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King Mandhātā

Mandhātujātaka

“Wherever sun and moon”—This story the Master told during a stay at Jetavana, about a backsliding brother.

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

0.48. Mandhātujātaka

1.1PTS 2.313“Yāvatā candimasūriyā,1.2Pariharanti disā bhanti virocanā;1.3Sabbeva dāsā mandhātu,1.4Ye pāṇā pathavissitā.

2.1Na kahāpaṇavassena,2.2titti kāmesu vijjati;2.3Appassādā dukhā kāmā,2.4iti viññāya paṇḍito.

3.1Api dibbesu kāmesu,3.2ratiṁ so nādhigacchati;3.3Taṇhakkhayarato hoti,3.4sammāsambuddhasāvako”ti.

4.1Mandhātujātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.