I’ve been looking high and low the source of 10 royal virtues of a king like Dana, Sila, Ajjava etc. Many write-ups point to certain jataka, but it’s doesn’t seems to be correct. Does any know which Jataka says about the 10 royal virtues ( Dasa-raja-dhamma)? Thank you.
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responding because i’m curious but also do not know the answer–i wonder if there’s someone here who knows the jataka in mind!
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“mahārāja, raññā nāma agatigamanaṃ pahāya dasarājadhamme akopentena dhammena samena rajjaṃ kāretuṃ vaṭṭatīti”
Dānaṃ sīlaṃ pariccāgaṃ ajjavaṃ maddavaṃ tapaṃ akkodhaṃ avihiṃsā ca khantī ca avirodhanaṃ
Icc-ete kusale dhamme ṭhite passāmi attani,
tato me jāyate pīti somanassañ c’; anappakan ti.evaṃ vutte rājadhamme gāthābandhanen…
The translation is on SuttaCentral, but the root text on SC seems to be missing the stories?
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Well, the root text just has the canonical part of the Jatakas, which are the verses. The prose parts belong to the commentary, but for some reason (
) they have been added to the translations.
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