Jātaka
Translators: sujato
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.