Cūḷasutasomajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 2549

[2549] "Do not recall the delights and sports and the laughter of former times; let not sensual pleasures (kāmā) slay you — for truly delightful is the city of Sudassana. Develop, rather, a mind of loving-kindness (mettacittaṃ), boundless, by day and by night; then you shall go to the city of the devas (devapuraṃ), the abode of those of meritorious deeds (puññakammino)." The Cullasutasoma Jātaka, the fifth. ___________ [Variant readings (Siam Raṭṭha apparatus): ¹ M (Burmese ed.): rājā vo kho. ² Sī (Sinhalese ed.): ekakova. ³ Yu (European/PTS ed.): anussarittho. ⁴ M: rammaṃ hi. ⁵ M: agacchittha. ⁶ Yu: puññakammānan ti.] The summary (uddāna) thereof: The wise parrot Jambuka, and Kuṇḍalinī [= the Tesakuṇa]; and the Jātaka of Alambusā, the excellent maiden; the supreme, most excellent one bearing the glorious name of Saṅkha [= Saṅkhapāla]; and Sutasoma, tamer of foes (arindama), the noble king [= the Cullasutasoma]. The Cattālīsanipāta (the Book of Forties) is concluded. _________

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.