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Drinking Sea Water

Samuddajātaka

“Over the salt sea wave”—This story the Master told at Jetavana, about Elder Upananda. This man was a great eater and drinker; there was no satisfying him even with cartloads of provisions.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Tikanipāta
0.3Kumbhavagga

0.46. Samuddajātaka

1.1PTS 2.442“Ko nāyaṁ loṇatoyasmiṁ,1.2samantā paridhāvati;1.3Macche makare ca vāreti,1.4ūmīsu ca vihaññati”.
2.1“Anantapāyī sakuṇo,2.2atittoti disāsuto;2.3Samuddaṁ pātumicchāmi,2.4sāgaraṁ saritaṁ patiṁ”.
3.1“So ayaṁ hāyati ceva,3.2pūrate ca mahodadhi;3.3Nāssa nāyati pītanto,3.4apeyyo kira sāgaro”ti.

4.1Samuddajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.