Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 40
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Kulāvakavagga
Nests
10. Khadiraṅgārajātaka
The Pit of Acacia Coals: a past life story
“Kāmaṁ patāmi nirayaṁ,
Fine, let me fall
uddhampādo avaṁsiro;
head over heels into hell,
Nānariyaṁ karissāmi,
but I shall not do what is ignoble.
handa piṇḍaṁ paṭiggahā”ti.
Please accept my alms offering.
Khadiraṅgārajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.
Kulāvakavaggo catuttho.
Tassuddānaṁ
Sirimātali dhītara pakkhivaro,
Ratiyāgato mātāpitā ca puna;
Jagatīruha vuḍḍha sukakkaṭako,
Tathā nandakapiṇḍavarena dasāti.