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Stories of Past Lives 30

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Kuruṅgavagga
The Four-horned Antelope

10. Munikajātaka

The Pig Named Munika: a past life story

“Mā munikassa pihayi,
Envy not what is Munika’s,

āturannāni bhuñjati;
for he eats the food of the terminally ill.

Appossukko bhusaṁ khāda,
Don’t worry, just eat your chaff,

etaṁ dīghāyulakkhaṇan”ti.
this is a mark of long life.

Munikajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

Kuruṅgavaggo tatiyo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Kuruṅgassa kukkuragojavaro,

Puna vāḷavassasirivhayano;

Mahiḷāmukhanāmanuññavaro,

Vahate dhura munikena dasāti.