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The Golden Deer

Rohaṇamigajātaka

“In fear of death”—This story the Master told while dwelling in the Bamboo Grove, about the reverend Ananda, who made renunciation of his life. This renunciation will be described in Book Xxi., under the Culla-hamsa Birth, the Subduing of Dhanapala. When this reverend man had renounced his life for the Master’s sake, they gossiped about it in the Hall of Truth: “Sirs, the reverend Ananda, having attained to the detailed knowledge of the course of religious training, renounced his life for the Dasabala.” The Master came in, asking what they spoke of as they sat there. They told him. Said he, “Brothers, this is not the first time he has laid down his life for my sake; he has done it before.” Then he told them a story of the past.

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  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Vīsatinipāta
  • 0.3Mātaṅgavagga

0.45. Rohaṇamigajātaka

1.1PTS 4.415“Ete yūthā patiyanti,1.2bhītā maraṇassa cittaka;1.3Gaccha tuvampi mākaṅkhi,1.4jīvissanti tayā saha”.

2.1“Nāhaṁ rohaṇa gacchāmi,2.2hadayaṁ me avakassati;2.3Na taṁ ahaṁ jahissāmi,2.4idha hissāmi jīvitaṁ”.

3.1“Te hi nūna marissanti,3.2andhā apariṇāyakā;3.3Gaccha tuvampi mākaṅkhi,3.4jīvissanti tayā saha”.

4.1“Nāhaṁ rohaṇa gacchāmi,4.2hadayaṁ me avakassati;4.3Na taṁ baddhaṁ jahissāmi,4.4idha hissāmi jīvitaṁ”.

5.1PTS 4.416“Gaccha bhīru palāyassu,5.2kūṭe baddhosmi āyase;5.3Gaccha tuvampi mākaṅkhi,5.4jīvissanti tayā saha”.

6.1“Nāhaṁ rohaṇa gacchāmi,6.2hadayaṁ me avakassati;6.3Na taṁ ahaṁ jahissāmi,6.4idha hissāmi jīvitaṁ”.

7.1“Te hi nūna marissanti,7.2andhā apariṇāyakā;7.3Gaccha tuvampi mākaṅkhi,7.4jīvissanti tayā saha”.

8.1“Nāhaṁ rohaṇa gacchāmi,8.2hadayaṁ me avakassati;8.3Na taṁ baddhaṁ jahissāmi,8.4idha hissāmi jīvitaṁ”.

9.1“Ayaṁ so luddako eti,9.2luddarūpo sahāvudho;9.3Yo no vadhissati ajja,9.4usunā sattiyā api”.

10.1PTS 4.417“Sā muhuttaṁ palāyitvā,10.2bhayaṭṭā bhayatajjitā;10.3Sudukkaraṁ akarā bhīru,10.4maraṇāyūpanivattatha”.

11.1“Kiṁ nu teme migā honti,11.2muttā baddhaṁ upāsare;11.3Na taṁ cajitumicchanti,11.4jīvitassapi kāraṇā”.

12.1“Bhātaro honti me ludda,12.2sodariyā ekamātukā;12.3Na maṁ cajitumicchanti,12.4jīvitassapi kāraṇā”.

13.1“Te hi nūna marissanti,13.2andhā apariṇāyakā;13.3Pañcannaṁ jīvitaṁ dehi,13.4bhātaraṁ muñca luddaka”.

14.1PTS 4.418“So vo ahaṁ pamokkhāmi,14.2mātāpettibharaṁ migaṁ;14.3Nandantu mātāpitaro,14.4muttaṁ disvā mahāmigaṁ”.

15.1“Evaṁ luddaka nandassu,15.2saha sabbehi ñātibhi;15.3Yathāhamajja nandāmi,15.4muttaṁ disvā mahāmigaṁ”.

16.1PTS 4.419“Kathaṁ tvaṁ pamokkho āsi,16.2Upanītasmi jīvite;16.3Kathaṁ putta amocesi,16.4Kūṭapāsamha luddako”.

17.1“Bhaṇaṁ kaṇṇasukhaṁ vācaṁ,17.2hadayaṅgaṁ hadayassitaṁ;17.3Subhāsitāhi vācāhi,17.4cittako maṁ amocayi.

18.1Bhaṇaṁ kaṇṇasukhaṁ vācaṁ,18.2hadayaṅgaṁ hadayassitaṁ;18.3Subhāsitāhi vācāhi,18.4sutanā maṁ amocayi.

19.1PTS 4.420Sutvā kaṇṇasukhaṁ vācaṁ,19.2hadayaṅgaṁ hadayassitaṁ;19.3Subhāsitāni sutvāna,19.4luddako maṁ amocayi”.

20.1“Evaṁ ānandito hotu,20.2saha dārehi luddako;20.3Yathā mayajja nandāma,20.4disvā rohaṇamāgataṁ”.

21.1“Nanu tvaṁ avaca ludda,21.2‘migacammāni āhariṁ’;21.3Atha kena nu vaṇṇena,21.4migacammāni nāhari”.

22.1“Āgamā ceva hatthatthaṁ,22.2kūṭapāsañca so migo;22.3Abajjhi taṁ migarājaṁ,22.4tañca muttā upāsare.

23.1Tassa me ahu saṁvego,23.2abbhuto lomahaṁsano;23.3Imañcāhaṁ migaṁ haññe,23.4ajja hissāmi jīvitaṁ”.

24.1“Kīdisā te migā ludda,24.2kīdisā dhammikā migā;24.3Kathaṁvaṇṇā kathaṁsīlā,24.4bāḷhaṁ kho ne pasaṁsasi”.

25.1PTS 4.421“Odātasiṅgā sucivālā,25.2jātarūpatacūpamā;25.3Pādā lohitakā tesaṁ,25.4añjitakkhā manoramā”.

26.1“Edisā te migā deva,26.2edisā dhammikā migā;26.3Mātāpettibharā deva,26.4na te so abhihārituṁ”.

27.1PTS 4.422“Dammi nikkhasataṁ ludda,27.2thūlañca maṇikuṇḍalaṁ;27.3Catussadañca pallaṅkaṁ,27.4umāpupphasarinnibhaṁ.

28.1Dve ca sādisiyo bhariyā,28.2usabhañca gavaṁ sataṁ;28.3Dhammena rajjaṁ kāressaṁ,28.4bahukāro mesi luddaka.

29.1Kasivāṇijjā iṇadānaṁ,29.2uñchācariyā ca luddaka;29.3Etena dāraṁ posehi,29.4mā pāpaṁ akarī punāti”.

30.1Rohaṇamigajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.