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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 73
  • EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • VaruṇavaggaThe Warding Tree

3. SaccaṅkirajātakaThe Truth, It Seems: a past life story

“Saccaṁ kirevamāhaṁsu, narā ekacciyā idha;
sīlavanāgarājajātakaṁ → sīlavahatthi (bj: syā); sīlavanāga (bj: machasaṁ)
The truth, it seems, was spoken by certain people here—
Kaṭṭhaṁ niplavitaṁ seyyo, na tvevekacciyo naro”ti.
Kaṭṭhaṁ niplavitaṁ → kaṭṭhaṁ viplāvitaṁ (bj); kaṭṭhaṁ nipphavitaṁ (sya1ed, sya2ed); kaṭṭhavipalā (pts-vp-pli1) | niplavitaṁ → nipphavitaṁ (sya-all) | kaṭṭhaṁ niplavitaṁ → kaṭṭhavipalāvitaṁ (pts) | viplāvitaṁ → nillavitaṁ (bj: syā); nipphavitaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | niplavitaṁ → viplāvitaṁ (cck: sī. pī.) | nipphavitaṁ → vipalāvitaṁ. ba. nillavitaṁ (sya-all: sī.)
better a floating log than a certain person.

Saccaṅkirajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.

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