Mahāvāṇijajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 1993

[1993] Therefore indeed a wise man, seeing clearly his own good, should not come under the sway of greed (lobha); he should strike down the mind (mano) that is his enemy.⁵ Knowing thus⁶ the danger (ādīnava), knowing craving (taṇhā) to be the origin of suffering (dukkha), a bhikkhu rid of craving, free from grasping, mindful, should wander forth. The Mahāvāṇija Jātaka, the tenth, is ended. 11. THE SĀDHINARĀJA JĀTAKA [Variant readings in the Siam Raṭṭha edition: 1. Sī., Yu.: mūlaṃ. 2. Sī.: aparajjhatha; Ma.: parajjhati. 3. Ma.: tasasānādiyitvā. 4. Ma.: vammino. 5. Ma.: haneyyārisakaṃ manaṃ. 6. Sī., Yu.: eta…. — (Sī. = Sinhalese edition; Yu. = European edition; Ma. = Burmese edition. Notes 1–4 attach to earlier lines of this Jātaka on the same page, outside the present item.)]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.