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Stories of Past Lives 75

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Varuṇavagga
The Warding Tree

5. Macchajātaka

The Fish: a past life story

“Abhitthanaya pajjunna,
Thunder forth, Pajjuna!

nidhiṁ kākassa nāsaya;
Wipe out the trove of the crow!

Kākaṁ sokāya randhehi,
Subject the crow to sorrow,

mañca sokā pamocayā”ti.
and free me from sorrow!

Macchajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.