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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.