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Ja 21

The Four-horned Antelope: a past life story

1. Kuruṅgamigajātaka

The Four-horned Antelope

The Four-horned Antelope: a past life story

The four-horned antelope knows that
it’s you who tosses fruit from the beechwood tree.
I’ll go to another beechwood,
I don’t like your fruit.

Translation: German (Julius Dutoit, 1872–1958), published 1908–1916 · in copyright until the end of 2028, source palikanon.com. Pāli and English (SuttaCentral / Bilara, public domain, CC0). See Sources & Thanks. The title and the verse are additionally available in the German translation by Ayyā Sabbamittā (SuttaCentral / Bilara, public domain, CC0).

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