Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 5
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Apaṇṇakavagga
Unfailing
5. Taṇḍulanāḷijātaka
A Cup of Rice: a past life story
“Kimagghati taṇḍulanāḷikāyaṁ,
“Speak, o king: what value has a cup of rice
Assāna mūlāya vadehi rāja;
for the pricing of horses?”
Bārāṇasiṁ santarabāhirantaṁ,
“He values a cup of rice
Ayamagghati taṇḍulanāḷikā”ti.
at Varanasi with its suburbs!”
Taṇḍulanāḷijātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.