Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 35
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Kulāvakavagga
Nests
5. Vaṭṭakajātaka
The Quail: a past life story
“Santi pakkhā apatanā,
I have wings that do not fly!
santi pādā avañcanā;
I have feet that do not walk!
Mātāpitā ca nikkhantā,
Mother and father have fled!
jātaveda paṭikkamā”ti.
Jātaveda the fire: go back!
Vaṭṭakajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.