Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 9
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Apaṇṇakavagga
Unfailing
9. Maghadevajātaka
Maghadeva: a past life story
“Uttamaṅgaruhā mayhaṁ,
Growing on top of my head,
ime jātā vayoharā;
these thieves of life have sprouted.
Pātubhūtā devadūtā,
Messengers of the gods have appeared—
pabbajjāsamayo mamā”ti.
it is time for me to go forth.
Maghadevajātakaṁ navamaṁ.