ນິທານທໍາມະບົດ ເລື່ອງ ສັງກິດຈະສຳມະເນນ. ສັງກິດຈະສຳມະເນນມີອາຍຸພຽງ ໗ ປີໄດ້ບັນລຸເປັນພະອໍຣະຫັນ. ຄັ້ງໜຶ່ງ ທ່ານໄດ້ເດີນທາງໄປກັບພິກຂຸ ໓໐ ອົງທີ່ພາກັນໄປປະຕິບັດທໍາຢູ່ໃນປ່າ ມີໂຈນ ໕໐໐ ຄົນມາຈັບເອົາສາມະເນນໄປເພື່ອບູຊາຍັນ. ເມື່ອຮອດເວລາທີ່ຈະທໍາພິທີບູຊາຍັນນັ້ນ ຫົວໜ້າໂຈນໄດ້ເອົາດາບຟັນລົງທີີ່ຄໍສາມະເນນທີ່ກໍາລັງເຂົ້າຊານຢູ່ ປາກົດວ່າຟັນບໍ່ເຂົ້າ ໃບດາບນັ້ນທົບງໍ ເມື່ອຫົວໜ້າໂຈນເຫັນອັດສະຈັນດັ່ງນັ້ນ ກໍ່ວາງດາບແລະຄຸເຂົ່າແທບເທົ້າສາມະເນນແລ້ວຂໍຂະມາ. ສາມະເນນໄດ້ບວດໃຫ້ໂຈນເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນເປັນສາມະເນນທັງໝົດ ແລ້ວພາໄປຫາພະສາຣີບຸດເຖລະເຈົ້າຜູ້ເປັນພະອຸປັດຊາຂອງຕົນທີ່ວັດເຊຕະວັນ. ຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນ ພະສາຣີບຸດໄດ້ພາຄະນະສາມະເນນໄປເຝົ້າພະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ ເມື່ອພະພຸດທະອົງໄດ້ຟັງເລື່ອງລາວທັງໝົດແລ້ວ ຈຶ່ງຕັດວ່າ “ດູກ່ອນພິກຂຸທັງຫຼາຍ, ຖ້າທ່ານຫາກລັກຂະໂມຍແລະທໍາຄວາມຊົ່ວທຸກຢ່າງ ຊີວິດຂອງທ່ານກໍ່ໄຮ້ປະໂຫຍດ ແມ້ວ່າທ່ານຈະມີຊີວິດຢູ່ຕັ້ງຮ້ອຍປີກໍ່ຕາມ. ການດໍາເນີນຊີວິດຢ່າງມີຄຸນນະທໍາແມ້ພຽງວັນດຽວກໍ່ຍັງດີກວ່າຊີວິດທີ່ເສື່ອມຊາມເປັນຮ້ອຍປີ”.
The Dhammapada story of Samanera (Novice) Samkicca. Novice Samkicca was only seven years old but he attained arahatship. On one occasion, the novice companied in a group of thirty bhikkhus practicing meditation in the forest. At that time, the novice was arrested by five hundred robbers for making an offering to the guardian spirits of the forest. When was the time of sacrifice, the leader of the robbers lifted his sword and struck hard at the novices neck, who was seating with his mind fixed on jhana concentration. But the blade of the sword curled up without cutting the flesh. Seeing this strange happening, the leader of the robbers dropped his sword, knelt at the feet of the novice and asked his pardon. Later, all the five hundred robbers were ordained as novices by Novice Samkicca. The novice accompanied by five hundred new novices went to pay respect to Venerable Sariputta, his teacher, at the Jetavana monastery. Then the Venerable took them all to pay homage to the Buddha. When told what had happened, the Buddha said, "Bhikkhus, if you rob or steal and commit all sorts of evil deeds, your life would be useless, even if you were to live a hundred years. Living a virtuous life even for a single day is much better than a hundred years of a life of depravity”.
Extent: 1 palm-leaf manuscript containing 23 leaves.
Size and dimensions of original material: Hight 4.5 cm, width 56 cm, depth 1 cm.
Condition of original material: Good.
Author(s)/Creator(s): Unidentified.
Scribe(s): Unidentified.
Original institution reference: Manuscript Box no. 2.
