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Prince Arindama and His Friend Soṇaka

Soṇakajātaka

“A thousand crowns”—This is a story told by the Master, while dwelling at Jetavana, concerning the Perfection of Renunciation. On this occasion the Bodhisatta sitting in the Hall of Truth in the midst of the Brethren, as they were singing the praises of the Perfection of Renunciation, said, “Brethren, not now only, but of old also the Tathagata verily left the world and made the Great Renunciation,” and so saying he related a story of the past.

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  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Saṭṭhinipāta
  • 0.3Soṇakavagga

0.41 Soṇakajātaka

1.1PTS 5.250“Tassa sutvā sataṁ dammi,1.2sahassaṁ diṭṭha soṇakaṁ;1.3Ko me soṇakamakkhāti,1.4sahāyaṁ paṁsukīḷitaṁ”.

2.1“Athabravī māṇavako,2.2daharo pañcacūḷako;2.3Mayhaṁ sutvā sataṁ dehi,2.4sahassaṁ diṭṭha soṇakaṁ;2.5Ahaṁ te soṇakakkhissaṁ,2.6sahāyaṁ paṁsukīḷitaṁ”.

3.1PTS 5.251“Katamasmiṁ so janapade,3.2raṭṭhesu nigamesu ca;3.3Kattha soṇakamaddakkhi,3.4taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”.

4.1“Taveva deva vijite,4.2tavevuyyānabhūmiyā;4.3Ujuvaṁsā mahāsālā,4.4nīlobhāsā manoramā.

5.1Tiṭṭhanti meghasamānā,5.2rammā aññoññanissitā;5.3Tesaṁ mūlamhi soṇako,5.4jhāyatī anupādano;5.5Upādānesu lokesu,5.6ḍayhamānesu nibbuto”.

6.1Tato ca rājā pāyāsi,6.2senāya caturaṅgiyā;6.3Kārāpetvā samaṁ maggaṁ,6.4agamā yena soṇako.

7.1Uyyānabhūmiṁ gantvāna,7.2vicaranto brahāvane;7.3Āsīnaṁ soṇakaṁ dakkhi,7.4ḍayhamānesu nibbutaṁ.

8.1“Kapaṇo vatayaṁ bhikkhu,8.2muṇḍo saṅghāṭipāruto;8.3Amātiko apitiko,8.4rukkhamūlasmi jhāyati”.

9.1Imaṁ vākyaṁ nisāmetvā,9.2Soṇako etadabravi;9.3“Na rāja kapaṇo hoti,9.4Dhammaṁ kāyena phassayaṁ.

10.1PTS 5.252Yo ca dhammaṁ niraṅkatvā,10.2Adhammamanuvattati;10.3Sa rāja kapaṇo hoti,10.4Pāpo pāpaparāyaṇo”.

11.1“Arindamoti me nāmaṁ,11.2kāsirājāti maṁ vidū;11.3Kacci bhoto sukhasseyyā,11.4idha pattassa soṇaka”.

12.1“Sadāpi bhadramadhanassa,12.2Anāgārassa bhikkhuno;12.3Na tesaṁ koṭṭhe openti,12.4Na kumbhiṁ na khaḷopiyaṁ;12.5Paraniṭṭhitamesānā,12.6Tena yāpenti subbatā.

13.1Dutiyampi bhadramadhanassa,13.2Anāgārassa bhikkhuno;13.3Anavajjapiṇḍo bhottabbo,13.4Na ca kocūparodhati.

14.1Tatiyampi bhadramadhanassa,14.2Anāgārassa bhikkhuno;14.3Nibbuto piṇḍo bhottabbo,14.4Na ca kocūparodhati.

15.1Catutthampi bhadramadhanassa,15.2Anāgārassa bhikkhuno;15.3Muttassa raṭṭhe carato,15.4Saṅgo yassa na vijjati.

16.1Pañcamampi bhadramadhanassa,16.2Anāgārassa bhikkhuno;16.3Nagaramhi ḍayhamānamhi,16.4Nāssa kiñci aḍayhatha.

17.1PTS 5.253Chaṭṭhampi bhadramadhanassa,17.2Anāgārassa bhikkhuno;17.3Raṭṭhe vilumpamānamhi,17.4Nāssa kiñci ahīratha.

18.1Sattamampi bhadramadhanassa,18.2Anāgārassa bhikkhuno;18.3Corehi rakkhitaṁ maggaṁ,18.4Ye caññe paripanthikā;18.5Pattacīvaramādāya,18.6Sotthiṁ gacchati subbato.

19.1Aṭṭhamampi bhadramadhanassa,19.2Anāgārassa bhikkhuno;19.3Yaṁ yaṁ disaṁ pakkamati,19.4Anapekkhova gacchati”.

