Jātaka Ekakanipāta Sīlavagga 8. Matakabhattajātaka

Stories of Past Lives 18 The Book of the Ones Ethics The Feast for the Dead: a past life story

1.1

“Evañce sattā jāneyyuṁ,

If beings only knew

1.2

dukkhāyaṁ jātisambhavo;

how this suffering is created by birth,

1.3

Na pāṇo pāṇinaṁ haññe,

no creature would kill another,

1.4

pāṇaghātī hi socatī”ti.

for the slayer of creatures grieves.

2.1

Matakabhattajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.