Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 54

0.2

Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Āsīsavagga

Hope

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4. Kiṁphalajātaka

The What-fruit: a past life story

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“Nāyaṁ rukkho durāruho,

This tree is not hard to climb,

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napi gāmato ārakā;

nor is it far from the village.

1.3

Ākāraṇena jānāmi,

For this reason I know

1.4

nāyaṁ sāduphalo dumo”ti.

this tree is not sweet-fruited.

2.1

Kiṁphalajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.