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Stories of Past Lives 73

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Varuṇavagga
The Warding Tree

3. Saccaṅkirajātaka

The Truth, It Seems: a past life story

“Saccaṁ kirevamāhaṁsu,
The truth, it seems, was spoken

narā ekacciyā idha;
by certain people here—

Kaṭṭhaṁ niplavitaṁ seyyo,
better a floating log

na tvevekacciyo naro”ti.
than a certain person.

Saccaṅkirajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.