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2.1.1 Mātuposakacariya

Hatthināgavagga

Sīlapāramī

Mātuposakacariya

1.

162 “Yadā ahosiṃ pavane,
kuñjaro mātuposako;
Na tadā atthi mahiyā,
guṇena mama sādiso.

2.

163 Pavane disvā vanacaro,
rañño maṃ paṭivedayi;
‘Tavānucchavo mahārāja,
gajo vasati kānane.

3.

164 Na tassa parikkhāyattho,
napi āḷakakāsuyā;
Saha gahite soṇḍāya,
sayameva idhehi’ti.

4.

165 Tassa taṃ vacanaṃ sutvā,
rājāpi tuṭṭhamānaso;
Pesesi hatthidamakaṃ,
chekācariyaṃ susikkhitaṃ.

5.

166 Gantvā so hatthidamako,
addasa padumassare;
Bhisamuḷālaṃ uddharantaṃ,
yāpanatthāya mātuyā.

6.

167 Viññāya me sīlaguṇaṃ,
lakkhaṇaṃ upadhārayi;
‘Ehi puttā’ti vatvāna,
mama soṇḍāya aggahi.

7.

168 Yaṃ me tadā pākatikaṃ,
sarīrānugataṃ balaṃ;
Ajja nāgasahassānaṃ,
balena samasādisaṃ.

8.

169 Yadihaṃ tesaṃ pakuppeyyaṃ,
upetānaṃ gahaṇāya maṃ;
Paṭibalo bhave tesaṃ,
yāva rajjampi mānusaṃ.

9.

170 Api cāhaṃ sīlarakkhāya,
Sīlapāramipūriyā;
Na karomi citte aññathattaṃ,
Pakkhipantaṃ mamāḷake.

10.

171 Yadi te maṃ tattha koṭṭeyyuṃ,
pharasūhi tomarehi ca;
Neva tesaṃ pakuppeyyaṃ,
sīlakhaṇḍabhayā mamā”ti.

172 Mātuposakacariyaṃ paṭhamaṃ.