Tipiṭaka

Jātaka 489

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Jātaka

Pakiṇṇakanipāta

Sālikedāravagga

6. Surucijātaka

1 “Mahesī surucino bhariyā,

Ānītā paṭhamaṁ ahaṁ;

Dasa vassasahassāni,

Yaṁ maṁ surucimānayi.

2 Sāhaṁ brāhmaṇa rājānaṁ,

vedehaṁ mithilaggahaṁ;

Nābhijānāmi kāyena,

vācāya uda cetasā;

Suruciṁ atimaññittha,

āvi vā yadi vā raho.

3 Etena saccavajjena,

putto uppajjataṁ ise;

Musā me bhaṇamānāya,

muddhā phalatu sattadhā.

4 Bhattu mama sassu mātā,

pitā cāpi ca sassuro;

Te maṁ brahme vinetāro,

yāva aṭṭhaṁsu jīvitaṁ.

5 Sāhaṁ ahiṁsāratinī,

kāmasā dhammacārinī;

Sakkaccaṁ te upaṭṭhāsiṁ,

rattindivamatanditā.

6 Etena saccavajjena,

putto uppajjataṁ ise;

Musā me bhaṇamānāya,

muddhā phalatu sattadhā.

7 Soḷasitthisahassāni,

sahabhariyāni brāhmaṇa;

Tāsu issā vā kodho vā,

nāhu mayhaṁ kudācanaṁ.

8 Hitena tāsaṁ nandāmi,

na ca me kāci appiyā;

Attānaṁvānukampāmi,

sadā sabbā sapattiyo.

9 Etena saccavajjena,

putto uppajjataṁ ise;

Musā me bhaṇamānāya,

muddhā phalatu sattadhā.

10 Dāse kammakare pesse,

ye caññe anujīvino;

Pesemi sahadhammena,

sadā pamuditindriyā.

11 Etena saccavajjena,

putto uppajjataṁ ise;

Musā me bhaṇamānāya,

muddhā phalatu sattadhā.

12 Samaṇe brāhmaṇe cāpi,

aññe cāpi vanibbake;

Tappemi annapānena,

sadā payatapāṇinī.

13 Etena saccavajjena,

putto uppajjataṁ ise;

Musā me bhaṇamānāya,

muddhā phalatu sattadhā.

14 Cātuddasiṁ pañcaddasiṁ,

Yā ca pakkhassa aṭṭhamī;

Pāṭihāriyapakkhañca,

Aṭṭhaṅgasusamāgataṁ;

Uposathaṁ upavasāmi,

Sadā sīlesu saṁvutā.

15 Etena saccavajjena,

putto uppajjataṁ ise;

Musā me bhaṇamānāya,

muddhā phalatu sattadhā”.

16 “Sabbeva te dhammaguṇā,

rājaputti yasassini;

Saṁvijjanti tayi bhadde,

ye tvaṁ kittesi attani.

17 Khattiyo jātisampanno,

abhijāto yasassimā;

Dhammarājā videhānaṁ,

putto uppajjate tava”.

18 “Dummī rajojalladharo,

aghe vehāyasaṁ ṭhito;

Manuññaṁ bhāsase vācaṁ,

yaṁ mayhaṁ hadayaṅgamaṁ.

19 Devatānusi saggamhā,

isi vāsi mahiddhiko;

Ko vāsi tvaṁ anuppatto,

attānaṁ me pavedaya”.

20 “Yaṁ devasaṅghā vandanti,

sudhammāyaṁ samāgatā;

Sohaṁ sakko sahassakkho,

āgatosmi tavantike.

21 Itthiyo jīvalokasmiṁ,

yā hoti samacārinī;

Medhāvinī sīlavatī,

sassudevā patibbatā.

22 Tādisāya sumedhāya,

sucikammāya nāriyā;

Devā dassanamāyanti,

mānusiyā amānusā.

23 Tvañca bhadde suciṇṇena,

pubbe sucaritena ca;

Idha rājakule jātā,

sabbakāmasamiddhinī.

24 Ayañca te rājaputti,

ubhayattha kaṭaggaho;

Devalokūpapattī ca,

kittī ca idha jīvite.

25 Ciraṁ sumedhe sukhinī,

dhammamattani pālaya;

Esāhaṁ tidivaṁ yāmi,

piyaṁ me tava dassanan”ti.

26 Surucijātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.

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