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The Snake

Uragajātaka

“Concealed within a stone”—This story the Master told at Jetavana, about a soldiers’ quarrel.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.44. Uragajātaka

1.1PTS 2.14“Idhūragānaṁ pavaro paviṭṭho,1.2Selassa vaṇṇena pamokkhamicchaṁ;1.3Brahmañca vaṇṇaṁ apacāyamāno,1.4Bubhukkhito no vitarāmi bhottuṁ”.

2.1“So brahmagutto cirameva jīva,2.2Dibyā ca te pātubhavantu bhakkhā;2.3Yo brahmavaṇṇaṁ apacāyamāno,2.4Bubhukkhito no vitarāsi bhottun”ti.

3.1Uragajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.