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The Ghost Princes

Rājaputtapetavatthu

What happened to a prince that committed evil actions towards a Pacceka Buddha?

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

0.37. Rājaputtapetavatthu

1.1Pubbe katānaṁ kammānaṁ,1.2vipāko mathaye manaṁ;1.3Rūpe sadde rase gandhe,1.4phoṭṭhabbe ca manorame.

2.1Naccaṁ gītaṁ ratiṁ khiḍḍaṁ,2.2anubhutvā anappakaṁ;2.3Uyyāne paricaritvā,2.4pavisanto giribbajaṁ.

3.1Isiṁ sunetta maddakkhi,3.2attadantaṁ samāhitaṁ;3.3Appicchaṁ hirisampannaṁ,3.4uñche pattagate rataṁ.

4.1Hatthikkhandhato oruyha,4.2laddhā bhanteti cābravi;4.3Tassa pattaṁ gahetvāna,4.4uccaṁ paggayha khattiyo.

5.1Thaṇḍile pattaṁ bhinditvā,5.2hasamāno apakkami;5.3“Rañño kitavassāhaṁ putto,5.4kiṁ maṁ bhikkhu karissasi”.

6.1Tassa kammassa pharusassa,6.2vipāko kaṭuko ahu;6.3Yaṁ rājaputto vedesi,6.4nirayamhi samappito.

7.1Chaḷeva caturāsīti,7.2vassāni navutāni ca;7.3Bhusaṁ dukkhaṁ nigacchittho,7.4niraye katakibbiso.

8.1Uttānopi ca paccittha,8.2nikujjo vāmadakkhiṇo;8.3Uddhampādo ṭhito ceva,8.4ciraṁ bālo apaccatha.

9.1Bahūni vassasahassāni,9.2pūgāni nahutāni ca;9.3Bhusaṁ dukkhaṁ nigacchittho,9.4niraye katakibbiso.

10.1Etādisaṁ kho kaṭukaṁ,10.2appaduṭṭhappadosinaṁ;10.3Paccanti pāpakammantā,10.4isimāsajja subbataṁ.

11.1So tattha bahuvassāni,11.2vedayitvā bahuṁ dukhaṁ;11.3Khuppipāsahato nāma,11.4peto āsi tato cuto.

12.1Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,12.2issaramadasambhavaṁ;12.3Pahāya issaramadaṁ,12.4nivātamanuvattaye.

13.1Diṭṭheva dhamme pāsaṁso,13.2yo buddhesu sagāravo;13.3Kāyassa bhedā sappañño,13.4saggaṁ so upapajjatīti.

14.1Rājaputtapetavatthu sattamaṁ.