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The Crow

Kākajātaka

“In ceaseless dread.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about a sagacious counsellor. The incidents will be related in the twelfth book in connection with the Bhaddasala-jataka.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.410. Kākajātaka

1.1PTS 1.486“Niccaṁ ubbiggahadayā,1.2sabbalokavihesakā;1.3Tasmā nesaṁ vasā natthi,1.4kākānamhāka ñātinan”ti.

2.1Kākajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

2.2Asampadānavaggo cuddasamo.

3.1Tassuddānaṁ

4.1Itarītara rakkhasi khemiyo ca,4.2Parosatapañhena ābhassaro puna;4.3Atha haṁsavaruttamababbujaṭaṁ,4.4Paṭanaṭṭhaka kākavarena dasāti.