Bakajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 501

[501] Just so, a certain person here,[5] weak[6] in his undertaking (samādāna), makes[7] himself light — as the wolf did on account of a goat. The Baka Jātaka (birth-story), the tenth. The Kumbhavagga, the fifth. #[1] Ma. (Maramma, the Burmese edition): "komāraputta …". [2] Ma.: "jhānānuyutto viharāmi āvuso". [3] Ma.: "jhānabhūmiyā ti". #[4] Ma.: "parapāṇarodhā". [5] Ma.: "idhekacce". [6] Ma.: "dubbalā". [7] Ma.: "aronti". Its summary (uddāna): The excellent pot (varakumbha); the one bearing the glorious name Supatta (supattasirivhayana); the one deemed pure (sucisammata); the sweet-voiced one (bindussara); and the bull (usabha); the lord of rivers (saritaṃpati); the fierce one (caṇḍī); with the aged monkey (jarākapi); then with the she-monkey (makkaṭī) and with the wolf (vaka) — they are ten. ___________ Summary of the chapters (vagguddāna): Saṅkappa and Paduma, with Udapāna as the third, Abbhantara, Ghaṭabheda — [thus] adorned in the Tikanipāta.[1] The Tikanipāta (the Book of Threes) is finished. ___________ #[1] In the old manuscript the vagguddāna was lost; this was written by me, Kittisobhana. The Catukkanipāta Jātakas (Birth-stories of the Book of Fours) 1. The Kāliṅgavagga 1. The Cullakāliṅga Jātaka

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.