Uragajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 721

[721] Just as a water pot, once broken, can never be joined together again, even so is this very case when one sorrows over the departed (peta): while he is being burned, he does not know the lamentation of his relatives; therefore I do not sorrow for him — gone is he to that destination (gati) which was his. The Uraga Jātaka, the fourth. ___________ 5. The Dhaṅka Jātaka¹

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.