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Princess Niḷinikā

Niḷinikājātaka

“Lo! the land”—This story the Master told while residing at Jetavana concerning the temptation of a Brother by the wife of his unregenerate days. And in telling the story he asked the Brother by whom he had been led astray. “By a former wife,” said he. “Verily, Brother,” the Master said, “she worketh mischief for you. Of old it was owing to her that you fell away from mystic meditation and were mightily destroyed.” And so saying he told a story of the past.

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0.41 Niḷinikājātaka

1.1PTS 5.194“Uddayhate janapado,1.2raṭṭhañcāpi vinassati;1.3Ehi niḷinike gaccha,1.4taṁ me brāhmaṇamānaya”.

2.1“Nāhaṁ dukkhakkhamā rāja,2.2nāhaṁ addhānakovidā;2.3Kathaṁ ahaṁ gamissāmi,2.4vanaṁ kuñjarasevitaṁ”.

3.1“Phītaṁ janapadaṁ gantvā,3.2hatthinā ca rathena ca;3.3Dārusaṅghāṭayānena,3.4evaṁ gaccha niḷinike.

4.1PTS 5.195Hatthiassarathe pattī,4.2gacchevādāya khattiye;4.3Taveva vaṇṇarūpena,4.4vasaṁ tamānayissasi”.

5.1“Kadalīdhajapaññāṇo,5.2ābhujīparivārito;5.3Eso padissati rammo,5.4isisiṅgassa assamo.

6.1Eso aggissa saṅkhāto,6.2eso dhūmo padissati;6.3Maññe no aggiṁ hāpeti,6.4isisiṅgo mahiddhiko”.

7.1PTS 5.196“Tañca disvāna āyantiṁ,7.2āmuttamaṇikuṇḍalaṁ;7.3Isisiṅgo pāvisi bhīto,7.4assamaṁ paṇṇachādanaṁ.

8.1Assamassa ca sā dvāre,8.2geṇḍukenassa kīḷati;8.3Vidaṁsayantī aṅgāni,8.4guyhaṁ pakāsitāni ca.

9.1Tañca disvāna kīḷantiṁ,9.2paṇṇasālagato jaṭī;9.3Assamā nikkhamitvāna,9.4idaṁ vacanamabravi.

10.1Ambho ko nāma so rukkho,10.2yassa tevaṅgataṁ phalaṁ;10.3Dūrepi khittaṁ pacceti,10.4na taṁ ohāya gacchati”.

11.1“Assamassa mama brahme,11.2samīpe gandhamādane;11.3Bahavo tādisā rukkhā,11.4yassa tevaṅgataṁ phalaṁ;11.5Dūrepi khittaṁ pacceti,11.6na maṁ ohāya gacchati”.

12.1PTS 5.197“Etū bhavaṁ assamimaṁ adetu,12.2Pajjañca bhakkhañca paṭiccha dammi;12.3Idamāsanaṁ atra bhavaṁ nisīdatu,12.4Ito bhavaṁ mūlaphalāni bhuñjatu.

13.1Kiṁ te idaṁ ūrūnamantarasmiṁ,13.2Supicchitaṁ kaṇharivappakāsati;13.3Akkhāhi me pucchito etamatthaṁ,13.4Kose nu te uttamaṅgaṁ paviṭṭhaṁ”.

14.1PTS 5.198“Ahaṁ vane mūlaphalesanaṁ caraṁ,14.2Āsādayiṁ acchaṁ sughorarūpaṁ;14.3So maṁ patitvā sahasājjhapatto,14.4Panujja maṁ abbahi uttamaṅgaṁ.

15.1Svāyaṁ vaṇo khajjati kaṇḍuvāyati,15.2Sabbañca kālaṁ na labhāmi sātaṁ;15.3Paho bhavaṁ kaṇḍumimaṁ vinetuṁ,15.4Kurutaṁ bhavaṁ yācito brāhmaṇatthaṁ”.

16.1“Gambhīrarūpo te vaṇo salohito,16.2Apūtiko vaṇagandho mahā ca;16.3Karomi te kiñci kasāyayogaṁ,16.4Yathā bhavaṁ paramasukhī bhaveyya”.

17.1“Na mantayogā na kasāyayogā,17.2Na osadhā brahmacāri kamanti;17.3Yaṁ te mudu tena vinehi kaṇḍuṁ,17.4Yathā ahaṁ paramasukhī bhaveyyaṁ”.

18.1PTS 5.199“Ito nu bhoto katamena assamo,18.2Kacci bhavaṁ abhiramasi araññe;18.3Kacci nu te mūlaphalaṁ pahūtaṁ,18.4Kacci bhavantaṁ na vihiṁsanti vāḷā”.

