Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 12
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Sīlavagga
Ethics
2. Nigrodhamigajātaka
The Deer Named Banyan: a past life story
“Nigrodhameva seveyya,
Befriend only Banyan,
na sākhamupasaṁvase;
stay away from Branch.
Nigrodhasmiṁ mataṁ seyyo,
Better is death with Banyan
yañce sākhasmi jīvitan”ti.
than life with Branch.
Nigrodhamigajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.