Tayodhammajātaka
“Whoso, like you.”—This story was told by the Master while at the Bamboo-grove also upon the subject of going about to kill.
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral
1.1PTS 1.282“Yassa ete tayo dhammā,Whoever possesses these three qualities1.2vānarinda yathā tava;like you, lord of langurs—1.3Dakkhiyaṁ sūriyaṁ paññā,adroitness, heroism, wisdom—11.4diṭṭhaṁ so ativattatī”ti.escapes the visible foe.
2.1Tayodhammajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.
Dakkhiyaṁ is an abstract neuter noun from dakkha having the sense “adroitness”. It is formed by analogy with sūriyaṁ, which here means “heroism”; compare vīriya in the same sense.
