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Palāsajātaka

“Why, Brahmin, though”—The Master, when he was stretched upon the bed of death, told this story of the Elder Ananda.

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

  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Catukkanipāta
  • 0.3Kāliṅgavagga

0.47. Palāsajātaka

1.1PTS 3.24“Acetanaṁ brāhmaṇa assuṇantaṁ,1.2Jāno ajānantamimaṁ palāsaṁ;1.3Āraddhaviriyo dhuvaṁ appamatto,1.4Sukhaseyyaṁ pucchasi kissa hetu”.

2.1“Dūre suto ceva brahā ca rukkho,2.2Dese ṭhito bhūtanivāsarūpo;2.3Tasmā namassāmi imaṁ palāsaṁ,2.4Ye cettha bhūtā te dhanassa hetu”.

3.1“So te karissāmi yathānubhāvaṁ,3.2Kataññutaṁ brāhmaṇa pekkhamāno;3.3Kathañhi āgamma sataṁ sakāse,3.4Moghāni te assu pariphanditāni.

4.1Yo tindukarukkhassa paro pilakkho,4.2Parivārito pubbayañño uḷāro;4.3Tassesa mūlasmiṁ nidhi nikhāto,4.4Adāyādo gaccha taṁ uddharāhī”ti.

5.1Palāsajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.