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JÄtaka Stories of Past Lives 18
EkakanipÄta The Book of the Ones
SÄ«lavagga Ethics
8. MatakabhattajÄtaka The Feast for the Dead: a past life story
āEvaƱce sattÄ jÄneyyuį¹, If beings only knew A goat is being prepared for a sacrifice as an offering for the departed, but it startles with its alternate laughing and weeping. It turns out, it laughs because it knows its bad kamma is about to be expiated, and it weeps because it knows the sacrificer will suffer as he has. Goat sacrifice was known since Vedic times (Rig Veda 1.162, Åatapatha BrÄhmaį¹a 6.2.1.2).
dukkhÄyaį¹ jÄtisambhavo; how this suffering is created by birth,
Na pÄį¹o pÄį¹inaį¹ haƱƱe, no creature would kill another,
pÄį¹aghÄtÄ« hi socatÄ«āti. for the slayer of creatures grieves.
MatakabhattajÄtakaį¹ aį¹į¹hamaį¹.