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JÄtaka Stories of Past Lives 2
EkakanipÄta The Book of the Ones
Apaį¹į¹akavagga Sure Bet
2. Vaį¹į¹upathajÄtaka Sandy Waste: a past life story
āAkilÄsuno vaį¹į¹upathe khaį¹antÄ, Digging untiringly in a sandy waste,
Udaį¹
gaį¹e tattha papaį¹ avinduį¹; there at the underground stream he found water. Resolve udaį¹
gaį¹a as uda (āwaterā) and aį¹
gaį¹a, from a root sense of āgoingā, from where we find the Sanskrit sense of āpassageā (against the commentary, which says uda is a mere particle). In the prose story, the Bodhisatta, lost with his caravan in the desert, hears water rushing underground and urges a young man to dig.
Evaį¹ munÄ« viriyabalÅ«papanno, In the same way, a sage with strength aroused
AkilÄsu vinde hadayassa santināti. untiringly finds the peace of the heart.
Vaį¹į¹upathajÄtakaį¹ dutiyaį¹.