Jataka 509.5
Jātaka 509.5
- Language
- Pāli
509.5.1
“Vedā na saccā na ca vittalābho,
Hatthipāla replied with a stanza:
"Truth comes not by the Vedas nor by gold;
Nor getting sons will keep from getting old;
[478] From sense there is release, as wise men know;
In the next birth we reap as now we sow."
In answer to the young man, the king now recited a stanza:
509.5.2
Na puttalābhena jaraṃ vihanti;
Hatthipāla replied with a stanza:
"Truth comes not by the Vedas nor by gold;
Nor getting sons will keep from getting old;
[478] From sense there is release, as wise men know;
In the next birth we reap as now we sow."
In answer to the young man, the king now recited a stanza:
509.5.3
Gandhe rase muccanamāhu santo,
Hatthipāla replied with a stanza:
"Truth comes not by the Vedas nor by gold;
Nor getting sons will keep from getting old;
[478] From sense there is release, as wise men know;
In the next birth we reap as now we sow."
In answer to the young man, the king now recited a stanza:
509.5.4
Sakammunā hoti phalūpapatti”.
Hatthipāla replied with a stanza:
"Truth comes not by the Vedas nor by gold;
Nor getting sons will keep from getting old;
[478] From sense there is release, as wise men know;
In the next birth we reap as now we sow."
In answer to the young man, the king now recited a stanza:
Translations (2)
- The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births (6 vols.) — Robert Chalmers & W. H. D. Rouse 1895, English
- Jātakam: das Buch der Erzählungen aus früheren Existenzen Buddhas — Julius Dutoit 1908, German
Commentaries (1)
- Jātakatthavaṇṇanā — Buddhaghosa, Pāli