The Tale of Mūsikā
Mūsikajātaka
“People cry “Where is she gone”—This story the Master, whilst residing in the Bamboo Grove, told about Ajatasattu. The incident that led to the story has been already fully told in the Thusa Birth. Here too the Master observed the king at the same moment playing with his boy and also listening to the Law. And knowing as he did that danger to the king will arise through his son, he said, “Sire, kings of old suspected what was open to suspicion, and kept their heirs in confinement, saying, “Let them bear rule, after our bodies have been burned on the funeral pyre.” And with this he told a story of the past.
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1.1PTS 3.217“Kuhiṁ gatā kattha gatā,1.2iti lālappatī jano;1.3Ahameveko jānāmi,1.4udapāne mūsikā hatā.
2.1Yañcetaṁ iti cīti ca,2.2gadrabhova nivattasi;2.3Udapāne mūsikaṁ hantvā,2.4yavaṁ bhakkhetumicchasi.
3.1PTS 3.218Daharo cāsi dummedha,3.2paṭhamuppattiko susu;3.3Dīghañcetaṁ samāsajja,3.4na te dassāmi jīvitaṁ.
4.1Nāntalikkhabhavanena,4.2nāṅgaputtapinena vā;4.3Puttena hi patthayito,4.4silokehi pamocito.
5.1Sabbaṁ sutamadhīyetha,5.2hīnamukkaṭṭhamajjhimaṁ;5.3Sabbassa atthaṁ jāneyya,5.4na ca sabbaṁ payojaye;5.5Hoti tādisako kālo,5.6yattha atthāvahaṁ sutan”ti.
6.1Mūsikajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.
