātova,

samuddo paṭidissati;

Suppārakaṁ taṁ pucchāma,

samuddo katamo ayaṁ”.

12 “Kurukacchā payātānaṁ,

vāṇijānaṁ dhanesinaṁ;

Nāvāya vippanaṭṭhāya,

baḷavāmukhīti vuccati.

13 Yato sarāmi attānaṁ,

Yato pattosmi viññutaṁ;

Nābhijānāmi sañcicca,

Ekapāṇampi hiṁsitaṁ;

Etena saccavajjena,

Sotthiṁ nāvā nivattatū”ti.

14 Suppārakajātakaṁ navamaṁ.

15 Ekādasakanipātaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

16 Tassuddānaṁ

17 Sirimātusuposakanāgavaro,

Puna juṇhaka dhammamudayavaro;

Atha pāni yudhañcayako ca dasa-

Ratha saṁvara pāragatena navāti.

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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