Tipiṭaka

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Jātaka

Tiṁsanipāta

Kiṁchandavagga

1. Kiṁchandajātaka

1 “Kiṁchando kimadhippāyo,

eko sammasi ghammani;

Kiṁ patthayāno kiṁ esaṁ,

kena atthena brāhmaṇa”.

2 “Yathā mahā vāridharo,

kumbho supariṇāhavā;

Tathūpamaṁ ambapakkaṁ,

vaṇṇagandharasuttamaṁ.

3 Taṁ vuyhamānaṁ sotena,

disvānāmalamajjhime;

Pāṇīhi naṁ gahetvāna,

agyāyatanamāhariṁ.

4 Tato kadalipattesu,

nikkhipitvā sayaṁ ahaṁ;

Satthena naṁ vikappetvā,

khuppipāsaṁ ahāsi me.

5 Sohaṁ apetadaratho,

Byantībhūto dukhakkhamo;

Assādaṁ nādhigacchāmi,

Phalesvaññesu kesuci.

6 Sosetvā nūna maraṇaṁ,

taṁ mamaṁ āvahissati;

Ambaṁ yassa phalaṁ sādu,

madhuraggaṁ manoramaṁ;

Yamuddhariṁ vuyhamānaṁ,

udadhismā mahaṇṇave.

7 Akkhātaṁ te mayā sabbaṁ,

yasmā upavasāmahaṁ;

Rammaṁ pati nisinnosmi,

puthulomāyutā puthu.

8 Tvañca kho meva akkhāhi,

attānamapalāyini;

Kā vā tvamasi kalyāṇi,

kissa vā tvaṁ sumajjhime.

9 Ruppapaṭṭapalimaṭṭhīva,

byagghīva girisānujā;

Yā santi nāriyo devesu,

devānaṁ paricārikā.

10 Yā ca manussalokasmiṁ,

Rūpenānvāgatitthiyo;

Rūpena te sadisī natthi,

Devesu gandhabbamanussaloke;

Puṭṭhāsi me cārupubbaṅgi,

Brūhi nāmañca bandhave”.

11 “Yaṁ tvaṁ pati nisinnosi,

rammaṁ brāhmaṇa kosikiṁ;

Sāhaṁ bhusālayāvutthā,

varavārivahoghasā.

12 Nānādumagaṇākiṇṇā,

bahukā girikandarā;

Mameva pamukhā honti,

abhisandanti pāvuse.

13 Atho bahū vanatodā,

nīlavārivahindharā;

Bahukā nāgavittodā,

abhisandanti vārinā.

14 Tā ambajambulabujā,

nīpā tālā cudumbarā;

Bahūni phalajātāni,

āvahanti abhiṇhaso.

15 Yaṁ kiñci ubhato tīre,

phalaṁ patati ambuni;

Asaṁsayaṁ taṁ sotassa,

phalaṁ hoti vasānugaṁ.

16 Etadaññāya medhāvi,

puthupañña suṇohi me;

Mā rocaya mabhisaṅgaṁ,

paṭisedha janādhipa.

17 Na vāhaṁ vaḍḍhavaṁ maññe,

Yaṁ tvaṁ raṭṭhābhivaḍḍhana;

Āceyyamāno rājisi,

Maraṇaṁ abhikaṅkhasi.

18 Tassa jānanti pitaro,

gandhabbā ca sadevakā;

Ye cāpi isayo loke,

saññatattā tapassino;

Asaṁsayaṁ tepi jānanti,

paṭṭhabhūtā yasassino”.

19 “Evaṁ viditvā vidū sabbadhammaṁ,

Viddhaṁsanaṁ cavanaṁ jīvitassa;

Na cīyatī tassa narassa pāpaṁ,

Sace na ceteti vadhāya tassa.

20 Isipūgasamaññāte,

evaṁ lokyā viditā sati;

Anariyaparisambhāse,

pāpakammaṁ jigīsasi.

21 Sace ahaṁ marissāmi,

tīre te puthusussoṇi;

Asaṁsayaṁ taṁ asiloko,

mayi pete āgamissati.

22 Tasmā hi pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,

rakkhasseva sumajjhime;

Mā taṁ sabbo jano pacchā,

pakuṭṭhāyi mayi mate”.

23 “Aññātametaṁ avisayhasāhi,

Attānamambañca dadāmi te taṁ;

So duccaje kāmaguṇe pahāya,

Santiñca dhammañca adhiṭṭhitosi.

24 Yo hitvā pubbasaññogaṁ,

pacchā saṁyojane ṭhito;

Adhammañceva carati,

pāpañcassa pavaḍḍhati.

25 Ehi taṁ pāpayissāmi,

kāmaṁ appossuko bhava;

Upānayāmi sītasmiṁ,

viharāhi anussuko.

26 Taṁ puppharasamattebhi,

vakkaṅgehi arindama;

Koñcā mayūrā diviyā,

kolaṭṭhimadhusāḷikā;

Kūjitā haṁsapūgehi,

kokilettha pabodhare.

27 Ambettha vippasākhaggā,

palālakhalasannibhā;

Kosambasaḷalā nīpā,

pakkatālavilambino”.

28 “Mālī tiriṭī kāyūrī,

aṅgadī candanussado;

Rattiṁ tvaṁ paricāresi,

divā vedesi vedanaṁ.

29 Soḷasitthisahassāni,

yā temā paricārikā;

Evaṁ mahānubhāvosi,

abbhuto lomahaṁsano.

30 Kiṁ kammamakarī pubbe,

pāpaṁ attadukhāvahaṁ;

Yaṁ karitvā manussesu,

piṭṭhimaṁsāni khādasi”.

31 “Ajjhenāni paṭiggayha,

kāmesu gadhito ahaṁ;

Acariṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ,

paresaṁ ahitāyahaṁ.

32 Yo piṭṭhimaṁsiko hoti,

evaṁ ukkacca khādati;

Yathāhaṁ ajja khādāmi,

piṭṭhimaṁsāni attano”ti.

33 Kiṁchandajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.

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