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The Golden Peacock

Mahāmorajātaka

“If I being captured”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about a backsliding Brother. To this Brother the Master said, “Is it true, as I am told, that you have backslidden?” “Yes, Sir, it is true.” “Brother,” said he, “will not this lust for pleasure confound a man like you? The hurricane that overwhelms Mount Sineru is not put to the blush before a withered leaf. In days of yore this passion has confounded holy beings, who for seven thousand years held aloof from following the lusts that arise within.” With these words, he told a story of the past.

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  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Pakiṇṇakanipāta
  • 0.3Sālikedāravagga

0.48. Mahāmorajātaka

1.1PTS 4.337“Sace hi tyāhaṁ dhanahetu gāhito,1.2Mā maṁ vadhī jīvagāhaṁ gahetvā;1.3Rañño ca maṁ samma upantikaṁ nehi,1.4Maññe dhanaṁ lacchasinapparūpaṁ”.

2.1“Na me ayaṁ tuyha vadhāya ajja,2.2Samāhito cāpadhure khurappo;2.3Pāsañca tyāhaṁ adhipātayissaṁ,2.4Yathāsukhaṁ gacchatu morarājā”.

3.1“Yaṁ satta vassāni mamānubandhi,3.2Rattindivaṁ khuppipāsaṁ sahanto;3.3Atha kissa maṁ pāsavasūpanītaṁ,3.4Pamuttave icchasi bandhanasmā.

4.1Pāṇātipātā virato nusajja,4.2Abhayaṁ nu te sabbabhūtesu dinnaṁ;4.3Yaṁ maṁ tuvaṁ pāsavasūpanītaṁ,4.4Pamuttave icchasi bandhanasmā”.

5.1PTS 4.338“Pāṇātipātā viratassa brūhi,5.2Abhayañca yo sabbabhūtesu deti;5.3Pucchāmi taṁ morarājetamatthaṁ,5.4Ito cuto kiṁ labhate sukhaṁ so”.

6.1“Pāṇātipātā viratassa brūmi,6.2Abhayañca yo sabbabhūtesu deti;6.3Diṭṭheva dhamme labhate pasaṁsaṁ,6.4Saggañca so yāti sarīrabhedā”.

7.1“Na santi devā iti āhu eke,7.2Idheva jīvo vibhavaṁ upeti;7.3Tathā phalaṁ sukatadukkaṭānaṁ,7.4Dattupaññattañca vadanti dānaṁ;7.5Tesaṁ vaco arahataṁ saddahāno,7.6Tasmā ahaṁ sakuṇe bādhayāmi”.

8.1“Cando ca suriyo ca ubho sudassanā,8.2Gacchanti obhāsayamantalikkhe;8.3Imassa lokassa parassa vā te,8.4Kathaṁ nu te āhu manussaloke”.

9.1PTS 4.339“Cando ca suriyo ca ubho sudassanā,9.2Gacchanti obhāsayamantalikkhe;9.3Parassa lokassa na te imassa,9.4Devāti te āhu manussaloke”.

10.1“Ettheva te nīhatā hīnavādā,10.2Ahetukā ye na vadanti kammaṁ;10.3Tathā phalaṁ sukatadukkaṭānaṁ,10.4Dattupaññattaṁ ye ca vadanti dānaṁ”.

11.1“Addhā hi saccaṁ vacanaṁ tavedaṁ,11.2Kathañhi dānaṁ aphalaṁ bhaveyya;11.3Tathā phalaṁ sukatadukkaṭānaṁ,11.4Dattupaññattañca kathaṁ bhaveyya.

12.1Kathaṅkaro kintikaro kimācaraṁ,12.2Kiṁ sevamāno kena tapoguṇena;12.3Akkhāhi me morarājetamatthaṁ,12.4Yathā ahaṁ no nirayaṁ pateyyaṁ”.

13.1PTS 4.340“Ye keci atthi samaṇā pathabyā,13.2Kāsāyavatthā anagāriyā te;13.3Pātova piṇḍāya caranti kāle,13.4Vikālacariyā viratā hi santo.

14.1Te tattha kālenupasaṅkamitvā,14.2Pucchāhi yaṁ te manaso piyaṁ siyā;14.3Te te pavakkhanti yathāpajānaṁ,14.4Imassa lokassa parassa catthaṁ”.

15.1PTS 4.341“Tacaṁva jiṇṇaṁ urago purāṇaṁ,15.2Paṇḍūpalāsaṁ harito dumova;15.3Esappahīno mama luddabhāvo,15.4Jahāmahaṁ luddakabhāvamajja.

16.1Ye cāpi me sakuṇā atthi baddhā,16.2Satāninekāni nivesanasmiṁ;16.3Tesampahaṁ jīvitamajja dammi,16.4Mokkhañca te pattā sakaṁ niketaṁ”.

17.1PTS 4.342“Luddo carī pāsahattho araññe,17.2Bādhetu morādhipatiṁ yasassiṁ;17.3Bandhitvā morādhipatiṁ yasassiṁ,17.4Dukkhā sa pamucci yathāhaṁ pamutto”ti.

18.1Mahāmorajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.