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Sattigumbajātaka

“With, a great host”—This story the Master told while sojourning in the deer-park Maddakucchi, about Devadatta. When Devadatta threw the stone, and a fragment pierced the Blessed One’s foot, there was great pain in it. Numbers of the Brethren gathered to see the Tathagata. Now when the Blessed One saw the people gathered together, he said to them, “Brethren, this place is crowded: there will be a great gathering. Come now, carry me in a litter to Maddakucchi.” So then the Brethren did. Jivaka made the Tathagata’s foot well. The Brethren sitting before the Master talked of it: “Sirs, a sinner is Devadatta and sinners are all his people; the sinner keeps company with the sinful.” The Master asked, “What do ye talk of, Brethren?” They told him. Said he, “It has been so before, and this is not the first time Devadatta the sinner has kept sinful company.” Then he told them a story of the past.

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  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Vīsatinipāta
  • 0.3Mātaṅgavagga

0.47. Sattigumbajātaka

1.1PTS 4.432Migaluddo mahārājā,1.2pañcālānaṁ rathesabho;1.3Nikkhanto saha senāya,1.4ogaṇo vanamāgamā.

2.1Tatthaddasā araññasmiṁ,2.2takkarānaṁ kuṭiṁ kataṁ;2.3Tassā kuṭiyā nikkhamma,2.4suvo luddāni bhāsati.

3.1“Sampannavāhano poso,3.2yuvā sammaṭṭhakuṇḍalo;3.3Sobhati lohituṇhīso,3.4divā sūriyova bhāsati.

4.1Majjhanhike sampatike,4.2sutto rājā sasārathi;4.3Handassābharaṇaṁ sabbaṁ,4.4gaṇhāma sāhasā mayaṁ.

5.1Nisīthepi raho dāni,5.2Sutto rājā sasārathi;5.3Ādāya vatthaṁ maṇikuṇḍalañca,5.4Hantvāna sākhāhi avattharāma”.

6.1“Kiṁ nu ummattarūpova,6.2sattigumba pabhāsasi;6.3Durāsadā hi rājāno,6.4aggi pajjalito yathā”.

7.1“Atha tvaṁ patikolamba,7.2matto thullāni gajjasi;7.3Mātari mayhaṁ naggāya,7.4kiṁ nu tvaṁ vijigucchase”.

8.1PTS 4.433“Uṭṭhehi samma taramāno,8.2rathaṁ yojehi sārathi;8.3Sakuṇo me na ruccati,8.4aññaṁ gacchāma assamaṁ”.

9.1“Yutto ratho mahārāja,9.2yutto ca balavāhano;9.3Adhitiṭṭha mahārāja,9.4aññaṁ gacchāma assamaṁ”.

10.1“Ko numeva gatā sabbe,10.2ye asmiṁ paricārakā;10.3Esa gacchati pañcālo,10.4mutto tesaṁ adassanā.

11.1Kodaṇḍakāni gaṇhatha,11.2sattiyo tomarāni ca;11.3Esa gacchati pañcālo,11.4mā vo muñcittha jīvataṁ”.

12.1PTS 4.434Athāparo paṭinandittha,12.2suvo lohitatuṇḍako;12.3“Svāgataṁ te mahārāja,12.4atho te adurāgataṁ;12.5Issarosi anuppatto,12.6yaṁ idhatthi pavedaya.

13.1Tindukāni piyālāni,13.2madhuke kāsumāriyo;13.3Phalāni khuddakappāni,13.4bhuñja rāja varaṁ varaṁ.

14.1Idampi pānīyaṁ sītaṁ,14.2ābhataṁ girigabbharā;14.3Tato piva mahārāja,14.4sace tvaṁ abhikaṅkhasi.

15.1Araññaṁ uñchāya gatā,15.2ye asmiṁ paricārakā;15.3Sayaṁ uṭṭhāya gaṇhavho,15.4hatthā me natthi dātave”.

16.1“Bhaddako vatayaṁ pakkhī,16.2dijo paramadhammiko;16.3Atheso itaro pakkhī,16.4suvo luddāni bhāsati.

17.1‘Etaṁ hanatha bandhatha,17.2Mā vo muñcittha jīvataṁ’;17.3Iccevaṁ vilapantassa,17.4Sotthiṁ pattosmi assamaṁ”.

18.1“Bhātarosma mahārāja,18.2sodariyā ekamātukā;18.3Ekarukkhasmiṁ saṁvaḍḍhā,18.4nānākhettagatā ubho.

19.1Sattigumbo ca corānaṁ,19.2ahañca isīnaṁ idha;19.3Asataṁ so, sataṁ ahaṁ,19.4tena dhammena no vinā”.

20.1PTS 4.435“Tattha vadho ca bandho ca,20.2nikatī vañcanāni ca;20.3Ālopā sāhasākārā,20.4tāni so tattha sikkhati.

21.1Idha saccañca dhammo ca,21.2Ahiṁsā saṁyamo damo;21.3Āsanūdakadāyīnaṁ,21.4Aṅke vaddhosmi bhāradha”.

22.1“Yaṁ yañhi rāja bhajati,22.2santaṁ vā yadi vā asaṁ;22.3Sīlavantaṁ visīlaṁ vā,22.4vasaṁ tasseva gacchati.

23.1Yādisaṁ kurute mittaṁ,23.2yādisaṁ cūpasevati;23.3Sopi tādisako hoti,23.4sahavāso hi tādiso.

24.1Sevamāno sevamānaṁ,24.2samphuṭṭho samphusaṁ paraṁ;24.3Saro diddho kalāpaṁva,24.4alittamupalimpati;24.5Upalepabhayā dhīro,24.6neva pāpasakhā siyā.

25.1Pūtimacchaṁ kusaggena,25.2yo naro upanayhati;25.3Kusāpi pūti vāyanti,25.4evaṁ bālūpasevanā.

26.1PTS 4.436Tagarañca palāsena,26.2yo naro upanayhati;26.3Pattāpi surabhi vāyanti,26.4evaṁ dhīrūpasevanā.

27.1Tasmā pattapuṭasseva,27.2ñatvā sampākamattano;27.3Asante nopaseveyya,27.4sante seveyya paṇḍito;27.5Asanto nirayaṁ nenti,27.6santo pāpenti suggatin”ti.

28.1Sattigumbajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.