{"id":"ja466","title":"The Sea Merchants: a past life story","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"ja466","title":"The Sea Merchants: a past life story","units":[{"id":"ja466:0","sourceIds":["ja466:0.1","ja466:0.2","ja466:0.3","ja466:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jātaka\nDvādasakanipāta\nCūḷakuṇālavagga\n3. Samuddavāṇijajātaka","en":"Stories of Past Lives 466\nThe Book of the Twelves\nThe Chapter With Cūḷakuṇāla\nThe Sea Merchants: a past life story"}},{"id":"ja466:1","sourceIds":["ja466:1.1","ja466:1.2","ja466:1.3","ja466:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kasanti vapanti te janā,\nManujā kammaphalūpajīvino;\nNayimassa dīpakassa bhāgino,\nJambudīpā idameva no varaṁ”.","en":"“Those folk sow and reap,\nmen living on the fruit of their work.\nThey have no share of this island.\nThis is better far than India!”"}},{"id":"ja466:2","sourceIds":["ja466:2.1","ja466:2.2","ja466:2.3","ja466:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tipañcarattūpagatamhi cande,\nVego mahā hehiti sāgarassa;\nUplavissaṁ dīpamimaṁ uḷāraṁ,\nMā vo vadhī gacchatha leṇamaññaṁ”.","en":"“When the fifteenth day full moon has risen,\nthere will be a great flood from the sea,\ndrowning this splendid isle.\nLet it not destroy you all! Go to some other haven!”"}},{"id":"ja466:3","sourceIds":["ja466:3.1","ja466:3.2","ja466:3.3","ja466:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na jātuyaṁ sāgaravārivego,\nUplavissaṁ dīpamimaṁ uḷāraṁ;\nTaṁ me nimittehi bahūhi diṭṭhaṁ,\nMā bhetha kiṁ socatha modathavho.","en":"“Never shall a mighty flood of water from the sea\ndrown this splendid isle—\nI have seen that through many a sign.\nDon’t fear! Why worry? Celebrate!"}},{"id":"ja466:4","sourceIds":["ja466:4.1","ja466:4.2","ja466:4.3","ja466:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pahūtabhakkhaṁ bahuannapānaṁ,\nPattattha āvāsamimaṁ uḷāraṁ;\nNa vo bhayaṁ paṭipassāmi kiñci,\nĀputtaputtehi pamodathavho”.","en":"You’ve come to this splendid abode,\nfull of food and drink.\nI see no danger for you at all.\nCelebrate, even unto the sons of sons!”"}},{"id":"ja466:5","sourceIds":["ja466:5.1","ja466:5.2","ja466:5.3","ja466:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yo devoyaṁ dakkhiṇāyaṁ disāyaṁ,\nKhemanti pakkosati tassa saccaṁ;\nNa uttaro vedi bhayābhayassa,\nMā bhetha kiṁ socatha modathavho”.","en":"“This god in the southern quarter\ncrying, ‘It is safe!’: his is the truth!\nThe northern doesn’t know if there’s a danger or not.\nDon’t fear! Why worry? Celebrate!”"}},{"id":"ja466:6","sourceIds":["ja466:6.1","ja466:6.2","ja466:6.3","ja466:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yathā ime vippavadanti yakkhā,\nEko bhayaṁ saṁsati khemameko;\nTadiṅgha mayhaṁ vacanaṁ suṇātha,\nKhippaṁ lahuṁ mā vinassimha sabbe.","en":"“As these spirits argue,\none reporting danger, one safety,\nplease heed my advice,\nlest we perish swift and fleet."}},{"id":"ja466:7","sourceIds":["ja466:7.1","ja466:7.2","ja466:7.3","ja466:7.4","ja466:7.5","ja466:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbe samāgamma karoma nāvaṁ,\nDoṇiṁ daḷhaṁ sabbayantūpapannaṁ;\nSace ayaṁ dakkhiṇo saccamāha,\nMoghaṁ paṭikkosati uttaroyaṁ;\nSā ceva no hehiti āpadatthā,\nImañca dīpaṁ na pariccajema.","en":"Let all join together to build a boat,\na strong vessel fully equipped.\nIf this southern one speaks true,\nand is falsely rejected by the northern,\nit shall serve us in time of need,\nand we would not give up the island."}},{"id":"ja466:8","sourceIds":["ja466:8.1","ja466:8.2","ja466:8.3","ja466:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sace ca kho uttaro saccamāha,\nMoghaṁ paṭikkosati dakkhiṇoyaṁ;\nTameva nāvaṁ abhiruyha sabbe,\nEvaṁ mayaṁ sotthi taremu pāraṁ.","en":"But if the northern speaks true,\nand is falsely rejected by the southern,\nthen having all boarded the boat,\nwe shall cross safely to the far shore."}},{"id":"ja466:9","sourceIds":["ja466:9.1","ja466:9.2","ja466:9.3","ja466:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na ve sugaṇhaṁ paṭhamena seṭṭhaṁ,\nKaniṭṭhamāpāthagataṁ gahetvā;\nYo cīdha tacchaṁ paviceyya gaṇhati,\nSa ve naro seṭṭhamupeti ṭhānaṁ.","en":"Truly, best not accept the last word that came your way,\nwhen what was spoken by the first was best.\nWho here accepts the truth after examination,\nthat man goes to the best place.”"}},{"id":"ja466:10","sourceIds":["ja466:10.1","ja466:10.2","ja466:10.3","ja466:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathāpi te sāgaravārimajjhe,\nSakammunā sotthi vahiṁsu vāṇijā;\nAnāgatatthaṁ paṭivijjhiyāna,\nAppampi nācceti sa bhūripañño.","en":"Just as, in the middle of the watery sea,\nthe merchants fled to safety by their own efforts,\nso, realizing his future welfare,\nhe of vast wisdom transgresses not at all."}},{"id":"ja466:11","sourceIds":["ja466:11.1","ja466:11.2","ja466:11.3","ja466:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bālā ca mohena rasānugiddhā,\nAnāgataṁ appaṭivijjhiyatthaṁ;\nPaccuppanne sīdanti atthajāte,\nSamuddamajjhe yathā te manussā.","en":"Fools deluded by desire for tastes,\nnot realizing their future welfare,\nsink down in face of present need,\nlike those people in mid-ocean."}},{"id":"ja466:12","sourceIds":["ja466:12.1","ja466:12.2","ja466:12.3","ja466:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anāgataṁ paṭikayirātha kiccaṁ,\n‘Mā maṁ kiccaṁ kiccakāle byadhesi’;\nTaṁ tādisaṁ paṭikatakiccakāriṁ,\nNa taṁ kiccaṁ kiccakāle byadhetī”ti.","en":"Prepare what must be done for the future, thinking,\n“Let what must be done not harm me on the day the duty ripens.”\nThe kind who acts to prepare what must be done,\nis not harmed by what must be done on the day the duty ripens."}},{"id":"ja466:13","sourceIds":["ja466:13.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Samuddavāṇijajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/ja466/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}