Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 1

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Apaṇṇakavagga

Sure Bet

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1. Apaṇṇakajātaka

Sure Bet: a past life story

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Namo tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa.

Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!

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“Apaṇṇakaṁ ṭhānameke,

Some stand on a sure bet,

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Dutiyaṁ āhu takkikā;

while sophists speak of a second way.

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Etadaññāya medhāvī,

An intelligent person, knowing this,

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Taṁ gaṇhe yadapaṇṇakan”ti.

would take up the sure bet.

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Apaṇṇakajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.