Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 45
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Atthakāmavagga
Desiring the Good
5. Rohiṇijātaka
About Rohinī: a past life story
“Seyyo amitto medhāvī,
Better is an intelligent foe
Yañce bālānukampako;
than a foolish sympathizer.
Passa rohiṇikaṁ jammiṁ,
See that wretched Rohinī,
Mātaraṁ hantvāna socatī”ti.
grieving after killing her mother.
Rohiṇijātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.