Pali - Every few days - [B188]
Gair/Karunatillake - Chapter 10 � Further Readings
Ex. 1 (Part 1 of 1)
Ath'eko makka.to ta.m hatthi.m divase divase
tathaagatassa upa.t.thaana.m karonta.m disvaa �ahampi
ki�cideva karissaamii�ti vicaranto ekadivasa.m
nimmakkhika.m da.n.dakamadhu.m disvaa da.n.daka.m
bha�jitvaa da.n.daken'eva saddhi.m madhupa.tala.m
satthu santika.m aaharitvaa kadalipatta.m chinditvaa
tattha .thapetvaa adaasi. Satthaa ga.nhi. Makka.to
�karissati nu kho paribhoga.m, na karissatii�ti
olokento gahetvaa nisinna.m disvaa �kinnukho�ti
cintetvaa da.n.dako.tiya.m gahetvaa parivattetvaa
olokento a.n.dakaani disvaa taani sa.nika.m apanetvaa
adaasi. Satthaa paribhogamakaasi. So tu.t.thamaanaso
ta.m ta.m saakha.m gahetvaa naccanto a.t.thaasi. Tassa
gahita-saakhaa�pi akkanta-saakhaa�pi bhijji. So
ekasmi.m khaa.numatthake patitvaa nibbiddhagatto
satthari pasannena cittena kaala.mkatvaa
taavati.msabhavane nibbatti.
Then a certain monkey, having seen this elephant
waiting on the Tathagatha day after day, thought, �I
too will do something or other�. While wandering
about one day, he saw a beehive on a branch without
any bees. He broke the branch, and brought the
honeycomb along with the branch into the vicinity of
the Teacher, cut a banana leaf, placed it in there and
offered it [to the Teacher]. The Teacher picked it
up. The monkey watching wondered �Will he enjoy it or
not?� Looking at him who had picked it up and was
[still] sitting, he thought, �What is it then?� He
picked up the end of the stick, turned it over, and
looking saw eggs, [so he] carefully took them out,
then offered them. The Teacher enjoyed it. Delighted
with this, [the monkey] picked up a branch, and kept
dancing. Then, while holding one end of the branch
and stepping on the other, he broke it. He then fell
on top of the stake, which pierced his body. Having
died with a faithful mind in regard to the Teacher, he
was reborn in the realm of the 33 deities.
(RasV., Kosambakavatthu)