20.1PTS 5.254“Bahūni samaṇabhadrāni,20.2ye tvaṁ bhikkhu pasaṁsasi;20.3Ahañca giddho kāmesu,20.4kathaṁ kāhāmi soṇaka.

21.1Piyā me mānusā kāmā,21.2atho dibyāpi me piyā;21.3Atha kena nu vaṇṇena,21.4ubho loke labhāmase”.

22.1PTS 5.255“Kāme giddhā kāmaratā,22.2kāmesu adhimucchitā;22.3Narā pāpāni katvāna,22.4upapajjanti duggatiṁ.

23.1Ye ca kāme pahantvāna,23.2nikkhantā akutobhayā;23.3Ekodibhāvādhigatā,23.4na te gacchanti duggatiṁ.

24.1Upamaṁ te karissāmi,24.2taṁ suṇohi arindama;24.3Upamāya midhekacce,24.4atthaṁ jānanti paṇḍitā.

25.1Gaṅgāya kuṇapaṁ disvā,25.2vuyhamānaṁ mahaṇṇave;25.3Vāyaso samacintesi,25.4appapañño acetaso.

26.1‘Yānañca vatidaṁ laddhaṁ,26.2bhakkho cāyaṁ anappako’;26.3Tattha rattiṁ tattha divā,26.4tattheva nirato mano.

27.1Khādaṁ nāgassa maṁsāni,27.2pivaṁ bhāgīrathodakaṁ;27.3Sampassaṁ vanacetyāni,27.4na palettha vihaṅgamo.

28.1Tañca otaraṇī gaṅgā,28.2pamattaṁ kuṇape rataṁ;28.3Samuddaṁ ajjhagāhāsi,28.4agatī yattha pakkhinaṁ.

29.1So ca bhakkhaparikkhīṇo,29.2udapatvā vihaṅgamo;29.3Na pacchato na purato,29.4nuttaraṁ nopi dakkhiṇaṁ.

30.1Dīpaṁ so najjhagāgañchi,30.2agatī yattha pakkhinaṁ;30.3So ca tattheva pāpattha,30.4yathā dubbalako tathā.

31.1Tañca sāmuddikā macchā,31.2kumbhīlā makarā susū;31.3Pasayhakārā khādiṁsu,31.4phandamānaṁ vipakkhakaṁ.

32.1Evameva tuvaṁ rāja,32.2ye caññe kāmabhogino;32.3Giddhā ce na vamissanti,32.4kākapaññāva te vidū.

33.1Esā te upamā rāja,33.2atthasandassanī katā;33.3Tvañca paññāyase tena,33.4yadi kāhasi vā na vā.

34.1PTS 5.257Ekavācampi dvivācaṁ,34.2bhaṇeyya anukampako;34.3Tatuttariṁ na bhāseyya,34.4dāsovayyassa santike”.

35.1Idaṁ vatvāna pakkāmi,35.2soṇako amitabuddhimā;35.3Vehāse antalikkhasmiṁ,35.4anusāsitvāna khattiyaṁ.

36.1PTS 5.258“Ko nume rājakattāro,36.2suddā veyyattamāgatā;36.3Rajjaṁ niyyādayissāmi,36.4nāhaṁ rajjena matthiko.

37.1Ajjeva pabbajissāmi,37.2Ko jaññā maraṇaṁ suve;37.3Māhaṁ kākova dummedho,37.4Kāmānaṁ vasamanvagaṁ”.

38.1“Atthi te daharo putto,38.2dīghāvu raṭṭhavaḍḍhano;38.3Taṁ rajje abhisiñcassu,38.4so no rājā bhavissati”.

39.1“Khippaṁ kumāramānetha,39.2dīghāvuṁ raṭṭhavaḍḍhanaṁ;39.3Taṁ rajje abhisiñcissaṁ,39.4so vo rājā bhavissati”.

40.1Tato kumāramānesuṁ,40.2dīghāvuṁ raṭṭhavaḍḍhanaṁ;40.3Taṁ disvā ālapī rājā,40.4ekaputtaṁ manoramaṁ.

41.1“Saṭṭhi gāmasahassāni,41.2paripuṇṇāni sabbaso;41.3Te putta paṭipajjassu,41.4rajjaṁ niyyādayāmi te.

42.1Ajjeva pabbajissāmi,42.2ko jaññā maraṇaṁ suve;42.3Māhaṁ kākova dummedho,42.4kāmānaṁ vasamanvagaṁ.

43.1Saṭṭhi nāgasahassāni,43.2sabbālaṅkārabhūsitā;43.3Suvaṇṇakacchā mātaṅgā,43.4hemakappanavāsasā.

44.1Ārūḷhā gāmaṇīyehi,44.2tomaraṅkusapāṇibhi;44.3Te putta paṭipajjassu,44.4rajjaṁ niyyādayāmi te.

45.1PTS 5.259Ajjeva pabbajissāmi,45.2ko jaññā maraṇaṁ suve;45.3Māhaṁ kākova dummedho,45.4kāmānaṁ vasamanvagaṁ.

