ມູນລະຕັນໄຕ (ຜູກ ໓)

ເນື້ອໃນເວົ້າເຖິງການຕັດສີນຫຼືໄກ່ເກ່ຍຄະດີຄວາມໃດໜຶ່ງທີ່ປາສະຈາກສັກຂີພະຍານ ນັກປາດອາຈານວ່າໃຫ້ຕັດສີນດ້ວຍໄຫວ້ພິບປະຕິພານ. ຕົວຢ່າງ: ມີເຈົ້າຣັດສີຕົນໜຶ່ງໄປພົບນົກຫັດສະດີລີງແລະຂີ້ແຂ້ ກຳລັງຜິດຖຽງແລະຍາດຊິງກັນເອົາຊ້າງທີ່ນອນຕາຍຢູ່ເປັນອາຫານ ຕ່າງຄົນກໍ່ຕ່າງວ່າຊ້າງຕົວນັ້ນເປັນຂອງຕົນ. ນົກຫັດສະດີລີງແລະຂີ້ແຂ້ຈິ່ງຂໍໃຫ້ເຈົ້າຣັດສີຕົນນັ້ນເປັນຜູ້ຕັດສີນ. ເຈົ້າຣັດສີກໍ່ຮູ້ວ່າບໍ່ມີສັກຂີພະຍານໃດທີ່ລະບຸວ່າແມ່ນນົກຫັດສະດີລີງຫຼືຂີ້ແຂ້ເປັນຜູ້ຂ້າຊ້າງຕົວນັ້ນ ເຈົ້າຣັດສີຈິ່ງພິຈາຣະນາເບິ່ງບາດແຜໃນຊ້າງຕົວນັ້ນວ່າ ຖ້າມີຮອຍງາແທງກໍ່ຈະຮູ້ໄດ້ວ່ານົກຫັດສະດີລີງເປັນຜູ້ຂ້າ ແຕ່ຖ້າມີຮອຍແຂ້ວກັດກໍ່ຈະແມ່ນຂີ້ແຂ້ເປັນຜູ້ຂ້າ. ສຸດທ້າຍກໍ່ຮູ້ວ່າຊ້າງຕົວນັ້ນຕາຍຍ້ອນງາຂອງນົກຫັດສະດີລີງ ຈິ່ງຕັດສິນໃຫ້ນົກຫັດສະດີລີງກິນຊ້າງຕົວນັ້ນເປັນອາຫານ.

The content tells about the judgment or mediation of any cases without eyewitness. The masters advised to make the judgment by adroitness. Example, a hermit saw a hatsadiling bird and a crocodile quarrelling and wresting the body of an elephant. Each claimed that the elephant belonged to one. So, they asked the hermit to make the judgment. The hermit did not any have eyewitness who could indicate that the hatsadiling bird or the crocodile killed the elephant. So, the hermit examined the wound on the elephant. If the wound made by the ivory that means the elephant was killed by the hatsadiling bird. If the wound made by the teeth that means the crocodile killed the elephant. Finally, the hermit found out that the elephant was killed by the hatsadiling bird. So, he judged the hatsadiling bird was the killer and the elephant belonged to the bird.

Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 26 leaves.

Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.8 cm, width 55.6 cm, depth 1.2 cm.

Condition of original material: Good.

Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.

Scribe(s): Unidentified.

Original institution reference: Manuscript Cabinet No.1.