From:
JÄtaka Stories of Past Lives 71
EkakanipÄta The Book of the Ones
Varuį¹avagga The Warding Tree
1. Varuį¹ajÄtaka The Warding Tree: a past life story
āYo pubbe karaį¹Ä«yÄni, Whoever wishes to do afterwards
pacchÄ so kÄtumicchati; tasks they should have done before,
Varuį¹akaį¹į¹habhaƱjova, like the one who broke a branch off the Warding Tree,
sa pacchÄ manutappatÄ«āti. afterwards is tormented by regrets.
Varuį¹ajÄtakaį¹ paį¹hamaį¹.