The Warding Tree: a past life story1. Varuṇajātaka
Whoever wishes to do afterwards“Yo pubbe karaṇīyāni,tasks they should have done before,pacchā so kātumicchati;like the one who broke a branch off the Warding Tree,Varuṇakaṭṭhabhañjova,afterwards is tormented by regrets.sa pacchā manutappatī”ti.
Similar passages elsewhere
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