Mahosathajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (2) · Vol. 28 · Section 684

[684] Even so it is, great king; for the wise (paṇḍita) are bringers of happiness: like birds confined in a cage, like fish gone into a net, Mahosadha set us free when we had fallen into the hands of our enemies.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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Vol. 28 · Section 657 — Mahosathajātaka