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Prince Udayabhadda

Udayajātaka

“Thee flawless”—This story the Master told, while dwelling in Jetavana, about a backsliding Brother. The occasion will be explained under the Kusa Birth. Again the Master asked the man, “Is it true, Brother, that you have backslidden, as they say?” And he replied, “Yes, Sir.” Then he said, “O Brother, why are you backsliding from a religion such as ours, that leads to salvation, and all for fleshly lusts? Wise men of old, who were kings in Surundha, a city prosperous and measuring twelve leagues either way, though for seven hundred years they abode in one chamber with a woman beauteous as the nymphs divine, yet did not yield to their senses, and never so much as looked at her with desire.” So saying, he told a story of the past.

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  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Ekādasakanipāta
  • 0.3Mātuposakavagga

0.44. Udayajātaka

1.1PTS 4.106“Ekā nisinnā suci saññatūrū,1.2Pāsādamāruyha aninditaṅgī;1.3Yācāmi taṁ kinnaranettacakkhu,1.4Imekarattiṁ ubhayo vasema”.

2.1“Okiṇṇantaraparikhaṁ,2.2daḷhamaṭṭālakoṭṭhakaṁ;2.3Rakkhitaṁ khaggahatthehi,2.4duppavesamidaṁ puraṁ.

3.1Daharassa yuvino cāpi,3.2āgamo ca na vijjati;3.3Atha kena nu vaṇṇena,3.4saṅgamaṁ icchase mayā”.

4.1PTS 4.107“Yakkhohamasmi kalyāṇi,4.2Āgatosmi tavantike;4.3Tvaṁ maṁ nandaya bhaddante,4.4Puṇṇakaṁsaṁ dadāmi te”.

5.1“Devaṁ va yakkhaṁ atha vā manussaṁ,5.2Na patthaye udayamaticca aññaṁ;5.3Gaccheva tvaṁ yakkha mahānubhāva,5.4Mā cassu gantvā punarāvajittha”.

6.1“Yā sā rati uttamā kāmabhoginaṁ,6.2Yaṁ hetu sattā visamaṁ caranti;6.3Mā taṁ ratiṁ jīyi tuvaṁ sucimhite,6.4Dadāmi te rūpiyaṁ kaṁsapūraṁ”.

7.1PTS 4.108“Nāriṁ naro nijjhapayaṁ dhanena,7.2Ukkaṁsatī yattha karoti chandaṁ;7.3Vipaccanīko tava devadhammo,7.4Paccakkhato thokatarena esi”.

8.1“Āyu ca vaṇṇo ca manussaloke,8.2Nihīyati manujānaṁ sugatte;8.3Teneva vaṇṇena dhanampi tuyhaṁ,8.4Nihīyati jiṇṇatarāsi ajja.

9.1Evaṁ me pekkhamānassa,9.2rājaputti yasassini;9.3Hāyateva tava vaṇṇo,9.4ahorattānamaccaye”.

10.1“Imināva tvaṁ vayasā,10.2rājaputti sumedhase;10.3Brahmacariyaṁ careyyāsi,10.4bhiyyo vaṇṇavatī siyā”.

11.1PTS 4.109“Devā na jīranti yathā manussā,11.2Gattesu tesaṁ valiyo na honti;11.3Pucchāmi taṁ yakkha mahānubhāva,11.4Kathaṁ nu devāna sarīradeho”.

12.1“Devā na jīranti yathā manussā,12.2Gattesu tesaṁ valiyo na honti;12.3Suve suve bhiyyatarova tesaṁ,12.4Dibbo ca vaṇṇo vipulā ca bhogā”.

13.1PTS 4.110“Kiṁsūdha bhītā janatā anekā,13.2Maggo ca nekāyatanaṁ pavutto;13.3Pucchāmi taṁ yakkha mahānubhāva,13.4Katthaṭṭhito paralokaṁ na bhāye”.

14.1“Vācaṁ manañca paṇidhāya sammā,14.2Kāyena pāpāni akubbamāno;14.3Bahunnapānaṁ gharamāvasanto,14.4Saddho mudū saṁvibhāgī vadaññū;14.5Saṅgāhako sakhilo saṇhavāco,14.6Etthaṭṭhito paralokaṁ na bhāye”.

15.1PTS 4.111“Anusāsasi maṁ yakkha,15.2yathā mātā yathā pitā;15.3Uḷāravaṇṇaṁ pucchāmi,15.4ko nu tvamasi subrahā”.

16.1“Udayohamasmi kalyāṇi,16.2saṅgarattā idhāgato;16.3Āmanta kho taṁ gacchāmi,16.4muttosmi tava saṅgarā”.

17.1“Sace kho tvaṁ udayosi,17.2saṅgarattā idhāgato;17.3Anusāsa maṁ rājaputta,17.4yathāssa puna saṅgamo”.

18.1“Atipatati vayo khaṇo tatheva,18.2Ṭhānaṁ natthi dhuvaṁ cavanti sattā;18.3Parijiyyati addhuvaṁ sarīraṁ,18.4Udaye mā pamāda carassu dhammaṁ.

19.1Kasiṇā pathavī dhanassa pūrā,19.2Ekasseva siyā anaññadheyyā;19.3Tañcāpi jahati avītarāgo,19.4Udaye mā pamāda carassu dhammaṁ.

20.1PTS 4.112Mātā ca pitā ca bhātaro ca,20.2Bhariyā yāpi dhanena hoti kītā;20.3Te cāpi jahanti aññamaññaṁ,20.4Udaye mā pamāda carassu dhammaṁ.

21.1Kāyo parabhojananti ñatvā,21.2Saṁsāre sugatiñca duggatiñca;21.3Ittaravāsoti jāniyāna,21.4Udaye mā pamāda carassu dhammaṁ”.

22.1PTS 4.113“Sādhu bhāsatiyaṁ yakkho,22.2appaṁ maccāna jīvitaṁ;22.3Kasirañca parittañca,22.4tañca dukkhena saṁyutaṁ;22.5Sāhaṁ ekā pabbajissāmi,22.6hitvā kāsiṁ surundhanan”ti.

23.1Udayajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.