Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 26
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Kuruṅgavagga
The Four-horned Antelope
6. Mahiḷāmukhajātaka
The Elephant Named Ladyface: a past life story
“Purāṇacorāna vaco nisamma,
Before, hearing the speech of the bandits,
Mahiḷāmukho pothayamanvacārī;
Ladyface went on a rampage.
Susaññatānañhi vaco nisamma,
But hearing the speech of the well-restrained,
Gajuttamo sabbaguṇesu aṭṭhā”ti.
the supreme elephant is established <j>in all good qualities.
Mahiḷāmukhajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.