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4. The Great Chapter

Sugar Cane Ghost

Khuddaka Nikāya

4. Mahāvagga

Ucchupetavatthu

Minor Collection

4. The Great Chapter

Sugar Cane Ghost

Khuddaka Nikāya

4. Mahāvagga

Ucchupetavatthu

Sugar Cane Ghost

A monk explains to a ghost the results of giving reluctantly.

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Vista:

Ghost:

Bhante, as a result of my meritorious deeds, a large farm of sugar cane has appeared for me. Unfortunately, I am unable to eat from it. Please tell me why I cannot eat them. Even though I try very hard to pluck out a stalk, I fail every time. Leaves of the sugar cane cut my body and I become very weak and faint. I am suffering very much. Please tell me what bad deed I did in the past.

With a weak body I collapse on the ground. I tremble like a fish thrown to the hot ground. I am crying. Please tell me why this is happening to me.

I am starving, thirsty, and weak. Overcome by extreme thirst, I have never experienced any happiness. Please Bhante, tell me how I can eat the sugar cane.

Monk:

You have done an evil deed when you were in the human world. I will tell you what that is.

One day, you were going somewhere while chewing a sugar cane. Another person came up behind you with the idea that you would share with him. But you did not pay attention to him. Then he begged for a sugar cane saying, “Good sir, please give me some sugar cane.” With an angry mind, reluctantly, you passed back a sugar cane without looking at him. That is the karma that you are experiencing now. Therefore, now you should also turn your back to the sugar cane and try to pluck it. Then you will be able to eat as much as you wish. In this way you will be happy and satisfied.

So the ghost turned his back to the sugar cane and plucked it out of the ground. He ate as much as he wished. In this way he became happy and satisfied.

5. Ucchupetavatthu

“Idaṁ mama ucchuvanaṁ mahantaṁ, Nibbattati puññaphalaṁ anappakaṁ; Taṁ dāni me na paribhogameti, *Taṁ dāni me na → taṁ dāni ve (bj); taṁ dāni me (pts-vp-pli1-2); na dāni me taṁ (mr) | paribhogameti → paribhogaṁ na upeti (bj, pts-vp-pli1-2); paribhogaṁ upeti (sya1ed, sya2ed)Ācikkha bhante kissa ayaṁ vipāko.

“Idaṁ mama ucchuvanaṁ mahantaṁ,

Nibbattati puññaphalaṁ anappakaṁ;

Taṁ dāni me na paribhogameti, *

Ācikkha bhante kissa ayaṁ vipāko.

Haññāmi khajjāmi ca vāyamāmi, *Haññāmi → vihaññāmi (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1, mr) | vāyamāmi → vāyamāmi ca (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)Parisakkāmi paribhuñjituṁ kiñci; Svāhaṁ chinnathāmo kapaṇo lālapāmi, Kissa kammassa ayaṁ vipāko. *Kissa → kissassu (?)

Haññāmi khajjāmi ca vāyamāmi, *

Parisakkāmi paribhuñjituṁ kiñci;

Svāhaṁ chinnathāmo kapaṇo lālapāmi,

Kissa kammassa ayaṁ vipāko. *

Vighāto cāhaṁ paripatāmi chamāyaṁ, Parivattāmi vāricarova ghamme; Rudato ca me assukā niggalanti, *Rudato → dūrato (sya1ed, sya2ed, mr)Ācikkha bhante kissa ayaṁ vipāko.

Vighāto cāhaṁ paripatāmi chamāyaṁ,

Parivattāmi vāricarova ghamme;

Rudato ca me assukā niggalanti, *

Ācikkha bhante kissa ayaṁ vipāko.

Vighāto cāhaṁ paripatāmi chamāyaṁ, Parivattāmi vāricarova ghamme; Rudato ca me assukā niggalanti, *Rudato → dūrato (sya1ed, sya2ed, mr)Ācikkha bhante kissa ayaṁ vipāko.

Chāto kilanto ca pipāsito ca, Santassito sātasukhaṁ na vinde; Pucchāmi taṁ etamatthaṁ bhadante, Kathaṁ nu ucchuparibhogaṁ labheyyan”ti.

