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Half a Yard

Kukkujātaka

“The peak’s a cubit,” etc—The Master told this while dwelling in Jetavana, concerning the admonition of a king. The occasion will appear in the Tesakuna-Birth.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.41. Kukkujātaka

1.1PTS 3.318“Diyaḍḍhakukkū udayena kaṇṇikā,1.2Vidatthiyo aṭṭha parikkhipanti naṁ;1.3Sā siṁsapā sāramayā apheggukā,1.4Kuhiṁ ṭhitā upparito na dhaṁsati”.

2.1“Yā tiṁsati sāramayā anujjukā,2.2Parikiriya gopānasiyo samaṁ ṭhitā;2.3Tāhi susaṅgahitā balasā pīḷitā,2.4Samaṁ ṭhitā upparito na dhaṁsati.

3.1Evampi mittehi daḷhehi paṇḍito,3.2Abhejjarūpehi sucīhi mantibhi;3.3Susaṅgahīto siriyā na dhaṁsati,3.4Gopānasī bhāravahāva kaṇṇikā.

4.1PTS 3.319Kharattacaṁ bellaṁ yathāpi satthavā,4.2Anāmasantopi karoti tittakaṁ;4.3Samāharaṁ sāduṁ karoti patthiva,4.4Asāduṁ kayirā tanubandhamuddharaṁ.

5.1Evampi gāmanigamesu paṇḍito,5.2Asāhasaṁ rājadhanāni saṅgharaṁ;5.3Dhammānuvattī paṭipajjamāno,5.4Sa phāti kayirā aviheṭhayaṁ paraṁ.

6.1PTS 3.320Odātamūlaṁ sucivārisambhavaṁ,6.2Jātaṁ yathā pokkharaṇīsu ambujaṁ;6.3Padumaṁ yathā agginikāsiphālimaṁ,6.4Na kaddamo na rajo na vāri limpati.

7.1Evampi vohārasuciṁ asāhasaṁ,7.2Visuddhakammantamapetapāpakaṁ;7.3Na limpati kammakilesa tādiso,7.4Jātaṁ yathā pokkharaṇīsu ambujan”ti.

8.1Kukkujātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.