Not decorated, not auspicious, and not made by an arrow-maker.

By that I am pierced in the heart, by that which burns all limbs.

So much has unwise thought, brought suffering upon myself.

Having seized me by the arm, beat me with a stick.

That having seized me by the arm, you beat me three times.

That is instruction, not enmity - thus the wise know it.

That I will not give you, you are an excessive beggar, nor will I come to your hermitage.

That I will not give you, you are an excessive beggar, nor will I come to your hermitage.

The serpent, asked by the brahmin for the jewel, attained only disappearance from that.

This was your food, why do you not eat it now?

Much there, O great Brahma, even rice-scum and bran.

Knowing, having come to know, I do not eat your rice bran.

So long he lived out his duration, and nurtured his mother.

Then right there he sank down, for he was immoderate.

For the immoderate sink down, but the moderate do not sink.

The merchants found iron and copper, and lead and tin;

Silver and gold, many pearls and lapis lazuli.

There the terrible venomous snake, radiant, struck them with its radiance.

For by digging wealth was gained, by over-digging it was destroyed.

Whatever is done, he would indeed spoil it, this family is of such nature.

This was taught to me by Janasandha, this one does not understand anything.

Such a man would not support, this was taught to me by Dasaratha.

All are slaves of Mandhātu, whatever living beings are dependent on the earth.

Sensual pleasures are of little enjoyment and painful, thus having known, the wise one.

He is devoted to the elimination of craving, the disciple of the Fully Self-Enlightened One.

Then for what reason does Tirīṭavaccha, the tripod-bearer, consume the best almsfood?

He stretched out his hand to me who had fallen into distress, by that I crossed over, overcome by suffering.

He is worthy of gain, dear son, Tirīṭavaccha, give him wealth and offer sacrifice."

I am a messenger of that belly, do not be angry with me, O bull among charioteers.

I am a messenger of that belly, do not be angry with me, O bull among charioteers.

For how could a messenger not give to a messenger, we too are messengers of that very one.

So may your nose grow back, give the lotus when asked.

So may your nose grow back, give the lotus when asked.

Whether they would say it or not say it, there is no growing of the nose;

Give me lotuses, my dear, I ask as one who has been asked.

And darkness were to rain down, then surely it might be so.

Knowing that they sink, one should avoid them from afar.

Like fire, they quickly burn up his own state.

Having gone to intimacy with a woman, you sink in the great ocean.

Knowing that they sink, one should avoid them from afar.

Like fire, they quickly burn up his own state.

Across it measured sixteen in height, upwards they said a thousandfold.

There the gandhabbas danced, six thousand in seven groups.

I was Sakka then, your steward."

In that fear when death was imminent, why was there no trepidation for you?

In that fear when death was imminent, I obtained abundant and lofty inspiration.

For indeed, one making attachment to life, a hero would never do a hero's duty.

This husband of yours has come, why do you now run away?

The fame of women diminishes, therefore dear son, I flee.

Grieves for a long time, like a bhaddalī creeper in the wind.

Overpowered by it, I cry miserably, may he not abandon me who am dear as life.

On the earth bounded by four quarters, you have been dear to me.

Of them you are the foremost water-born, release the husband of her who is crying.

Such is his wisdom, what then of the other generation?

How, without seeing the root, could one know a tree to be established?

Vissasena alone is blameworthy, for whose benefit the tree planters existed.

If harsh in speech, is not dear, in this world and the next.

The cuckoo, dear to many living beings through its smooth speech.

He explains the meaning and the Teaching, sweet is his saying.

If permitted by the relatives, I would speak a single word.

For there are young birds, wise ones, resplendent.

See the face of one not angry, what will he do when angry?"

The well made with difficulty, how, my dear, did you defile it?

This is the nature of fathers and grandfathers, you should not forsake it.

May we never see your Teaching or not the Teaching.

A wise one should guard against being overcome by him beforehand, as one guards one's eyes from a tree.

A wise one should provide livelihood equal to oneself in all duties.

Let not the forest be cut down, tigerless, let not the tigers be without forest.

Where did you go for almsfood, which faithful one did you approach?

Release me, venerable sir, freed I would go to the mountain.

Release, Kassapa, the Koṇḍañña, sexual intercourse has been done by you.

Come down here, crane, my friend the crow is fierce."

Not having heeded your word, see, I have come back reaped."

For human wealth is not easily enjoyed by birds.

The fierce crow is my friend, whose nest this is.

Not having heeded your word, see, I have come back reaped."

For human wealth is not easily enjoyed by birds.

We bartered your praise with the collyrium-coloured one, in Kāliṅga.

All of them should not be refused, this is the word of the first teachers.

