The Shorter Tale of Clever Little Archer

Cūḷadhanuggahajātaka

“Since thou hast gained”—This story was told by the Master whilst living at Jetavana, about the temptation of a Brother by the wife of his unregenerate days. When the Brother confessed that it was owing to the wife that he had left, that he regretted having taken orders, the Master said, “Not now only, Brother, did this woman do you a mischief. Formerly too it was owing to her that your head was cut off.” And at the request of the Brethren he related a story of the past.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Pañcakanipāta
0.3Aḍḍhavagga

0.44. Cūḷadhanuggahajātaka

1.1PTS 3.221“Sabbaṁ bhaṇḍaṁ samādāya,1.2pāraṁ tiṇṇosi brāhmaṇa;1.3Paccāgaccha lahuṁ khippaṁ,1.4mampi tārehi dānito”.
2.1PTS 3.222“Asanthutaṁ maṁ cirasanthutena,2.2Nimīni bhotī addhuvaṁ dhuvena;2.3Mayāpi bhotī nimineyya aññaṁ,2.4Ito ahaṁ dūrataraṁ gamissaṁ”.
3.1PTS 3.223“Kāyaṁ eḷagalāgumbe,3.2karoti ahuhāsiyaṁ;3.3Nayīdha naccagītaṁ vā,3.4tāḷaṁ vā susamāhitaṁ;3.5Anamhikāle susoṇi,3.6kiṁ nu jagghasi sobhane”.
4.1“Siṅgāla bāla dummedha,4.2appapaññosi jambuka;4.3Jīno macchañca pesiñca,4.4kapaṇo viya jhāyasi”.
5.1“Sudassaṁ vajjamaññesaṁ,5.2attano pana duddasaṁ;5.3Jīnā patiñca jārañca,5.4maññe tvaññeva jhāyasi”.
6.1PTS 3.224“Evametaṁ migarāja,6.2yathā bhāsasi jambuka;6.3Sā nūnāhaṁ ito gantvā,6.4bhattu hessaṁ vasānugā”.
7.1“Yo hare mattikaṁ thālaṁ,7.2kaṁsathālampi so hare;7.3Katañceva tayā pāpaṁ,7.4punapevaṁ karissasī”ti.

8.1Cūḷadhanuggahajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.