[1541] "Well spoken is what the yakkha says: short is the life of mortals,
hard it is and scant, and bound up with suffering (dukkha);
so I shall go forth alone, leaving Surundhana in Kāsi."
The Udaya Jātaka, the fourth.
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[Variant readings noted in this edition: 1. Ma. (Burmese edition): *taṃ cāpi jahati*. 2. Ma.: *bhariyā yāpi dhanena hoti kītā*. 3. Ma.: *ñatvā*. 4. Ma.: … *sugatiñca duggatiñca*. 5. Ma.: *jāniyāna*. 6. Sī. (Sinhalese edition), Yu. (European edition): *bhāsatayaṃ*.]
5. The Pānīya Jātaka
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.