Jātaka Ekakanipāta Varuṇavagga 8. Illisajātaka

Stories of Past Lives 78 The Book of the Ones The Warding Tree Herring, the Miser: a past life story

1.1

“Ubho khañjā ubho kuṇī,

Both are lame, both crippled,

1.2

ubho visamacakkhukā;

both cross-eyed,

1.3

Ubhinnaṁ piḷakā jātā,

and both covered in warts:

1.4

nāhaṁ passāmi illisan”ti.

I see not which is Herring.

2.1

Illisajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.