[50] "A sacrifice of a thousand dull-witted men was vowed by me;
now indeed I shall offer that sacrifice — many³ are the unrighteous folk."
The Dummedha-jātaka, the tenth.
The Atthakāma-vagga, the fifth.
The First Fifty (Paṭhamapaṇṇāsaka).
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Its summary (uddāna):
Then Mittaka's mother and the noble pigeon,
likewise Veḷuka, the witless idiot, Rohiṇī,
#1 Sī., Yu.: vedabbhaṃ. 2 Ma.: byasanamajjhagūti. 3 Sī., Yu.: bahū.
the monkey, the liquor, and again the Ceta rovers,
likewise the stars — with the excellent sacrifice, ten.
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6. The Āsiṃsa-vagga
1. The Mahāsīlava-jātaka
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.