The Elephant Somadatta

Somadattajātaka

“Deep in the wood”—The Master told this while dwelling at Jetavana, about a certain old Brother. The story was that this Brother ordained a novice, who waited on him but soon died of a fatal disease. The old man went about weeping and wailing for his death. Seeing him, the Brethren began to talk in the Hall of Truth, “Sirs, this old Brother goes about weeping and wailing for the novice’s death: he must surely have neglected the meditation on death.” The Master came, and hearing the subject of their talk, he said, “Brethren, this is not the first time this man is weeping for the other’s death,” and so he told the old tale.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Sattakanipāta
0.3Gandhāravagga

0.45. Somadattajātaka

1.1PTS 3.389“Yo maṁ pure paccuḍḍeti,1.2araññe dūramāyato;1.3So na dissati mātaṅgo,1.4somadatto kuhiṁ gato.
2.1Ayaṁ vā so mato seti,2.2allasiṅgaṁva vacchito;2.3Bhumyā nipatito seti,2.4amarā vata kuñjaro”.
3.1PTS 3.390“Anagāriyupetassa,3.2vippamuttassa te sato;3.3Samaṇassa na taṁ sādhu,3.4yaṁ petamanusocasi”.
4.1“Saṁvāsena have sakka,4.2manussassa migassa vā;4.3Hadaye jāyate pemaṁ,4.4taṁ na sakkā asocituṁ”.
5.1“Mataṁ marissaṁ rodanti,5.2ye rudanti lapanti ca;5.3Tasmā tvaṁ isi mā rodi,5.4roditaṁ moghamāhu santo.
6.1Kanditena have brahme,6.2mato peto samuṭṭhahe;6.3Sabbe saṅgamma rodāma,6.4aññamaññassa ñātake”.
7.1“Ādittaṁ vata maṁ santaṁ,7.2ghatasittaṁva pāvakaṁ;7.3Vārinā viya osiñcaṁ,7.4sabbaṁ nibbāpaye daraṁ.
8.1Abbahī vata me sallaṁ,8.2yamāsi hadayassitaṁ;8.3Yo me sokaparetassa,8.4puttasokaṁ apānudi.
9.1PTS 3.391Sohaṁ abbūḷhasallosmi,9.2vītasoko anāvilo;9.3Na socāmi na rodāmi,9.4tava sutvāna vāsavā”ti.

10.1Somadattajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.