Dhammapada 8.3.p8

8.3.p8

Sā cintesi – ‘‘aho idaṃ kammaṃ bhāriyaṃ. Paññā nāma na pacitvā khādanatthāya katā, atha kho vicāraṇatthāya katā, jānissāmissa kattabba’’nti, atha naṃ āha – ‘‘sāmi, yadā tvaṃ ‘coro’ti gahetvā nīyasi, tadāhaṃ mātāpitūnaṃ ācikkhiṃ, te sahassaṃ vissajjetvā taṃ āharāpetvā gehe kariṃsu. Tato paṭṭhāya ahaṃ tuyhaṃ upakārikā, ajja me sudiṭṭhaṃ katvā attānaṃ vandituṃ dehī’’ti. So ‘‘sādhu, bhadde, sudiṭṭhaṃ katvā vandāhī’’ti vatvā pabbatante aṭṭhāsi. Atha naṃ sā tikkhattuṃ padakkhiṇaṃ katvā catūsu ṭhānesu vanditvā, ‘‘sāmi, idaṃ te pacchimadassanaṃ, idāni tuyhaṃ vā mama dassanaṃ, mayhaṃ vā tava dassanaṃ natthī’’ti purato ca pacchato ca āliṅgitvā pamattaṃ hutvā pabbatante ṭhitaṃ piṭṭhipasse ṭhatvā ekena hatthena khandhe gahetvā ekena piṭṭhikacchāya gahetvā pabbatapapāte khipi. So pabbatakucchiyaṃ paṭihato khaṇḍākhaṇḍikaṃ hutvā bhūmiyaṃ pati. Corapapātamatthake adhivatthā devatā tesaṃ dvinnampi kiriyaṃ disvā tassā itthiyā sādhukāraṃ datvā imaṃ gāthamāha –

She thought to herself, "Oh, what a wicked deed is this! However, wisdom was not made to be cooked and eaten, but rather to make men look before they leap. I shall find a way of dealing with him." And she said to him, "Husband, when they caught you in the act of committing robbery and led you through the streets, I told my mother and father, and they spent a thousand pieces of money in ransoming you, and they gave you a place in their house, and from that time on I have been your benefactress; to-day do me the favor of letting me pay obeisance to you." "Very well, wife," said he, granted her the favor of paying obeisance to him, and then took his stand near the edge of the cliff.

She walked around him three times, keeping him on her right hand, and paid obeisance to him in the four places. Then she said to him, "Husband, this is the last time I shall see you. Henceforth you will see me no more, neither shall I see you any more." And she embraced him both before and behind. Then, remaining behind him, as he stood off his guard near the edge of the cliff, she put one hand to his shoulder and the other to the small of his back, and flung him over the cliff. Thus was the robber hurled into the abyss of the mountain, and dashed to pieces when he reached the bottom. The deity that dwelt on the top of Robbers' Cliff observed the actions of the two, and applauding the woman, uttered the following Stanza,