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The Nymph Alambusā

Alambusājātaka

“Then mighty Indra”—This story the Master, while residing at Jetavana, told about the temptation of a Brother by the wife of his unregenerate days. The subject-matter of the tale is related in full in the Indriya Birth. Now the Master asked the Brother, “Is it true, Brother, that you were rendered discontented?” “It is true, Reverend Sir.” “By whom?” “By my wife of former days.” “Brother,” he said, “this woman wrought mischief for you: it was owing to her that you fell away from mystic meditation, and lay for three years in a lost and distracted condition, and on the recovery of your senses you uttered a great lamentation,” and so saying he told him a story of the past.

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  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Cattālīsanipāta
  • 0.3Tesakuṇavagga

0.43. Alambusājātaka

1.1PTS 5.153Atha bravi brahā indo,1.2vatrabhū jayataṁ pitā;1.3Devakaññaṁ parābhetvā,1.4sudhammāyaṁ alambusaṁ.

2.1“Misse devā taṁ yācanti,2.2tāvatiṁsā saindakā;2.3Isippalobhane gaccha,2.4isisiṅgaṁ alambuse.

3.1Purāyaṁ amhe acceti,3.2vattavā brahmacariyavā;3.3Nibbānābhirato vuddho,3.4tassa maggāni āvara”.

4.1“Devarāja kimeva tvaṁ,4.2mameva tuvaṁ sikkhasi;4.3Isippalobhane gaccha,4.4santi aññāpi accharā.

5.1Mādisiyo pavarā ceva,5.2asoke nandane vane;5.3Tāsampi hotu pariyāyo,5.4tāpi yantu palobhanā”.

6.1PTS 5.154“Addhā hi saccaṁ bhaṇasi,6.2santi aññāpi accharā;6.3Tādisiyo pavarā ceva,6.4asoke nandane vane.

7.1Na tā evaṁ pajānanti,7.2pāricariyaṁ pumaṁ gatā;7.3Yādisaṁ tvaṁ pajānāsi,7.4nāri sabbaṅgasobhane.

8.1Tvameva gaccha kalyāṇi,8.2itthīnaṁ pavarā casi;8.3Taveva vaṇṇarūpena,8.4savasamānayissasi”.

9.1“Na vāhaṁ na gamissāmi,9.2devarājena pesitā;9.3Vibhemi cetaṁ āsāduṁ,9.4uggatejo hi brāhmaṇo.

10.1Aneke nirayaṁ pattā,10.2isimāsādiyā janā;10.3Āpannā mohasaṁsāraṁ,10.4tasmā lomāni haṁsaye”.

11.1Idaṁ vatvāna pakkāmi,11.2accharā kāmavaṇṇinī;11.3Missā missitumicchantī,11.4isisiṅgaṁ alambusā.

12.1PTS 5.155Sā ca taṁ vanamogayha,12.2isisiṅgena rakkhitaṁ;12.3Bimbajālakasañchannaṁ,12.4samantā addhayojanaṁ.

13.1Pātova pātarāsamhi,13.2udaṇhasamayaṁ pati;13.3Aggiṭṭhaṁ parimajjantaṁ,13.4isisiṅgaṁ upāgami.

14.1“Kā nu vijjurivābhāsi,14.2osadhī viya tārakā;14.3Vicittahatthābharaṇā,14.4āmuttamaṇikuṇḍalā.

15.1Ādiccavaṇṇasaṅkāsā,15.2hemacandanagandhinī;15.3Saññatūrū mahāmāyā,15.4kumārī cārudassanā.

16.1Vilaggā mudukā suddhā,16.2pādā te suppatiṭṭhitā;16.3Gamanā kāmanīyā te,16.4harantiyeva me mano.

17.1Anupubbāva te ūrū,17.2nāganāsasamūpamā;17.3Vimaṭṭhā tuyhaṁ sussoṇī,17.4akkhassa phalakaṁ yathā.

18.1Uppalasseva kiñjakkhā,18.2nābhi te sādhu saṇṭhitā;18.3Pūrā kaṇhañjanasseva,18.4dūrato paṭidissati.

19.1Duvidhā jātā urajā,19.2avaṇṭā sādhupaccudā;19.3Payodharā apatitā,19.4aḍḍhalābusamā thanā.

20.1Dīghā kambutalābhāsā,20.2gīvā eṇeyyakā yathā;20.3Paṇḍarāvaraṇā vaggu,20.4catutthamanasannibhā.

21.1PTS 5.156Uddhaggā ca adhaggā ca,21.2dumaggaparimajjitā;21.3Duvijā nelasambhūtā,21.4dantā tava sudassanā.

22.1Apaṇḍarā lohitantā,22.2jiñjūkaphalasannibhā;22.3Āyatā ca visālā ca,22.4nettā tava sudassanā.

23.1Nātidīghā susammaṭṭhā,23.2kanakabyā samocitā;23.3Uttamaṅgaruhā tuyhaṁ,23.4kesā candanagandhikā.

