[1056] "This, O king, is a simile for you — listen to it, O subduer of foes:⁶
By a king — a warrior-ruler (khattiya) who understands —
happiness must be sought for all alike:
for the realm, for the beasts of burden, for the army, and for the town."
The Mahākapi Jātaka, the second.
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[Variant readings — M. = Burmese ed.; Sī. = Sinhalese ed.; Yu. = European ed.]
#1 M.: kime; Sī., Yu.: kimo. 2 M.: ete. 3 M.: latāgunaṃ. 4 M.: tapate.
#5 M.: mato. 6 Sī., Yu.: atthasandassanī katā ["made to illustrate the meaning"].
3. The Kumbhakāra Jātaka
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.