Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 15

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Sīlavagga

Ethics

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5. Kharādiyajātaka

Accept the Ass: a past life story

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“Aṭṭhakkhuraṁ kharādiye,

“Please accept the eight-hooved ass,

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migaṁ vaṅkātivaṅkinaṁ;

the deer more wily than the wily.”

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Sattahi kālātikkantaṁ,

“He has skipped the appointment seven times—

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na naṁ ovaditussahe”ti.

I’ll make no effort to instruct him.”

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Kharādiyajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.