Jātaka
Translators: sujato
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.