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Jātaka Stories of Past Lives 49
Ekakanipāta The Book of the Ones
Atthakāmavagga Wanting to Help
9. Nakkhattajātaka Constellations: a past life story
Nakkhattaṁ paṭimānentaṁ, Waiting for a constellation, A family reneges on its marriage date when told it falls under an unlucky constellation, so the girl marries someone else.
attho bālaṁ upaccagā; a fool lets the good pass them by.
Attho atthassa nakkhattaṁ, The good is the constellation of the good;
kiṁ karissanti tārakā”ti. for what do the stars matter? Compare “what do the hymns matter?” at DN 4:15.5.
Nakkhattajātakaṁ navamaṁ.