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Ripe are the Figs

Udumbarajātaka

“Ripe are the figs”—This story the Master told at Jetavana, about a certain Brother, who had made a hermitage to live in at a certain village on the frontier.

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

0.48. Udumbarajātaka

1.1PTS 2.445“Udumbarā cime pakkā,1.2nigrodhā ca kapitthanā;1.3Ehi nikkhama bhuñjassu,1.4kiṁ jighacchāya miyyasi”.

2.1PTS 2.446“Evaṁ so suhito hoti,2.2yo vuḍḍhamapacāyati;2.3Yathāhamajja suhito,2.4dumapakkāni māsito”.

3.1“Yaṁ vanejo vanejassa,3.2vañceyya kapino kapi;3.3Daharo kapi saddheyya,3.4na hi jiṇṇo jarākapī”ti.

4.1Udumbarajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.