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The Iron Hammer

Ayakūṭajātaka

“Why in mid air”—This story the Master, while dwelling at Jetavana, told concerning the duty of doing good to men. The incident that led to the story will be set forth in the Mahakanha Birth.

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

  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Catukkanipāta
  • 0.3Cūḷakuṇālavagga

0.47. Ayakūṭajātaka

1.1PTS 3.146“Sabbāyasaṁ kūṭamatippamāṇaṁ,1.2Paggayha yo tiṭṭhasi antalikkhe;1.3Rakkhāya me tvaṁ vihito nusajja,1.4Udāhu me cetayase vadhāya”.

2.1“Dūto ahaṁ rājidha rakkhasānaṁ,2.2Vadhāya tuyhaṁ pahitohamasmi;2.3Indo ca taṁ rakkhati devarājā,2.4Tenuttamaṅgaṁ na te phālayāmi”.

3.1PTS 3.147“Sace ca maṁ rakkhati devarājā,3.2Devānamindo maghavā sujampati;3.3Kāmaṁ pisācā vinadantu sabbe,3.4Na santase rakkhasiyā pajāya.

4.1Kāmaṁ kandantu kumbhaṇḍā,4.2Sabbe paṁsupisācakā;4.3Nālaṁ pisācā yuddhāya,4.4Mahatī sā vibhiṁsikā”ti.

5.1Ayakūṭajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.