Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

3.5.12 Aṅkurapetavatthu

“Yassa rukkhassa chāyāya, nisīdeyya sayeyya vā.
Na tassa sākhaṃ bhañjeyya, mittadubbho hi pāpako.
Yassa rukkhassa chāyāya, nisīdeyya sayeyya vā;
Na tassa pattaṃ bhindeyya, mittadubbho hi pāpako”ti.

“Yassa rukkhassa chāyāya, nisīdeyya sayeyya vā;
Samūlampi taṃ abbuhe, attho ce tādiso siyā’’ti.

“Yassekarattimpi ghare vaseyya, yatthannapānaṃ puriso labhetha;
Na tassa pāpaṃ manasāpi cintaye, kataññutā sappurisehi vaṇṇitā.
Yassekarattimpi ghare vaseyya, annena pānena upaṭṭhito siyā;
Na tassa pāpaṃ manasāpi cintaye, adubbhapāṇī dahate mittadubbhiṃ.
Yo pubbe katakalyāṇo, pacchā pāpena hiṃsati;
Allapāṇihato poso, na so bhadrāni passatī’’ti.

Ubbarivaggo, Petavatthupāḷi, Khuddakanikāye

 


Vocabulary
  1. abbuhe/abbuyha - [abbuhati/abbahati (ger.)] pull, draw
  2. adubbhapāṇī - [a + dubbha + pāṇī] not + hurting, deceiving + hand
  3. allapāṇihato - [alla + pāṇi + hato] clean + hand + killed
  4. bhañjeyya - [opt.] should break
  5. bhindeyya - [opt.] should split
  6. chāyā - shade
  7. mittadubbho - [mitta + dubbho] friend + deceiving, hurting
  8. nisīdeyya - [opt.] should sit
  9. patta - leave
  10. sākhaṃ - branch
  11. sayeyya - [opt.] should sleep
  12. upaṭṭhito - [upaṭṭhahati (pp.)] served, provided, attended to
  13. yassekarattimpi - [yassa + eka + rattiṃ + pi] of, whose + one + night + even
  14. yatthannapānaṃ - [yattha + annaṃ + pānaṃ] where + food + drink

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