Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 17
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Sīlavagga
Ethics
7. Mālutajātaka
Gales: a past life story
“Kāḷe vā yadi vā juṇhe,
Whether the moon is waning or waxing,
yadā vāyati māluto;
it is cool whenever the gales blow.
Vātajāni hi sītāni,
Since the wind brings the cool,
ubhotthamaparājitā”ti.
both are undefeated in this instance.
Mālutajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.