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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.

  • JātakaStories of Past Lives 27
  • EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • KuruṅgavaggaThe Four-horned Antelope

7. AbhiṇhajātakaFrequent: a past life story

“Nālaṁ kabaḷaṁ padātave, na ca piṇḍaṁ na kuse na ghaṁsituṁ;
kabaḷaṁ → kabalaṁ (sya-all, pts) | kabaḷaṁ → kabaḷaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) ca → (sya-all)
It’s not enough to give him a morsel, a bite, some grass, or a rubbing-down.
Maññāmi abhiṇhadassanā, nāgo snehamakāsi kukkure”ti.
snehamakāsi → sinehamakāsi (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1) | snehamakāsi → sinehamakāsi (sya-all, pts) | sinehamakāsi → sneha (bj: machasaṁ) | snehamakāsi → sinehamakāsi (cck: sī. syā. pī.)
I think by seeing the dog often, the elephant grew fond of him.

Abhiṇhajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.
sattamaṁ → (bj)

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