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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.