Jātaka
Translators: sujato
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.