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Stories of Past Lives 36

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Kulāvakavagga
Nests

6. Sakuṇajātaka

Bird: a past life story

“Yaṁ nissitā jagatiruhaṁ vihaṅgamā,
You sky-flyers staying near the great evergreen,

Svāyaṁ aggiṁ pamuñcati;
this fire is emerging!

Disā bhajatha vakkaṅgā,
Geese! Flee to the quarters!

Jātaṁ saraṇato bhayan”ti.
The threat is born from the refuge!

Sakuṇajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.