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The Farmer’s Son Somadatta

Somadattajātaka

“All the year long never ceasing”—This story the Master told while dwelling at Jetavana, about Elder Laludayi, or Udayi the Simpleton.

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

  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Dukanipāta
  • 0.3Bīraṇathambhavagga

0.41. Somadattajātaka

1.1PTS 2.166“Akāsi yoggaṁ dhuvamappamatto,1.2Saṁvaccharaṁ bīraṇathambhakasmiṁ;1.3Byākāsi saññaṁ parisaṁ vigayha,1.4Na niyyamo tāyati appapaññaṁ”.

2.1PTS 2.167“Dvayaṁ yācanako tāta,2.2somadatta nigacchati;2.3Alābhaṁ dhanalābhaṁ vā,2.4evaṁ dhammā hi yācanā”ti.

3.1Somadattajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.