Tipiṭaka

Jātaka 476

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Jātaka

Terasakanipāta

Ambavagga

3. Javanahaṁsajātaka

1 “Idheva haṁsa nipata,

piyaṁ me tava dassanaṁ;

Issarosi anuppatto,

yamidhatthi pavedaya”.

2 “Savanena ekassa piyā bhavanti,

Disvā panekassa viyeti chando;

Disvā ca sutvā ca piyā bhavanti,

Kaccinnu me pīyasi dassanena.

3 Savanena piyo mesi,

bhiyyo cāgamma dassanaṁ;

Evaṁ piyadassano me,

vasa haṁsa mamantike”.

4 “Vaseyyāma tavāgāre,

niccaṁ sakkatapūjitā;

Matto ca ekadā vajje,

‘haṁsarājaṁ pacantu me’”.

5 “Dhiratthu taṁ majjapānaṁ,

yaṁ me piyataraṁ tayā;

Na cāpi majjaṁ pissāmi,

yāva me vacchasī ghare”.

6 “Suvijānaṁ siṅgālānaṁ,

sakuṇānañca vassitaṁ;

Manussavassitaṁ rāja,

dubbijānataraṁ tato.

7 Api ce maññatī poso,

ñāti mitto sakhāti vā;

Yo pubbe sumano hutvā,

pacchā sampajjate diso.

8 Yasmiṁ mano nivisati,

avidūre sahāpi so;

Santikepi hi so dūre,

yasmiṁ nāvisate mano.

9 Antopi so hoti pasannacitto,

Pāraṁ samuddassa pasannacitto;

Antopi so hoti paduṭṭhacitto,

Pāraṁ samuddassa paduṭṭhacitto.

10 Saṁvasantā vivasanti,

ye disā te rathesabha;

Ārā santo saṁvasanti,

manasā raṭṭhavaḍḍhana.

11 Aticiraṁ nivāsena,

piyo bhavati appiyo;

Āmanta kho taṁ gacchāma,

purā te homa appiyā”.

12 “Evañce yācamānānaṁ,

Añjaliṁ nāvabujjhasi;

Paricārakānaṁ sataṁ,

Vacanaṁ na karosi no;

Evaṁ taṁ abhiyācāma,

Puna kayirāsi pariyāyaṁ”.

13 “Evañce no viharataṁ,

antarāyo na hessati;

Tuyhañcāpi mahārāja,

mayhañca raṭṭhavaḍḍhana;

Appeva nāma passemu,

ahorattānamaccaye”ti.

14 Javanahaṁsajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.

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