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One Who Ruined a Hut

Kuṭidūsakajātaka

“Monkey, in feet”—This was a story told by the Master while dwelling at Jetavana, about a young disciple who burnt down the hut of leaves of the elder Mahakassapa.

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

  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Catukkanipāta
  • 0.3Kuṭidūsakavagga

0.41. Kuṭidūsakajātaka

1.1PTS 3.73“Manussasseva te sīsaṁ,1.2hatthapādā ca vānara;1.3Atha kena nu vaṇṇena,1.4agāraṁ te na vijjati”.

2.1“Manussasseva me sīsaṁ,2.2hatthapādā ca siṅgila;2.3Yāhu seṭṭhā manussesu,2.4sā me paññā na vijjati”.

3.1“Anavaṭṭhitacittassa,3.2lahucittassa dubbhino;3.3Niccaṁ addhuvasīlassa,3.4sukhabhāvo na vijjati.

4.1PTS 3.74So karassu ānubhāvaṁ,4.2vītivattassu sīliyaṁ;4.3Sītavātaparittāṇaṁ,4.4karassu kuṭavaṁ kapī”ti.

5.1Kuṭidūsakajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.