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Jātaka Stories of Past Lives 40

Ekakanipāta The Book of the Ones

Kulāvakavagga Nests

10. Khadiraṅgārajātaka The Pit of Acacia Coals: a past life story

“Kāmaṁ patāmi nirayaṁ, Fine, let me fall

uddhampādo avaṁsiro; head over heels into hell,

Nānariyaṁ karissāmi, but I shall not do what is ignoble.

handa piṇḍaṁ paṭiggahā”ti. Please accept my alms offering.

Khadiraṅgārajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

Kulāvakavaggo catuttho.

Tassuddānaṁ

Sirimātali dhītara pakkhivaro,

Ratiyāgato mātāpitā ca puna;

Jagatīruha vuḍḍha sukakkaṭako,

Tathā nandakapiṇḍavarena dasāti.
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