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The Messenger

Dūtajātaka

“O king, the Belly’s messenger”—This story the Master told while staying at Jetavana, about a Brother who was addicted to covetousness. The circumstances will be given at large under the Kaka Birth, in Book the Ninth. Here again the Master told the Brother, “You were greedy before, Brother, as you are now; and in olden days for your greed you had your head cleft with a sword.” Then he told an old-world story.

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

0.1Jātaka
0.2Tikanipāta
0.3Saṅkappavagga

0.410. Dūtajātaka

1.1PTS 2.320“Yassatthā dūramāyanti,1.2amittamapi yācituṁ;1.3Tassūdarassahaṁ dūto,1.4mā me kujjha rathesabha”.
2.1“Yassa divā ca ratto ca,2.2vasamāyanti māṇavā;2.3Tassūdarassahaṁ dūto,2.4mā me kujjha rathesabha.
3.1Dadāmi te brāhmaṇa rohiṇīnaṁ,3.2Gavaṁ sahassaṁ saha puṅgavena;3.3Dūto hi dūtassa kathaṁ na dajjaṁ,3.4Mayampi tasseva bhavāma dūtā”ti.

4.1Dūtajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

4.2Saṅkappavaggo paṭhamo.

5.1Tassuddānaṁ

6.1Usukāravaro tilamuṭṭhi maṇi,6.2Hayarāja vihaṅgama āsiviso;6.3Janasandha kahāpaṇavassa puna,6.4Tiriṭaṁ puna dūtavarena dasāti.