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The Deity Named Dhamma

Dhammadevaputtajātaka

“I do the right”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, how Devadatta was swallowed up in the earth. They gathered in the Hall of Truth to talk: “Friend, Devadatta fell at enmity with the Tathagata, and was swallowed up in the earth.” The Master entering asked what they were talking of as they sat there. They told him. He replied, “Now, Brethren, he has been swallowed up in the earth because he dealt a blow at my victorious authority; but formerly he dealt a blow at the authority of right, and was swallowed up in the earth, and went on his way to nethermost hell.” So saying, he told a story of the past.

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  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Ekādasakanipāta
  • 0.3Mātuposakavagga

0.43. Dhammadevaputtajātaka

1.1PTS 4.101“Yasokaro puññakarohamasmi,1.2Sadātthuto samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ;1.3Maggāraho devamanussapūjito,1.4Dhammo ahaṁ dehi adhamma maggaṁ”.

2.1“Adhammayānaṁ daḷhamāruhitvā,2.2Asantasanto balavāhamasmi;2.3Sa kissa hetumhi tavajja dajjaṁ,2.4Maggaṁ ahaṁ dhamma adinnapubbaṁ”.

3.1“Dhammo have pāturahosi pubbe,3.2Pacchā adhammo udapādi loke;3.3Jeṭṭho ca seṭṭho ca sanantano ca,3.4Uyyāhi jeṭṭhassa kaniṭṭha maggā”.

4.1PTS 4.102“Na yācanāya napi pātirūpā,4.2Na arahatā tehaṁ dadeyyaṁ maggaṁ;4.3Yuddhañca no hotu ubhinnamajja,4.4Yuddhamhi yo jessati tassa maggo”.

5.1“Sabbā disā anuvisaṭohamasmi,5.2Mahabbalo amitayaso atulyo;5.3Guṇehi sabbehi upetarūpo,5.4Dhammo adhamma tvaṁ kathaṁ vijessasi.

6.1Lohena ve haññati jātarūpaṁ,6.2Na jātarūpena hananti lohaṁ;6.3Sace adhammo hañchati dhammamajja,6.4Ayo suvaṇṇaṁ viya dassaneyyaṁ.

7.1Sace tuvaṁ yuddhabalo adhamma,7.2Na tuyha vuḍḍhā ca garū ca atthi;7.3Maggañca te dammi piyāppiyena,7.4Vācāduruttānipi te khamāmi”.

8.1PTS 4.103“Idañca sutvā vacanaṁ adhammo,8.2Avaṁsiro patito uddhapādo;8.3‘Yuddhatthiko ce na labhāmi yuddhaṁ’,8.4Ettāvatā hoti hato adhammo.

9.1Khantībalo yuddhabalaṁ vijetvā,9.2Hantvā adhammaṁ nihanitva bhūmyā;9.3Pāyāsi vitto abhiruyha sandanaṁ,9.4Maggeneva atibalo saccanikkamo.

10.1Mātā pitā samaṇabrāhmaṇā ca,10.2Asammānitā yassa sake agāre;10.3Idheva nikkhippa sarīradehaṁ,10.4Kāyassa bhedā nirayaṁ vajanti te;10.5Yathā adhammo patito avaṁsiro.

11.1Mātā pitā samaṇabrāhmaṇā ca,11.2Susammānitā yassa sake agāre;11.3Idheva nikkhippa sarīradehaṁ,11.4Kāyassa bhedā sugatiṁ vajanti te;11.5Yathāpi dhammo abhiruyha sandanan”ti.

12.1Dhammadevaputtajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.