Saṅkhadhamajātaka
“Go not too far.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about another self-willed person.
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral
1.1PTS 1.284“Dhame dhame nātidhame,Blow, blow, don’t overblow,11.2atidhantañhi pāpakaṁ;for overblowing is bad.21.3Dhantenādhigatā bhogā,By blowing riches were earned,1.4te tāto vidhamī dhaman”ti.but your blowing dad blew it.3
2.1Saṅkhadhamajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.
2.2Āsīsavaggo chaṭṭho.
3.1Tassuddānaṁ
4.1Yathā icchiṁ tathāhudakā thalā,4.2Sura sāduphalo ca alīnamano;4.3Sampahaṭṭhamano caturo ca tayo,4.4Sataladdhaka bhogadhanena dasāti.
The story is similar to the previous, except here the instrument is a conch or horn, and the father is the overplayer, not the son.
Mil 3.1.4:6.8 discusses what happens when a horn player breathes out too much.
Dhamaṁ is nominative singular. We can capture the pun between dhama (“blowing”) and vidhamī (“squandered it”, “blew it”).
