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The Senses

Indriyajātaka

“Who through desire”—The Master told this tale while dwelling in Jetavana, concerning temptation by the wife of one’s former days.

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

  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Aṭṭhakanipāta
  • 0.3Kaccānivagga

0.47. Indriyajātaka

1.1PTS 3.464“Yo indriyānaṁ kāmena,1.2vasaṁ nārada gacchati;1.3So pariccajjubho loke,1.4jīvantova visussati.

2.1Sukhassānantaraṁ dukkhaṁ,2.2dukkhassānantaraṁ sukhaṁ;2.3Sosi patto sukhā dukkhaṁ,2.4pāṭikaṅkha varaṁ sukhaṁ.

3.1PTS 3.465Kicchakāle kicchasaho,3.2yo kicchaṁ nātivattati;3.3Sa kicchantaṁ sukhaṁ dhīro,3.4yogaṁ samadhigacchati.

4.1PTS 3.466Na heva kāmāna kāmā,4.2nānatthā nātthakāraṇā;4.3Na katañca niraṅkatvā,4.4dhammā cavitumarahasi”.

5.1“Dakkhaṁ gahapatī sādhu,5.2saṁvibhajjañca bhojanaṁ;5.3Ahāso atthalābhesu,5.4atthabyāpatti abyatho”.

6.1“Ettāvatetaṁ paṇḍiccaṁ,6.2api so devilo bravi;6.3Na yito kiñci pāpiyo,6.4yo indriyānaṁ vasaṁ vaje”.

7.1PTS 3.468“Amittānaṁva hatthatthaṁ,7.2sivi pappoti māmiva;7.3Kammaṁ vijjañca dakkheyyaṁ,7.4vivāhaṁ sīlamaddavaṁ;7.5Ete ca yase hāpetvā,7.6nibbatto sehi kammehi.

8.1Sohaṁ sahassajīnova,8.2abandhu aparāyaṇo;8.3Ariyadhammā apakkanto,8.4yathā peto tathevahaṁ.

9.1Sukhakāme dukkhāpetvā,9.2āpannosmi padaṁ imaṁ;9.3So sukhaṁ nādhigacchāmi,9.4ṭhito bhāṇumatāmivā”ti.

10.1Indriyajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.