2. KukkurajātakaHounds: a past life story
“Ye kukkurā rājakulamhi vaddhā, koleyyakā vaṇṇabalūpapannā;
rājakulamhi vaddhā → rājakulasmi vaḍḍhā (sya-all) | rājakulamhi → rājakulasmi (pts) | vaddhā → rājakulasmi vaḍḍhā (bj: syā) vaṇṇabalūpapannā → vaṇṇakhalūpapannā (bj)The dogs raised in the royal family, pedigreed, handsome and strong, Teme na vajjhā mayamasma vajjhā, nāyaṁ saghaccā dubbalaghātikāyan”ti.
mayamasma → mayam asmā (pts) saghaccā → saghacchā (bj: machasaṁ)are not slaughtered, we are slaughtered— this is not the mutts deserving death,this is the killing of the weak.