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The Pot-Sage

Ghaṭapaṇḍitajātaka

“Black Kanha, rise”—This story the Master told in Jetavana about a son’s death. The circumstances are like those in the Mattha-Kundali Birth. Here again the Master asked the lay brother, “Are you in grief, layman?” He replied, “Yes, Sir.” “Layman,” said the Master, “long ago wise men listened to the bidding of the wise, and did not grieve for the death of a son.” And at his request, he told a story of the past.

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

0.416. Ghaṭapaṇḍitajātaka

1.1PTS 4.84“Uṭṭhehi kaṇha kiṁ sesi,1.2Ko attho supanena te;1.3Yopi tuyhaṁ sako bhātā,1.4Hadayaṁ cakkhu ca dakkhiṇaṁ;1.5Tassa vātā balīyanti,1.6Ghaṭo jappati kesava”.

2.1PTS 4.85“Tassa taṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,2.2rohiṇeyyassa kesavo;2.3Taramānarūpo vuṭṭhāsi,2.4bhātusokena aṭṭito”.

3.1“Kiṁ nu ummattarūpova,3.2kevalaṁ dvārakaṁ imaṁ;3.3Saso sasoti lapasi,3.4ko nu te sasamāhari”.

4.1“Sovaṇṇamayaṁ maṇīmayaṁ,4.2Lohamayaṁ atha rūpiyāmayaṁ;4.3Saṅkhasilāpavāḷamayaṁ,4.4Kārayissāmi te sasaṁ”.

5.1“Santi aññepi sasakā,5.2araññe vanagocarā;5.3Tepi te ānayissāmi,5.4kīdisaṁ sasamicchasi”.

6.1“Na cāhamete icchāmi,6.2ye sasā pathavissitā;6.3Candato sasamicchāmi,6.4taṁ me ohara kesava”.

7.1PTS 4.86“So nūna madhuraṁ ñāti,7.2jīvitaṁ vijahissasi;7.3Apatthiyaṁ yo patthayasi,7.4candato sasamicchasi”.

8.1“Evañce kaṇha jānāsi,8.2yadaññamanusāsasi;8.3Kasmā pure mataṁ puttaṁ,8.4ajjāpi manusocasi”.

9.1“Yaṁ na labbhā manussena,9.2amanussena vā puna;9.3Jāto me mā marī putto,9.4kuto labbhā alabbhiyaṁ.

10.1Na mantā mūlabhesajjā,10.2osadhehi dhanena vā;10.3Sakkā ānayituṁ kaṇha,10.4yaṁ petamanusocasi”.

11.1PTS 4.87“Yassa etādisā assu,11.2amaccā purisapaṇḍitā;11.3Yathā nijjhāpaye ajja,11.4ghaṭo purisapaṇḍito.

12.1Ādittaṁ vata maṁ santaṁ,12.2ghatasittaṁva pāvakaṁ;12.3Vārinā viya osiñcaṁ,12.4sabbaṁ nibbāpaye daraṁ.

13.1Abbahī vata me sallaṁ,13.2yamāsi hadayassitaṁ;13.3Yo me sokaparetassa,13.4puttasokaṁ apānudi.

14.1Sohaṁ abbūḷhasallosmi,14.2vītasoko anāvilo;14.3Na socāmi na rodāmi,14.4tava sutvāna māṇava”.

15.1“Evaṁ karonti sappaññā,15.2Ye honti anukampakā;15.3Nivattayanti sokamhā,15.4Ghaṭo jeṭṭhaṁva bhātaran”ti.

16.1Ghaṭapaṇḍitajātakaṁ soḷasamaṁ.

17.1Dasakanipātaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

18.1Tassuddānaṁ

19.1Daḷha kaṇha dhanañjaya saṅkhavaro,19.2Raja sattaha kassa ca takkalinā;19.3Dhammaṁ kukkuṭa kuṇḍali bhojanadā,19.4Cakkavāka subhūrisa sotthi ghaṭoti.