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The Tortoise

Kacchapajātaka

“Here was I born”—This story the Master told in Jetavana, how a man got rid of malaria.

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

0.48. Kacchapajātaka

1.1PTS 2.80“Janittaṁ me bhavittaṁ me,1.2iti paṅke avassayiṁ;1.3Taṁ maṁ paṅko ajjhabhavi,1.4yathā dubbalakaṁ tathā;1.5Taṁ taṁ vadāmi bhaggava,1.6suṇohi vacanaṁ mama”.

2.1“Gāme vā yadi vā raññe,2.2sukhaṁ yatrādhigacchati;2.3Taṁ janittaṁ bhavittañca,2.4purisassa pajānato;2.5Yamhi jīve tamhi gacche,2.6na niketahato siyā”ti.

3.1Kacchapajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.