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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 49
  • EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • AtthakāmavaggaWanting to Help

9. NakkhattajātakaConstellations: a past life story

Nakkhattaṁ paṭimānentaṁ, attho bālaṁ upaccagā;
paṭimānentaṁ → patimānentaṁ (bj, pts) | vedabbhajātakaṁ → vedabba (bj: machasaṁ, syā)
Waiting for a constellation, a fool lets the good pass them by.
Attho atthassa nakkhattaṁ, kiṁ karissanti tārakā”ti.The good is the constellation of the good; for what do the stars matter?

Nakkhattajātakaṁ navamaṁ.
navamaṁ → (bj)

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