The Foolish Donkey

Kharaputtajātaka

“Goats are stupid”—The Master told this tale in Jetavana, concerning temptation of a Brother by his former wife. When the Brother confessed that he was longing for the world, the Master said, “Brother, this woman does you harm: formerly also you came into the fire through her and were saved from death by sages,” so he told an old tale.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Chakkanipāta
0.3Kharaputtavagga

0.41. Kharaputtajātaka

1.1PTS 3.278“Saccaṁ kirevamāhaṁsu,1.2vastaṁ bāloti paṇḍitā;1.3Passa bālo rahokammaṁ,1.4āvikubbaṁ na bujjhati”.
2.1“Tvaṁ khopi samma bālosi,2.2kharaputta vijānahi;2.3Rajjuyā hi parikkhitto,2.4vaṅkoṭṭho ohitomukho.
3.1Aparampi samma te bālyaṁ,3.2yo mutto na palāyasi;3.3So ca bālataro samma,3.4yaṁ tvaṁ vahasi senakaṁ”.
4.1PTS 3.279“Yannu samma ahaṁ bālo,4.2ajarāja vijānahi;4.3Atha kena senako bālo,4.4taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”.
5.1“Uttamatthaṁ labhitvāna,5.2bhariyāya yo padassati;5.3Tena jahissatattānaṁ,5.4sā cevassa na hessati”.
6.1PTS 3.280“Na ve piyammeti janinda tādiso,6.2Attaṁ niraṅkatvā piyāni sevati;6.3Attāva seyyo paramā ca seyyo,6.4Labbhā piyā ocitatthena pacchā”ti.

7.1Kharaputtajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.