Jātaka
Translators: sujato
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.