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Jātaka Stories of Past Lives 25

Ekakanipāta The Book of the Ones

Kuruį¹…gavagga The Four-horned Antelope

5. Titthajātaka Fords: a past life story

ā€œAƱƱamaƱƱehi titthehi, At one ford or another When a fussy horse refuses to drink at one ford, the canny keeper realizes he needs to be taken somewhere else.

assaṁ pāyehi sārathi; lead the horse to drink, rider.

Accāsanassa puriso, For man who overeats, Accāsana is ati + asana, ā€œover-eatā€.

pāyāsassapi tappatÄ«ā€ti. even milk-rice is a torment.

Titthajātakaṁ pañcamaṁ.
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