46.1Saṭṭhi assasahassāni,46.2sabbālaṅkārabhūsitā;46.3Ājānīyāva jātiyā,46.4sindhavā sīghavāhino.

47.1Ārūḷhā gāmaṇīyehi,47.2illiyācāpadhāribhi;47.3Te putta paṭipajjassu,47.4rajjaṁ niyyādayāmi te.

48.1Ajjeva pabbajissāmi,48.2ko jaññā maraṇaṁ suve;48.3Māhaṁ kākova dummedho,48.4kāmānaṁ vasamanvagaṁ.

49.1Saṭṭhi rathasahassāni,49.2sannaddhā ussitaddhajā;49.3Dīpā athopi veyyagghā,49.4sabbālaṅkārabhūsitā.

50.1Ārūḷhā gāmaṇīyehi,50.2cāpahatthehi vammibhi;50.3Te putta paṭipajjassu,50.4rajjaṁ niyyādayāmi te.

51.1Ajjeva pabbajissāmi,51.2ko jaññā maraṇaṁ suve;51.3Māhaṁ kākova dummedho,51.4kāmānaṁ vasamanvagaṁ.

52.1Saṭṭhi dhenusahassāni,52.2rohaññā puṅgavūsabhā;52.3Tā putta paṭipajjassu,52.4rajjaṁ niyyādayāmi te.

53.1Ajjeva pabbajissāmi,53.2ko jaññā maraṇaṁ suve;53.3Māhaṁ kākova dummedho,53.4kāmānaṁ vasamanvagaṁ.

54.1Soḷasitthisahassāni,54.2sabbālaṅkārabhūsitā;54.3Vicitravatthābharaṇā,54.4āmuttamaṇikuṇḍalā;54.5Tā putta paṭipajjassu,54.6rajjaṁ niyyādayāmi te.

55.1Ajjeva pabbajissāmi,55.2ko jaññā maraṇaṁ suve;55.3Māhaṁ kākova dummedho,55.4kāmānaṁ vasamanvagaṁ”.

56.1“Daharasseva me tāta,56.2mātā matāti me sutaṁ;56.3Tayā vinā ahaṁ tāta,56.4jīvitumpi na ussahe.

57.1Yathā āraññakaṁ nāgaṁ,57.2poto anveti pacchato;57.3Jessantaṁ giriduggesu,57.4samesu visamesu ca.

58.1Evaṁ taṁ anugacchāmi,58.2pattamādāya pacchato;58.3Subharo te bhavissāmi,58.4na te hessāmi dubbharo”.

59.1“Yathā sāmuddikaṁ nāvaṁ,59.2vāṇijānaṁ dhanesinaṁ;59.3Vohāro tattha gaṇheyya,59.4vāṇijā byasanī siyā.

60.1Evamevāyaṁ puttakali,60.2antarāyakaro mama;60.3Imaṁ kumāraṁ pāpetha,60.4pāsādaṁ rativaḍḍhanaṁ.

61.1PTS 5.260Tattha kambusahatthāyo,61.2yathā sakkaṁva accharā;61.3Tā naṁ tattha ramessanti,61.4tāhi ceso ramissati.

62.1Tato kumāraṁ pāpesuṁ,62.2pāsādaṁ rativaḍḍhanaṁ;62.3Taṁ disvā avacuṁ kaññā,62.4dīghāvuṁ raṭṭhavaḍḍhanaṁ.

63.1Devatā nusi gandhabbo,63.2adu sakko purindado;63.3Ko vā tvaṁ kassa vā putto,63.4kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayaṁ”.

64.1“Namhi devo na gandhabbo,64.2Nāpi sakko purindado;64.3Kāsirañño ahaṁ putto,64.4Dīghāvu raṭṭhavaḍḍhano;64.5Mamaṁ bharatha bhaddaṁ vo,64.6Ahaṁ bhattā bhavāmi vo”.

65.1Taṁ tattha avacuṁ kaññā,65.2dīghāvuṁ raṭṭhavaḍḍhanaṁ;65.3“Kuhiṁ rājā anuppatto,65.4ito rājā kuhiṁ gato”.

66.1“Paṅkaṁ rājā atikkanto,66.2thale rājā patiṭṭhito;66.3Akaṇṭakaṁ agahanaṁ,66.4paṭipanno mahāpathaṁ.

67.1Ahañca paṭipannosmi,67.2maggaṁ duggatigāminaṁ;67.3Sakaṇṭakaṁ sagahanaṁ,67.4yena gacchanti duggatiṁ”.

68.1“Tassa te svāgataṁ rāja,68.2sīhasseva giribbajaṁ;68.3Anusāsa mahārāja,68.4tvaṁ no sabbāsamissaro”ti.

69.1Soṇakajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.