The Royal Barber Gaṅgamāla

Gaṅgamālajātaka

“The earth’s like coals”—The Master told this tale while dwelling in Jetavana, concerning the keeping of the weekly holy days. One day the Master was addressing the lay-brethren who were keeping the holy days and said, “Lay-brethren, your conduct is good; when men keep the holy days they should give alms, keep the moral precepts, never show anger, feel kindness and do the duties of the day: wise men of old gained great glory from even a partial keeping of the holy days: “ and at their request he told the tale of old.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Aṭṭhakanipāta
0.3Kaccānivagga

0.45. Gaṅgamālajātaka

1.1PTS 3.447“Aṅgārajātā pathavī,1.2kukkuḷānugatā mahī;1.3Atha gāyasi vattāni,1.4na taṁ tapati ātapo.
2.1Uddhaṁ tapati ādicco,2.2adho tapati vālukā;2.3Atha gāyasi vattāni,2.4na taṁ tapati ātapo”.
3.1“Na maṁ tapati ātapo,3.2ātapā tapayanti maṁ;3.3Atthā hi vividhā rāja,3.4te tapanti na ātapo”.
4.1PTS 3.450“Addasaṁ kāma te mūlaṁ,4.2saṅkappā kāma jāyasi;4.3Na taṁ saṅkappayissāmi,4.4evaṁ kāma na hehisi”.
5.1“Appāpi kāmā na alaṁ,5.2bahūhipi na tappati;5.3Ahahā bālalapanā,5.4parivajjetha jaggato”.
6.1“Appassa kammassa phalaṁ mamedaṁ,6.2Udayo ajjhāgamā mahattapattaṁ;6.3Suladdhalābho vata māṇavassa,6.4Yo pabbajī kāmarāgaṁ pahāya”.
7.1PTS 3.452“Tapasā pajahanti pāpakammaṁ,7.2Tapasā nhāpitakumbhakārabhāvaṁ;7.3Tapasā abhibhuyya gaṅgamāla,7.4Nāmenālapasajja brahmadattaṁ”.
8.1PTS 3.453“Sandiṭṭhikameva ‘amma’ passatha,8.2Khantīsoraccassa ayaṁ vipāko;8.3Yo sabbajanassa vanditohu,8.4Taṁ vandāma sarājikā samaccā”.
9.1“Mā kiñci avacuttha gaṅgamālaṁ,9.2Muninaṁ monapathesu sikkhamānaṁ;9.3Eso hi atari aṇṇavaṁ,9.4Yaṁ taritvā caranti vītasokā”ti.

10.1Gaṅgamālajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.