Kukkura Jātaka
JātakaUn jātaka raconte comment un roi ordonne de tuer tous les chiens sauf les siens après que les lanières de son char ont été rongées, ignorant que ses propres chiens sont coupables, jusqu’à ce que le chef d’une meute de chiens de cimetière le prouve en faisant vomir aux chiens royaux les preuves, puis enseigne au roi un code de conduite vertueuse qui profita aux chiens pendant dix mille ans.
Because his carriage straps, left in the rain, are gnawed by his own dogs, the king of Bārāṇasī orders all dogs except his own to be killed indiscriminately. The Bodhisatta, who is the leader of the pack of dogs in the cemetery, visits the king, points out to him his iniquity, and reveals the truth by causing an emetic to be administered to the king’s dogs. Having convinced the king, the Bodhisatta teaches him the ten stanzas of righteousness found in the Tesakuṇa Jātaka (dhammañcara mahārāja, etc.) (J.v.123). Great are the benefactions made to dogs thereafter. The Bodhisatta’s teaching lasted for ten thousand years under the name of Kukkurovāda.
The king is identified with Ānanda (J.i.175 ff). The occasion for the story is given in the Bhaddasāla Jātaka.
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