Tipiṭaka

Jātaka 474

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Jātaka

Terasakanipāta

Ambavagga

1. Ambajātaka

1 “Ahāsi me ambaphalāni pubbe,

Aṇūni thūlāni ca brahmacāri;

Teheva mantehi na dāni tuyhaṁ,

Dumapphalā pātubhavanti brahme”.

2 “Nakkhattayogaṁ paṭimānayāmi,

Khaṇaṁ muhuttañca mante na passaṁ;

Nakkhattayogañca khaṇañca laddhā,

Addhāharissambaphalaṁ pahūtaṁ”.

3 “Nakkhattayogaṁ na pure abhāṇi,

Khaṇaṁ muhuttaṁ na pure asaṁsi;

Sayaṁ harī ambaphalaṁ pahūtaṁ,

Vaṇṇena gandhena rasenupetaṁ.

4 Mantābhijappena pure hi tuyhaṁ,

Dumapphalā pātubhavanti brahme;

Svājja na pāresi jappampi mantaṁ,

Ayaṁ so ko nāma tavajja dhammo”.

5 “Caṇḍālaputto mama sampadāsi,

Dhammena mante pakatiñca saṁsi;

Mā cassu me pucchito nāmagottaṁ,

Guyhittho atthaṁ vijaheyya manto.

6 Sohaṁ janindena janamhi puṭṭho,

Makkhābhibhūto alikaṁ abhāṇiṁ;

‘Mantā ime brāhmaṇassā’ti micchā,

Pahīnamanto kapaṇo rudāmi”.

7 “Eraṇḍā pucimandā vā,

atha vā pālibhaddakā;

Madhuṁ madhutthiko vinde,

so hi tassa dumuttamo.

8 Khattiyā brāhmaṇā vessā,

suddā caṇḍālapukkusā;

Yamhā dhammaṁ vijāneyya,

so hi tassa naruttamo.

9 Imassa daṇḍañca vadhañca datvā,

Gale gahetvā khalayātha jammaṁ;

Yo uttamatthaṁ kasirena laddhaṁ,

Mānātimānena vināsayittha”.

10 “Yathā samaṁ maññamāno pateyya,

Sobbhaṁ guhaṁ narakaṁ pūtipādaṁ;

Rajjūti vā akkame kaṇhasappaṁ,

Andho yathā jotimadhiṭṭhaheyya;

Evampi maṁ tvaṁ khalitaṁ sapañña,

Pahīnamantassa punappadāhi”.

11 “Dhammena mantaṁ tava sampadāsiṁ,

Tuvampi dhammena pariggahesi;

Pakatimpi te attamano asaṁsiṁ,

Dhamme ṭhitaṁ taṁ na jaheyya manto.

12 Yo bāla mantaṁ kasirena laddhaṁ,

Yaṁ dullabhaṁ ajja manussaloke;

Kiñcāpi laddhā jīvituṁ appapañño,

Vināsayī alikaṁ bhāsamāno.

13 Bālassa mūḷhassa akataññuno ca,

Musā bhaṇantassa asaññatassa;

Mante mayaṁ tādisake na dema,

Kuto mantā gaccha na mayha ruccasī”ti.

14 Ambajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.

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