Mahosathajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (2) · Vol. 28 · Section 657

[657] Even so, great king, the wise indeed are bringers of happiness: as birds bound in a cage, as fish gone into a net, so Mahosadha set us free when we had fallen into the enemy's hands.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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Vol. 28 · Section 684 — Mahosathajātaka