Adorned, covered with a golden net, with its driver - go wherever you wish.

Without hesitation, with perfectly calmed minds, these egg-born ones used to come within reach of my hand before.

Surely they do not regard me as before, or perhaps these are not those who dwelt away for a long time.

And your mind is corrupted towards these people, for livelihood, therefore we are frightened of you.

As if from one who gives all desires, do you endure this suffering?

Fools would become even more angry, if there were no one to restrain them.

They will kill him there, that will be my freedom."

One who is well-wishing, making known, he imagines as ill-wishing;

The ill-wishing woodpecker, he imagines as well-wishing.

Spoken to with words by those wishing his welfare, he takes them wrongly.

He imagines them to be friends, like the young man with the woodpecker.

For thus he spoils the basket, surely he will make another.

Whatever is done, we indeed spoil it, this family is of such nature.

May we never see your Teaching or not the Teaching.

A woman with longing, having eaten it, gives birth to a wheel-turning monarch.

The king will bring for you, this inner fruit.

A hero, self-sacrificing, receiving, I become.

Having made a pact with one, I released a hundred fit to be killed.

After death one would go to heaven, hear this, people of Kāsi.

Having put down the bow and arrow, he undertook self-control.

Now you alone, having gone aside, brood, is there no strength in you today, tiger?

They now, having assembled, dwell together, where standing they are hard to overcome by me.

Where the fanged beasts conquered the tiger, through concord among those with fang-power they are released.

Those with skills and those without, the fortunate one enjoys those.

Many possessions arise, even in unlikely places.

These arise for one who is not evil, for a being who has made merit.

"We shall destroy the radiance of the jewel," thus was our discussion.

And now we ask this, what task do you think should be done here?

Its splendour cannot be destroyed, depart, you pigs.

Living at ease, eat chaff, this is the characteristic of long life.

Then you will see the lotus root, lying upon the pestle.

The old bulls thought over, "Better for us is chaff indeed."

One obtains gain among the foolish, this is your instruction.

Whatever livelihood is by downfall, or by unrighteous conduct.

This very livelihood is better, than seeking by what is not the Teaching.

And I had here seven māsakas, I too bought that cluster of fish.

Remembering that offering, the esteem was made by you.

Whoever cheated his brother of paternal property, a doer of wrong deeds.

I wish for an excellent village, and the brahmin woman for a hundred cattle."

And this contemptible Puṇṇikā longs for a mortar.

A chariot with thoroughbreds for the son, jewelled earrings for the daughter;

And this contemptible Puṇṇikā, supply her with a mortar.

See the serpent with terrible poison, being moral he is not killed.

One whose conduct is the practice of the noble ones, by which one is called virtuous.

Upon the body's collapse, the moral one is reborn in a fortunate destination.

As long as he safeguards it, so long he thrives in happiness.

Then naked and in rags, afterwards the fool suffers.

Afterwards the imprudent one is tormented, like a scoundrel having broken a pot.

Surrounded by eighty thousand, was Supatta.

Cooked in the king's kitchen, costly royal food.

I show esteem for my master, I made a wound on the nose with my beak.

This body quickly dries up, like a flower placed in dust in the sun's heat.

Filled with various corpses, for one not seeing its true form.

Wherein the heedless generation, infatuated, neglect the path to rebirth in a good destination.

Perched on a rose-apple branch, he chirps like a young peacock.

O one with the colour of a tiger cub, eat, my dear, I give to you.

The eater of vomit and the eater of corpses, praising each other."

King of beasts, homage to you, may we obtain something.

O you who resemble a peacock's neck, come here from there, crow.

The castor-oil plant is the lowest among trees, these three lowest ones have come together.

Warding off fish and sea-monsters, and being vexed in the waves.

I wish to drink the ocean, the sea, the lord of rivers."

The limit of what is drunk from it is not known, the sea is indeed undrinkable.

You should tell her of beautiful thighs, for long indeed she will wait.

She, the fierce one, will become angry, that torments me, not this.

And the soft Kāsi cloth, let my beloved creditor be satisfied.

Come, go out and eat, why do you die of hunger?

Just as I am satisfied today, having eaten the tree fruits.

A young monkey might believe, but not an old aged monkey.

Do, I say, your monkey antics, monkey, we do not delight in that ceremonial observance.

Do not now regard me as before, I dwell engaged in meditative absorption, friend.

For that supreme purification has been heard by you, but you, monkey, are far from the plane of meditative absorption.

The wolf, having accepted an ascetic practice, undertook the Observance.

Having abandoned austerity, he approached unexpectedly, the blood-drinker broke his austere asceticism.

Make themselves light, like a wolf for the sake of a goat.