Ājaññajātaka
“No matter when or where.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana about another Brother who gave up persevering. But, in this case, he addressed that Brother and said, “Brethren, in bygone days the wise and good still persevered even when wounded.” And, so saying, he told this story of the past.
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral
1.1PTS 1.181“Yadā yadā yattha yadā,Whenever whenever, wherever whenever,11.2yattha yattha yadā yadā;wherever wherever, whenever whenever:1.3Ājañño kurute vegaṁ,the thoroughbred drives onward,1.4hāyanti tattha vāḷavā”ti.while the geldings fade right there.2
2.1Ājaññajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.
Similar to the previous story, a warhorse declares its determination to go on.
Vāḷavā is masculine nominative plural (commentary: khaḷuṅkassā hāyanti). It is a secondary derivation, glossed with vaḷavasaṅkhātā, “reckoned as a mare”; cf. Sanskrit vāḍaba.
