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Ja 59

The Drummer: a past life story

9. Bherivādakajātaka

Hope

The Drummer: a past life story

Blow, blow, don’t overblow,
for overblowing is bad.
By blowing a hundred was gained,
by overblowing it was lost.

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.

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