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The One King

Ekarājajātaka

“O monarch that erst”—This story the Master told while dwelling at Jetavana, about a courtier of the king of Kosala. The circumstances that suggested the story have been already related in the Seyyamsa Birth. On this occasion the Master said, “You are not the only one who got good out of evil: wise men of old also got good out of evil.” And he told an old-world story.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Catukkanipāta
0.3Kāliṅgavagga

0.43. Ekarājajātaka

1.1PTS 3.14“Anuttare kāmaguṇe samiddhe,1.2Bhutvāna pubbe vasī ekarāja;1.3So dāni dugge narakamhi khitto,1.4Nappajjahe vaṇṇabalaṁ purāṇaṁ”.
2.1“Pubbeva khantī ca tapo ca mayhaṁ,2.2Sampatthitā dubbhisena ahosi;2.3Taṁ dāni laddhāna kathaṁ nu rāja,2.4Jahe ahaṁ vaṇṇabalaṁ purāṇaṁ.
3.1Sabbā kirevaṁ pariniṭṭhitāni,3.2Yasassinaṁ paññavantaṁ visayha;3.3Yaso ca laddhā purimaṁ uḷāraṁ,3.4Nappajjahe vaṇṇabalaṁ purāṇaṁ.
4.1Panujja dukkhena sukhaṁ janinda,4.2Sukhena vā dukkhamasayhasāhi;4.3Ubhayattha santo abhinibbutattā,4.4Sukhe ca dukkhe ca bhavanti tulyā”ti.

5.1Ekarājajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.