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Jātaka Stories of Past Lives 22

Ekakanipāta The Book of the Ones

Kuruį¹…gavagga The Four-horned Antelope

2. Kukkurajātaka Hounds: a past life story

ā€œYe kukkurā rājakulamhi vaddhā, The hounds raised in the royal family,

Koleyyakā vaį¹‡į¹‡abalÅ«papannā; pedigreed, handsome and strong,

Teme na vajjhā mayamasma vajjhā, are not slaughtered, we are slaughteredā€”

Nāyaį¹ saghaccā dubbalaghātikāyanā€ti. this is not the dogs deserving death, this is the killing of the weak.

Kukkurajātakaį¹ dutiyaį¹.
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