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The Vowed Feast: a past life story

Khuddaka Nikāya
2. Sīlavagga
Āyācitabhattajātaka
Minor Collection
2. Ethics
The Vowed Feast: a past life story
Khuddaka Nikāya
2. Sīlavagga
Āyācitabhattajātaka
The Vowed Feast: a past life story

“Take thought of life hereafter.” This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana about the offering of a sacrifice under vow to gods. Tradition says that in those days folk when going a journey on business, used to slay living creatures and offer them as a sacrifice to gods, and set out on their way, after making this vow,—“If we come safely back with a profit, we will give you another sacrifice.” And when they did come safely back with a profit, the Idea that this was all due to gods made them slay a number of living creatures and offer them up as a sacrifice to obtain a release from their vow.

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9. Āyācitabhattajātaka
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9. Āyācitabhattajātaka
The Vowed Feast: a past life story9. Āyācitabhattajātaka

If you would be released, after death might you be released,*The story is that a merchant makes a sacrifice to ensure the success of his voyage, vowing that on his return he will perform another sacrifice, freeing him from his vow. The verse is riddling, so I translate literally and paraphrase in the comments. | “If you want to be released from your vow, only in some future life might you find release.”because releasing binds.*“Because releasing yourself from a vow by sacrificing an animal only binds you to suffering.”That’s not how the attentive are released;such release is the fool’s bondage.

“Sace mucce pecca mucce, *mucce → muñce (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1) | mucce → muñce (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)Muccamāno hi bajjhati; Na hevaṁ dhīrā muccanti, Mutti bālassa bandhanan”ti.

If you would be released, after death might you be released,*The story is that a merchant makes a sacrifice to ensure the success of his voyage, vowing that on his return he will perform another sacrifice, freeing him from his vow. The verse is riddling, so I translate literally and paraphrase in the comments. | “If you want to be released from your vow, only in some future life might you find release.”
“Sace mucce pecca mucce, *mucce → muñce (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1) | mucce → muñce (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)
because releasing binds.*“Because releasing yourself from a vow by sacrificing an animal only binds you to suffering.”
Muccamāno hi bajjhati;
That’s not how the attentive are released;
Na hevaṁ dhīrā muccanti,
such release is the fool’s bondage.
Mutti bālassa bandhanan”ti.

If you would be released, after death might you be released,*The story is that a merchant makes a sacrifice to ensure the success of his voyage, vowing that on his return he will perform another sacrifice, freeing him from his vow. The verse is riddling, so I translate literally and paraphrase in the comments. | “If you want to be released from your vow, only in some future life might you find release.”“Sace mucce pecca mucce, *mucce → muñce (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1) | mucce → muñce (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)because releasing binds.*“Because releasing yourself from a vow by sacrificing an animal only binds you to suffering.”Muccamāno hi bajjhati; That’s not how the attentive are released;Na hevaṁ dhīrā muccanti, such release is the fool’s bondage.Mutti bālassa bandhanan”ti.

Āyācitabhattajātakaṁ navamaṁ.

Āyācitabhattajātakaṁ navamaṁ.

Āyācitabhattajātakaṁ navamaṁ.