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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.