mahisajātakaṃ

kimatthamabhisandhāyāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ lolamakkaṭaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Sāvatthiyaṃ kirekasmiṃ kule eko posāvaniyalolamakkaṭo hatthisālaṃ gantvā ekassa sīlavantahatthissa piṭṭhe nisīditvā uccārapassāvaṃ karoti piṭṭhiyaṃ caṅkamati. Hatthī attano sīlavantatāya Khantisampadāya na kiñci karoti. Athekadivasaṃ tassa hatthissa ṭhāne añño duṭṭhahatthipotako aṭṭhāsi. Makkaṭo soyeva ayanti saññāya duṭṭhahatthissa piṭṭhiṃ abhirūhi. Atha naṃ so vegena soṇḍāya gahetvā bhūmiyaṃ pātetvā pādena akkamitvā sañcuṇṇesi. Sā pavutti bhikkhusaṅghassa pākaṭā jātā. Athekadivasaṃ bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ āvuso lolamakkaṭo kira sīlavantahatthisaññāya duṭṭhahatthipiṭṭhiṃ abhiruḷho atha naṃ so jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpesīti. Satthā āgantvā kāyanuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinanāti pucchitvā imāya nāmāti vutte na bhikkhave idāneva so lolamakkaṭo evaṃsīlo porāṇato paṭṭhāya evaṃsīloyevāti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.

Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto himavantappadese mahisayoniyaṃ nibbattitvā vayappatto thāmasampanno mahāsarīro pabbatapādapabbhāragiriduggavanaghaṭesu vicaranto ekaṃ phāsukaṃ rukkhamūlaṃ disvā gocaraṃ gahetvā divā tasmiṃ rukkhamūle aṭṭhāsi. Atheko lolamakkaṭo rukkhā otaritvā tassa piṭṭhiṃ abhirūhitvā uccārapassāvaṃ katvā siṅgesu gahetvā olambanto naṅguṭṭhe gahetvā dolāyantova kīḷi. Bodhisatto khantimettānudayasampadāya taṃ tassa anācāraṃ na manasākāsi. Makkaṭo punappunaṃ tatheva karoti. Athekadivasaṃ tasmiṃ rukkhe adhivaṭṭhā devatā rukkhakkhandhe ṭhatvā naṃ mahisarāja kasmā imassa duṭṭhamakkaṭassa avamānaṃ sahasi Nisedhehi nanti vatvā etamatthaṃ pakāsentī purimā dve gāthā avoca