The Chicken

Kukkuṭajātaka

“Trust not in those”—This story the Master told in the Bamboo Grove, on the subject of going about to kill. In the Hall of Truth, the Brethren were discussing the evil nature of Devadatta. “Why, Sir, by suborning archers and others to the task, Devadatta is making an attempt to murder the Dasabala!” The Master, entering, enquired, “What is this, Brethren, that ye speak of as ye sit here together?” They told him. Said he, “’Tis not now the first time that he has tried to murder me, but it was the same before”; and he told them a story of the past.

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0.1Jātaka
0.2Dasakanipāta
0.3Catudvāravagga

0.410. Kukkuṭajātaka

1.1PTS 4.56“Nāsmase katapāpamhi,1.2nāsmase alikavādine;1.3Nāsmase attatthapaññamhi,1.4atisantepi nāsmase.
2.1Bhavanti heke purisā,2.2gopipāsikajātikā;2.3Ghasanti maññe mittāni,2.4vācāya na ca kammunā.
3.1Sukkhañjalipaggahitā,3.2vācāya paliguṇṭhitā;3.3Manussapheggū nāsīde,3.4yasmiṁ natthi kataññutā.
4.1PTS 4.57Na hi aññaññacittānaṁ,4.2itthīnaṁ purisāna vā;4.3Nānāvikatvā saṁsaggaṁ,4.4tādisampi ca nāsmase.
5.1Anariyakammamokkantaṁ,5.2athetaṁ sabbaghātinaṁ;5.3Nisitaṁva paṭicchannaṁ,5.4tādisampi ca nāsmase.
6.1Mittarūpenidhekacce,6.2sākhalyena acetasā;6.3Vividhehi upāyanti,6.4tādisampi ca nāsmase.
7.1Āmisaṁ vā dhanaṁ vāpi,7.2yattha passati tādiso;7.3Dubbhiṁ karoti dummedho,7.4tañca hantvāna gacchati”.
8.1PTS 4.58“Mittarūpena bahavo,8.2channā sevanti sattavo;8.3Jahe kāpurise hete,8.4kukkuṭo viya senakaṁ.
9.1Yo ca uppatitaṁ atthaṁ,9.2na khippamanubujjhati;9.3Amittavasamanveti,9.4pacchā ca anutappati.
10.1Yo ca uppatitaṁ atthaṁ,10.2khippameva nibodhati;10.3Muccate sattusambādhā,10.4kukkuṭo viya senakā.
11.1Taṁ tādisaṁ kūṭamivoḍḍitaṁ vane,11.2Adhammikaṁ niccavidhaṁsakārinaṁ;11.3Ārā vivajjeyya naro vicakkhaṇo,11.4Senaṁ yathā kukkuṭo vaṁsakānane”ti.

12.1Kukkuṭajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.