Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 41
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Atthakāmavagga
Desiring the Good
1. Losakajātaka
About Losaka: a past life story
“Yo atthakāmassa hitānukampino,
One who does not follow advice when instructed
Ovajjamāno na karoti sāsanaṁ;
by an ally who desires their good,
Ajiyā pādamolamba,
grieves like Mittaka
Mittako viya socatī”ti.
hanging off a goat’s foot.
Losakajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.