5. KharādiyajātakaAccept the Ass: a past life story
“Aṭṭhakkhuraṁ kharādiye, migaṁ vaṅkātivaṅkinaṁ;“Please accept the eight-hooved ass, the deer more wily than the wily.” Sattahi kālātikkantaṁ, na naṁ ovaditussahe”ti.
Sattahi kālātikkantaṁ → sattahi kalāha'tikkantaṁ (bj); sattakāleha'tikkantaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed); sattahi kālāha'tikkantaṁ (pts-vp-pli1)“He has skipped the appointment seven times— I’ll make no attempt to instruct him.”