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Abhiṇhajātaka

“No morsel can he eat.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about a lay-disciple and an aged Elder.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1JātakaStories of Past Lives 27
  • 0.2EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • 0.3KuruṅgavaggaThe Four-horned Antelope

0.47. AbhiṇhajātakaFrequent: a past life story

1.1PTS 1.190“Nālaṁ kabaḷaṁ padātave,It’s not enough to give him a morsel,11.2Na ca piṇḍaṁ na kuse na ghaṁsituṁ;a bite, some grass, or a rubbing-down.1.3Maññāmi abhiṇhadassanā,I think by seeing the dog often,1.4Nāgo snehamakāsi kukkure”ti.the elephant grew fond of him.

2.1Abhiṇhajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. A state elephant pines when his friend, a dog, goes missing.

    ↩ ja27:1.1