19.1“Ito ujuṁ uttarāyaṁ disāyaṁ,19.2Khemānadī himavatā pabhāvī;19.3Tassā tīre assamo mayha rammo,19.4Aho bhavaṁ assamaṁ mayhaṁ passe.

20.1Ambā ca sālā tilakā ca jambuyo,20.2Uddālakā pāṭaliyo ca phullā;20.3Samantato kimpurisābhigītaṁ,20.4Aho bhavaṁ assamaṁ mayhaṁ passe.

21.1PTS 5.200Tālā ca mūlā ca phalā ca mettha,21.2Vaṇṇena gandhena upetarūpaṁ;21.3Taṁ bhūmibhāgehi upetarūpaṁ,21.4Aho bhavaṁ assamaṁ mayhaṁ passe.

22.1Phalā ca mūlā ca pahūtamettha,22.2Vaṇṇena gandhena rasenupetā;22.3Āyanti ca luddakā taṁ padesaṁ,22.4Mā me tato mūlaphalaṁ ahāsuṁ”.

23.1“Pitā mamaṁ mūlaphalesanaṁ gato,23.2Idāni āgacchati sāyakāle;23.3Ubhova gacchāmase assamaṁ taṁ,23.4Yāva pitā mūlaphalato etu”.

24.1PTS 5.201“Aññe bahū isayo sādhurūpā,24.2Rājīsayo anumagge vasanti;24.3Teyeva pucchesi mamassamaṁ taṁ,24.4Te taṁ nayissanti mamaṁ sakāse”.

25.1“Na te kaṭṭhāni bhinnāni,25.2na te udakamābhataṁ;25.3Aggīpi te na hāpito,25.4kiṁ nu mandova jhāyasi.

26.1Bhinnāni kaṭṭhāni huto ca aggi,26.2Tapanīpi te samitā brahmacārī;26.3Pīṭhañca mayhaṁ udakañca hoti,26.4Ramasi tuvaṁ brahmabhūto puratthā.

27.1Abhinnakaṭṭhosi anābhatodako,27.2Ahāpitaggīsi asiddhabhojano;27.3Na me tuvaṁ ālapasī mamajja,27.4Naṭṭhaṁ nu kiṁ cetasikañca dukkhaṁ”.

28.1PTS 5.202“Idhāgamā jaṭilo brahmacārī,28.2Sudassaneyyo sutanū vineti;28.3Nevātidīgho na panātirasso,28.4Sukaṇhakaṇhacchadanehi bhoto.

29.1Amassujāto apurāṇavaṇṇī,29.2Ādhārarūpañca panassa kaṇṭhe;29.3Dve yamā gaṇḍā ure sujātā,29.4Suvaṇṇatindukanibhā pabhassarā.

30.1Mukhañca tassa bhusadassaneyyaṁ,30.2Kaṇṇesu lambanti ca kuñcitaggā;30.3Te jotare carato māṇavassa,30.4Suttañca yaṁ saṁyamanaṁ jaṭānaṁ.

31.1Aññā ca tassa saṁyamāni catasso,31.2Nīlā pītā lohitikā ca setā;31.3Tā piṁsare carato māṇavassa,31.4Tiriṭisaṅghāriva pāvusamhi.

32.1PTS 5.203Na mikhalaṁ muñjamayaṁ dhāreti,32.2Na santhare no pana pabbajassa;32.3Tā jotare jaghanantare vilaggā,32.4Sateratā vijjurivantalikkhe.

33.1Akhīlakāni ca avaṇṭakāni,33.2Heṭṭhā nabhyā kaṭisamohitāni;33.3Aghaṭṭitā niccakīḷaṁ karonti,33.4Haṁ tāta kiṁrukkhaphalāni tāni.

34.1Jaṭā ca tassa bhusadassaneyyā,34.2Parosataṁ vellitaggā sugandhā;34.3Dvedhā siro sādhu vibhattarūpo,34.4Aho nu kho mayha tathā jaṭāssu.

35.1Yadā ca so pakirati tā jaṭāyo,35.2Vaṇṇena gandhena upetarūpā;35.3Nīluppalaṁ vātasameritaṁva,35.4Tatheva saṁvāti panassamo ayaṁ.

36.1Paṅko ca tassa bhusadassaneyyo,36.2Netādiso yādiso mayhaṁ kāye;36.3So vāyatī erito mālutena,36.4Vanaṁ yathā aggagimhe suphullaṁ.

37.1Nihanti so rukkhaphalaṁ pathabyā,37.2Sucittarūpaṁ ruciraṁ dassaneyyaṁ;37.3Khittañca tassa punareti hatthaṁ,37.4Haṁ tāta kiṁrukkhaphalaṁ nu kho taṁ.

