Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 72
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Varuṇavagga
The Warding Tree
2. Sīlavahatthijātaka
The Virtuous Elephant: a past life story
“Akataññussa posassa,
An ungrateful person,
niccaṁ vivaradassino;
always looking for opportunity,
Sabbañce pathaviṁ dajjā,
even if given the whole earth,
neva naṁ abhirādhaye”ti.
would still not be satisfied.
Sīlavahatthijātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.