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The Incident at Kosambī

Kosambiyajātaka

“Whene’er the Brotherhood”—This story the Master, while dwelling in the Ghosita park near Kosambī, told concerning certain quarrelsome folk at Kosambī.

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

0.42. Kosambiyajātaka

1.1PTS 3.488“Puthusaddo samajano,1.2na bālo koci maññatha;1.3Saṅghasmiṁ bhijjamānasmiṁ,1.4nāññaṁ bhiyyo amaññaruṁ.

2.1Parimuṭṭhā paṇḍitābhāsā,2.2vācāgocarabhāṇino;2.3Yāvicchanti mukhāyāmaṁ,2.4yena nītā na taṁ vidū.

3.1Akkocchi maṁ avadhi maṁ,3.2ajini maṁ ahāsi me;3.3Ye ca taṁ upanayhanti,3.4veraṁ tesaṁ na sammati.

4.1Akkocchi maṁ avadhi maṁ,4.2ajini maṁ ahāsi me;4.3Ye ca taṁ nupanayhanti,4.4veraṁ tesūpasammati.

5.1Na hi verena verāni,5.2sammantīdha kudācanaṁ;5.3Averena ca sammanti,5.4esa dhammo sanantano.

6.1Pare ca na vijānanti,6.2mayamettha yamāmase;6.3Ye ca tattha vijānanti,6.4tato sammanti medhagā.

7.1Aṭṭhicchinnā pāṇaharā,7.2gavāssa dhanahārino;7.3Raṭṭhaṁ vilumpamānānaṁ,7.4tesampi hoti saṅgati;7.5Kasmā tumhāka no siyā.

8.1Sace labhetha nipakaṁ sahāyaṁ,8.2Saddhiṁ caraṁ sādhuvihāridhīraṁ;8.3Abhibhuyya sabbāni parissayāni,8.4Careyya tenattamano satīmā.

9.1No ce labhetha nipakaṁ sahāyaṁ,9.2Saddhiṁ caraṁ sādhuvihāridhīraṁ;9.3Rājāva raṭṭhaṁ vijitaṁ pahāya,9.4Eko care mātaṅgaraññeva nāgo.

10.1Ekassa caritaṁ seyyo,10.2Natthi bāle sahāyatā;10.3Eko care na pāpāni kayirā,10.4Appossukko mātaṅgaraññeva nāgo”ti.

11.1Kosambiyajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.