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Stories of Past Lives 49

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Atthakāmavagga
Desiring the Good

9. Nakkhattajātaka

Constellations: a past life story

Nakkhattaṁ paṭimānentaṁ,
Waiting for a constellation,

attho bālaṁ upaccagā;
a fool lets the good pass them by.

Attho atthassa nakkhattaṁ,
The good is the constellation of the good;

kiṁ karissanti tārakā”ti.
for what do the stars matter?

Nakkhattajātakaṁ navamaṁ.