3. Kaṇḍijātaka

The Arrow: a past life story

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 13

0.2

Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

0.3

Sīlavagga

Ethics

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3. Kaṇḍijātaka

The Arrow: a past life story

1.1

“Dhiratthu kaṇḍinaṁ sallaṁ,

Curse the dart, the arrow

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purisaṁ gāḷhavedhinaṁ;

that deeply strikes a man.

1.3

Dhiratthu taṁ janapadaṁ,

Curse the nation

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yatthitthī pariṇāyikā;

where women rule.

1.5

Te cāpi dhikkitā sattā,

Those creatures are cursed

1.6

ye itthīnaṁ vasaṅgatā”ti.

who fall to women’s sway.

2.1

Kaṇḍijātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.