Naccajātaka
“A pleasing note.” This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about a Brother with many belongings. The incident is just the same as in the Devadhamma-jataka supra.
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral
1.1PTS 1.207“Rudaṁ manuññaṁ rucirā ca piṭṭhi,Your cry is sweet, your back brilliant,11.2Veḷuriyavaṇṇūpanibhā ca gīvā;your neck the color of sapphire,1.3Byāmamattāni ca pekhuṇāni,and your feathers a full fathom long;1.4Naccena te dhītaraṁ no dadāmī”ti.still, because of your dancing, I will not give you my daughter.
2.1Naccajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.
When the Golden Swan had been elected as king of all the birds, he held a great ball to choose a husband for his daughter, the princess. She favored the glorious peacock, but when he danced, the father turned down the shameless suitor. This story draws on an Indian tradition of the peacock as being visually splendid but foolish and clumsy.
