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The Iguana Who Befriended a Chameleon

Godhajātaka

“Bad company.”—This story was told by the Master while at the Bamboo-grove, about a traitorous Brother. The introductory incident is the same as that told in the Mahila-mukha jataka.

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

  • 0.1Jātaka
  • 0.2Ekakanipāta
  • 0.3Kakaṇṭakavagga

0.41. Godhajātaka

1.1PTS 1.488“Na pāpajanasaṁsevī,1.2accantasukhamedhati;1.3Godhākulaṁ kakaṇṭāva,1.4kaliṁ pāpeti attanan”ti.

2.1Godhajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.