The Great Monkey

Mahākapijātaka

“You made yourself”—The Master told this while dwelling in Jetavana, concerning good works towards one’s relatives. The occasion will appear in the Bhaddasala Birth. They began talking in the Hall of Truth, saying, “The supreme Buddha does good works towards his relatives.” When the Master had asked and been told their theme, he said, “Brethren, this is not the first time a Tathagata has done good works towards his relatives,” and so he told a tale of old time.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Sattakanipāta
0.3Gandhāravagga

0.42. Mahākapijātaka

1.1PTS 3.373“Attānaṁ saṅkamaṁ katvā,1.2Yo sotthiṁ samatārayi;1.3Kiṁ tvaṁ tesaṁ kime tuyhaṁ,1.4Honti ete mahākapi”.
2.1“Rājāhaṁ issaro tesaṁ,2.2yūthassa parihārako;2.3Tesaṁ sokaparetānaṁ,2.4bhītānaṁ te arindama.
3.1Ullaṅghayitvā attānaṁ,3.2vissaṭṭhadhanuno sataṁ;3.3Tato aparapādesu,3.4daḷhaṁ bandhaṁ latāguṇaṁ.
4.1Chinnabbhamiva vātena,4.2Nuṇṇo rukkhaṁ upāgamiṁ;4.3Sohaṁ appabhavaṁ tattha,4.4Sākhaṁ hatthehi aggahiṁ.
5.1Taṁ maṁ viyāyataṁ santaṁ,5.2sākhāya ca latāya ca;5.3Samanukkamantā pādehi,5.4sotthiṁ sākhāmigā gatā.
6.1Taṁ maṁ na tapate bandho,6.2mato me na tapessati;6.3Sukhamāharitaṁ tesaṁ,6.4yesaṁ rajjamakārayiṁ.
7.1Esā te upamā rāja,7.2taṁ suṇohi arindama;7.3Raññā raṭṭhassa yoggassa,7.4balassa nigamassa ca;7.5Sabbesaṁ sukhameṭṭhabbaṁ,7.6khattiyena pajānatā”ti.

8.1Mahākapijātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.