Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 49

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Atthakāmavagga

Wanting to Help

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9. Nakkhattajātaka

Constellations: a past life story

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Nakkhattaṁ paṭimānentaṁ,

Waiting for a constellation,

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attho bālaṁ upaccagā;

a fool lets the good pass them by.

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Attho atthassa nakkhattaṁ,

The good is the constellation of the good;

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kiṁ karissanti tārakā”ti.

for what do the stars matter?

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Nakkhattajātakaṁ navamaṁ.