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The Crocodile

Kumbhilajātaka

“O Ape”—This story the Master told at the Bamboo Grove, about Devadatta.

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

0.44. Kumbhilajātaka

1.1PTS 2.206“Yassete caturo dhammā,1.2vānarinda yathā tava;1.3Saccaṁ dhammo dhiti cāgo,1.4diṭṭhaṁ so ativattati.

2.1Yassa cete na vijjanti,2.2guṇā paramabhaddakā;2.3Saccaṁ dhammo dhiti cāgo,2.4diṭṭhaṁ so nātivattatī”ti.

3.1Kumbhilajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.