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Stories of Past Lives 38

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Kulāvakavagga
Nests

8. Bakajātaka

The Crane: a past life story

“Nāccantaṁ nikatippañño,
The clever cheat cannot achieve

nikatyā sukhamedhati;
ultimate happiness by cheating.

Ārādheti nikatippañño,
The clever cheat succeeds only

bako kakkaṭakāmivā”ti.
in getting what the crane did from the crab.

Bakajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.