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The Golden Crab

Kakkaṭakajātaka

“Gold-clawed creature”— This story the Master told while dwelling at Jetavana, about a certain woman.

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

0.47. Kakkaṭakajātaka

1.1PTS 2.343“Siṅgīmigo āyatacakkhunetto,1.2Aṭṭhittaco vārisayo alomo;1.3Tenābhibhūto kapaṇaṁ rudāmi,1.4Mā heva maṁ pāṇasamaṁ jaheyya”.

2.1“Ayya na taṁ jahissāmi,2.2kuñjaraṁ saṭṭhihāyanaṁ;2.3Pathabyā cāturantāya,2.4suppiyo hosi me tuvaṁ”.

3.1PTS 2.344“Ye kuḷīrā samuddasmiṁ,3.2gaṅgāya yamunāya ca;3.3Tesaṁ tvaṁ vārijo seṭṭho,3.4muñca rodantiyā patin”ti.

4.1Kakkaṭakajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.