Skip to content
True DhammaLibrary · Community
Ja 5198 min read

Queen Sambulā

Sambulājātaka

“Tied to the spot”—This story the Master, while dwelling at Jetavana, told of queen Mallika. The introductory story is related at length in the Kummasapinda Birth.

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

  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Tiṁsanipāta
  • 0.3Kiṁchandavagga

0.49. Sambulājātaka

1.1PTS 5.89“Kā vedhamānā girikandarāyaṁ,1.2Ekā tuvaṁ tiṭṭhasi saṁhitūru;1.3Puṭṭhāsi me pāṇipameyyamajjhe,1.4Akkhāhi me nāmañca bandhave ca.

2.1Obhāsayaṁ vanaṁ rammaṁ,2.2sīhabyagghanisevitaṁ;2.3Kā vā tvamasi kalyāṇi,2.4kassa vā tvaṁ sumajjhime;2.5Abhivādemi taṁ bhadde,2.6dānavāhaṁ namatthu te”.

3.1PTS 5.90“Yo putto kāsirājassa,3.2sotthisenoti taṁ vidū;3.3Tassāhaṁ sambulā bhariyā,3.4evaṁ jānāhi dānava;3.5Abhivādemi taṁ bhante,3.6sambulāhaṁ namatthu te.

4.1Vedehaputto bhaddante,4.2vane vasati āturo;4.3Tamahaṁ rogasammattaṁ,4.4ekā ekaṁ upaṭṭhahaṁ.

5.1Ahañca vanamuñchāya,5.2Madhumaṁsaṁ migābilaṁ;5.3Yadāharāmi taṁ bhakkho,5.4Tassa nūnajja nādhati”.

6.1“Kiṁ vane rājaputtena,6.2āturena karissasi;6.3Sambule pariciṇṇena,6.4ahaṁ bhattā bhavāmi te”.

7.1“Sokaṭṭāya durattāya,7.2kiṁ rūpaṁ vijjate mama;7.3Aññaṁ pariyesa bhaddante,7.4abhirūpataraṁ mayā”.

8.1“Ehimaṁ girimāruyha,8.2bhariyā me catussatā;8.3Tāsaṁ tvaṁ pavarā hohi,8.4sabbakāmasamiddhinī.

9.1Nūna tārakavaṇṇābhe,9.2yaṁ kiñci manasicchasi;9.3Sabbaṁ taṁ pacuraṁ mayhaṁ,9.4ramassvajja mayā saha.

10.1PTS 5.91No ce tuvaṁ maheseyyaṁ,10.2Sambule kārayissasi;10.3Alaṁ tvaṁ pātarāsāya,10.4Paṇhe bhakkhā bhavissasi”.

11.1Tañca sattajaṭo luddo,11.2kaḷāro purisādako;11.3Vane nāthaṁ apassantiṁ,11.4sambulaṁ aggahī bhuje.

12.1Adhipannā pisācena,12.2luddenāmisacakkhunā;12.3Sā ca sattuvasaṁ pattā,12.4patimevānusocati.

13.1“Na me idaṁ tathā dukkhaṁ,13.2yaṁ maṁ khādeyya rakkhaso;13.3Yañca me ayyaputtassa,13.4mano hessati aññathā.

14.1Na santi devā pavasanti nūna,14.2Na hi nūna santi idha lokapālā;14.3Sahasā karontānamasaññatānaṁ,14.4Na hi nūna santi paṭisedhitāro”.

15.1PTS 5.92“Itthīnamesā pavarā yasassinī,15.2Santā samā aggirivuggatejā;15.3Tañce tuvaṁ rakkhasādesi kaññaṁ,15.4Muddhā ca hi sattadhā te phaleyya;15.5Mā tvaṁ dahī muñca patibbatāya”.

16.1Sā ca assamamāgacchi,16.2pamuttā purisādakā;16.3Nīḷaṁ paḷinaṁ sakuṇīva,16.4gatasiṅgaṁva ālayaṁ.

17.1Sā tattha paridevesi,17.2rājaputtī yasassinī;17.3Sambulā utumattakkhā,17.4vane nāthaṁ apassantī.

18.1Samaṇe brāhmaṇe vande,18.2sampannacaraṇe ise;18.3Rājaputtaṁ apassantī,18.4“tumhaṁmhi saraṇaṁ gatā”.

