Sammodamānajātaka
“While concord reigns.” This story was told by the Master while dwelling in the Banyan-grove near Kapilavatthu, about a squabble over a porter’s head-pad, as will be related in the Kunala-jataka.
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral
1.1PTS 1.209“Sammodamānā gacchanti,In agreement, the birds fly,11.2jālamādāya pakkhino;taking away the net.1.3Yadā te vivadissanti,But when they start arguing1.4tadā ehinti me vasan”ti.they’ll come under my sway.
2.1Sammodamānajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.
A flock of birds escape the hunter by lifting off his net in unison. But the hunter knows that when they stop cooperating they will be his.
