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  • JātakaStories of Past Lives 59
  • EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • ĀsīsavaggaHope

9. BherivādakajātakaThe Drummer: a past life story

“Dhame dhame nātidhame, atidhantañhi pāpakaṁ;Blow, blow, don’t overblow, for overblowing is bad. Dhantena hi sataṁ laddhaṁ, atidhantena nāsitan”ti.
dhantena hi → dhamantena (sya-all) | hi → (pts) | dhantena → dhamatte (bj: a.jā); dhattena (bj: syā) | dhamantena → ba. dhantena hi (sya-all note)
By blowing a hundred was gained, by overblowing it was lost.

Bherivādakajātakaṁ navamaṁ.
Bherivādakajātakaṁ → bherivādajātakaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1)

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