Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 15
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Sīlavagga
Ethics
5. Kharādiyajātaka
Accept the Ass: a past life story
“Aṭṭhakkhuraṁ kharādiye,
“Please accept the eight-hooved ass,
migaṁ vaṅkātivaṅkinaṁ;
the deer more wily than the wily.”
Sattahi kālātikkantaṁ,
“He has skipped the appointment seven times—
na naṁ ovaditussahe”ti.
I’ll make no effort to instruct him.”
Kharādiyajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.