Bhikkhāparamparajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 2024

[2024] Having seen you, of delicate form, come from the kingdom into the wilderness — you who were endowed with a fine peaked mansion and accustomed to a great couch¹ — out of affection I gave to such a one as you choice boiled rice,² an exquisite meal of sāli rice with a sauce of pure meat.³ Having accepted that meal, you bestowed it upon the brahmin,⁴ without eating of it yourself — what dhamma is this? Homage be to you! ¹ Also read "mahāsayanamupāsitaṃ." ² Sī., Yu. read "baddhamodanaṃ." ³ Ma. reads "suciṃ maṃsūpasecanaṃ"; so too below. ⁴ Ma. reads "adāsayi."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.