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Ja 60

The Horn-Blower: a past life story

10. Saṅkhadhamajātaka

Hope

The Horn-Blower: a past life story

Blow, blow, don’t overblow,
for overblowing is bad.
By blowing riches were earned,
but your blowing dad blew it.

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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