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The Lost Pea

Kaḷāyamuṭṭhijātaka

“A foolish monkey”—This story the Master told at Jetavana, about a king of Kosala.

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

0.46. Kaḷāyamuṭṭhijātaka

1.1PTS 2.75“Bālo vatāyaṁ dumasākhagocaro,1.2Paññā janinda nayimassa vijjati;1.3Kaḷāyamuṭṭhiṁ avakiriya kevalaṁ,1.4Ekaṁ kaḷāyaṁ patitaṁ gavesati”.

2.1“Evameva mayaṁ rāja,2.2ye caññe atilobhino;2.3Appena bahuṁ jiyyāma,2.4kaḷāyeneva vānaro”ti.

3.1Kaḷāyamuṭṭhijātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.