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The Fine Foal Fed on Rice-Powder

Kuṇḍakakucchisindhavajātaka

“Grass and the scum of gruel”—This story the Master told at Jetavana about the Elder Sariputta.

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

0.44. Kuṇḍakakucchisindhavajātaka

1.1PTS 2.289“Bhutvā tiṇaparighāsaṁ,1.2bhutvā ācāmakuṇḍakaṁ;1.3Etaṁ te bhojanaṁ āsi,1.4kasmā dāni na bhuñjasi”.

2.1“Yattha posaṁ na jānanti,2.2jātiyā vinayena vā;2.3Bahuṁ tattha mahābrahme,2.4api ācāmakuṇḍakaṁ.

3.1Tvañca kho maṁ pajānāsi,3.2yādisāyaṁ hayuttamo;3.3Jānanto jānamāgamma,3.4na te bhakkhāmi kuṇḍakan”ti.

4.1Kuṇḍakakucchisindhavajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.