38.1Dantā ca tassa bhusadassaneyyā,38.2Suddhā samā saṅkhavarūpapannā;38.3Mano pasādenti vivariyamānā,38.4Na hi nūna so sākamakhādi tehi.

39.1PTS 5.204Akakkasaṁ aggaḷitaṁ muhuṁ muduṁ,39.2Ujuṁ anuddhataṁ acapalamassa bhāsitaṁ;39.3Rudaṁ manuññaṁ karavīkasussaraṁ,39.4Hadayaṅgamaṁ rañjayateva me mano.

40.1Bindussaro nātivisaṭṭhavākyo,40.2Na nūna sajjhāyamatippayutto;40.3Icchāmi bho taṁ punadeva daṭṭhuṁ,40.4Mitto hi me māṇavohu puratthā.

41.1Susandhi sabbattha vimaṭṭhimaṁ vaṇaṁ,41.2Puthū sujātaṁ kharapattasannitaṁ;41.3Teneva maṁ uttariyāna māṇavo,41.4Vivaritaṁ ūruṁ jaghanena piḷayi.

42.1Tapanti ābhanti virocare ca,42.2Sateratā vijjurivantalikkhe;42.3Bāhā mudū añjanalomasādisā,42.4Vicitravaṭṭaṅgulikāssa sobhare.

43.1Akakkasaṅgo na ca dīghalomo,43.2Nakhāssa dīghā api lohitaggā;43.3Mudūhi bāhāhi palissajanto,43.4Kalyāṇarūpo ramayaṁ upaṭṭhahi.

44.1Dumassa tūlūpanibhā pabhassarā,44.2Suvaṇṇakambutalavaṭṭasucchavi;44.3Hatthā mudū tehi maṁ samphusitvā,44.4Ito gato tena maṁ dahanti tāta.

45.1Na nūna so khārividhaṁ ahāsi,45.2Na nūna so kaṭṭhāni sayaṁ abhañji;45.3Na nūna so hanti dume kuṭhāriyā,45.4Na hissa hatthesu khilāni atthi.

46.1PTS 5.205Accho ca kho tassa vaṇaṁ akāsi,46.2So maṁbravi sukhitaṁ maṁ karohi;46.3Tāhaṁ kariṁ tena mamāsi sokhyaṁ,46.4So cabravi ‘sukhitosmī’ti brahme.

47.1Ayañca te māluvapaṇṇasanthatā,47.2Vikiṇṇarūpāva mayā ca tena ca;47.3Kilantarūpā udake ramitvā,47.4Punappunaṁ paṇṇakuṭiṁ vajāma.

48.1Na majja mantā paṭibhanti tāta,48.2Na aggihuttaṁ napi yaññatantaṁ;48.3Na cāpi te mūlaphalāni bhuñje,48.4Yāva na passāmi taṁ brahmacāriṁ.

49.1Addhā pajānāsi tuvampi tāta,49.2Yassaṁ disaṁ vasate brahmacārī;49.3Taṁ maṁ disaṁ pāpaya tāta khippaṁ,49.4Mā te ahaṁ amarimassamamhi.

50.1Vicitraphullaṁ hi vanaṁ sutaṁ mayā,50.2Dijābhighuṭṭhaṁ dijasaṅghasevitaṁ;50.3Taṁ maṁ vanaṁ pāpaya tāta khippaṁ,50.4Purā te pāṇaṁ vijahāmi assame”.

51.1PTS 5.207PTS 5.208“Imasmāhaṁ jotirase vanamhi,51.2Gandhabbadevaccharasaṅghasevite;51.3Isīnamāvāse sanantanamhi,51.4Netādisaṁ aratiṁ pāpuṇetha.

52.1Bhavanti mittāni atho na honti,52.2Ñātīsu mittesu karonti pemaṁ;52.3Ayañca jammo kissa vā niviṭṭho,52.4Yo neva jānāti kutomhi āgato.

53.1Saṁvāsena hi mittāni,53.2sandhīyanti punappunaṁ;53.3Sveva mitto asaṅgantu,53.4asaṁvāsena jīrati.

54.1Sace tuvaṁ dakkhasi brahmacāriṁ,54.2Sace tuvaṁ sallape brahmacārinā;54.3Sampannasassaṁva mahodakena,54.4Tapoguṇaṁ khippamimaṁ pahissasi.

55.1Punapi ce dakkhasi brahmacāriṁ,55.2Punapi ce sallape brahmacārinā;55.3Sampannasassaṁva mahodakena,55.4Usmāgataṁ khippamimaṁ pahissasi.

56.1Bhūtāni hetāni caranti tāta,56.2Virūparūpena manussaloke;56.3Na tāni sevetha naro sapañño,56.4Āsajja naṁ nassati brahmacārī”ti.

57.1Niḷinikājātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.