Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 21
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Kuruṅgavagga
The Four-horned Antelope
1. Kuruṅgamigajātaka
The Four-horned Antelope: a past life story
“Ñātametaṁ kuruṅgassa,
The four-horned antelope knows that
yaṁ tvaṁ sepaṇṇi siyyasi;
it’s you who tosses fruit from the beechwood tree.
Aññaṁ sepaṇṇi gacchāmi,
I’ll go to another beechwood,
na me te ruccate phalan”ti.
I don’t like your fruit.
Kuruṅgamigajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.