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Ja 1991 min read

The Householder

Gahapatijātaka

“I like not this”—This story the Master told, also about a backsliding Brother, during a sojourn in Jetavana, and in the course of his address he said, “Womankind can never be kept right; somehow or other they will sin and trick their husbands.” And then he told the following story.

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

0.49. Gahapatijātaka

1.1PTS 2.136“Ubhayaṁ me na khamati,1.2ubhayaṁ me na ruccati;1.3Yācāyaṁ koṭṭhamotiṇṇā,1.4nāddasaṁ iti bhāsati.

2.1Taṁ taṁ gāmapati brūmi,2.2kadare appasmi jīvite;2.3Dve māse saṅgaraṁ katvā,2.4maṁsaṁ jaraggavaṁ kisaṁ;2.5Appattakāle codesi,2.6tampi mayhaṁ na ruccatī”ti.

3.1Gahapatijātakaṁ navamaṁ.