Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 7
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Apaṇṇakavagga
Unfailing
7. Kaṭṭhahārijātaka
The Wood Gatherer: a past life story
“Putto tyāhaṁ mahārāja,
I am your son, great king!
tvaṁ maṁ posa janādhipa;
Provide for me, ruler of the people.
Aññepi devo poseti,
The king provides for others,
kiñca devo sakaṁ pajan”ti.
what then of his own offspring?
Kaṭṭhahārijātakaṁ sattamaṁ.