Matakabhattajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 18

[18] "If beings knew thus: 'This coming into existence through birth (jātisambhava) is suffering (dukkha),' no living being would slay a living being; for the slayer of living beings (pāṇaghātī) sorrows." The Matakabhatta Jātaka, the eighth. #1 Sī., Ma.: sattahi kālātikkantaṃ. 2. Sī., Yu.: aḍḍharattāvapāyiṃ. #3 Ma.: kalāhitibhoti. 9. The Āyācitabhatta Jātaka

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.