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Ten Kinds of Brahmin

Dasabrāhmaṇajātaka

“The righteous king”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about a gift incomparable. This has been explained in the Sucira Birth of the Eighth Book.

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0.412. Dasabrāhmaṇajātaka

1.1PTS 4.361Rājā avoca vidhuraṁ,1.2Dhammakāmo yudhiṭṭhilo;1.3“Brāhmaṇe vidhura pariyesa,1.4Sīlavante bahussute.

2.1Virate methunā dhammā,2.2Ye me bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ;2.3Dakkhiṇaṁ samma dassāma,2.4Yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ”.

3.1“Dullabhā brāhmaṇā deva,3.2sīlavanto bahussutā;3.3Viratā methunā dhammā,3.4ye te bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ.

4.1Dasa khalu mahārāja,4.2yā tā brāhmaṇajātiyo;4.3Tesaṁ vibhaṅgaṁ vicayaṁ,4.4vitthārena suṇohi me.

5.1Pasibbake gahetvāna,5.2puṇṇe mūlassa saṁvute;5.3Osadhikāyo ganthenti,5.4nhāpayanti japanti ca.

6.1Tikicchakasamā rāja,6.2tepi vuccanti brāhmaṇā;6.3Akkhātā te mahārāja,6.4tādise nipatāmase”.

7.1PTS 4.362“Apetā te ca brahmaññā,7.2(iti rājā korabyo)7.3Na te vuccanti brāhmaṇā;7.4Aññe vidhura pariyesa,7.5Sīlavante bahussute.

8.1Virate methunā dhammā,8.2Ye me bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ;8.3Dakkhiṇaṁ samma dassāma,8.4Yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ”.

9.1“Kiṅkiṇikāyo gahetvā,9.2ghosenti puratopi te;9.3Pesanānipi gacchanti,9.4rathacariyāsu sikkhare.

10.1Paricārakasamā rāja,10.2tepi vuccanti brāhmaṇā;10.3Akkhātā te mahārāja,10.4tādise nipatāmase”.

11.1“Apetā te ca brahmaññā,11.2(iti rājā korabyo)11.3Na te vuccanti brāhmaṇā;11.4Aññe vidhura pariyesa,11.5Sīlavante bahussute.

12.1Virate methunā dhammā,12.2ye me bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ;12.3Dakkhiṇaṁ samma dassāma,12.4yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ”.

13.1“Kamaṇḍaluṁ gahetvāna,13.2vaṅkadaṇḍañca brāhmaṇā;13.3Paccupessanti rājāno,13.4gāmesu nigamesu ca;13.5Nādinne vuṭṭhahissāma,13.6gāmamhi vā vanamhi vā.

14.1Niggāhakasamā rāja,14.2tepi vuccanti brāhmaṇā;14.3Akkhātā te mahārāja,14.4tādise nipatāmase”.

15.1“Apetā te ca brahmaññā,15.2(iti rājā korabyo)15.3Na te vuccanti brāhmaṇā;15.4Aññe vidhura pariyesa,15.5Sīlavante bahussute.

16.1Virate methunā dhammā,16.2ye me bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ;16.3Dakkhiṇaṁ samma dassāma,16.4yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ”.

17.1“Parūḷhakacchanakhalomā,17.2paṅkadantā rajassirā;17.3Okiṇṇā rajareṇūhi,17.4yācakā vicaranti te.

18.1Khāṇughātasamā rāja,18.2tepi vuccanti brāhmaṇā;18.3Akkhātā te mahārāja,18.4tādise nipatāmase”.

19.1PTS 4.363“Apetā te ca brahmaññā,19.2(iti rājā korabyo)19.3Na te vuccanti brāhmaṇā;19.4Aññe vidhura pariyesa,19.5Sīlavante bahussute.

20.1Virate methunā dhammā,20.2ye me bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ;20.3Dakkhiṇaṁ samma dassāma,20.4yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ”.

21.1“Harītakaṁ āmalakaṁ,21.2Ambaṁ jambuṁ vibhītakaṁ;21.3Labujaṁ dantapoṇāni,21.4Beluvā badarāni ca.

22.1Rājāyatanaṁ ucchupuṭaṁ,22.2dhūmanettaṁ madhuañjanaṁ;22.3Uccāvacāni paṇiyāni,22.4vipaṇenti janādhipa.

23.1Vāṇijakasamā rāja,23.2tepi vuccanti brāhmaṇā;23.3Akkhātā te mahārāja,23.4tādise nipatāmase”.

