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The Seat

Pīṭhajātaka

“Alas! we offered thee”—This story the Master told while living at Jetavana, about a certain Brother.

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

0.47. Pīṭhajātaka

1.1PTS 3.120“Na te pīṭhamadāyimhā,1.2na pānaṁ napi bhojanaṁ;1.3Brahmacāri khamassu me,1.4etaṁ passāmi accayaṁ”.

2.1“Nevābhisajjāmi na cāpi kuppe,2.2Na cāpi me appiyamāsi kiñci;2.3Athopi me āsi manovitakko,2.4Etādiso nūna kulassa dhammo”.

3.1“Esasmākaṁ kule dhammo,3.2pitupitāmaho sadā;3.3Āsanaṁ udakaṁ pajjaṁ,3.4sabbetaṁ nipadāmase.

4.1Esasmākaṁ kule dhammo,4.2pitupitāmaho sadā;4.3Sakkaccaṁ upatiṭṭhāma,4.4uttamaṁ viya ñātakan”ti.

5.1Pīṭhajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.