[432] "We know you; we are not confused;⁷
you are the very same one, and we are those very same ones, no others.⁸
But your mind (citta) is corrupted with malice toward this folk;
therefore, Ājīvaka,¹ we are frightened of you."
The Romajātaka, the seventh.
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8. The Mahisajātaka²
[Page-foot apparatus of the Siam Raṭṭha edition, printed at the page break within this stanza:]
#1 M. (Burmese ed.): rājabhoggaṃ. #2 M.: sasārathiṃ. #3 M.: abhinibbutattā. #4 M.: hatlattamāyanti (sic). #5 Sī. (Sinhalese ed.), M.: vakkaṅga. #6 M.: kimatthamussukā. #7 M.: sampamūḷhā. #8 M.: nāññe.
(Notes #1–#6 attach to lines of the preceding stanzas of this jātaka, which lie outside this excerpt; the markers after "Ājīvaka" and after "Mahisajātakaṃ" point to notes printed on the following page, not reproduced here.)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.