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1. Kulāvakajātaka

Nests: a past life story

“Kulāvakā mātali simbalismiṁ,
Mātali, don’t ram the bird nests

Īsāmukhena parivajjayassu;
in the red silk-cotton woods with your chariot pole.

Kāmaṁ cajāma asuresu pāṇaṁ,
I’d rather give up our lives to the titans

Māme dijā vikkulāvā ahesun”ti.
than deprive these birds of their nests.

Kulāvakajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.