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The Tham Vessantara-jAtaka - Khamkoo

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TamatthaM pakAsento satthA Aha : To explain this to the monks, the Teacher<br />

spoke: RAjA kumaramAdAya rAjaputtI ca dArikaM sammodamAnA pakkAmum aGGmaGGaM<br />

piyaM vadAti : “<strong>The</strong> king carried the boy, the princess the little girl and so they went on<br />

their journey talking together kindly to one another.”<br />

DAna khaBDaM niThitaM : This is the end of the section on almsgiving, which contains<br />

two hundred and nine stanzas according to the Buddha’s preaching.<br />

Section Fifteen<br />

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Vannapave : <strong>The</strong> section on entering the forest<br />

Namotassatthu : May homage be to the Buddha.<br />

TapaTipatthe Agacchante manusse ditvA kuhim vamgaTa pabbato ti pacchanti<br />

manussA dUreti vadanti . Te cattAro khattiyA : Whenever they met travellers coming<br />

along the road, they asked, “Where is Vamka Mountain?” ManussA : People whom they<br />

met replied, “It is far away.” Tana vattum : That is why the Teacher explained this to<br />

the SAriputta as mentioned in the CAriyA PiTaka thus: Yadi keci manussA enti anumagge<br />

paTipathe maggam te paTi pucchAma, ‘Ku him vankaTa pabbato : “Whenever they met<br />

travellers coming along the road, we ask them the way, “Where is Vamka Mountain?”<br />

Ta tattha amhe passitvA kalunaM paridevasum dukkhaM te paTi vedenti , ‘DUre vankata<br />

pabbato : When they see us, the travellers felt sorry for us and give us sorrowful<br />

information, “Vamka Mountain is still far away.”<br />

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