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The Tham Vessantara-jAtaka - Khamkoo

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

Gacchanto so bharadvAjo addasa accutaM isim ditvAna taM bhAradvAjo sammodi<br />

isinA saha. SAdhavo : Dear Listeners, BharadvAja, then went along until he saw the seer<br />

Accuta and greeted him politely. Kacci nu bhoto kusalaM kacci bhoto anAmayaM kacci<br />

uGsena yApesi kacci mUlaphalA bahU : “I hope you are well, sir; I hope you are healthy<br />

sir; I hope you are able to live collecting food and there are roots and fruit enough to<br />

eat. Kacci DaMsA makasA : I hope there are few gadflies and mosquitoes and I hope<br />

creepy crawlies do not bite your feet and swallow you. VALamigA : I hope you encounter<br />

no harm in this forest thronged with wild beasts.”<br />

Tapasso : <strong>The</strong> ascetic replied to the Brahmin, greeting thus: KusalaM ceva me<br />

brahme atho brahme anAmayaM atho uGchena yApemi atho mUlaphalA bahU : “I am well,<br />

Brahmin; I am healthy, Brahmin; I am able to collect food and there are enough food<br />

and fruits to eat. Atho DaMsA makasA ca : <strong>The</strong>re are, Brahmin, few gadflies and<br />

mosquitoes and many creepy-crawlies, big and small, they do not bite my feet and<br />

swallow me and I encounter no harm in the forest thronged with wild beasts as I have<br />

been practicing loving kindness. BahUni vassapUgAni : Brahmin, I have lived here in<br />

this hermitage for many years and I have never come across any harmful sickness.”<br />

SvAgatante mahA brahme : Welcome and warm welcome, great Brahmin, come<br />

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inside and wash your feet, sir. TindukAni piyAtAni : Eat, Brahmin, the best food, honey<br />

like fruit, tindukas and piyAlas, madhukas and kAsunAris. Idampi pABIyaM sItaM : Here<br />

is cool water fetched from a high mountain cave. Drink it, great Brahmin as you wish.”<br />

JUjako Aha : <strong>The</strong> old Brahmin replied the ascetic thus: PaDiggahitaM yaM dinnaM<br />

sabbassa agghiyaM kataM saGjayassa sakaM puttaM sIvIhi vipavAsitaM tamahaM dassana<br />

mAgato yadi jAnAsi samsame : “I take what is offered out of your generosity, sir. I come<br />

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