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The Ghost of Rathakāra Lake

Rathakārapetivatthu

A ghost explains how to direct merit towards a good destination.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.33. Rathakārapetivatthu

1.1“Veḷuriyathambhaṁ ruciraṁ pabhassaraṁ,1.2Vimānamāruyha anekacittaṁ;1.3Tatthacchasi devi mahānubhāve,1.4Pathaddhani pannaraseva cando.

2.1Vaṇṇo ca te kanakassa sannibho,2.2Uttattarūpo bhusa dassaneyyo;2.3Pallaṅkaseṭṭhe atule nisinnā,2.4Ekā tuvaṁ natthi ca tuyha sāmiko.

3.1Imā ca te pokkharaṇī samantā,3.2Pahūtamalyā bahupuṇḍarīkā;3.3Suvaṇṇacuṇṇehi samantamotthatā,3.4Na tattha paṅko paṇako ca vijjati.

4.1Haṁsā cime dassanīyā manoramā,4.2Udakasmimanupariyanti sabbadā;4.3Samayya vaggūpanadanti sabbe,4.4Bindussarā dundubhīnaṁva ghoso.

5.1Daddallamānā yasasā yasassinī,5.2Nāvāya ca tvaṁ avalamba tiṭṭhasi;5.3Āḷārapamhe hasite piyaṁvade,5.4Sabbaṅgakalyāṇi bhusaṁ virocasi.

6.1Idaṁ vimānaṁ virajaṁ same ṭhitaṁ,6.2Uyyānavantaṁ ratinandivaḍḍhanaṁ;6.3Icchāmahaṁ nāri anomadassane,6.4Tayā saha nandane idha moditun”ti.

7.1“Karohi kammaṁ idha vedanīyaṁ,7.2Cittañca te idha nihitaṁ bhavatu;7.3Katvāna kammaṁ idha vedanīyaṁ,7.4Evaṁ mamaṁ lacchasi kāmakāminin”ti.

8.1“Sādhū”ti so tassā paṭissuṇitvā,8.2Akāsi kammaṁ tahiṁ vedanīyaṁ;8.3Katvāna kammaṁ tahiṁ vedanīyaṁ,8.4Upapajji so māṇavo tassā sahabyatanti.

9.1Rathakārapetivatthu tatiyaṁ.
9.2Bhāṇavāraṁ dutiyaṁ.