Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 79

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Varuṇavagga

The Warding Tree

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9. Kharassarajātaka

The Harsh Sound: a past life story

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“Yato viluttā ca hatā ca gāvo,

When cows were plundered and killed,

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Daḍḍhāni gehāni jano ca nīto;

houses burned down, and people abducted,

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Athāgamā puttahatāya putto,

then came the son of she whose son is dead,

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Kharassaraṁ ḍiṇḍimaṁ vādayanto”ti.

sounding the harsh drum of war.

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Kharassarajātakaṁ navamaṁ.