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The Wanderer Who Wore a Leather Jacket

Cammasāṭakajātaka

“The kindly beast”—This story was told by the Master while living at Jetavana, about a mendicant priest who wore a leather jerkin.

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

  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Catukkanipāta
  • 0.3Kuṭidūsakavagga

0.44. Cammasāṭakajātaka

1.1PTS 3.82“Kalyāṇarūpo vatayaṁ catuppado,1.2Subhaddako ceva supesalo ca;1.3Yo brāhmaṇaṁ jātimantūpapannaṁ,1.4Apacāyati meṇḍavaro yasassī”.

2.1PTS 3.83“Mā brāhmaṇa ittaradassanena,2.2Vissāsamāpajji catuppadassa;2.3Daḷhappahāraṁ abhikaṅkhamāno,2.4Avasakkatī dassati suppahāraṁ”.

3.1Ūruṭṭhi bhaggaṁ pavaṭṭito khāribhāro,3.2Sabbañca bhaṇḍaṁ brāhmaṇassa bhinnaṁ;3.3Ubhopi bāhā paggayha kandati,3.4“Abhidhāvatha haññate brahmacārī.

4.1Evaṁ so nihato seti,4.2yo apūjaṁ pasaṁsati;4.3Yathāhamajja pahato,4.4hato meṇḍena dummatī”ti.

5.1Cammasāṭakajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.