10. Khadiraṅgārajātaka

The Pit of Acacia Coals: a past life story

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 40

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Kulāvakavagga

Nests

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10. Khadiraṅgārajātaka

The Pit of Acacia Coals: a past life story

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“Kāmaṁ patāmi nirayaṁ,

Fine, let me fall

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uddhampādo avaṁsiro;

head over heels into hell,

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Nānariyaṁ karissāmi,

but I shall not do what is ignoble.

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handa piṇḍaṁ paṭiggahā”ti.

Please accept my alms offering.

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Khadiraṅgārajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

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Kulāvakavaggo catuttho.

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Tassuddānaṁ

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Sirimātali dhītara pakkhivaro,

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Ratiyāgato mātāpitā ca puna;

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Jagatīruha vuḍḍha sukakkaṭako,

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Tathā nandakapiṇḍavarena dasāti.