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The Sin Within the Cup

Kumbhajātaka

“Who art thou”—This story the Master, while dwelling at Jetavana, told concerning five hundred women, friends of Visakha, who were drinkers of strong drink.

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

  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Tiṁsanipāta
  • 0.3Kiṁchandavagga

0.42. Kumbhajātaka

1.1PTS 5.14“Ko pāturāsī tidivā nabhamhi,1.2Obhāsayaṁ saṁvariṁ candimāva;1.3Gattehi te rasmiyo niccharanti,1.4Sateratā vijjurivantalikkhe.

2.1So chinnavātaṁ kamasī aghamhi,2.2Vehāyasaṁ gacchasi tiṭṭhasī ca;2.3Iddhī nu te vatthukatā subhāvitā,2.4Anaddhagūnaṁ api devatānaṁ.

3.1PTS 5.15Vehāyasaṁ gammamāgamma tiṭṭhasi,3.2Kumbhaṁ kiṇāthāti yametamatthaṁ;3.3Ko vā tuvaṁ kissa vā tāya kumbho,3.4Akkhāhi me brāhmaṇa etamatthaṁ”.

4.1“Na sappikumbho napi telakumbho,4.2Na phāṇitassa na madhussa kumbho;4.3Kumbhassa vajjāni anappakāni,4.4Dose bahū kumbhagate suṇātha.

5.1Gaḷeyya yaṁ pitvā pate papātaṁ,5.2Sobbhaṁ guhaṁ candaniyoḷigallaṁ;5.3Bahumpi bhuñjeyya abhojaneyyaṁ,5.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

6.1PTS 5.16Yaṁ pitva cittasmimanesamāno,6.2Āhiṇḍatī goriva bhakkhasādī;6.3Anāthamāno upagāyati naccati ca,6.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

7.1Yaṁ ve pivitvā acelova naggo,7.2Careyya gāme visikhantarāni;7.3Sammūḷhacitto ativelasāyī,7.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

8.1Yaṁ pitva uṭṭhāya pavedhamāno,8.2Sīsañca bāhuñca pacālayanto;8.3So naccatī dārukaṭallakova,8.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

9.1Yaṁ ve pivitvā aggidaḍḍhā sayanti,9.2Atho sigālehipi khāditāse;9.3Bandhaṁ vadhaṁ bhogajāniñcupenti,9.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

10.1Yaṁ pitva bhāseyya abhāsaneyyaṁ,10.2Sabhāyamāsīno apetavattho;10.3Sammakkhito vantagato byasanno,10.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

11.1Yaṁ ve pivitvā ukkaṭṭho āvilakkho,11.2Mameva sabbā pathavīti maññe;11.3Na me samo cāturantopi rājā,11.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

12.1Mānātimānā kalahāni pesuṇī,12.2Dubbaṇṇinī naggayinī palāyinī;12.3Corāna dhuttāna gatī niketo,12.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

13.1Iddhāni phītāni kulāni assu,13.2Anekasāhassadhanāni loke;13.3Ucchinnadāyajjakatānimāya,13.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

14.1Dhaññaṁ dhanaṁ rajataṁ jātarūpaṁ,14.2Khettaṁ gavaṁ yattha vināsayanti;14.3Ucchedanī vittavataṁ kulānaṁ,14.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

15.1PTS 5.17Yaṁ ve pitvā dittarūpova poso,15.2Akkosati mātaraṁ pitarañca;15.3Sassumpi gaṇheyya athopi suṇhaṁ,15.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

16.1Yaṁ ve pitvā dittarūpāva nārī,16.2Akkosatī sasuraṁ sāmikañca;16.3Dāsampi gaṇhe paricārakampi,16.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

17.1Yaṁ ve pivitvāna haneyya poso,17.2Dhamme ṭhitaṁ samaṇaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ vā;17.3Gacche apāyampi tatonidānaṁ,17.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

18.1Yaṁ ve pivitvā duccaritaṁ caranti,18.2Kāyena vācāya ca cetasā ca;18.3Nirayaṁ vajanti duccaritaṁ caritvā,18.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

19.1Yaṁ yācamānā na labhanti pubbe,19.2Bahuṁ hiraññampi pariccajantā;19.3So taṁ pivitvā alikaṁ bhaṇāti,19.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

20.1Yaṁ ve pitvā pesane pesiyanto,20.2Accāyike karaṇīyamhi jāte;20.3Atthampi so nappajānāti vutto,20.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

21.1Hirīmanāpi ahirīkabhāvaṁ,21.2Pātuṁ karonti madanāya mattā;21.3Dhīrāpi santā bahukaṁ bhaṇanti,21.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

22.1Yaṁ ve pitvā ekathūpā sayanti,22.2Anāsakā thaṇḍiladukkhaseyyaṁ;22.3Dubbaṇṇiyaṁ āyasakyañcupenti,22.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

23.1PTS 5.18Yaṁ ve pitvā pattakhandhā sayanti,23.2Gāvo kuṭahatāva na hi vāruṇiyā;23.3Vego narena susahoriva,23.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

24.1Yaṁ manussā vivajjenti,24.2sappaṁ ghoravisamiva;24.3Taṁ loke visasamānaṁ,24.4ko naro pātumarahati.

25.1Yaṁ ve pitvā andhakaveṇḍaputtā,25.2Samuddatīre paricārayantā;25.3Upakkamuṁ musalehaññamaññaṁ,25.4Tassā puṇṇaṁ kumbhamimaṁ kiṇātha.

26.1Yaṁ ve pitvā pubbadevā pamattā,26.2Tidivā cutā sassatiyā samāya;26.3Taṁ tādisaṁ majjamimaṁ niratthakaṁ,26.4Jānaṁ mahārāja kathaṁ piveyya.

27.1Nayimasmiṁ kumbhasmiṁ dadhi vā madhu vā,27.2Evaṁ abhiññāya kiṇāhi rāja;27.3Evañhimaṁ kumbhagatā mayā te,27.4Akkhātarūpaṁ tava sabbamitta”.

28.1PTS 5.20“Na me pitā vā athavāpi mātā,28.2Etādisā yādisako tuvaṁsi;28.3Hitānukampī paramatthakāmo,28.4Sohaṁ karissaṁ vacanaṁ tavajja.

29.1Dadāmi te gāmavarāni pañca,29.2Dāsīsataṁ satta gavaṁsatāni;29.3Ājaññayutte ca rathe dasa ime,29.4Ācariyo hosi mamatthakāmo”.

30.1“Taveva dāsīsatamatthu rāja,30.2Gāmā ca gāvo ca taveva hontu;30.3Ājaññayuttā ca rathā taveva,30.4Sakkohamasmī tidasānamindo.

31.1Maṁsodanaṁ sappipāyāsaṁ bhuñja,31.2Khādassu ca tvaṁ madhumāsapūve;31.3Evaṁ tuvaṁ dhammarato janinda,31.4Anindito saggamupehi ṭhānan”ti.

32.1Kumbhajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.