Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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0.1

Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 43

0.2

Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

0.3

Atthakāmavagga

Wanting to Help

0.4

3. Veḷukajātaka

The Pole Acrobat: a past life story

1.1

“Yo atthakāmassa hitānukampino,

One who does not follow advice when instructed

1.2

Ovajjamāno na karoti sāsanaṁ;

by an ally who wants to help,

1.3

Evaṁ so nihato seti,

ends up destroyed

1.4

Veḷukassa yathā pitā”ti.

like the pole acrobat’s father.

2.1

Veḷukajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.