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The Sword-Swallower

Paṇṇakajātaka

“Dasanna’s good sword”—The Master told this, when living in Jetavana, concerning the temptation of a Brother by his wife when a layman. The Brother confessed that he was backsliding for this reason. The Master said, “That woman does you harm: formerly too you were dying of mental sickness owing to her, and got life owing to wise men,” and so he told a tale of old.

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0.46. Paṇṇakajātaka

1.1PTS 3.338“Paṇṇakaṁ tikhiṇadhāraṁ,1.2Asiṁ sampannapāyinaṁ;1.3Parisāyaṁ puriso gilati,1.4Kiṁ dukkarataraṁ tato;1.5Yadaññaṁ dukkaraṁ ṭhānaṁ,1.6Taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”.

2.1PTS 3.339“Gileyya puriso lobhā,2.2asiṁ sampannapāyinaṁ;2.3Yo ca vajjā dadāmīti,2.4taṁ dukkarataraṁ tato;2.5Sabbaññaṁ sukaraṁ ṭhānaṁ,2.6evaṁ jānāhi maddava”.

3.1“Byākāsi āyuro pañhaṁ,3.2atthaṁ dhammassa kovido;3.3Pukkusaṁ dāni pucchāmi,3.4kiṁ dukkarataraṁ tato;3.5Yadaññaṁ dukkaraṁ ṭhānaṁ,3.6taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”.

4.1“Na vācamupajīvanti,4.2aphalaṁ giramudīritaṁ;4.3Yo ca datvā avākayirā,4.4taṁ dukkarataraṁ tato;4.5Sabbaññaṁ sukaraṁ ṭhānaṁ,4.6evaṁ jānāhi maddava”.

5.1PTS 3.340“Byākāsi pukkuso pañhaṁ,5.2atthaṁ dhammassa kovido;5.3Senakaṁ dāni pucchāmi,5.4kiṁ dukkarataraṁ tato;5.5Yadaññaṁ dukkaraṁ ṭhānaṁ,5.6taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”.

6.1“Dadeyya puriso dānaṁ,6.2appaṁ vā yadi vā bahuṁ;6.3Yo ca datvā nānutappe,6.4taṁ dukkarataraṁ tato;6.5Sabbaññaṁ sukaraṁ ṭhānaṁ,6.6evaṁ jānāhi maddava”.

7.1PTS 3.341“Byākāsi āyuro pañhaṁ,7.2atho pukkusaporiso;7.3Sabbe pañhe atibhoti,7.4yathā bhāsati senako”ti.

8.1Paṇṇakajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.