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Ja 33

Agreement: a past life story

3. Sammodamānajātaka

Nests

Agreement: a past life story

In agreement, the birds fly,
taking away the net.
But when they start arguing
they’ll come under my sway.

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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