The Four-horned Antelope: a past life story1. Kuruṅgamigajātaka
The four-horned antelope knows that“Ñātametaṁ kuruṅgassa,it’s you who tosses fruit from the beechwood tree.yaṁ tvaṁ sepaṇṇi siyyasi;I’ll go to another beechwood,Aññaṁ sepaṇṇi gacchāmi,I don’t like your fruit.na me te ruccate phalan”ti.
Similar passages elsewhere
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