Jātaka
Translators: sujato
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.