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The Chief: a past life story

Khuddaka Nikāya
1. Apaṇṇakavagga
Gāmaṇijātaka
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The Chief: a past life story
Khuddaka Nikāya
1. Apaṇṇakavagga
Gāmaṇijātaka
The Chief: a past life story

“Their heart’s desire.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana about a Brother who gave up persevering. In this Jataka both the Introductory Story and the Story of the Past will be given in the Eleventh Book in connexion with the Samvara-jataka; the incidents are the same both for that Jataka and for this, but the stanzas are different.

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The Chief: a past life story
8. Gāmaṇijātaka
The Chief: a past life story
8. Gāmaṇijātaka
The Chief: a past life story8. Gāmaṇijātaka

Even though they do not hurry,*The story tells how the youngest prince won the kingdom through gradual acts of humble service.one who hopes for the fruit succeeds.I am one whose spiritual life has ripened:*In the story, the prince’s success is due to worldly virtue, so the commentary explains brahmacariya here as meaning “best conduct”, leading which results in the highest station. This is unlikely, since it invariably refers to a dedicated “spiritual practice”.know this, chief.*In the story, gāmaṇi is the name of the prince, but the verse gives no sign that it has anything other then its usual sense of “chief, village head”. Moreover, here the speaker is addressing the chief, which according to the commentary means he is addressing himself. I think the verse has been ill-fitted to a story of similar moral.

“Api ataramānānaṁ, phalāsāva samijjhati; Vipakkabrahmacariyosmi, evaṁ jānāhi gāmaṇī”ti.

Even though they do not hurry,*The story tells how the youngest prince won the kingdom through gradual acts of humble service.
“Api ataramānānaṁ,
one who hopes for the fruit succeeds.
phalāsāva samijjhati;
I am one whose spiritual life has ripened:*In the story, the prince’s success is due to worldly virtue, so the commentary explains brahmacariya here as meaning “best conduct”, leading which results in the highest station. This is unlikely, since it invariably refers to a dedicated “spiritual practice”.
Vipakkabrahmacariyosmi,
know this, chief.*In the story, gāmaṇi is the name of the prince, but the verse gives no sign that it has anything other then its usual sense of “chief, village head”. Moreover, here the speaker is addressing the chief, which according to the commentary means he is addressing himself. I think the verse has been ill-fitted to a story of similar moral.
evaṁ jānāhi gāmaṇī”ti.

Even though they do not hurry,*The story tells how the youngest prince won the kingdom through gradual acts of humble service.“Api ataramānānaṁ, one who hopes for the fruit succeeds.phalāsāva samijjhati; I am one whose spiritual life has ripened:*In the story, the prince’s success is due to worldly virtue, so the commentary explains brahmacariya here as meaning “best conduct”, leading which results in the highest station. This is unlikely, since it invariably refers to a dedicated “spiritual practice”.Vipakkabrahmacariyosmi, know this, chief.*In the story, gāmaṇi is the name of the prince, but the verse gives no sign that it has anything other then its usual sense of “chief, village head”. Moreover, here the speaker is addressing the chief, which according to the commentary means he is addressing himself. I think the verse has been ill-fitted to a story of similar moral.evaṁ jānāhi gāmaṇī”ti.

Gāmaṇijātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ. *Gāmaṇijātakaṁ → gāmanijātakaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)

Gāmaṇijātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ. *Gāmaṇijātakaṁ → gāmanijātakaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)

Gāmaṇijātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ. *Gāmaṇijātakaṁ → gāmanijātakaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)