Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 78

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Varuṇavagga

The Warding Tree

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8. Illisajātaka

Herring, the Miser: a past life story

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“Ubho khañjā ubho kuṇī,

Both are lame, both crippled,

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ubho visamacakkhukā;

both cross-eyed,

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Ubhinnaṁ piḷakā jātā,

and both covered in warts:

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nāhaṁ passāmi illisan”ti.

I see not which is Herring.

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Illisajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.