Jātaka Ekakanipāta Kuruṅgavagga 10. Munikajātaka

Stories of Past Lives 30 The Book of the Ones The Four-horned Antelope The Pig Named Munika: a past life story

1.1

“Mā munikassa pihayi,

Envy not what is Munika’s,

1.2

āturannāni bhuñjati;

for he eats the food of the terminally ill.

1.3

Appossukko bhusaṁ khāda,

Don’t worry, just eat your chaff,

1.4

etaṁ dīghāyulakkhaṇan”ti.

this is a mark of long life.

2.1

Munikajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

2.2

Kuruṅgavaggo tatiyo.

3.1

Tassuddānaṁ

4.1

Kuruṅgassa kukkuragojavaro,

4.2

Puna vāḷavassasirivhayano;

4.3

Mahiḷāmukhanāmanuññavaro,

4.4

Vahate dhura munikena dasāti.