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The Pig Named Celery

Sālūkajātaka

“Envy not what Celery eats”—This story the Master told in Jetavana, about the temptation springing from a fat girl. The circumstances will be explained in the Cullanaradakassapa story.

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

0.46. Sālūkajātaka

1.1PTS 2.420“Mā sālūkassa pihayi,1.2āturannāni bhuñjati;1.3Appossukko bhusaṁ khāda,1.4etaṁ dīghāyulakkhaṇaṁ.

2.1Idāni so idhāgantvā,2.2atithī yuttasevako;2.3Atha dakkhasi sālūkaṁ,2.4sayantaṁ musaluttaraṁ”.

3.1Vikantaṁ sūkaraṁ disvā,3.2sayantaṁ musaluttaraṁ;3.3Jaraggavā vicintesuṁ,3.4varamhākaṁ bhusāmivāti.

4.1Sālūkajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.