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The Student Who Could Trace Footsteps

Padakusalamāṇavajātaka

“O Patala, by Ganges”—This story the Master dwelling at Jetavana told concerning a certain boy. He was, they say, the son of a householder at Savatthi, just seven years old, and skilled in recognizing footsteps.

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

0.46. Padakusalamāṇavajātaka

1.1PTS 3.507“Bahussutaṁ cittakathiṁ,1.2gaṅgā vahati pāṭaliṁ;1.3Vuyhamānaka bhaddante,1.4ekaṁ me dehi gāthakaṁ”.

2.1PTS 3.508“Yena siñcanti dukkhitaṁ,2.2yena siñcanti āturaṁ;2.3Tassa majjhe marissāmi,2.4jātaṁ saraṇato bhayaṁ”.

3.1“Yattha bījāni rūhanti,3.2sattā yattha patiṭṭhitā;3.3Sā me sīsaṁ nipīḷeti,3.4jātaṁ saraṇato bhayaṁ”.

4.1PTS 3.509“Yena bhattāni paccanti,4.2sītaṁ yena vihaññati;4.3So maṁ ḍahati gattāni,4.4jātaṁ saraṇato bhayaṁ”.

5.1“Yena bhuttena yāpenti,5.2puthū brāhmaṇakhattiyā;5.3So maṁ bhutto byāpādeti,5.4jātaṁ saraṇato bhayaṁ”.

6.1PTS 3.510“Gimhānaṁ pacchime māse,6.2vātamicchanti paṇḍitā;6.3So maṁ bhañjati gattāni,6.4jātaṁ saraṇato bhayaṁ”.

7.1“Yaṁ nissitā jagatiruhaṁ,7.2svāyaṁ aggiṁ pamuñcati;7.3Disā bhajatha vakkaṅgā,7.4jātaṁ saraṇato bhayaṁ”.

8.1PTS 3.512“Yamānayiṁ somanassaṁ,8.2māliniṁ candanussadaṁ;8.3Sā maṁ gharā nicchubhati,8.4jātaṁ saraṇato bhayaṁ”.

9.1PTS 3.513“Yena jātena nandissaṁ,9.2yassa ca bhavamicchisaṁ;9.3So maṁ gharā nicchubhati,9.4jātaṁ saraṇato bhayaṁ”.

10.1“Suṇantu me jānapadā,10.2negamā ca samāgatā;10.3Yatodakaṁ tadādittaṁ,10.4yato khemaṁ tato bhayaṁ.

11.1Rājā vilumpate raṭṭhaṁ,11.2brāhmaṇo ca purohito;11.3Attaguttā viharatha,11.4jātaṁ saraṇato bhayan”ti.

12.1Padakusalamāṇavajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.