Dighanikaya 2.161_3

2.161_3

Api ca putte āsaṅkāya tassa upasamaṃ icchamāno pesa evamāha. Evaṃ kirassa ahosi, putto me pucchissati – ‘‘mayhaṃ pitā daharo. Ayyako me kuhi’’nti. So ‘‘pitarā te ghātito’’ti sutvā ‘‘ahampi pitaraṃ ghātetvā rajjaṃ kāressāmī’’ti maññissati. Iti putte āsaṅkāya tassa upasamaṃ icchamāno pesa evamāha. Kiñcāpi hi esa evamāha. Atha kho naṃ putto ghātessatiyeva. Tasmiñhi vaṃse pituvadho pañcaparivaṭṭe gato. Ajātasattu bimbisāraṃ ghātesi, udayo ajātasattuṃ. Tassa putto mahāmuṇḍiko nāma udayaṃ. Tassa putto anuruddho nāma mahāmuṇḍikaṃ. Tassa putto nāgadāso nāma anuruddhaṃ. Nāgadāsaṃ pana – ‘‘vaṃsacchedakarājāno ime, kiṃ imehī’’ti raṭṭhavāsino kupitā ghātesuṃ.

Furthermore, out of suspicion regarding his son, desiring his pacification, he said this. For it occurred to him thus: 'My son will ask, "My father was young; where is my grandfather?" Hearing, "He was killed by your father," he will think, "I too will kill my father and rule the kingdom."' Thus, out of suspicion regarding his son, desiring his pacification, he said this. Although he said this, his son would nevertheless kill him. For in that dynasty, parricide went through five successions: Ajātasattu killed Bimbisāra; Udaya [killed] Ajātasattu; his son named Mahāmuṇḍika [killed] Udaya; his son named Anuruddha [killed] Mahāmuṇḍika; his son named Nāgadāsa [killed] Anuruddha. But as for Nāgadāsa, the citizens became enraged, thinking, 'These are kings who destroy their own lineage, what is the use of them?' and killed him.