Manoja the Lion Cub who Befriended a Jackal

Manojajātaka

“The bow is bent”—The Master told this while dwelling in the Bamboo Grove, concerning a Brother who kept bad company. The occasion was given at length in the Mahilamukhata Birth. The Master said, “Brethren, he is not keeping bad company for the first time,” and told an old tale.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Sattakanipāta
0.3Kukkuvagga

0.42. Manojajātaka

1.1PTS 3.323“Yathā cāpo ninnamati,1.2jiyā cāpi nikūjati;1.3Haññate nūna manojo,1.4migarājā sakhā mama.
2.1Handa dāni vanantāni,2.2pakkamāmi yathāsukhaṁ;2.3Netādisā sakhā honti,2.4labbhā me jīvato sakhā”.
3.1“Na pāpajanasaṁsevī,3.2accantaṁ sukhamedhati;3.3Manojaṁ passa semānaṁ,3.4giriyassānusāsanī”.
4.1“Na pāpasampavaṅkena,4.2mātā puttena nandati;4.3Manojaṁ passa semānaṁ,4.4acchannaṁ samhi lohite”.
5.1“Evamāpajjate poso,5.2pāpiyo ca nigacchati;5.3Yo ve hitānaṁ vacanaṁ,5.4na karoti atthadassinaṁ”.
6.1PTS 3.324“Evañca so hoti tato ca pāpiyo,6.2Yo uttamo adhamajanūpasevī;6.3Passuttamaṁ adhamajanūpasevitaṁ,6.4Migādhipaṁ saravaraveganiddhutaṁ”.
7.1“Nihīyati puriso nihīnasevī,7.2Na ca hāyetha kadāci tulyasevī;7.3Seṭṭhamupagamaṁ udeti khippaṁ,7.4Tasmāttanā uttaritaraṁ bhajethā”ti.

8.1Manojajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.