Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 4
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Apaṇṇakavagga
Unfailing
4. Cūḷaseṭṭhijātaka
The Little Financier: a past life story
“Appakenapi medhāvī,
Even with a little capital
pābhatena vicakkhaṇo;
the intelligent and clear-seeing man
Samuṭṭhāpeti attānaṁ,
uplifts himself,
aṇuṁ aggiṁva sandhaman”ti.
like a tiny flame when fanned.
Cūḷaseṭṭhijātakaṁ catutthaṁ.