[802] Not praised by the good is the growth of one
who, as he grows, devours his own support;
apprehensive of the ruin it threatens,
the wise one exerts himself to destroy it at the very root.
The Palāsa Jātaka, the tenth.
The Vaṇṇāroha Vagga, the second.⁴
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#1 M. (Burmese ed.): "checchati." 2 M.: "evaṃ me so." 3 M.: "bhāyeti." 4 Here the uddāna of this [vagga] has been combined at the end of the third vagga.
3. The Aḍḍha Vagga
1. The Dīghītikosala Jātaka
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.