Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 43
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Atthakāmavagga
Desiring the Good
3. Veḷukajātaka
The Pole Acrobat: 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,
Evaṁ so nihato seti,
ends up destroyed
Veḷukassa yathā pitā”ti.
like the pole acrobat’s father.
Veḷukajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.