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JÄtaka Stories of Past Lives 44
EkakanipÄta The Book of the Ones
AtthakÄmavagga Wanting to Help
4. MakasajÄtaka The Mosquito: a past life story
āSeyyo amitto matiyÄ upeto, Better is a considerate foe When the carpenter asked his son to rid him of a troublesome mosquito on his scalp, he did not think he would do it with an axe.
Na tveva mitto mativippahīno; than an inconsiderate friend.
Makasaį¹ vadhissanti hi eįø·amÅ«go, Thinking, āI shall kill the mosquitoā, For textās vadhissanti read vadhissaį¹āti, reflexive future singular.
Putto pitu abbhidÄ uttamaį¹
ganāti. the idiot son split open his fatherās head.
MakasajÄtakaį¹ catutthaį¹.