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Dhammapāla the Great

Mahādhammapālajātaka

“What custom is it”—This story the Master told, after his first visit (as Buddha) to Kapilapura, while he lodged in his father’s Banyan Grove, about the King his father’s refusal to believe.

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

0.49. Mahādhammapālajātaka

1.1PTS 4.52“Kiṁ te vataṁ kiṁ pana brahmacariyaṁ,1.2Kissa suciṇṇassa ayaṁ vipāko;1.3Akkhāhi me brāhmaṇa etamatthaṁ,1.4Kasmā nu tumhaṁ daharā na miyyare”.

2.1PTS 4.53“Dhammaṁ carāma na musā bhaṇāma,2.2Pāpāni kammāni parivajjayāma;2.3Anariyaṁ parivajjemu sabbaṁ,2.4Tasmā hi amhaṁ daharā na miyyare.

3.1Suṇoma dhammaṁ asataṁ satañca,3.2Na cāpi dhammaṁ asataṁ rocayāma;3.3Hitvā asante na jahāma sante,3.4Tasmā hi amhaṁ daharā na miyyare.

4.1Pubbeva dānā sumanā bhavāma,4.2Dadampi ve attamanā bhavāma;4.3Datvāpi ve nānutappāma pacchā,4.4Tasmā hi amhaṁ daharā na miyyare.

5.1Samaṇe mayaṁ brāhmaṇe addhike ca,5.2Vanibbake yācanake dalidde;5.3Annena pānena abhitappayāma,5.4Tasmā hi amhaṁ daharā na miyyare.

6.1Mayañca bhariyaṁ nātikkamāma,6.2Amhe ca bhariyā nātikkamanti;6.3Aññatra tāhi brahmacariyaṁ carāma,6.4Tasmā hi amhaṁ daharā na miyyare.

7.1Pāṇātipātā viramāma sabbe,7.2Loke adinnaṁ parivajjayāma;7.3Amajjapā nopi musā bhaṇāma,7.4Tasmā hi amhaṁ daharā na miyyare.

8.1Etāsu ve jāyare suttamāsu,8.2Medhāvino honti pahūtapaññā;8.3Bahussutā vedaguno ca honti,8.4Tasmā hi amhaṁ daharā na miyyare.

9.1Mātā pitā ca bhaginī bhātaro ca,9.2Puttā ca dārā ca mayañca sabbe;9.3Dhammaṁ carāma paralokahetu,9.4Tasmā hi amhaṁ daharā na miyyare.

10.1PTS 4.54Dāsā ca dāsyo anujīvino ca,10.2Paricārakā kammakarā ca sabbe;10.3Dhammaṁ caranti paralokahetu,10.4Tasmā hi amhaṁ daharā na miyyare”.

11.1“Dhammo have rakkhati dhammacāriṁ,11.2Dhammo suciṇṇo sukhamāvahāti;11.3Esānisaṁso dhamme suciṇṇe,11.4Na duggatiṁ gacchati dhammacārī.

12.1PTS 4.55Dhammo have rakkhati dhammacāriṁ,12.2Chattaṁ mahantaṁ viya vassakāle;12.3Dhammena gutto mama dhammapālo,12.4Aññassa aṭṭhīni sukhī kumāro”ti.

13.1Mahādhammapālajātakaṁ navamaṁ.