Jātaka Ekakanipāta Sīlavagga 9. Āyācitabhattajātaka

Stories of Past Lives 19 The Book of the Ones Ethics The Vowed Feast: a past life story

1.1

“Sace mucce pecca mucce,

If you would be released, after death might you be released,

1.2

Muccamāno hi bajjhati;

because releasing binds.

1.3

Na hevaṁ dhīrā muccanti,

That’s not how the attentive are released;

1.4

Mutti bālassa bandhanan”ti.

such release is the fool’s bondage.

2.1

Āyācitabhattajātakaṁ navamaṁ.