[270] Alas! This one went roaming, pecking through the woods,
among trees whose boughs were mere dry wood, devoid of heartwood;
then he struck upon a khadira (acacia), its heartwood fully formed —
and there the bird (garuḷa) broke his head.
[Page footnotes — variant readings: ¹ Burmese ed.: susu … ² susumāra. ³ Burmese ed.: Kukkuṭajātaka. ⁴ Burmese ed. throughout: vibhīṭakā. ⁵ Burmese ed.: purāṇakukkuṭo. ⁶ Sinhalese and European eds.: sīnapatto. ⁷ Burmese ed.: vibhijjitaṃ.]
The Kandagalaka Jātaka, the tenth.
The Naṭaṃdaḷha Vagga, the sixth.
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Its summary (uddāna):
The strong bond, and again the noble goose,
Virūpakkha, Saviṭṭhaka, and the noble fish,
the one with the kuruṅga deer, the one with Assaka, and the noble mango,
again the cock — with the garuḷa, they are ten.
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7. The Bīraṇatthambhaka Vagga (the Chapter of the Clump of Bīraṇa Grass)
1. The Somadatta Jātaka
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.