[524] Practice righteousness (dhamma), O great king — toward your mother and father, O khattiya;
having practiced righteousness here, O king, you shall go to heaven (sagga).
Practice righteousness, O great king — toward your sons and wives, O khattiya;
having practiced righteousness here, O king, you shall go to heaven.
Practice righteousness, O great king — toward your friends and ministers, O khattiya;
having practiced righteousness here, O king, you shall go to heaven.
Practice righteousness, O great king — toward your mounts and your troops;
having practiced righteousness here, O king, you shall go to heaven.
Practice righteousness, O great king — toward the villages and the towns;
having practiced righteousness here, O king, you shall go to heaven.
Practice righteousness, O great king — toward the realms and the provinces;
having practiced righteousness here, O king, you shall go to heaven.
Practice righteousness, O great king — toward ascetics (samaṇa) and brahmins (brāhmaṇa);
having practiced righteousness here, O king, you shall go to heaven.
Practice righteousness, O great king — toward beasts and birds, O khattiya;
having practiced righteousness here, O king, you shall go to heaven.
Practice righteousness, O great king — righteousness, when practiced, brings happiness (sukha);
having practiced righteousness here, O king, you shall go to heaven.
Practice righteousness, O great king — the Indas and the devas, together with the Brahmās,
have attained heaven (diva) through what was well practiced; be not heedless of righteousness, O king.
The Suvaṇṇasāma Jātaka, the third.
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4. The Nemirāja Jātaka
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.