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Ja 74

The Law of Trees: a past life story

4. Rukkhadhammajātaka

The Warding Tree

The Law of Trees: a past life story

It is well for the many relatives,
the trees born in the forest.
The wind sweeps off one standing alone,
even the enormous lord of the forest.

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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