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King Sādhina of Mithila

Sādhinajātaka

“A wonder in the world”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about lay Brethren who took on the fast-day vows. On that occasion the Master said: “Lay Brethren, wise men of old, by virtue of their keeping the fast-day vows, went in the body to heaven, and there dwelt for a long time.” Then at their request, he told a story of the past.

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  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Pakiṇṇakanipāta
  • 0.3Sālikedāravagga

0.411. Sādhinajātaka

1.1PTS 4.355“Abbhuto vata lokasmiṁ,1.2uppajji lomahaṁsano;1.3Dibbo ratho pāturahu,1.4vedehassa yasassino”.

2.1PTS 4.356Devaputto mahiddhiko,2.2mātali devasārathi;2.3Nimantayittha rājānaṁ,2.4vedehaṁ mithilaggahaṁ.

3.1“Ehimaṁ rathamāruyha,3.2rājaseṭṭha disampati;3.3Devā dassanakāmā te,3.4tāvatiṁsā saindakā;3.5Saramānā hi te devā,3.6sudhammāyaṁ samacchare”.

4.1Tato ca rājā sādhino,4.2vedeho mithilaggaho;4.3Sahassayuttamāruyha,4.4agā devāna santike;4.5Taṁ devā paṭinandiṁsu,4.6disvā rājānamāgataṁ.

5.1“Svāgataṁ te mahārāja,5.2atho te adurāgataṁ;5.3Nisīda dāni rājīsi,5.4devarājassa santike”.

6.1Sakkopi paṭinandittha,6.2vedehaṁ mithilaggahaṁ;6.3Nimantayittha kāmehi,6.4āsanena ca vāsavo.

7.1“Sādhu khosi anuppatto,7.2āvāsaṁ vasavattinaṁ;7.3Vasa devesu rājīsi,7.4sabbakāmasamiddhisu;7.5Tāvatiṁsesu devesu,7.6bhuñja kāme amānuse”.

8.1PTS 4.357“Ahaṁ pure saggagato ramāmi,8.2Naccehi gītehi ca vāditehi;8.3So dāni ajja na ramāmi sagge,8.4Āyuṁ nu khīṇo maraṇaṁ nu santike;8.5Udāhu mūḷhosmi janindaseṭṭha”.

9.1“Na tāyu khīṇaṁ maraṇañca dūre,9.2Na cāpi mūḷho naravīraseṭṭha;9.3Tuyhañca puññāni parittakāni,9.4Yesaṁ vipākaṁ idha vedayittho.

10.1Vasa devānubhāvena,10.2rājaseṭṭha disampati;10.3Tāvatiṁsesu devesu,10.4bhuñja kāme amānuse”.

11.1PTS 4.358“Yathā yācitakaṁ yānaṁ,11.2yathā yācitakaṁ dhanaṁ;11.3Evaṁsampadamevetaṁ,11.4yaṁ parato dānapaccayā.

12.1Na cāhametamicchāmi,12.2yaṁ parato dānapaccayā;12.3Sayaṅkatāni puññāni,12.4taṁ me āveṇikaṁ dhanaṁ.

13.1Sohaṁ gantvā manussesu,13.2kāhāmi kusalaṁ bahuṁ;13.3Dānena samacariyāya,13.4saṁyamena damena ca;13.5Yaṁ katvā sukhito hoti,13.6na ca pacchānutappati.

14.1Imāni tāni khettāni,14.2imaṁ nikkhaṁ sukuṇḍalaṁ;14.3Imā tā haritānūpā,14.4imā najjo savantiyo.

15.1PTS 4.359Imā tā pokkharaṇī rammā,15.2cakkavākapakūjitā;15.3Mandālakehi sañchannā,15.4padumuppalakehi ca;15.5Yassimāni mamāyiṁsu,15.6kiṁ nu te disataṁ gatā.

16.1Tānīdha khettāni so bhūmibhāgo,16.2Teyeva ārāmavanūpacārā;16.3Tameva mayhaṁ janataṁ apassato,16.4Suññaṁva me nārada khāyate disā”.

17.1“Diṭṭhā mayā vimānāni,17.2obhāsentā catuddisā;17.3Sammukhā devarājassa,17.4tidasānañca sammukhā.

18.1Vutthaṁ me bhavanaṁ dibyaṁ,18.2Bhuttā kāmā amānusā;18.3Tāvatiṁsesu devesu,18.4Sabbakāmasamiddhisu.

19.1Sohaṁ etādisaṁ hitvā,19.2puññāyamhi idhāgato;19.3Dhammameva carissāmi,19.4nāhaṁ rajjena atthiko.

20.1PTS 4.360Adaṇḍāvacaraṁ maggaṁ,20.2sammāsambuddhadesitaṁ;20.3Taṁ maggaṁ paṭipajjissaṁ,20.4yena gacchanti subbatā”ti.

21.1Sādhinajātakaṁ ekādasamaṁ.