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Queen Suyonandī

Suyonandījātaka

“I scent the fragrance”—This story the Master, while living at Jetavana, told concerning a backsliding Brother. The Master asked if it were true that he longed for the world, and what he had seen to make him regret having taken orders. The Brother answered, “It was all owing to the charms of a woman.” The Master said, “Verily, Brother, there is no possibility of being on one’s guard against womenfolk. Sages of old, though they took the precaution to dwell in the abode of the Garudas, failed to be on their guard against them.” And being urged by him, the Master related a story of the past.

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

  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Pañcakanipāta
  • 0.3Maṇikuṇḍalavagga

0.410. Suyonandījātaka

1.1PTS 3.189“Vāti gandho timirānaṁ,1.2kusamuddo ca ghosavā;1.3Dūre ito suyonandī,1.4tamba kāmā tudanti maṁ”.

2.1“Kathaṁ samuddamatari,2.2Kathaṁ addakkhi sedumaṁ;2.3Kathaṁ tassā ca tuyhañca,2.4Ahu saggasamāgamo”.

3.1PTS 3.190“Kurukacchā payātānaṁ,3.2vāṇijānaṁ dhanesinaṁ;3.3Makarehi abhidā nāvā,3.4phalakenāhamaplaviṁ.

4.1Sā maṁ saṇhena mudunā,4.2niccaṁ candanagandhinī;4.3Aṅgena uddharī bhaddā,4.4mātā puttaṁva orasaṁ.

5.1Sā maṁ annena pānena,5.2vatthena sayanena ca;5.3Attanāpi ca mandakkhī,5.4evaṁ tamba vijānahī”ti.

6.1Suyonandījātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

6.2Maṇikuṇḍalavaggo paṭhamo.

7.1Tassuddānaṁ

8.1Atha jinavaro haritaṁ tiṇako,8.2Atha bhinnaplavo uragova ghaṭo;8.3Dariyā puna kuñjara bhūnahatā,8.4Migamuttamasaggavarena dasāti.