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Ja 71

The Warding Tree: a past life story

1. Varuṇajātaka

The Warding Tree

The Warding Tree: a past life story

Whoever wishes to do afterwards
tasks they should have done before,
like the one who broke a branch off the Warding Tree,
afterwards is tormented by regrets.

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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