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King Yellow the Great

Mahāpiṅgalajātaka

“The Yellow King”—This story the Master told at the Jetavana Park, about Devadatta the heretic.

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

0.410. Mahāpiṅgalajātaka

1.1PTS 2.241“Sabbo jano hiṁsito piṅgalena,1.2Tasmiṁ mate paccayā vedayanti;1.3Piyo nu te āsi akaṇhanetto,1.4Kasmā nu tvaṁ rodasi dvārapāla”.

2.1PTS 2.242“Na me piyo āsi akaṇhanetto,2.2Bhāyāmi paccāgamanāya tassa;2.3Ito gato hiṁseyya maccurājaṁ,2.4So hiṁsito āneyya puna idha”.

3.1“Daḍḍho vāhasahassehi,3.2sitto ghaṭasatehi so;3.3Parikkhatā ca sā bhūmi,3.4mā bhāyi nāgamissatī”ti.

4.1Mahāpiṅgalajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

4.2Upāhanavaggo navamo.

5.1Tassuddānaṁ

6.1Varupāhana khujja vikaṇṇakako,6.2Asitābhuya pañcamavacchanakho;6.3Dija pemavaruttamaekapadaṁ,6.4Kumināmukha piṅgalakena dasāti.