Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 22
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Kuruṅgavagga
The Four-horned Antelope
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.