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Beneath the Spreading Branches

Venasākhajātaka

“‘Though thou art now”—This story the Master, while living in the Bhesakala grove near Sumsumaragiri (Mount Crocodile) in the country of the Bhaggas, told concerning young prince Bodhi.

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  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Pañcakanipāta
  • 0.3Maṇikuṇḍalavagga

0.43. Venasākhajātaka

1.1PTS 3.158“Nayidaṁ niccaṁ bhavitabbaṁ brahmadatta,1.2Khemaṁ subhikkhaṁ sukhatā ca kāye;1.3Atthaccaye mā ahu sampamūḷho,1.4Bhinnaplavo sāgarasseva majjhe.

2.1Yāni karoti puriso,2.2tāni attani passati;2.3Kalyāṇakārī kalyāṇaṁ,2.4pāpakārī ca pāpakaṁ;2.5Yādisaṁ vapate bījaṁ,2.6tādisaṁ harate phalaṁ”.

3.1PTS 3.160“Idaṁ tadācariyavaco,3.2pārāsariyo yadabravi;3.3Mā su tvaṁ akari pāpaṁ,3.4yaṁ tvaṁ pacchā kataṁ tape.

4.1Ayameva so piṅgiya venasākho,4.2Yamhi ghātayiṁ khattiyānaṁ sahassaṁ;4.3Alaṅkate candanasārānulitte,4.4Tameva dukkhaṁ paccāgataṁ mamaṁ.

5.1PTS 3.161Sāmā ca kho candanalittagattā,5.2Laṭṭhīva sobhañjanakassa uggatā;5.3Adisvā kālaṁ karissāmi ubbariṁ,5.4Taṁ me ito dukkhataraṁ bhavissatī”ti.

6.1Venasākhajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.