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# Jataka 498.8

Jātaka 498.8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [498.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.498.8.1)

“Suladdhalābho vata me ahosi,

> So he spoke; then mounting his fine chariot, he went swiftly to the park gate. There he checked his chariot, and approached wise Citta with an obeisance, and sat down on one side; greatly pleased, he recited the eighth stanza:  
> — Robert Chalmers & W. H. D. Rouse 1895, The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births (6 vols.)

> "A precious hymn it was I sang so sweet  
> While thronging multitudes around me pressed;  
> For now this holy sage I come to greet  
> And all is joy and gladness in my breast."  
> — Robert Chalmers & W. H. D. Rouse 1895, The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births (6 vols.)

### [498.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.498.8.2)

Gāthā sugītā parisāya majjhe;

> So he spoke; then mounting his fine chariot, he went swiftly to the park gate. There he checked his chariot, and approached wise Citta with an obeisance, and sat down on one side; greatly pleased, he recited the eighth stanza:  
> — Robert Chalmers & W. H. D. Rouse 1895, The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births (6 vols.)

> "A precious hymn it was I sang so sweet  
> While thronging multitudes around me pressed;  
> For now this holy sage I come to greet  
> And all is joy and gladness in my breast."  
> — Robert Chalmers & W. H. D. Rouse 1895, The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births (6 vols.)

### [498.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.498.8.3)

Svāhaṃ isiṃ sīlavatūpapannaṃ,

> So he spoke; then mounting his fine chariot, he went swiftly to the park gate. There he checked his chariot, and approached wise Citta with an obeisance, and sat down on one side; greatly pleased, he recited the eighth stanza:  
> — Robert Chalmers & W. H. D. Rouse 1895, The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births (6 vols.)

> "A precious hymn it was I sang so sweet  
> While thronging multitudes around me pressed;  
> For now this holy sage I come to greet  
> And all is joy and gladness in my breast."  
> — Robert Chalmers & W. H. D. Rouse 1895, The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births (6 vols.)

### [498.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka.498.8.4)

Disvā patīto sumanohamasmi”.

> So he spoke; then mounting his fine chariot, he went swiftly to the park gate. There he checked his chariot, and approached wise Citta with an obeisance, and sat down on one side; greatly pleased, he recited the eighth stanza:  
> — Robert Chalmers & W. H. D. Rouse 1895, The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births (6 vols.)

> "A precious hymn it was I sang so sweet  
> While thronging multitudes around me pressed;  
> For now this holy sage I come to greet  
> And all is joy and gladness in my breast."  
> — Robert Chalmers & W. H. D. Rouse 1895, The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births (6 vols.)

## Translations (2)

- [The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births (6 vols.)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka!jatakatthavannana~en-cowell.498.p20) — Robert Chalmers & W. H. D. Rouse 1895, English
- [Jātakam: das Buch der Erzählungen aus früheren Existenzen Buddhas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka!jatakatthavannana~de-dutoit.498.p29) — Julius Dutoit 1908, German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Jātakatthavaṇṇanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka!jatakatthavannana.15.2.30_3) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

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