Ambajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 1730

[1730] I, questioned by the lord of the people in the midst of the people, overcome by detraction (makkha), spoke a falsehood, declaring wrongly, "These mantras (mantā) are a brahmin's"; with my mantras lost, wretched, I weep.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.