Jātaka Ekakanipāta Varuṇavagga 3. Saccaṅkirajātaka

Stories of Past Lives 73 The Book of the Ones The Warding Tree The Truth, It Seems: a past life story

1.1

“Saccaṁ kirevamāhaṁsu,

The truth, it seems, was spoken

1.2

narā ekacciyā idha;

by certain people here—

1.3

Kaṭṭhaṁ niplavitaṁ seyyo,

better a floating log

1.4

na tvevekacciyo naro”ti.

than a certain person.

2.1

Saccaṅkirajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.