24.1Yāvatā kasigorakkhā,24.2vāṇijānaṁ ca yā gati;24.3Isīnañca parakkantaṁ,24.4saññatānaṁ tapassinaṁ.

25.1Na te samasamaṁ passe,25.2asmiṁ pathavimaṇḍale;25.3Ko vā tvaṁ kassa vā putto,25.4kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayaṁ”.

26.1PTS 5.157“Na pañhakālo bhaddante,26.2kassapevaṁ gate sati;26.3Ehi samma ramissāma,26.4ubho asmākamassame;26.5Ehi taṁ upagūhissaṁ,26.6ratīnaṁ kusalo bhava”.

27.1Idaṁ vatvāna pakkāmi,27.2accharā kāmavaṇṇinī;27.3Missā missitumicchantī,27.4isisiṅgaṁ alambusā.

28.1PTS 5.158So ca vegena nikkhamma,28.2Chetvā dandhaparakkamaṁ;28.3Tamuttamāsu veṇīsu,28.4Ajjhappatto parāmasi.

29.1Tamudāvatta kalyāṇī,29.2palissaji susobhanā;29.3Cavitamhi brahmacariyā,29.4yathā taṁ atha tositā.

30.1Manasā agamā indaṁ,30.2vasantaṁ nandane vane;30.3Tassā saṅkappamaññāya,30.4maghavā devakuñjaro.

31.1Pallaṅkaṁ pahiṇī khippaṁ,31.2sovaṇṇaṁ sopavāhanaṁ;31.3Sauttaracchadapaññāsaṁ,31.4sahassapaṭiyatthataṁ.

32.1Tamenaṁ tattha dhāresi,32.2ure katvāna sobhanā;32.3Yathā ekamuhuttaṁva,32.4tīṇi vassāni dhārayi.

33.1Vimado tīhi vassehi,33.2pabujjhitvāna brāhmaṇo;33.3Addasāsi haritarukkhe,33.4samantā aggiyāyanaṁ.

34.1Navapattavanaṁ phullaṁ,34.2kokilaggaṇaghositaṁ;34.3Samantā paviloketvā,34.4rudaṁ assūni vattayi.

35.1“Na juhe na jape mante,35.2aggihuttaṁ pahāpitaṁ;35.3Ko nu me pāricariyāya,35.4pubbe cittaṁ palobhayi.

36.1Araññe me viharato,36.2yo me tejā ha sambhutaṁ;36.3Nānāratnaparipūraṁ,36.4nāvaṁva gaṇhi aṇṇave”.

37.1PTS 5.159“Ahaṁ te pāricariyāya,37.2devarājena pesitā;37.3Avadhiṁ cittaṁ cittena,37.4pamādo tvaṁ na bujjhasi”.

38.1“Imāni kira maṁ tāto,38.2kassapo anusāsati;38.3Kamalāsadisitthiyo,38.4tāyo bujjhesi māṇava.

39.1Uregaṇḍāyo bujjhesi,39.2tāyo bujjhesi māṇava;39.3Iccānusāsi maṁ tāto,39.4yathā maṁ anukampako.

40.1PTS 5.160Tassāhaṁ vacanaṁ nākaṁ,40.2pitu vuddhassa sāsanaṁ;40.3Araññe nimmanussamhi,40.4svajja jhāyāmi ekako.

41.1Sohaṁ tathā karissāmi,41.2dhiratthu jīvitena me;41.3Puna vā tādiso hessaṁ,41.4maraṇaṁ me bhavissati”.

42.1Tassa tejaṁ vīriyañca,42.2Dhitiṁ ñatvā avaṭṭhitaṁ;42.3Sirasā aggahī pāde,42.4Isisiṅgaṁ alambusā.

43.1“Mā me kujjha mahāvīra,43.2mā me kujjha mahāise;43.3Mahā attho mayā ciṇṇo,43.4tidasānaṁ yasassinaṁ;43.5Tayā saṅkampitaṁ āsi,43.6sabbaṁ devapuraṁ tadā”.

44.1“Tāvatiṁsā ca ye devā,44.2tidasānañca vāsavo;44.3Tvañca bhadde sukhī hohi,44.4gaccha kaññe yathāsukhaṁ”.

45.1PTS 5.161Tassa pāde gahetvāna,45.2katvā ca naṁ padakkhiṇaṁ;45.3Añjaliṁ paggahetvāna,45.4tamhā ṭhānā apakkami.

46.1Yo ca tassāsi pallaṅko,46.2sovaṇṇo sopavāhano;46.3Sauttaracchadapaññāso,46.4sahassapaṭiyatthato;46.5Tameva pallaṅkamāruyha,46.6agā devāna santike.

47.1Tamokkamiva āyantiṁ,47.2jalantiṁ vijjutaṁ yathā;47.3Patīto sumano vitto,47.4devindo adadā varaṁ.

48.1“Varañce me ado sakka,48.2sabbabhūtānamissara;48.3Nisippalobhikā gacche,48.4etaṁ sakka varaṁ vare”ti.

49.1Alambusājātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.