[351] "This is no sage (isi)² who delights in calm and restraint;
this is a monkey whose resort is the branches of the fig tree.³
He is a defiler, irascible, and base:
if he were to come in, he would defile this dwelling too."⁴
The Kapi Jātaka, the tenth.
The Sigāla Vagga, the tenth.
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The summary (uddāna) thereof:
Now the king, the noble jackal (sigālavara), the dog (sunakha);
likewise Kosiya, "he wishes" (icchati), the devourer of time (kālaghasa);
then the excellent gift (dānavara), the lip (oṭṭha) too, with the charioteer (sārathi);
again the woodland (pavana), and the monkey in the cold (sisira-kapi) — ten.
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[Variant readings: ¹ Burmese ed.: aṭṭito (its anchor lies in the preceding verse). ² Burmese ed.: isī. ³ Sinhalese and Burmese eds.: dumavarasākhagocaro, "whose resort is the branches of goodly trees." ⁴ Burmese ed.: sace vajemmapi dūseyya gharanti.]
Summary of the vaggas (vagguddāna):
The Daḷha Vagga and, after it, the Santhava;
the Kalyāṇa Vagga, the Asadisa, and the Ruhaka;
the Nataṃdaḷha, and again the Bīraṇatthambhaka;
with the Kāsāva, the Upāhana, and the Sigālaka — ten.
The Duka Nipāta (Book of Twos) is concluded.
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THE JĀTAKAS OF THE TIKA NIPĀTA (BOOK OF THREES)
1. The Saṅkappa Vagga
1. The Saṅkapparāga Jātaka
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.