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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.