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The Cooked Lizard

Pakkagodhajātaka

“Then wert thou”—This is a story told by the Master while at Jetavana, of a certain landowner.

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

0.43. Pakkagodhajātaka

1.1PTS 3.108“Tadeva me tvaṁ vidito,1.2vanamajjhe rathesabha;1.3Yassa te khaggabaddhassa,1.4sannaddhassa tirīṭino;1.5Assatthadumasākhāya,1.6pakkā godhā palāyatha”.

2.1“Name namantassa bhaje bhajantaṁ,2.2Kiccānukubbassa kareyya kiccaṁ;2.3Nānatthakāmassa kareyya atthaṁ,2.4Asambhajantampi na sambhajeyya.

3.1Caje cajantaṁ vanathaṁ na kayirā,3.2Apetacittena na sambhajeyya;3.3Dijo dumaṁ khīṇaphalanti ñatvā,3.4Aññaṁ samekkheyya mahā hi loko”.

4.1PTS 3.109“So te karissāmi yathānubhāvaṁ,4.2Kataññutaṁ khattiye pekkhamāno;4.3Sabbañca te issariyaṁ dadāmi,4.4Yassicchasī tassa tuvaṁ dadāmī”ti.

5.1Pakkagodhajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.