Lolajātaka
“Who is this tufted crane”—This story the Master told in Jetavana about a greedy Brother. He too was brought to the Audience Hall, when the Master said—“It is not only now that he is greedy; greedy he was before, and his greed lost him his life; and by his means wise men of old were driven out of house and home.” Then he told a story.
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1.1PTS 2.363“Kāyaṁ balākā sikhinī,1.2corī laṅghipitāmahā;1.3Oraṁ balāke āgaccha,1.4caṇḍo me vāyaso sakhā”.
2.1PTS 2.364“Nāhaṁ balākā sikhinī,2.2ahaṁ lolosmi vāyaso;2.3Akatvā vacanaṁ tuyhaṁ,2.4passa lūnosmi āgato”.
3.1“Punapāpajjasī samma,3.2sīlañhi tava tādisaṁ;3.3Na hi mānusakā bhogā,3.4subhuñjā honti pakkhinā”ti.
4.1Lolajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.
