Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 50
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Atthakāmavagga
Desiring the Good
10. Dummedhajātaka
The Simpleton: a past life story
“Dummedhānaṁ sahassena,
A sacrifice of simpletons by the thousand
yañño me upayācito;
was pledged by me.
Idāni khohaṁ yajissāmi,
Now I shall sacrifice
bahu adhammiko jano”ti.
many an unrighteous man.
Dummedhajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.
Atthakāmavaggo pañcamo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Atha mittaka mātu kapotavaro,
Tathā veḷuka eḷamūgo rohiṇī;
Kapi vāruṇi cetacarā ca puna,
Tathā tāraka yaññavarena dasāti.
Paṭhamo paṇṇāsako.