Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 42
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Atthakāmavagga
Desiring the Good
2. Kapotajātaka
The Pigeon: 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,
Kapotakassa vacanaṁ akatvā,
not following the pigeon’s counsel,
Amittahatthatthagatova setī”ti.
ends up in the hands of their foes.
Kapotajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.