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Jātaka Stories of Past Lives 54
Ekakanipāta The Book of the Ones
Āsīsavagga Hope
4. Kiṁphalajātaka The What-fruit: a past life story
“Nāyaṁ rukkho durāruho, This tree is not hard to climb, A tree is laden with fruit that looks like mango, but the wide caravan leader deduces that it must be the poisonous “what-fruit” (kiṁphala).
napi gāmato ārakā; nor is it far from the village.
Ākāraṇena jānāmi, For this reason I know
nāyaṁ sāduphalo dumo”ti. this tree is not sweet-fruited. Duma (“tree”) specially indicates a “flowering tree”.
Kiṁphalajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.