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The Eight Sounds

Aṭṭhasaddajātaka

“A pool so deep”—The Master told this tale while dwelling in Jetavana, concerning an indistinguishable terrific sound heard at midnight by the king of Kosala. The occasion is like that already described in the Lohakumbhi Birth. At this time however, when the king said, “Lord, what does the hearing of these sounds import to me?” the Master answered, “Great king, be not afraid: no danger shall befal you owing to these sounds: such terrible indistinguishable sounds have not been heard by you alone: kings of old also heard like sounds, and meant to follow the advice of brahmins to offer in sacrifice four animals of each species, but after hearing what wise men had to say, they set free the animals collected for sacrifice and caused proclamation by drum against all slaughter”: and at the king’s request, he told the old tale.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Aṭṭhakanipāta
0.3Kaccānivagga

0.42. Aṭṭhasaddajātaka

1.1PTS 3.430“Idaṁ pure ninnamāhu,1.2bahumacchaṁ mahodakaṁ;1.3Āvāso bakarājassa,1.4pettikaṁ bhavanaṁ mama;1.5Tyajja bhekena yāpema,1.6okaṁ na vijahāmase”.
2.1“Ko dutiyaṁ asīlissa,2.2bandharassakkhi bhecchati;2.3Ko me putte kulāvakaṁ,2.4mañca sotthiṁ karissati”.
3.1PTS 3.431“Sabbā parikkhayā pheggu,3.2yāva tassā gatī ahu;3.3Khīṇabhakkho mahārāja,3.4sāre na ramatī ghuṇo”.
4.1PTS 3.432“Sā nūnāhaṁ ito gantvā,4.2rañño muttā nivesanā;4.3Attānaṁ ramayissāmi,4.4dumasākhaniketinī”.
5.1“So nūnāhaṁ ito gantvā,5.2rañño mutto nivesanā;5.3Aggodakāni pissāmi,5.4yūthassa purato vajaṁ”.
6.1“Taṁ maṁ kāmehi sammattaṁ,6.2rattaṁ kāmesu mucchitaṁ;6.3Ānayī bharato luddo,6.4bāhiko bhaddamatthu te”.
7.1PTS 3.433“Andhakāratimisāyaṁ,7.2tuṅge uparipabbate;7.3Sā maṁ saṇhena mudunā,7.4mā pādaṁ khali yasmani”.
8.1PTS 3.434“Asaṁsayaṁ jātikhayantadassī,8.2Na gabbhaseyyaṁ punarāvajissaṁ;8.3Ayamantimā pacchimā gabbhaseyyā,8.4Khīṇo me saṁsāro punabbhavāyā”ti.

9.1Aṭṭhasaddajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.