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A School of Fish

Macchuddānajātaka

“Who could believe the story”—This story the Master told at Jetavana about a dishonest merchant. The circumstances have been told above.

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

0.48. Macchuddānajātaka

1.1PTS 2.425“Agghanti macchā adhikaṁ sahassaṁ,1.2Na so atthi yo imaṁ saddaheyya;1.3Mayhañca assu idha satta māsā,1.4Ahampi taṁ macchuddānaṁ kiṇeyyaṁ”.

2.1“Macchānaṁ bhojanaṁ datvā,2.2mama dakkhiṇamādisi;2.3Taṁ dakkhiṇaṁ sarantiyā,2.4kataṁ apacitiṁ tayā”.

3.1PTS 2.426“Paduṭṭhacittassa na phāti hoti,3.2Na cāpi taṁ devatā pūjayanti;3.3Yo bhātaraṁ pettikaṁ sāpateyyaṁ,3.4Avañcayī dukkaṭakammakārī”ti.

4.1Macchuddānajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.