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A Barbed Arrow

Vikaṇṇajātaka

“The barb is in your back”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about a backsliding brother.

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

0.1Jātaka
0.2Dukanipāta
0.3Upāhanavagga

0.43. Vikaṇṇajātaka

1.1PTS 2.228“Kāmaṁ yahiṁ icchasi tena gaccha,1.2Viddhosi mammamhi vikaṇṇakena;1.3Hatosi bhattena suvāditena,1.4Lolo ca macche anubandhamāno”.
2.1“Evampi lokāmisaṁ opatanto,2.2Vihaññatī cittavasānuvattī;2.3So haññatī ñātisakhāna majjhe,2.4Macchānugo soriva suṁsumāro”ti.

3.1Vikaṇṇajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.