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The Buffalo King

Mahiṁsarājajātaka

“Why do yore patiently”—This story the Master told at Jetavana, about a certain impertinent monkey.

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

0.48. Mahiṁsarājajātaka

1.1PTS 2.386“Kimatthamabhisandhāya,1.2lahucittassa dubbhino;1.3Sabbakāmadadasseva,1.4imaṁ dukkhaṁ titikkhasi.

2.1Siṅgena nihanāhetaṁ,2.2padasā ca adhiṭṭhaha;2.3Bhiyyo bālā pakujjheyyuṁ,2.4no cassa paṭisedhako”.

3.1“Mamevāyaṁ maññamāno,3.2aññepevaṁ karissati;3.3Te naṁ tattha vadhissanti,3.4sā me mutti bhavissatī”ti.

4.1Mahiṁsarājajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.