The Student Koraṇḍiya

Koraṇḍiyajātaka

“Why in forest”—This was a story told by the Master while dwelling at Jetavana, concerning the Captain of the Faith (Sariputta). That elder, they say, when wicked folk came to him, such as hunters, fishermen and the like, laid down the moral law to them, and any others that he might see from time to time, saying, “Receive ye the law.” Through respect for the elder, they could not disobey his words and accepted the law, but failed to keep it, and still followed each after his own business.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Pañcakanipāta
0.3Maṇikuṇḍalavagga

0.46. Koraṇḍiyajātaka

1.1PTS 3.172“Eko araññe girikandarāyaṁ,1.2Paggayha paggayha silaṁ pavecchasi;1.3Punappunaṁ santaramānarūpo,1.4Koraṇḍiya ko nu tava yidhattho”.
2.1“Ahañhimaṁ sāgara sevitantaṁ,2.2Samaṁ karissāmi yathāpi pāṇi;2.3Vikiriya sānūni ca pabbatāni ca,2.4Tasmā silaṁ dariyā pakkhipāmi”.
3.1“Nayimaṁ mahiṁ arahati pāṇikappaṁ,3.2Samaṁ manusso karaṇāya meko;3.3Maññāmimaññeva dariṁ jigīsaṁ,3.4Koraṇḍiya hāhasi jīvalokaṁ”.
4.1PTS 3.173“Sace ahaṁ bhūtadharaṁ na sakkā,4.2Samaṁ manusso karaṇāya meko;4.3Evameva tvaṁ brahme ime manusse,4.4Nānādiṭṭhike nānayissasi te”.
5.1“Saṅkhittarūpena bhavaṁ mamatthaṁ,5.2Akkhāsi koraṇḍiya evametaṁ;5.3Yathā na sakkā pathavī samāyaṁ,5.4Kattuṁ manussena tathā manussā”ti.

6.1Koraṇḍiyajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.