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Jātaka Stories of Past Lives 23
Ekakanipāta The Book of the Ones
Kuruṅgavagga The Four-horned Antelope
3. Bhojājānīyajātaka The King’s Thoroughbred: a past life story
“Api passena semāno, Though lying on my side A wounded warhorse urges its rider to take one last stand.
sallebhi sallalīkato; pierced by many arrows,
Seyyova vaḷavā bhojjo, the king’s stallion beats a gelding—Bhoja is a common name or term for a king. The commentary says the bhojja was a stallion from Sindh (today a province of Pakistan). | Vaḷavā is normally “mare”, but here it is masculine ablative, glossed with the masculine khaluṅkasso (“wild colt”, see AN 8.14:9.1). It is said to be not from Sindh. Monier-Williams defines vaḍaba as “a male horse resembling a mare”, perhaps a gelding.
yuñja maññeva sārathī”ti. harness me now, charioteer. Read yuñja maṁ yeva.
Bhojājānīyajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.