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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 18
  • EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • SīlavaggaEthics

8. MatakabhattajātakaThe Feast for the Dead: a past life story

“Evañce sattā jāneyyuṁ, dukkhāyaṁ jātisambhavo;
evañce → evañca (bj); (pts)
If beings only knew how this suffering is created by birth,
Na pāṇo pāṇinaṁ haññe, pāṇaghātī hi socatī”ti.no creature would kill another, for the slayer of creatures grieves.

Matakabhattajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.
aṭṭhamaṁ → (bj)

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