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Prince Sivi

Sivijātaka

“If there be any human”—This story the Master told while dwelling at Jetavana, about the gift incomparable. The circumstances have been fully told in Book Viii. under the Sovira Birth. But here the king, on the seventh day, gave all the requisites and asked for thanks; but the Master went away without thanking him. After breakfast the king went to the monastery, and said, “Why did you return no thanks, Sir?” The Master said, “The people were unpurified, your majesty.” He went on to declare the Law, reciting the stanza that begins “To heaven the avaricious shall not go.” The king, pleased at heart, did reverence to the Tathagata by presenting an outer robe of the Sivi country, worth a thousand pieces of money; then he returned to the city.

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  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Vīsatinipāta
  • 0.3Mātaṅgavagga

0.43. Sivijātaka

1.1PTS 4.403“Dūre apassaṁ therova,1.2cakkhuṁ yācitumāgato;1.3Ekanettā bhavissāma,1.4cakkhuṁ me dehi yācito”.

2.1“Kenānusiṭṭho idha māgatosi,2.2Vanibbaka cakkhupathāni yācituṁ;2.3Suduccajaṁ yācasi uttamaṅgaṁ,2.4Yamāhu nettaṁ purisena duccajaṁ”.

3.1PTS 4.404“Yamāhu devesu sujampatīti,3.2Maghavāti naṁ āhu manussaloke;3.3Tenānusiṭṭho idha māgatosmi,3.4Vanibbako cakkhupathāni yācituṁ.

4.1Vanibbato mayha vaniṁ anuttaraṁ,4.2Dadāhi te cakkhupathāni yācito;4.3Dadāhi me cakkhupathaṁ anuttaraṁ,4.4Yamāhu nettaṁ purisena duccajaṁ”.

5.1“Yena atthena āgacchi,5.2yamatthamabhipatthayaṁ;5.3Te te ijjhantu saṅkappā,5.4labha cakkhūni brāhmaṇa.

6.1Ekaṁ te yācamānassa,6.2Ubhayāni dadāmahaṁ;6.3Sa cakkhumā gaccha janassa pekkhato,6.4Yadicchase tvaṁ tadate samijjhatu”.

7.1“Mā no deva adā cakkhuṁ,7.2mā no sabbe parākari;7.3Dhanaṁ dehi mahārāja,7.4muttā veḷuriyā bahū.

8.1Yutte deva rathe dehi,8.2ājānīye calaṅkate;8.3Nāge dehi mahārāja,8.4hemakappanavāsase.

9.1PTS 4.405Yathā taṁ sivayo sabbe,9.2sayoggā sarathā sadā;9.3Samantā parikireyyuṁ,9.4evaṁ dehi rathesabha”.

10.1“Yo ve dassanti vatvāna,10.2adāne kurute mano;10.3Bhūmyaṁ so patitaṁ pāsaṁ,10.4gīvāyaṁ paṭimuñcati.

11.1Yo ve dassanti vatvāna,11.2adāne kurute mano;11.3Pāpā pāpataro hoti,11.4sampatto yamasādhanaṁ.

12.1Yañhi yāce tañhi dade,12.2yaṁ na yāce na taṁ dade;12.3Svāhaṁ tameva dassāmi,12.4yaṁ maṁ yācati brāhmaṇo”.

13.1“Āyuṁ nu vaṇṇaṁ nu sukhaṁ balaṁ nu,13.2Kiṁ patthayāno nu janinda desi;13.3Kathañhi rājā sivinaṁ anuttaro,13.4Cakkhūni dajjā paralokahetu”.

14.1PTS 4.406“Na vāhametaṁ yasasā dadāmi,14.2Na puttamicche na dhanaṁ na raṭṭhaṁ;14.3Satañca dhammo carito purāṇo,14.4Icceva dāne ramate mano mama”.14.5(…)

15.1“Sakhā ca mitto ca mamāsi sīvika,15.2Susikkhito sādhu karohi me vaco;15.3Uddharitvā cakkhūni mamaṁ jigīsato,15.4Hatthesu ṭhapehi vanibbakassa”.

16.1PTS 4.408Codito sivirājena,16.2sīviko vacanaṅkaro;16.3Rañño cakkhūnuddharitvā,16.4brāhmaṇassūpanāmayi;16.5Sacakkhu brāhmaṇo āsi,16.6andho rājā upāvisi.

17.1Tato so katipāhassa,17.2uparūḷhesu cakkhusu;17.3Sūtaṁ āmantayī rājā,17.4sivīnaṁ raṭṭhavaḍḍhano.

18.1PTS 4.409“Yojehi sārathi yānaṁ,18.2yuttañca paṭivedaya;18.3Uyyānabhūmiṁ gacchāma,18.4pokkharañño vanāni ca”.

19.1So ca pokkharaṇītīre,19.2pallaṅkena upāvisi;19.3Tassa sakko pāturahu,19.4devarājā sujampati.

20.1“Sakkohamasmi devindo,20.2āgatosmi tavantike;20.3Varaṁ varassu rājīsi,20.4yaṁ kiñci manasicchasi”.

21.1“Pahūtaṁ me dhanaṁ sakka,21.2balaṁ koso canappako;21.3Andhassa me sato dāni,21.4maraṇaññeva ruccati”.

22.1“Yāni saccāni dvipadinda,22.2tāni bhāsassu khattiya;22.3Saccaṁ te bhaṇamānassa,22.4puna cakkhu bhavissati”.

23.1PTS 4.410“Ye maṁ yācitumāyanti,23.2nānāgottā vanibbakā;23.3Yopi maṁ yācate tattha,23.4sopi me manaso piyo;23.5Etena saccavajjena,23.6cakkhu me upapajjatha.

24.1Yaṁ maṁ so yācituṁ āgā,24.2dehi cakkhunti brāhmaṇo;24.3Tassa cakkhūni pādāsiṁ,24.4brāhmaṇassa vanibbato.

25.1Bhiyyo maṁ āvisī pīti,25.2somanassañcanappakaṁ;25.3Etena saccavajjena,25.4dutiyaṁ me upapajjatha”.

26.1PTS 4.411“Dhammena bhāsitā gāthā,26.2sivīnaṁ raṭṭhavaḍḍhana;26.3Etāni tava nettāni,26.4dibbāni paṭidissare.

27.1PTS 4.412Tirokuṭṭaṁ tiroselaṁ,27.2samatiggayha pabbataṁ;27.3Samantā yojanasataṁ,27.4dassanaṁ anubhontu te”.

28.1“Ko nīdha vittaṁ na dadeyya yācito,28.2Api visiṭṭhaṁ supiyampi attano;28.3Tadiṅgha sabbe sivayo samāgatā,28.4Dibbāni nettāni mamajja passatha.

29.1Tirokuṭṭaṁ tiroselaṁ,29.2samatiggayha pabbataṁ;29.3Samantā yojanasataṁ,29.4dassanaṁ anubhonti me.

30.1Na cāgamattā paramatthi kiñci,30.2Maccānaṁ idha jīvite;30.3Datvāna mānusaṁ cakkhuṁ,30.4Laddhaṁ me cakkhuṁ amānusaṁ.

31.1Etampi disvā sivayo,31.2Detha dānāni bhuñjatha;31.3Datvā ca bhutvā ca yathānubhāvaṁ,31.4Aninditā saggamupetha ṭhānan”ti.

32.1Sivijātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.