[836] "The meal was smashed, the wife was struck,
and the child in the womb fell to the ground;
like a deer with gold,
he could not make his welfare grow thereby."
The Āvāriya Jātaka, the first.
[Variant readings: 1. Burmese ed. throughout: "avāriya." 2. Sinhalese and European eds.: "māssu kujjhi." 3. Burmese ed. throughout: "anusāsāmi." 4. Burmese ed.: "tārayitvāna." 5. Burmese ed.: "pāresino"; Sinhalese and European eds.: "taresino." 6. Burmese ed.: "abandhisūti."]
2. The Setaketu Jātaka
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.