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Ambajātaka

“Young student, when”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about Devadatta. Devadatta repudiated his teacher, saying, “I will be Buddha myself, and Gotama the ascetic is no teacher or monitor of mine!” So, aroused from his mystic meditation, he made a breach in the Order. Then step by step he proceeded to Savatthi, and outside Jetavana, the earth yawned, and he went down into the hell Avici.

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

0.41. Ambajātaka

1.1PTS 4.203“Ahāsi me ambaphalāni pubbe,1.2Aṇūni thūlāni ca brahmacāri;1.3Teheva mantehi na dāni tuyhaṁ,1.4Dumapphalā pātubhavanti brahme”.

2.1PTS 4.204“Nakkhattayogaṁ paṭimānayāmi,2.2Khaṇaṁ muhuttañca mante na passaṁ;2.3Nakkhattayogañca khaṇañca laddhā,2.4Addhāharissambaphalaṁ pahūtaṁ”.

3.1“Nakkhattayogaṁ na pure abhāṇi,3.2Khaṇaṁ muhuttaṁ na pure asaṁsi;3.3Sayaṁ harī ambaphalaṁ pahūtaṁ,3.4Vaṇṇena gandhena rasenupetaṁ.

4.1Mantābhijappena pure hi tuyhaṁ,4.2Dumapphalā pātubhavanti brahme;4.3Svājja na pāresi jappampi mantaṁ,4.4Ayaṁ so ko nāma tavajja dhammo”.

5.1“Caṇḍālaputto mama sampadāsi,5.2Dhammena mante pakatiñca saṁsi;5.3Mā cassu me pucchito nāmagottaṁ,5.4Guyhittho atthaṁ vijaheyya manto.

6.1Sohaṁ janindena janamhi puṭṭho,6.2Makkhābhibhūto alikaṁ abhāṇiṁ;6.3‘Mantā ime brāhmaṇassā’ti micchā,6.4Pahīnamanto kapaṇo rudāmi”.

7.1PTS 4.205“Eraṇḍā pucimandā vā,7.2atha vā pālibhaddakā;7.3Madhuṁ madhutthiko vinde,7.4so hi tassa dumuttamo.

8.1Khattiyā brāhmaṇā vessā,8.2suddā caṇḍālapukkusā;8.3Yamhā dhammaṁ vijāneyya,8.4so hi tassa naruttamo.

9.1Imassa daṇḍañca vadhañca datvā,9.2Gale gahetvā khalayātha jammaṁ;9.3Yo uttamatthaṁ kasirena laddhaṁ,9.4Mānātimānena vināsayittha”.

10.1PTS 4.206“Yathā samaṁ maññamāno pateyya,10.2Sobbhaṁ guhaṁ narakaṁ pūtipādaṁ;10.3Rajjūti vā akkame kaṇhasappaṁ,10.4Andho yathā jotimadhiṭṭhaheyya;10.5Evampi maṁ tvaṁ khalitaṁ sapañña,10.6Pahīnamantassa punappadāhi”.

11.1“Dhammena mantaṁ tava sampadāsiṁ,11.2Tuvampi dhammena pariggahesi;11.3Pakatimpi te attamano asaṁsiṁ,11.4Dhamme ṭhitaṁ taṁ na jaheyya manto.

12.1PTS 4.207Yo bāla mantaṁ kasirena laddhaṁ,12.2Yaṁ dullabhaṁ ajja manussaloke;12.3Kiñcāpi laddhā jīvituṁ appapañño,12.4Vināsayī alikaṁ bhāsamāno.

13.1Bālassa mūḷhassa akataññuno ca,13.2Musā bhaṇantassa asaññatassa;13.3Mante mayaṁ tādisake na dema,13.4Kuto mantā gaccha na mayha ruccasī”ti.

14.1Ambajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.