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The Adulterer Parantapa

Parantapajātaka

“Terror and fear”—The Master told this while dwelling in the Bamboo-grove, concerning Devadatta’s going about to kill him. They were discussing it in the Hall of Truth, “Sirs, Devadatta is going about to kill the Tathagata, he has hired bowmen, thrown down a rock, let loose Nalagiri, and uses special means for the destruction of the Tathagata.” The Master came and asked the subject of their discussion as they sat together: when they told him, he said, “Brethren, this is not the first time he has gone about to kill me: but he could not even make me afraid, and gained only sorrow for himself:” and so he told the tale of old.

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

0.411. Parantapajātaka

1.1PTS 3.418“Āgamissati me pāpaṁ,1.2āgamissati me bhayaṁ;1.3Tadā hi calitā sākhā,1.4manussena migena vā”.

2.1PTS 3.419“Bhīruyā nūna me kāmo,2.2avidūre vasantiyā;2.3Karissati kisaṁ paṇḍuṁ,2.4sāva sākhā parantapaṁ.

3.1Socayissati maṁ kantā,3.2gāme vasamaninditā;3.3Karissati kisaṁ paṇḍuṁ,3.4sāva sākhā parantapaṁ.

4.1Tayā maṁ asitāpaṅgi,4.2sitāni bhaṇitāni ca;4.3Kisaṁ paṇḍuṁ karissanti,4.4sāva sākhā parantapaṁ”.

5.1PTS 3.420“Agamā nūna so saddo,5.2asaṁsi nūna so tava;5.3Akkhātaṁ nūna taṁ tena,5.4yo taṁ sākhamakampayi.

6.1Idaṁ kho taṁ samāgamma,6.2mama bālassa cintitaṁ;6.3Tadā hi calitā sākhā,6.4manussena migena vā”.

7.1“Tatheva tvaṁ avedesi,7.2Avañci pitaraṁ mama;7.3Hantvā sākhāhi chādento,7.4Āgamissati me bhayan”ti.

8.1Parantapajātakaṁ ekādasamaṁ.

8.2Gandhāravaggo dutiyo.

9.1Tassuddānaṁ

10.1Varagāma mahākapi bhaggava ca,10.2Daḷhadhamma sakuñjara kesavaro;10.3Urago vidhuro puna jāgarataṁ,10.4Atha kosalādhipa parantapa cāti.

11.1Atha vagguddānaṁ

12.1Atha sattanipātamhi,12.2vaggaṁ me bhaṇato suṇa;12.3Kukku ca puna gandhāro,12.4dveva vuttā mahesināti.

13.1Sattakanipātaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.