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The Copper Pots of Hell

Lohakumbhijātaka

“Due share of wealth”—This story the Master, while living at Jetavana, told concerning a king of Kosala.

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

0.44. Lohakumbhijātaka

1.1PTS 3.47“Dujjīvitamajīvimha,1.2ye sante na dadamhase;1.3Vijjamānesu bhogesu,1.4dīpaṁ nākamha attano”.

2.1“Saṭṭhi vassasahassāni,2.2paripuṇṇāni sabbaso;2.3Niraye paccamānānaṁ,2.4kadā anto bhavissati”.

3.1“Natthi anto kuto anto,3.2na anto paṭidissati;3.3Tadā hi pakataṁ pāpaṁ,3.4mama tuyhañca mārisā”.

4.1“Sohaṁ nūna ito gantvā,4.2yoniṁ laddhāna mānusiṁ;4.3Vadaññū sīlasampanno,4.4kāhāmi kusalaṁ bahun”ti.

5.1Lohakumbhijātakaṁ catutthaṁ.