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Gumbiya the Ogre

Gumbiyajātaka

“Poison like honey”—This story was told by the Master while dwelling at Jetavana, about a Brother who regretted taking orders. The Master asked him if it were true that he regretted it. “It is true, Holy Sir,” he said. “What have you seen to cause this feeling?” asked the Master. When the Brother replied, “It was owing to the charms of a woman,” the Master said, “These five qualities of desire are like the honey sprinkled over with deadly poison, and left in the road by one Gumbika.” And hereupon at the request of the Brother he told a story of the past.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Pañcakanipāta
0.3Vaṇṇārohavagga

0.46. Gumbiyajātaka

1.1PTS 3.201“Madhuvaṇṇaṁ madhurasaṁ,1.2madhugandhaṁ visaṁ ahu;1.3Gumbiyo ghāsamesāno,1.4araññe odahī visaṁ.
2.1Madhu iti maññamānā,2.2ye taṁ visamakhādisuṁ;2.3Tesaṁ taṁ kaṭukaṁ āsi,2.4maraṇaṁ tenupāgamuṁ.
3.1Ye ca kho paṭisaṅkhāya,3.2visaṁ taṁ parivajjayuṁ;3.3Te āturesu sukhitā,3.4ḍayhamānesu nibbutā.
4.1Evameva manussesu,4.2visaṁ kāmā samohitā;4.3Āmisaṁ bandhanañcetaṁ,4.4maccuveso guhāsayo.
5.1Evameva ime kāme,5.2āturā paricārike;5.3Ye sadā parivajjenti,5.4saṅgaṁ loke upaccagun”ti.

6.1Gumbiyajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.