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Stories of Past Lives 8

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Apaṇṇakavagga
Unfailing

8. Gāmaṇijātaka

The Chief: a past life story

“Api ataramānānaṁ,
Even though they do not hurry,

phalāsāva samijjhati;
one who hopes for the fruit succeeds.

Vipakkabrahmacariyosmi,
I am one whose spiritual life has ripened:

evaṁ jānāhi gāmaṇī”ti.
know this, chief.

Gāmaṇijātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.