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The Slow Tortoise

Gajakumbhajātaka

“Should a flame sweep”—This story was told by the Master at Jetavana, concerning a slothful Brother. He was, it was said, of gentle birth and lived at Savatthi. And after giving a hearty assent to the doctrine and taking orders, he became slothful.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Catukkanipāta
0.3Cūḷakuṇālavagga

0.45. Gajakumbhajātaka

1.1PTS 3.140“Vanaṁ yadaggi dahati,1.2pāvako kaṇhavattanī;1.3Kathaṁ karosi pacalaka,1.4evaṁ dandhaparakkamo”.
2.1“Bahūni rukkhachiddāni,2.2pathabyā vivarāni ca;2.3Tāni ce nābhisambhoma,2.4hoti no kālapariyāyo”.
3.1PTS 3.141“Yo dandhakāle tarati,3.2taraṇīye ca dandhati;3.3Sukkhapaṇṇaṁva akkamma,3.4atthaṁ bhañjati attano.
4.1Yo dandhakāle dandheti,4.2taraṇīye ca tārayi;4.3Sasīva rattiṁ vibhajaṁ,4.4tassattho paripūratī”ti.

5.1Gajakumbhajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.