Jātaka Ekakanipāta Kuruṅgavagga 2. Kukkurajātaka

Stories of Past Lives 22 The Book of the Ones The Four-horned Antelope Hounds: a past life story

1.1

“Ye kukkurā rājakulamhi vaddhā,

The dogs raised in the royal family,

1.2

Koleyyakā vaṇṇabalūpapannā;

pedigreed, handsome and strong,

1.3

Teme na vajjhā mayamasma vajjhā,

are not slaughtered, we are slaughtered—

1.4

Nāyaṁ saghaccā dubbalaghātikāyan”ti.

this is not the mutts deserving death, <j>this is the killing of the weak.

2.1

Kukkurajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.