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2. Kukkurajātaka

Hounds: a past life story

“Ye kukkurā rājakulamhi vaddhā,
The hounds raised in the royal family,

Koleyyakā vaṇṇabalūpapannā;
pedigreed, handsome and strong,

Teme na vajjhā mayamasma vajjhā,
are not slaughtered, we are slaughtered—

Nāyaṁ saghaccā dubbalaghātikāyan”ti.
this is not the dogs deserving death, <j>this is the killing of the weak.

Kukkurajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.