Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 44
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Atthakāmavagga
Desiring the Good
4. Makasajātaka
The Mosquito: a past life story
“Seyyo amitto matiyā upeto,
Better is a considerate foe
Na tveva mitto mativippahīno;
than an inconsiderate friend.
Makasaṁ vadhissanti hi eḷamūgo,
Thinking, “I shall kill the mosquito”,
Putto pitu abbhidā uttamaṅgan”ti.
the idiot son split open his father’s head.
Makasajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.