1.1Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Assuttha no tumhe, bhikkhave, rattiyā paccūsasamayaṁ jarasiṅgālassa vassamānassā”ti?“Mendicants, did you hear an old jackal howling at the crack of dawn?”

1.3“Evaṁ, bhante”.“Yes, sir.”

1.4“Siyā kho, bhikkhave, tasmiṁ jarasiṅgāle yā kāci kataññutā kataveditā, na tveva idhekacce sakyaputtiyapaṭiññe siyā yā kāci kataññutā kataveditā.“There might be some gratitude and thankfulness in that old jackal, but there is none in a certain person here who claims to follow the Sakyan.

1.5Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:So you should train like this:1.6‘kataññuno bhavissāma katavedino;‘We will be grateful and thankful.1.7na ca no amhesu appakampi kataṁ nassissatī’ti.We won’t forget even a small thing done for us.’1.8Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.That’s how you should train.”

1.9Dvādasamaṁ.

1.10Opammavaggo paṭhamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Kūṭaṁ nakhasikhaṁ kulaṁ,2.2okkhā satti dhanuggaho;2.3Āṇi kaliṅgaro nāgo,2.4biḷāro dve siṅgālakāti.

2.5Opammasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.The Linked Discourses with similes are complete.