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Jātakas (verses) · Ja 75

  • Stories of Past Lives 75Jātaka
  • The Book of the OnesEkakanipāta
  • The Warding TreeVaruṇavagga

The Fish: a past life story5. Macchajātaka

Thunder forth, Pajjuna!“Abhitthanaya pajjunna, Disperse the trove of the crow!nidhiṁ kākassa nāsaya; Subject the crow to sorrow,Kākaṁ sokāya randhehi, and free me from sorrow!mañca sokā pamocayā”ti.

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