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The Brahmin Saṅkha

Saṅkhajātaka

“O learned brahmin”—This story the Master told in Jetavana, about the giving of all the requisites.

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

0.44. Saṅkhajātaka

1.1PTS 4.17PTS 4.18“Bahussuto sutadhammosi saṅkha,1.2Diṭṭhā tayā samaṇabrāhmaṇā ca;1.3Athakkhaṇe dassayase vilāpaṁ,1.4Añño nu ko te paṭimantako mayā”.

2.1“Subbhū subhā suppaṭimukkakambu,2.2Paggayha sovaṇṇamayāya pātiyā;2.3‘Bhuñjassu bhattaṁ’ iti maṁ vadeti,2.4Saddhāvittā2.5Tamahaṁ noti brūmi”.

3.1“Etādisaṁ brāhmaṇa disvāna yakkhaṁ,3.2Puccheyya poso sukhamāsisāno;3.3Uṭṭhehi naṁ pañjalikābhipuccha,3.4Devī nusi tvaṁ uda mānusī nu”.

4.1PTS 4.19“Yaṁ tvaṁ sukhenābhisamekkhase maṁ,4.2Bhuñjassu bhattaṁ iti maṁ vadesi;4.3Pucchāmi taṁ nāri mahānubhāve,4.4Devī nusi tvaṁ uda mānusī nu”.

5.1“Devī ahaṁ saṅkha mahānubhāvā,5.2Idhāgatā sāgaravārimajjhe;5.3Anukampikā no ca paduṭṭhacittā,5.4Taveva atthāya idhāgatāsmi.

6.1Idhannapānaṁ sayanāsanañca,6.2Yānāni nānāvividhāni saṅkha;6.3Sabbassa tyāhaṁ paṭipādayāmi,6.4Yaṁ kiñci tuyhaṁ manasābhipatthitaṁ”.

7.1“Yaṁ kiñci yiṭṭhañca hutañca mayhaṁ,7.2Sabbassa no issarā tvaṁ sugatte;7.3Susoṇi subbhamu suvilaggamajjhe,7.4Kissa me kammassa ayaṁ vipāko”.

8.1PTS 4.20“Ghamme pathe brāhmaṇa ekabhikkhuṁ,8.2Ugghaṭṭapādaṁ tasitaṁ kilantaṁ;8.3Paṭipādayī saṅkha upāhanāni,8.4Sā dakkhiṇā kāmaduhā tavajja”.

9.1“Sā hotu nāvā phalakūpapannā,9.2Anavassutā erakavātayuttā;9.3Aññassa yānassa na hettha bhūmi,9.4Ajjeva maṁ moḷiniṁ pāpayassu”.

10.1PTS 4.21“Sā tattha vittā sumanā patītā,10.2Nāvaṁ sucittaṁ abhinimminitvā;10.3Ādāya saṅkhaṁ purisena saddhiṁ,10.4Upānayī nagaraṁ sādhuramman”ti.

11.1Saṅkhajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.