Mahāsuvarājjātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 1229

[1229] I, O goose (haṃsa), am one among the good, and the tree is to me both a kinsman and a friend; I could not bear to abandon it in quest of a livelihood, having known "it is spent" — that would not be right.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.