Tipiṭaka

Jātaka 464

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Jātaka

Dvādasakanipāta

Cūḷakuṇālavagga

1. Cūḷakuṇālajātaka

1 “Luddhānaṁ lahucittānaṁ,

akataññūna dubbhinaṁ;

Nādevasatto puriso,

thīnaṁ saddhātumarahati.

2 Na tā pajānanti kataṁ na kiccaṁ,

Na mātaraṁ pitaraṁ bhātaraṁ vā;

Anariyā samatikkantadhammā,

Sasseva cittassa vasaṁ vajanti.

3 Cirānuvutthampi piyaṁ manāpaṁ,

Anukampakaṁ pāṇasamampi bhattuṁ;

Āvāsu kiccesu ca naṁ jahanti,

Tasmāhamitthīnaṁ na vissasāmi.

4 Thīnañhi cittaṁ yathā vānarassa,

Kannappakannaṁ yathā rukkhachāyā;

Calācalaṁ hadayamitthiyānaṁ,

Cakkassa nemi viya parivattati.

5 Yadā tā passanti samekkhamānā,

Ādeyyarūpaṁ purisassa vittaṁ;

Saṇhāhi vācāhi nayanti menaṁ,

Kambojakā jalajeneva assaṁ.

6 Yadā na passanti samekkhamānā,

Ādeyyarūpaṁ purisassa vittaṁ;

Samantato naṁ parivajjayanti,

Tiṇṇo nadīpāragatova kullaṁ.

7 Silesūpamā sikhiriva sabbabhakkhā,

Tikkhamāyā nadīriva sīghasotā;

Sevanti hetā piyamappiyañca,

Nāvā yathā orakūlaṁ parañca.

8 Na tā ekassa na dvinnaṁ,

āpaṇova pasārito;

Yo tā mayhanti maññeyya,

vātaṁ jālena bādhaye.

9 Yathā nadī ca pantho ca,

pānāgāraṁ sabhā papā;

Evaṁ lokitthiyo nāma,

velā tāsaṁ na vijjati.

10 Ghatāsanasamā etā,

kaṇhasappasirūpamā;

Gāvo bahitiṇasseva,

omasanti varaṁ varaṁ.

11 Ghatāsanaṁ kuñjaraṁ kaṇhasappaṁ,

Muddhābhisittaṁ pamadā ca sabbā;

Ete naro niccayato bhajetha,

Tesaṁ have dubbidu sabbabhāvo.

12 Naccantavaṇṇā na bahūnaṁ kantā,

Na dakkhiṇā pamadā sevitabbā;

Na parassa bhariyā na dhanassa hetu,

Etitthiyo pañca na sevitabbā”ti.

13 Cūḷakuṇālajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.

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