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Jātaka Stories of Past Lives 36
Ekakanipāta The Book of the Ones
Kulāvakavagga Nests
6. Sakuṇajātaka Bird: a past life story
“Yaṁ nissitā jagatiruhaṁ vihaṅgamā, You sky-flyers staying near the great evergreen, Noticing a fire starting in the tree under which they shelter, the Bodhisatta tries to warn the flock, but the foolish birds dismissed him, “for he is always seeing crocodiles in a drop of water”. | “Evergreen” (jagatirūha, literally “planet-growth”) is a poetic term for a tree.
Svāyaṁ aggiṁ pamuñcati; this fire is emerging!
Disā bhajatha vakkaṅgā, Geese! Flee to the quarters! Vakkaṅga, in Sanskrit variously spelled vakrāṅga or cakrāṅga is the cakravāka or Brahminy goose. It is named for its curved neck.
Jātaṁ saraṇato bhayan”ti. The threat is born from the refuge!
Sakuṇajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.