Gajakumbhajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 681

[681] Whoever is slow when slowness is called for, and hastens in what calls for haste — like the moon that lights up the night, his welfare (attha) waxes to fullness. The Gajakumbha Jātaka (birth-story), the fifth. ___________ #1 Ma. (Burmese ed.): abhisārikā. 2 Ma.: mā adda. Sī. (Sinhalese ed.), Yu. (European ed.): mā addasa. 6. The Kesava Jātaka

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.