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JÄtaka Stories of Past Lives 45
EkakanipÄta The Book of the Ones
AtthakÄmavagga Wanting to Help
5. Rohiį¹ijÄtaka About RohinÄ«: a past life story
āSeyyo amitto medhÄvÄ«, Better is an intelligent foe Similar to the previous story, a servant girl kills her mother with a pestle while trying to rid her of flies.
YaƱce bÄlÄnukampako; than a foolish sympathizer. The initial yaƱce is hard to explain. The commentary offers several options, none of which are terribly convincing. The previous verse has na tveva, of which yaƱce might be an old corruption.
Passa rohiį¹ikaį¹ jammiį¹, See that wretched RohinÄ«,
MÄtaraį¹ hantvÄna socatÄ«āti. grieving after killing her mother.
Rohiį¹ijÄtakaį¹ paƱcamaį¹.