Jātaka
Translators: sujato
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.