[256] "Measureless (appamāṇa) is the Buddha, measureless the Dhamma, measureless the Saṅgha; but creeping things have their measure — the snake, the scorpion, the centipede, the spider, the house lizard, and the mouse. I have made my protection, I have made my safeguard (paritta); let beings withdraw. And so I pay homage to the Blessed One; homage to the seven Fully Self-Enlightened Ones (sammāsambuddhā)."
The Khandhaparitta Jātaka, the third.
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4. The Vīraka Jātaka
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.