24.1“Apetā te ca brahmaññā,24.2(iti rājā korabyo)24.3Na te vuccanti brāhmaṇā;24.4Aññe vidhura pariyesa,24.5Sīlavante bahussute.

25.1Virate methunā dhammā,25.2ye me bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ;25.3Dakkhiṇaṁ samma dassāma,25.4yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ”.

26.1“Kasivāṇijjaṁ kārenti,26.2posayanti ajeḷake;26.3Kumāriyo pavecchanti,26.4vivāhantāvahanti ca.

27.1Samā ambaṭṭhavessehi,27.2tepi vuccanti brāhmaṇā;27.3Akkhātā te mahārāja,27.4tādise nipatāmase”.

28.1“Apetā te ca brahmaññā,28.2(iti rājā korabyo)28.3Na te vuccanti brāhmaṇā;28.4Aññe vidhura pariyesa,28.5Sīlavante bahussute.

29.1Virate methunā dhammā,29.2ye me bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ;29.3Dakkhiṇaṁ samma dassāma,29.4yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ”.

30.1PTS 4.364“Nikkhittabhikkhaṁ bhuñjanti,30.2gāmesveke purohitā;30.3Bahū te paripucchanti,30.4aṇḍacchedā nilañchakā.

31.1Pasūpi tattha haññanti,31.2mahiṁsā sūkarā ajā;31.3Goghātakasamā rāja,31.4tepi vuccanti brāhmaṇā;31.5Akkhātā te mahārāja,31.6tādise nipatāmase”.

32.1“Apetā te ca brahmaññā,32.2(iti rājā korabyo)32.3Na te vuccanti brāhmaṇā;32.4Aññe vidhura pariyesa,32.5Sīlavante bahussute.

33.1Virate methunā dhammā,33.2ye me bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ;33.3Dakkhiṇaṁ samma dassāma,33.4yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ”.

34.1“Asicammaṁ gahetvāna,34.2khaggaṁ paggayha brāhmaṇā;34.3Vessapathesu tiṭṭhanti,34.4satthaṁ abbāhayantipi.

35.1Samā gopanisādehi,35.2tepi vuccanti brāhmaṇā;35.3Akkhātā te mahārāja,35.4tādise nipatāmase”.

36.1“Apetā te ca brahmaññā,36.2(iti rājā korabyo)36.3Na te vuccanti brāhmaṇā;36.4Aññe vidhura pariyesa,36.5Sīlavante bahussute.

37.1Virate methunā dhammā,37.2ye me bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ;37.3Dakkhiṇaṁ samma dassāma,37.4yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ”.

38.1“Araññe kuṭikaṁ katvā,38.2kūṭāni kārayanti te;38.3Sasabiḷāre bādhenti,38.4āgodhā macchakacchapaṁ.

39.1Te luddakasamā rāja,39.2tepi vuccanti brāhmaṇā;39.3Akkhātā te mahārāja,39.4tādise nipatāmase”.

40.1“Apetā te ca brahmaññā,40.2(iti rājā korabyo)40.3Na te vuccanti brāhmaṇā;40.4Aññe vidhura pariyesa,40.5Sīlavante bahussute.

41.1PTS 4.365Virate methunā dhammā,41.2ye me bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ;41.3Dakkhiṇaṁ samma dassāma,41.4yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ”.

42.1“Aññe dhanassa kāmā hi,42.2heṭṭhāmañce pasakkitā;42.3Rājāno upari nhāyanti,42.4somayāge upaṭṭhite.

43.1Malamajjakasamā rāja,43.2Tepi vuccanti brāhmaṇā;43.3Akkhātā te mahārāja,43.4Tādise nipatāmase”.

44.1“Apetā te ca brahmaññā,44.2(iti rājā korabyo)44.3Na te vuccanti brāhmaṇā;44.4Aññe vidhura pariyesa,44.5Sīlavante bahussute.

45.1Virate methunā dhammā,45.2ye me bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ;45.3Dakkhiṇaṁ samma dassāma,45.4yattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ”.

46.1PTS 4.367“Atthi kho brāhmaṇā deva,46.2sīlavanto bahussutā;46.3Viratā methunā dhammā,46.4ye te bhuñjeyyu bhojanaṁ.

47.1Ekañca bhattaṁ bhuñjanti,47.2na ca majjaṁ pivanti te;47.3Akkhātā te mahārāja,47.4tādise nipatāmase”.

48.1“Ete kho brāhmaṇā vidhura,48.2Sīlavanto bahussutā;48.3Ete vidhura pariyesa,48.4Khippañca ne nimantayā”ti.

49.1Dasabrāhmaṇajātakaṁ dvādasamaṁ.