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  • JātakaStories of Past Lives 38
  • EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • KulāvakavaggaNests

8. BakajātakaThe Crane: a past life story

“Nāccantaṁ nikatippañño, nikatyā sukhamedhati;
sukhamedhati ārādheti → sukham edhati ārādhe (pts)
The clever cheat cannot achieve ultimate happiness by cheating.
Ārādheti nikatippañño, bako kakkaṭakāmivā”ti.
Ārādheti nikatippañño → ārādhe nikatippañño (pts-vp-pli1) | nikatippañño → ārādhe nikatippañño (cck: pī.) bako → khako (bj)
The clever cheat succeeds only in getting what the crane did from the crab.

Bakajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.
aṭṭhamaṁ → (bj)

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