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The Fouled Well

Udapānadūsakajātaka

“This well a forest-anchorite”—This story the Master told whilst dwelling at Isipatana, about a Jackal that fouled a well.

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

0.41. Udapānadūsakajātaka

1.1PTS 2.354“Āraññikassa isino,1.2cirarattatapassino;1.3Kicchākataṁ udapānaṁ,1.4kathaṁ samma avāhayi”.

2.1PTS 2.355“Esa dhammo siṅgālānaṁ,2.2yaṁ pitvā ohadāmase;2.3Pitupitāmahaṁ dhammo,2.4na taṁ ujjhātumarahasi”.

3.1“Yesaṁ vo ediso dhammo,3.2Adhammo pana kīdiso;3.3Mā vo dhammaṁ adhammaṁ vā,3.4Addasāma kudācanan”ti.

4.1Udapānadūsakajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.