Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 51
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Āsīsavagga
Hope
1. Mahāsīlavajātaka
The Great Virtuous One: a past life story
“Āsīsetheva puriso,
A man should have hope,
na nibbindeyya paṇḍito;
the astute should not be disillusioned.
Passāmi vohaṁ attānaṁ,
Now I truly see myself—
yathā icchiṁ tathā ahū”ti.
as I wished, so I became.
Mahāsīlavajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.