Nemirājjātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (2) · Vol. 28 · Section 554

[554] With arrows, with spears, and with lances they pierce both sides of those who wail. Fear indeed comes upon me, O charioteer, at seeing this. I ask you, Mātali, divine charioteer: what evil, then, did these mortals do — these people who lie struck down by spears?

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.