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Jātaka Stories of Past Lives 76
Ekakanipāta The Book of the Ones
Varuṇavagga The Warding Tree
6. Asaṅkiyajātaka Unsuspecting: a past life story
“Asaṅkiyomhi gāmamhi, I am unsuspecting in the village; An ascetic is unafraid even in the presence of bandits, for he has nothing to lose.
araññe natthi me bhayaṁ; in the wilderness there’s no peril for me:
Ujuṁ maggaṁ samārūḷho, I ride upon the straight path For this idiom, see MN 12:39.7. Samārūḷha is literally “mounted”; the expression refers to travelling along on a horse, etc.
mettāya karuṇāya cā”ti. with love and compassion.
Asaṅkiyajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.