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Don’t Weep For the Dead

Matarodanajātaka

“Weep for the living”—The Master while in residence at Jetavana told this story of a certain landowner who dwelt at Savatthi.

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

0.47. Matarodanajātaka

1.1PTS 3.57“Mataṁ mataṁ evaṁ rodatha,1.2Na hi taṁ rodatha yo marissati;1.3Sabbepi sarīradhārino,1.4Anupubbena jahanti jīvitaṁ.

2.1Devamanussā catuppadā,2.2Pakkhigaṇā uragā ca bhogino;2.3Samhi sarīre anissarā,2.4Ramamānāva jahanti jīvitaṁ.

3.1Evaṁ calitaṁ asaṇṭhitaṁ,3.2Sukhadukkhaṁ manujesvapekkhiya;3.3Kanditaruditaṁ niratthakaṁ,3.4Kiṁ vo sokagaṇābhikīrare.

4.1Dhuttā ca soṇḍā akatā,4.2bālā sūrā ayogino;4.3Dhīraṁ maññanti bāloti,4.4ye dhammassa akovidā”ti.

5.1Matarodanajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.