[1492] "Thus do the wise act, they who are compassionate:
they turn one back from sorrow, as Ghata did his eldest brother."
The Ghatapaṇḍita Jātaka, the sixteenth.
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The summary (uddāna) thereof:
Daḷha, Kaṇha, Dhanañjaya, the excellent Saṅkha,
the king, the seven days, with Sākha,¹ and Takkala,
the Dhamma, Kukkuṭa, Kuṇḍali, the givers of food,
Cakkavāka, the wise Bhūri, with the blessing, and Ghata.
The Dasaka Nipāta (the Book of Tens) is concluded.
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# ¹ The Burmese edition reads: raja sattaha kassa ca.
The Jātakas of the Ekādasa Nipāta (the Book of Elevens)
1. The Mātuposaka Jātaka
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.