๙. กัณหชาดก
9 Kaṇhajātakaṃ
yato yato garu dhuranti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto yamakapāṭihāriyaṃ ārabbha kathesi.
Taṃ saddhiṃ devorohaṇena terasanipāte sarabhaṅgajātake āvibhavissati. Sammāsambuddhe pana yamakapāṭihāriyaṃ katvā devaloke vasitvā mahāpavāraṇāya saṅkassanagaradvāre oruyha mahantena parivārena jetavanaṃ paviṭṭhe bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ sannipatitvā āvuso tathāgato nāma asamadhuro tena tathāgatena vūḷhadhuraṃ añño vahituṃ samattho nāma natthi cha satthāro mayameva pāṭihāriyaṃ karissāma mayameva pāṭihāriyaṃ Karissāmāti vatvā ekampi pāṭihāriyaṃ na akaṃsu aho satthā asamadhuroti satthu guṇakathaṃ kathentā nisīdiṃsu. Satthā āgantvā kāya nuttha bhikkhave etarahi kathāya sannisinnāti pucchi. Na bhante aññāya kathāya evarūpāya nāma tumhākameva guṇakathāyāti. Satthā na bhikkhave idāneva mayā vūḷhadhuraṃ koci vahissati pubbepi tiracchānayoniyaṃ nibbattopi ahaṃ attanā samadhuraṃ kañci nālatthanti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto goyoniyaṃ paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhi. Atha naṃ sāmikā taruṇavacchakakāleyeva ekissāya mahallikāya ghare vasitvā nivāsavetanaṃ paricchinditvā adaṃsu. Sā taṃ yāgubhattādīhi paṭijaggamānā puttaṭṭhāne ṭhapetvā vaḍḍhesi. So ayyikākāḷakotveva paññāyittha. Vayappatto ca añjanavaṇṇo hutvā gāmagoṇehi saddhiṃ carati sīlācārasampanno ahosi. Gāmadārakā siṅgesupi kaṇṇesupi galepi gahetvā olambanti naṅguṭṭhepi gahetvā kīḷanti kaḍḍhanti piṭṭhiyaṃpi nisīdanti. So ekadivasaṃ cintesi mayhaṃ mātā duggatā maṃ puttaṭṭhāne ṭhapetvā dukkhena posesi yannūnāhaṃ bhatiṃ katvā imaṃ duggatabhāvato moceyyanti. So tato paṭṭhāya bhatiṃ upadhārento carati.