9. Bherivādakajātaka

The Drummer: a past life story

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 59

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Āsīsavagga

Hope

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9. Bherivādakajātaka

The Drummer: a past life story

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“Dhame dhame nātidhame,

Blow, blow, don’t overblow,

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atidhantañhi pāpakaṁ;

for overblowing is bad.

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Dhantena hi sataṁ laddhaṁ,

By blowing a hundred was gained,

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atidhantena nāsitan”ti.

by overblowing it was lost.

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Bherivādakajātakaṁ navamaṁ.