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The Shorter Tale of the Young Man Bodhi

Cūḷabodhijātaka

“If one seize”—This story the Master told in Jetavana, about a passionate man.

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

0.45. Cūḷabodhijātaka

1.1PTS 4.24“Yo te imaṁ visālakkhiṁ,1.2piyaṁ sammhitabhāsiniṁ;1.3Ādāya balā gaccheyya,1.4kiṁ nu kayirāsi brāhmaṇa”.

2.1“Uppajje me na mucceyya,2.2na me mucceyya jīvato;2.3Rajaṁva vipulā vuṭṭhi,2.4khippameva nivāraye”.

3.1PTS 4.25“Yannu pubbe vikatthittho,3.2balamhiva apassito;3.3Svajja tuṇhikato dāni,3.4saṅghāṭiṁ sibbamacchasi”.

4.1“Uppajji me na muccittha,4.2na me muccittha jīvato;4.3Rajaṁva vipulā vuṭṭhi,4.4khippameva nivārayiṁ”.

5.1“Kiṁ te uppajji no mucci,5.2kiṁ te na mucci jīvato;5.3Rajaṁva vipulā vuṭṭhi,5.4katamaṁ tvaṁ nivārayi”.

6.1PTS 4.26“Yamhi jāte na passati,6.2ajāte sādhu passati;6.3So me uppajji no mucci,6.4kodho dummedhagocaro.

7.1Yena jātena nandanti,7.2amittā dukkhamesino;7.3So me uppajji no mucci,7.4kodho dummedhagocaro.

8.1Yasmiñca jāyamānamhi,8.2sadatthaṁ nāvabujjhati;8.3So me uppajji no mucci,8.4kodho dummedhagocaro.

9.1Yenābhibhūto kusalaṁ jahāti,9.2Parakkare vipulañcāpi atthaṁ;9.3Sa bhīmaseno balavā pamaddī,9.4Kodho mahārāja na me amuccatha.

10.1Kaṭṭhasmiṁ matthamānasmiṁ,10.2Pāvako nāma jāyati;10.3Tameva kaṭṭhaṁ ḍahati,10.4Yasmā so jāyate gini.

11.1Evaṁ mandassa posassa,11.2bālassa avijānato;11.3Sārambhā jāyate kodho,11.4sopi teneva ḍayhati.

12.1Aggīva tiṇakaṭṭhasmiṁ,12.2kodho yassa pavaḍḍhati;12.3Nihīyati tassa yaso,12.4kāḷapakkheva candimā.

13.1Anedho dhūmaketūva,13.2kodho yassūpasammati;13.3Āpūrati tassa yaso,13.4sukkapakkheva candimā”ti.

14.1Cūḷabodhijātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.