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Gijjhajātaka

“Formed of rough logs;”—This story the Master told at Jetavana concerning a, disobedient Brother.

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

0.41. Gijjhajātaka

1.1PTS 3.484“Parisaṅkupatho nāma,1.2gijjhapantho sanantano;1.3Tatrāsi mātāpitaro,1.4gijjho posesi jiṇṇake;1.5Tesaṁ ajagaramedaṁ,1.6accahāsi bahuttaso.

2.1Pitā ca puttaṁ avaca,2.2Jānaṁ uccaṁ papātinaṁ;2.3Supattaṁ thāmasampannaṁ,2.4Tejassiṁ dūragāminaṁ.

3.1Pariplavantaṁ pathaviṁ,3.2yadā tāta vijānahi;3.3Sāgarena parikkhittaṁ,3.4cakkaṁva parimaṇḍalaṁ;3.5Tato tāta nivattassu,3.6māssu etto paraṁ gami.

4.1Udapattosi vegena,4.2balī pakkhī dijuttamo;4.3Olokayanto vakkaṅgo,4.4pabbatāni vanāni ca.

5.1Addassa pathaviṁ gijjho,5.2yathāsāsi pitussutaṁ;5.3Sāgarena parikkhittaṁ,5.4cakkaṁva parimaṇḍalaṁ.

6.1Tañca so samatikkamma,6.2paramevaccavattatha;6.3Tañca vātasikhā tikkhā,6.4accahāsi baliṁ dijaṁ.

7.1Nāsakkhātigato poso,7.2punadeva nivattituṁ;7.3Dijo byasanamāpādi,7.4verambhānaṁ vasaṁ gato.

8.1PTS 3.485Tassa puttā ca dārā ca,8.2ye caññe anujīvino;8.3Sabbe byasanamāpāduṁ,8.4anovādakare dije.

9.1Evampi idha vuḍḍhānaṁ,9.2yo vākyaṁ nāvabujjhati;9.3Atisīmacaro ditto,9.4gijjhovātītasāsano;9.5Sa ve byasanaṁ pappoti,9.6akatvā vuḍḍhasāsanan”ti.

10.1Gijjhajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.