[30] "Do not envy Muṇika: it is the food of the doomed he eats.
Unconcerned, chew your chaff — this is the mark of long life."
The Muṇika Jātaka (birth-story), the Tenth.
The Kuruṅga Chapter (Kuruṅgavagga), the Third.
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The summary (uddāna) thereof:
Of the antelope (1. Kuruṅgamiga), of the dog (2. Kukkura), the excellent Bhoja steed (3. Bhojājānīya);²
again, of the mare (4. Ājañña), the glory-bearing charger (5. Tittha);³
Mahiḷāmukha (6. Mahiḷāmukha), [7. Abhiṇha,] and the excellent "never an unpleasing word" (8. Nandivisāla);
"he bears the burden (dhuraṃ)" (9. Kaṇha) — with Muṇika (10. Muṇika), these are ten.
#1 M. (Burmese ed.): gambhīravattanī. 2 M. (Burmese ed.): gojavaro. 3 M. (Burmese ed.): … sirivahayano.
4. The Kulāvaka Chapter (Kulāvakavagga)
1. The Kulāvaka Jātaka (Kulāvakajātaka)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.