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In the Kingdom of Gandhāra

Gandhārajātaka

“Villages full sixteen thousand”—The Master told this when dwelling in Jetavana, concerning the precept on the storing up of medicines.

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

0.41. Gandhārajātaka

1.1PTS 3.367“Hitvā gāmasahassāni,1.2paripuṇṇāni soḷasa;1.3Koṭṭhāgārāni phītāni,1.4sannidhiṁ dāni kubbasi”.

2.1“Hitvā gandhāravisayaṁ,2.2pahūtadhanadhāriyaṁ;2.3Pasāsanato nikkhanto,2.4idha dāni pasāsasi”.

3.1“Dhammaṁ bhaṇāmi vedeha,3.2adhammo me na ruccati;3.3Dhammaṁ me bhaṇamānassa,3.4na pāpamupalimpati”.

4.1PTS 3.368“Yena kenaci vaṇṇena,4.2paro labhati ruppanaṁ;4.3Mahatthiyampi ce vācaṁ,4.4na taṁ bhāseyya paṇḍito”.

5.1“Kāmaṁ ruppatu vā mā vā,5.2bhusaṁva vikirīyatu;5.3Dhammaṁ me bhaṇamānassa,5.4na pāpamupalimpati”.

6.1“No ce assa sakā buddhi,6.2vinayo vā susikkhito;6.3Vane andhamahiṁsova,6.4careyya bahuko jano.

7.1Yasmā ca panidhekacce,7.2āceramhi susikkhitā;7.3Tasmā vinītavinayā,7.4caranti susamāhitā”ti.

8.1Gandhārajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.