Pañcuposathikajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 1953

[1953] O you who go not straight, who glide upon your breast, O two-tongued one! Armed with fangs and dreadful in venom are you, O serpent. Enduring hunger and thirst, why then, O long one, is your honor a keeper of the Uposatha?

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.