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Jātakas (verses) · Ja 25

  • Stories of Past Lives 25Jātaka
  • The Book of the OnesEkakanipāta
  • The Four-horned AntelopeKuruṅgavagga

Fords: a past life story5. Titthajātaka

At one ford or another“Aññamaññehi titthehi, lead the horse to drink, rider.assaṁ pāyehi sārathi; For man who overeats,Accāsanassa puriso, even milk-rice is a torment.pāyāsassapi tappatī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  2. Ja 27 Frequent: a past life story 0.75near 0.1Stories of Past Lives 27 The Book of the Ones The Four-horned Antelope Frequent: a past life story It’s not enough to give him a morsel, a bite, some grass, or a rubbing-down. I think by seeing the dog often, the elephan…
  3. Ja 21 The Four-horned Antelope: a past life story 0.75near 0.1Stories of Past Lives 21 The Book of the Ones The Four-horned Antelope The Four-horned Antelope: a past life story The four-horned antelope knows that it’s you who tosses fruit from the beechwood tree. I’ll go to another…
  4. Ja 23 The King’s Thoroughbred: a past life story 0.75near 0.1Stories of Past Lives 23 The Book of the Ones The Four-horned Antelope The King’s Thoroughbred: a past life story Though lying on my side pierced by many arrows, the king’s stallion beats a gelding— harness me now, chari…
  5. Ja 29 The Ox Named Black: a past life story 0.73near 0.1Stories of Past Lives 29 The Book of the Ones The Four-horned Antelope The Ox Named Black: a past life story No matter how heavy the load, or how deep the passage, when they harness Black, he pulls that load.…