Saṅkhapālajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 2508

[2508] They saw you upon the path where one walks alone, your form endowed with strength and with beauty (vaṇṇa); you are grown great in glory (sirī) and in wisdom (paññā) — for what purpose, O nāga, do you practice austerity (tapo)? [Apparatus note printed on this page of the Siam edition: "1 M. hatthattamāgacchi; 2 M. tehi hantuṃ" — Burmese-edition variant readings keyed to the preceding verses, not to this one.]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.