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The Partridge

Tittirajātaka

“Happy life”—This was a story told by the Master while living in the Badarika Monastery near Kosambī, regarding the elder Rahula. The introductory story has been already related in full in the Tipallattha Birth.

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

0.49. Tittirajātaka

1.1“Susukhaṁ vata jīvāmi,1.2labhāmi ceva bhuñjituṁ;1.3Paripanthe ca tiṭṭhāmi,1.4kā nu bhante gatī mama”.

2.1“Mano ce te nappaṇamati,2.2pakkhi pāpassa kammuno;2.3Abyāvaṭassa bhadrassa,2.4na pāpamupalimpati”.

3.1“Ñātako no nisinnoti,3.2bahu āgacchate jano;3.3Paṭicca kammaṁ phusati,3.4tasmiṁ me saṅkate mano”.

4.1PTS 3.66“Na paṭicca kammaṁ phusati,4.2mano ce nappadussati;4.3Appossukkassa bhadrassa,4.4na pāpamupalimpatī”ti.

5.1Tittirajātakaṁ navamaṁ.