19.1Vande sīhe ca byagghe ca,19.2ye ca aññe vane migā;19.3Rājaputtaṁ apassantī,19.4“tumhaṁmhi saraṇaṁ gatā”.

20.1Tiṇā latāni osadhyo,20.2pabbatāni vanāni ca;20.3Rājaputtaṁ apassantī,20.4“tumhaṁmhi saraṇaṁ gatā”.

21.1Vande indīvarīsāmaṁ,21.2rattiṁ nakkhattamāliniṁ;21.3Rājaputtaṁ apassantī,21.4“tumhaṁmhi saraṇaṁ gatā”.

22.1Vande bhāgīrathiṁ gaṅgaṁ,22.2savantīnaṁ paṭiggahaṁ;22.3Rājaputtaṁ apassantī,22.4“tumhaṁmhi saraṇaṁ gatā”.

23.1Vande ahaṁ pabbatarājaseṭṭhaṁ,23.2Himavantaṁ siluccayaṁ;23.3Rājaputtaṁ apassantī,23.4“Tumhaṁmhi saraṇaṁ gatā”.

24.1PTS 5.94“Atisāyaṁ vatāgacchi,24.2rājaputti yasassini;24.3Kena nujja samāgacchi,24.4ko te piyataro mayā”.

25.1“Idaṁ khohaṁ tadāvocaṁ,25.2gahitā tena sattunā;25.3Na me idaṁ tathā dukkhaṁ,25.4yaṁ maṁ khādeyya rakkhaso;25.5Yañca me ayyaputtassa,25.6mano hessati aññathā”.

26.1“Corīnaṁ bahubuddhīnaṁ,26.2yāsu saccaṁ sudullabhaṁ;26.3Thīnaṁ bhāvo durājāno,26.4macchassevodake gataṁ”.

27.1PTS 5.95“Tathā maṁ saccaṁ pāletu,27.2pālayissati ce mamaṁ;27.3Yathāhaṁ nābhijānāmi,27.4aññaṁ piyataraṁ tayā;27.5Etena saccavajjena,27.6byādhi te vūpasammatu”.

28.1“Ye kuñjarā sattasatā uḷārā,28.2Rakkhanti rattindivamuyyutāvudhā;28.3Dhanuggahānañca satāni soḷasa,28.4Kathaṁvidhe passasi bhadde sattavo”.

29.1PTS 5.96“Alaṅkatāyo padumuttarattacā,29.2Virāgitā passati haṁsagaggarā;29.3Tāsaṁ suṇitvā mitagītavāditaṁ,29.4Na dāni me tāta tathā yathā pure.

30.1Suvaṇṇasaṅkaccadharā suviggahā,30.2Alaṅkatā mānusiyaccharūpamā;30.3Senopiyā tāta aninditaṅgiyo,30.4Khattiyakaññā paṭilobhayanti naṁ.

31.1Sace ahaṁ tāta tathā yathā pure,31.2Patiṁ tamuñchāya punā vane bhare;31.3Sammānaye maṁ na ca maṁ vimānaye,31.4Itopi me tāta tato varaṁ siyā.

32.1Yamannapāne vipulasmi ohite,32.2Nārī vimaṭṭhābharaṇā alaṅkatā;32.3Sabbaṅgupetā patino ca appiyā,32.4Abajjha tassā maraṇaṁ tato varaṁ.

33.1Api ce daliddā kapaṇā anāḷhiyā,33.2Kaṭādutīyā patino ca sā piyā;33.3Sabbaṅgupetāyapi appiyāya,33.4Ayameva seyyā kapaṇāpi yā piyā”.

34.1PTS 5.97“Sudullabhitthī purisassa yā hitā,34.2Bhattitthiyā dullabho yo hito ca;34.3Hitā ca te sīlavatī ca bhariyā,34.4Janinda dhammaṁ cara sambulāya”.

35.1PTS 5.98“Sace tuvaṁ vipule laddhabhoge,35.2Issāvatiṇṇā maraṇaṁ upesi;35.3Ahañca te bhadde imā rājakaññā,35.4Sabbe te vacanakarā bhavāmā”ti.

36.1Sambulājātakaṁ navamaṁ.