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The Tortoise

Kacchapajātaka

“Who is the one who brings the food”—This story the Master told during a stay in Jetavana, how a quarrel was made up between two magnates of the king’s court in Kosala. The circumstances have been told in the Second Book.

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

0.43. Kacchapajātaka

1.1PTS 2.360“Ko nu uddhitabhattova,1.2pūrahatthova brāhmaṇo;1.3Kahaṁ nu bhikkhaṁ acari,1.4kaṁ saddhaṁ upasaṅkami”.

2.1“Ahaṁ kapismi dummedho,2.2anāmāsāni āmasiṁ;2.3Tvaṁ maṁ mocaya bhaddaṁ te,2.4mutto gaccheyya pabbataṁ”.

3.1“Kacchapā kassapā honti,3.2Koṇḍaññā honti makkaṭā;3.3Muñca kassapa koṇḍaññaṁ,3.4Kataṁ methunakaṁ tayā”ti.

4.1Kacchapajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.