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JÄtaka Stories of Past Lives 38
EkakanipÄta The Book of the Ones
KulÄvakavagga Nests
8. BakajÄtaka The Crane: a past life story
āNÄccantaį¹ nikatippaƱƱo, The clever cheat cannot achieve The crane, appearing to contemplate deeply as it waits beside the pond, catches the fish by means of fraud, but is outplayed by the canny crab.
nikatyÄ sukhamedhati; ultimate happiness by cheating.
ÄrÄdheti nikatippaƱƱo, The clever cheat succeeds only
bako kakkaį¹akÄmivÄāti. in getting what the crane did from the crab.
BakajÄtakaį¹ aį¹į¹hamaį¹.