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Ja 34

The Fish: a past life story

4. Macchajātaka

Nests

The Fish: a past life story

It’s not the cold or heat for me,
nor the being caught in the net;
it’s that my lady, the fish, thinks of me,
“He went for joy to another.”

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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