Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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0.1

Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 38

0.2

Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

0.3

Kulāvakavagga

Nests

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8. Bakajātaka

The Crane: a past life story

1.1

“Nāccantaṁ nikatippañño,

The clever cheat cannot achieve

1.2

nikatyā sukhamedhati;

ultimate happiness by cheating.

1.3

Ārādheti nikatippañño,

The clever cheat succeeds only

1.4

bako kakkaṭakāmivā”ti.

in getting what the crane did from the crab.

2.1

Bakajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.