Chāto kilanto ca pipāsito ca,

Santassito sātasukhaṁ na vinde;

Pucchāmi taṁ etamatthaṁ bhadante,

Kathaṁ nu ucchuparibhogaṁ labheyyan”ti.

Chāto kilanto ca pipāsito ca, Santassito sātasukhaṁ na vinde; Pucchāmi taṁ etamatthaṁ bhadante, Kathaṁ nu ucchuparibhogaṁ labheyyan”ti.

“Pure tuvaṁ kammamakāsi attanā, Manussabhūto purimāya jātiyā; Ahañca taṁ etamatthaṁ vadāmi, Sutvāna tvaṁ etamatthaṁ vijāna.

“Pure tuvaṁ kammamakāsi attanā,

Manussabhūto purimāya jātiyā;

Ahañca taṁ etamatthaṁ vadāmi,

Sutvāna tvaṁ etamatthaṁ vijāna.

“Pure tuvaṁ kammamakāsi attanā, Manussabhūto purimāya jātiyā; Ahañca taṁ etamatthaṁ vadāmi, Sutvāna tvaṁ etamatthaṁ vijāna.

Ucchuṁ tuvaṁ khādamāno payāto, Puriso ca te piṭṭhito anvagacchi; So ca taṁ paccāsanto kathesi, Tassa tuvaṁ na kiñci ālapittha.

Ucchuṁ tuvaṁ khādamāno payāto,

Puriso ca te piṭṭhito anvagacchi;

So ca taṁ paccāsanto kathesi,

Tassa tuvaṁ na kiñci ālapittha.

Ucchuṁ tuvaṁ khādamāno payāto, Puriso ca te piṭṭhito anvagacchi; So ca taṁ paccāsanto kathesi, Tassa tuvaṁ na kiñci ālapittha.

So ca taṁ abhaṇantaṁ ayāci, ‘Dehayya ucchun’ti ca taṁ avoca; Tassa tuvaṁ piṭṭhito ucchuṁ adāsi, Tassetaṁ kammassa ayaṁ vipāko.

So ca taṁ abhaṇantaṁ ayāci,

‘Dehayya ucchun’ti ca taṁ avoca;

Tassa tuvaṁ piṭṭhito ucchuṁ adāsi,

Tassetaṁ kammassa ayaṁ vipāko.

So ca taṁ abhaṇantaṁ ayāci, ‘Dehayya ucchun’ti ca taṁ avoca; Tassa tuvaṁ piṭṭhito ucchuṁ adāsi, Tassetaṁ kammassa ayaṁ vipāko.

Iṅgha tvaṁ gantvāna piṭṭhito gaṇheyyāsi, *gantvāna piṭṭhito gaṇheyyāsi → iṅgha tuvaṁ piṭṭhito gaṇha ucchuṁ (bj, pts-vp-pli1-2)Gahetvāna taṁ khādassu yāvadatthaṁ; Teneva tvaṁ attamano bhavissasi, Haṭṭho cudaggo ca pamodito cā”ti.

Iṅgha tvaṁ gantvāna piṭṭhito gaṇheyyāsi, *

Gahetvāna taṁ khādassu yāvadatthaṁ;

Teneva tvaṁ attamano bhavissasi,

Haṭṭho cudaggo ca pamodito cā”ti.

Gantvāna so piṭṭhito aggahesi, Gahetvāna taṁ khādi yāvadatthaṁ; Teneva so attamano ahosi, Haṭṭho cudaggo ca pamodito cāti.

Gantvāna so piṭṭhito aggahesi,

Gahetvāna taṁ khādi yāvadatthaṁ;

Teneva so attamano ahosi,

Haṭṭho cudaggo ca pamodito cāti.

Gantvāna so piṭṭhito aggahesi, Gahetvāna taṁ khādi yāvadatthaṁ; Teneva so attamano ahosi, Haṭṭho cudaggo ca pamodito cāti.

Ucchupetavatthu pañcamaṁ.