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The Longer Tale of Allure

Mahāpalobhanajātaka

“From Brahma’s heaven”—This story the Master told while dwelling in Jetavana, about the defilement of the sanctified. The circumstances have already been given. Here again said the Master, “Women cause defilement even in sanctified souls,” and then told this story of the past.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Vīsatinipāta
  • 0.3Mātaṅgavagga

0.411. Mahāpalobhanajātaka

1.1PTS 4.469Brahmalokā cavitvāna,1.2devaputto mahiddhiko;1.3Rañño putto udapādi,1.4sabbakāmasamiddhisu.

2.1Kāmā vā kāmasaññā vā,2.2brahmaloke na vijjati;2.3Svāssu tāyeva saññāya,2.4kāmehi vijigucchatha.

3.1Tassa cantepure āsi,3.2jhānāgāraṁ sumāpitaṁ;3.3So tattha paṭisallīno,3.4eko rahasi jhāyatha.

4.1Sa rājā paridevesi,4.2puttasokena aṭṭito;4.3“Ekaputto cayaṁ mayhaṁ,4.4na ca kāmāni bhuñjati.

5.1Ko nu khvettha upāyo so,5.2ko vā jānāti kiñcanaṁ;5.3Yo me puttaṁ palobheyya,5.4yathā kāmāni patthaye”.

6.1Ahu kumārī tattheva,6.2vaṇṇarūpasamāhitā;6.3Kusalā naccagītassa,6.4vādite ca padakkhiṇā.

7.1Sā tattha upasaṅkamma,7.2rājānaṁ etadabravi;7.3“Ahaṁ kho naṁ palobheyyaṁ,7.4sace bhattā bhavissati”.

8.1PTS 4.470Taṁ tathāvādiniṁ rājā,8.2kumāriṁ etadabravi;8.3“Tvaññeva naṁ palobhehi,8.4tava bhattā bhavissati”.

9.1Sā ca antepuraṁ gantvā,9.2bahuṁ kāmupasaṁhitaṁ;9.3Hadayaṅgamā pemanīyā,9.4citrā gāthā abhāsatha.

10.1Tassā ca gāyamānāya,10.2saddaṁ sutvāna nāriyā;10.3Kāmacchandassa uppajji,10.4janaṁ so paripucchatha.

11.1“Kasseso saddo ko vā so,11.2bhaṇati uccāvacaṁ bahuṁ;11.3Hadayaṅgamaṁ pemanīyaṁ,11.4aho kaṇṇasukhaṁ mama”.

12.1“Esā kho pamadā deva,12.2khiḍḍā esā anappikā;12.3Sace tvaṁ kāme bhuñjeyya,12.4bhiyyo bhiyyo chādeyyu taṁ”.

13.1“Iṅgha āgacchatorena,13.2avidūramhi gāyatu;13.3Assamassa samīpamhi,13.4santike mayhaṁ gāyatu”.

14.1Tirokuṭṭamhi gāyitvā,14.2jhānāgāramhi pāvisi;14.3Bandhi naṁ anupubbena,14.4āraññamiva kuñjaraṁ.

15.1Tassa kāmarasaṁ ñatvā,15.2issādhammo ajāyatha;15.3“Ahameva kāme bhuñjeyyaṁ,15.4mā añño puriso ahu”.

16.1Tato asiṁ gahetvāna,16.2purise hantuṁ upakkami;16.3“Ahameveko bhuñjissaṁ,16.4mā añño puriso siyā”.

17.1PTS 4.471Tato jānapadā sabbe,17.2vikkandiṁsu samāgatā;17.3“Putto tyāyaṁ mahārāja,17.4janaṁ heṭhetyadūsakaṁ”.

18.1Tañca rājā vivāhesi,18.2samhā raṭṭhā ca khattiyo;18.3“Yāvatā vijitaṁ mayhaṁ,18.4na te vatthabba tāvade”.

19.1Tato so bhariyamādāya,19.2samuddaṁ upasaṅkami;19.3Paṇṇasālaṁ karitvāna,19.4vanamuñchāya pāvisi.

20.1Athettha isi māgacchi,20.2samuddaṁ uparūpari;20.3So tassa gehaṁ pāvekkhi,20.4bhattakāle upaṭṭhite.

21.1Tañca bhariyā palobhesi,21.2passa yāva sudāruṇaṁ;21.3Cuto so brahmacariyamhā,21.4iddhiyā parihāyatha.

22.1Rājaputto ca uñchāto,22.2vanamūlaphalaṁ bahuṁ;22.3Sāyaṁ kājena ādāya,22.4assamaṁ upasaṅkami.

23.1Isī ca khattiyaṁ disvā,23.2samuddaṁ upasaṅkami;23.3“Vehāyasaṁ gamissan”ti,23.4sīdate so mahaṇṇave.

24.1Khattiyo ca isiṁ disvā,24.2sīdamānaṁ mahaṇṇave;24.3Tasseva anukampāya,24.4imā gāthā abhāsatha.

25.1“Abhijjamāne vārismiṁ,25.2sayaṁ āgamma iddhiyā;25.3Missībhāvitthiyā gantvā,25.4saṁsīdasi mahaṇṇave.

26.1Āvaṭṭanī mahāmāyā,26.2brahmacariyavikopanā;26.3Sīdanti naṁ viditvāna,26.4ārakā parivajjaye.

27.1Analā mudusambhāsā,27.2duppūrā tā nadīsamā;27.3Sīdanti naṁ viditvāna,27.4ārakā parivajjaye.

28.1Yaṁ etā upasevanti,28.2chandasā vā dhanena vā;28.3Jātavedova saṁ ṭhānaṁ,28.4khippaṁ anudahanti naṁ”.

29.1Khattiyassa vaco sutvā,29.2isissa nibbidā ahu;29.3Laddhā porāṇakaṁ maggaṁ,29.4gacchate so vihāyasaṁ.

30.1Khattiyo ca isiṁ disvā,30.2gacchamānaṁ vihāyasaṁ;30.3Saṁvegaṁ alabhī dhīro,30.4pabbajjaṁ samarocayi.

31.1Tato so pabbajitvāna,31.2kāmarāgaṁ virājayi;31.3Kāmarāgaṁ virājetvā,31.4brahmalokūpago ahūti.

32.1Mahāpalobhanajātakaṁ ekādasamaṁ.