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Stories of Past Lives 23

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Kuruṅgavagga
The Four-horned Antelope

3. Bhojājānīyajātaka

The King’s Thoroughbred

“Api passena semāno,
Though lying on my side

sallebhi sallalīkato;
pierced by many arrows,

Seyyova vaḷavā bhojjo,
the king’s stallion beats a gelding—

yuñja maññeva sārathī”ti.
harness me now, charioteer.

Bhojājānīyajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.