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Kosiyajātaka

“There is a time”—A story told by the Master at Jetavana, about the king of Kosala. This king started to quell a border rising at a bad season of the year. The circumstances have been described already. The Master as before told the king a story.

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

0.46. Kosiyajātaka

1.1PTS 2.208“Kāle nikkhamanā sādhu,1.2nākāle sādhu nikkhamo;1.3Akālena hi nikkhamma,1.4ekakampi bahujjano;1.5Na kiñci atthaṁ joteti,1.6dhaṅkasenāva kosiyaṁ.

2.1Dhīro ca vidhividhānaññū,2.2paresaṁ vivarānugū;2.3Sabbāmitte vasīkatvā,2.4kosiyova sukhī siyā”ti.

3.1Kosiyajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.