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The Rich Man Bilārakosiya

Bilārakosiyajātaka

“When food is not”—This story the Master told, while dwelling at Jetavana, about a Brother who was devoted to giving.

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

0.412. Bilārakosiyajātaka

1.1PTS 4.64“Apacantāpi dicchanti,1.2santo laddhāna bhojanaṁ;1.3Kimeva tvaṁ pacamāno,1.4yaṁ na dajjā na taṁ samaṁ.

2.1Maccherā ca pamādā ca,2.2evaṁ dānaṁ na diyyati;2.3Puññaṁ ākaṅkhamānena,2.4deyyaṁ hoti vijānatā.

3.1Yasseva bhīto na dadāti maccharī,3.2Tadevādadato bhayaṁ;3.3Jighacchā ca pipāsā ca,3.4Yassa bhāyati maccharī;3.5Tameva bālaṁ phusati,3.6Asmiṁ loke paramhi ca.

4.1Tasmā vineyya maccheraṁ,4.2dajjā dānaṁ malābhibhū;4.3Puññāni paralokasmiṁ,4.4patiṭṭhā honti pāṇinaṁ”.

5.1PTS 4.65“Duddadaṁ dadamānānaṁ,5.2dukkaraṁ kamma kubbataṁ;5.3Asanto nānukubbanti,5.4sataṁ dhammo durannayo.

6.1Tasmā satañca asataṁ,6.2nānā hoti ito gati;6.3Asanto nirayaṁ yanti,6.4santo saggaparāyaṇā”.

7.1“Appasmeke pavecchanti,7.2bahuneke na dicchare;7.3Appasmā dakkhiṇā dinnā,7.4sahassena samaṁ mitā”.

8.1PTS 4.66“Dhammaṁ care yopi samuñchakaṁ care,8.2Dārañca posaṁ dadamappakasmiṁ;8.3Sataṁ sahassānaṁ sahassayāginaṁ,8.4Kalampi nāgghanti tathāvidhassa te”.

9.1“Kenesa yañño vipulo mahagghato,9.2Samena dinnassa na agghameti;9.3Kathaṁ sataṁ sahassānaṁ sahassayāginaṁ,9.4Kalampi nāgghanti tathāvidhassa te”.

10.1PTS 4.67“Dadanti heke visame niviṭṭhā,10.2Chetvā vadhitvā atha socayitvā;10.3Sā dakkhiṇā assumukhā sadaṇḍā,10.4Samena dinnassa na agghameti;10.5Evaṁ sataṁ sahassānaṁ sahassayāginaṁ,10.6Kalampi nāgghanti tathāvidhassa te”ti.

11.1Bilārakosiyajātakaṁ dvādasamaṁ.