Needles

Sūcijātaka

“Quickly threaded”—The Master told this tale while dwelling in Jetavana, concerning the perfection of wisdom. The occasion of the tale will be given in the Mahaummagga. The Master addressed the brethren, “This is not the first time the Tathagata is wise and skilled in devices,” and so he told an old tale.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Chakkanipāta
0.3Kharaputtavagga

0.42. Sūcijātaka

1.1PTS 3.282“Akakkasaṁ apharusaṁ,1.2kharadhotaṁ supāsiyaṁ;1.3Sukhumaṁ tikhiṇaggañca,1.4ko sūciṁ ketumicchati.
2.1Sumajjañca supāsañca,2.2anupubbaṁ suvaṭṭitaṁ;2.3Ghanaghātimaṁ paṭithaddhaṁ,2.4ko sūciṁ ketumicchati”.
3.1PTS 3.283“Ito dāni patāyanti,3.2sūciyo baḷisāni ca;3.3Koyaṁ kammāragāmasmiṁ,3.4sūciṁ vikketumicchati.
4.1Ito satthāni gacchanti,4.2Kammantā vividhā puthū;4.3Koyaṁ kammāragāmasmiṁ,4.4Sūciṁ vikketumicchati”.
5.1PTS 3.284“Sūciṁ kammāragāmasmiṁ,5.2vikketabbā pajānatā;5.3Ācariyāva jānanti,5.4kammaṁ sukatadukkaṭaṁ.
6.1Imañce te pitā bhadde,6.2Sūciṁ jaññā mayā kataṁ;6.3Tayā ca maṁ nimanteyya,6.4Yañcatthaññaṁ ghare dhanan”ti.

7.1Sūcijātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.