Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 59
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Āsīsavagga
Hope
9. Bherivādakajātaka
The Drummer: a past life story
“Dhame dhame nātidhame,
Blow, blow, don’t overblow,
atidhantañhi pāpakaṁ;
for overblowing is bad.
Dhantena hi sataṁ laddhaṁ,
By blowing a hundred was gained,
atidhantena nāsitan”ti.
by overblowing it was lost.
Bherivādakajātakaṁ navamaṁ.