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The Flowering Oleander

Kaṇaverajātaka

“’Twas the joyous time”—This was a story told by the Master at Jetavana, about a Brother who was tempted by thoughts of the wife he had left. The circumstances that led up to the story will be set forth in the Indriya Birth.

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

0.1Jātaka
0.2Catukkanipāta
0.3Pucimandavagga

0.48. Kaṇaverajātaka

1.1PTS 3.62“Yaṁ taṁ vasantasamaye,1.2kaṇaveresu bhāṇusu;1.3Sāmaṁ bāhāya pīḷesi,1.4sā taṁ ārogyamabravi”.
2.1“Ambho na kira saddheyyaṁ,2.2yaṁ vāto pabbataṁ vahe;2.3Pabbatañce vahe vāto,2.4sabbampi pathaviṁ vahe;2.5Yattha sāmā kālakatā,2.6sā maṁ ārogyamabravi”.
3.1PTS 3.63“Na ceva sā kālakatā,3.2na ca sā aññamicchati;3.3Ekabhattikinī sāmā,3.4tameva abhikaṅkhati”.
4.1“Asanthutaṁ maṁ cirasanthutena,4.2Nimīni sāmā adhuvaṁ dhuvena;4.3Mayāpi sāmā nimineyya aññaṁ,4.4Ito ahaṁ dūrataraṁ gamissan”ti.

5.1Kaṇaverajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.