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The Cuckoo

Kokilajātaka

“They that with speech inopportune”—This story was told by the Master at Jetavana about Kokalika. The introductory story is told in full in the Takkarika Birth.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.1Jātaka
0.2Catukkanipāta
0.3Kokilavagga

0.41. Kokilajātaka

1.1PTS 3.103“Yo ve kāle asampatte,1.2ativelaṁ pabhāsati;1.3Evaṁ so nihato seti,1.4kokilāyiva atrajo.
2.1Na hi satthaṁ sunisitaṁ,2.2visaṁ halāhalāmiva;2.3Evaṁ nikaṭṭhe pāteti,2.4vācā dubbhāsitā yathā.
3.1Tasmā kāle akāle vā,3.2vācaṁ rakkheyya paṇḍito;3.3Nātivelaṁ pabhāseyya,3.4api attasamamhi vā.
4.1Yo ca kāle mitaṁ bhāse,4.2matipubbo vicakkhaṇo;4.3Sabbe amitte ādeti,4.4supaṇṇo uragāmivā”ti.

5.1Kokilajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.