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JÄtaka Stories of Past Lives 32
EkakanipÄta The Book of the Ones
KulÄvakavagga Nests
2. NaccajÄtaka Dancing: a past life story
āRudaį¹ manuƱƱaį¹ rucirÄ ca piį¹į¹hi, Your cry is sweet, your back brilliant, When the Golden Swan had been elected as king of all the birds, he held a great ball to choose a husband for his daughter, the princess. She favored the glorious peacock, but when he danced, the father turned down the shameless suitor. This story draws on an Indian tradition of the peacock as being visually splendid but foolish and clumsy.
Veįø·uriyavaį¹į¹Å«panibhÄ ca gÄ«vÄ; your neck the color of sapphire,
ByÄmamattÄni ca pekhuį¹Äni, and your feathers a full fathom long;
Naccena te dhÄ«taraį¹ no dadÄmÄ«āti. still, because of your dancing, I will not give you my daughter.
NaccajÄtakaį¹ dutiyaį¹.