6. Sakuṇajātaka

Bird: a past life story

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0.1

Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 36

0.2

Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

0.3

Kulāvakavagga

Nests

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6. Sakuṇajātaka

Bird: a past life story

1.1

“Yaṁ nissitā jagatiruhaṁ vihaṅgamā,

You sky-flyers staying near the great evergreen,

1.2

Svāyaṁ aggiṁ pamuñcati;

this fire is emerging!

1.3

Disā bhajatha vakkaṅgā,

Geese! Flee to the quarters!

1.4

Jātaṁ saraṇato bhayan”ti.

The threat is born from the refuge!

2.1

Sakuṇajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.