The Banyan-Tree Boy

Nigrodhajātaka

“Who is the man”—This story the Master told in the Bamboo Grove, about Devadatta. One day the Brethren said to him, “Friend Devadatta, the Master is most helpful to you! From the Master you received your Orders, lesser and greater; you have learnt the Three Baskets, the voice of Buddha; you have caused the Ecstasy to arise within you; the glory and gain of the Dasabala belong to you.” At this he held up a blade of grass, with the words, “I can see no good that the ascetic Gotama has done me, not even this much!” They talked it over in the Hall of Truth. When the Master came in, he asked what they talked of as they sat together. They told him. Said he, “Brethren, this is not the first time, but long ago as now Devadatta was ungrateful and treacherous to friends.” And he told them a tale of olden days.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Dasakanipāta
0.3Catudvāravagga

0.47. Nigrodhajātaka

1.1PTS 4.41“Na vāhametaṁ jānāmi,1.2ko vāyaṁ kassa vāti vā;1.3Yathā sākho cari evaṁ,1.4nigrodha kinti maññasi.
2.1Tato galavinītena,2.2purisā nīhariṁsu maṁ;2.3Datvā mukhapahārāni,2.4sākhassa vacanaṅkarā.
3.1Etādisaṁ dummatinā,3.2akataññuna dubbhinā;3.3Kataṁ anariyaṁ sākhena,3.4sakhinā te janādhipa”.
4.1PTS 4.42“Na vāhametaṁ jānāmi,4.2napi me koci saṁsati;4.3Yaṁ me tvaṁ samma akkhāsi,4.4sākhena kāraṇaṁ kataṁ.
5.1Sakhīnaṁ sājīvakaro,5.2mama sākhassa cūbhayaṁ;5.3Tvaṁ nosissariyaṁ dātā,5.4manussesu mahantataṁ;5.5Tayāmā labbhitā iddhī,5.6ettha me natthi saṁsayo.
6.1Yathāpi bījamaggimhi,6.2ḍayhati na virūhati;6.3Evaṁ kataṁ asappurise,6.4nassati na virūhati.
7.1Kataññumhi ca posamhi,7.2Sīlavante ariyavuttine;7.3Sukhette viya bījāni,7.4Kataṁ tamhi na nassati”.
8.1“Imaṁ jammaṁ nekatikaṁ,8.2asappurisacintakaṁ;8.3Hanantu sākhaṁ sattīhi,8.4nāssa icchāmi jīvitaṁ”.
9.1PTS 4.43“Khamatassa mahārāja,9.2Pāṇā na paṭiānayā;9.3Khama deva asappurisassa,9.4Nāssa icchāmahaṁ vadhaṁ”.
10.1“Nigrodhameva seveyya,10.2na sākhamupasaṁvase;10.3Nigrodhasmiṁ mataṁ seyyo,10.4yañce sākhasmi jīvitan”ti.

11.1Nigrodhajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.