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The Pig Named Munika

Munikajātaka

“Then envy not poor Munika.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana about being seduced by a plump young woman, as will be related in the Thirteenth Book in the Culla-Narada-Kassapa-jataka.

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

0.1JātakaStories of Past Lives 30
0.2EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
0.3KuruṅgavaggaThe Four-horned Antelope

0.410. MunikajātakaThe Pig Named Munika: a past life story

1.1PTS 1.197“Mā munikassa pihayi,Envy not what is Munika’s,¹1.2āturannāni bhuñjati;for he eats the food of the terminally ill.1.3Appossukko bhusaṁ khāda,Don’t worry, just eat your chaff,1.4etaṁ dīghāyulakkhaṇan”ti.this is a mark of long life.

2.1Munikajātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

2.2Kuruṅgavaggo tatiyo.

3.1Tassuddānaṁ

4.1Kuruṅgassa kukkuragojavaro,4.2Puna vāḷavassasirivhayano;4.3Mahiḷāmukhanāmanuññavaro,4.4Vahate dhura munikena dasāti.

Translator’s notes

A hard-working ox is jealous of the rice scoffed by the pig Munika, but his brother tells him not to worry, as the pig is being fattened for the feast.
↩ ja30:1.1