Verses on Dhamma 26.32.415_5

26.32.415_5

Ekakanipāte imaṃ vātamigajātakaṃ vitthāretvā ‘‘tadā sundarasamuddo vātamigo ahosi, imaṃ pana gāthaṃ vatvā tassa vissajjāpetā rañño mahāmacco ahamevā’’ti jātakaṃ samodhānesīti.

Having related in detail this Vātamiga Jātaka, found in the First Book, the Teacher identified the persons of the Jātaka as follows, “At that time Ocean-of-Beauty was the antelope; the king’s minister who by reciting this Stanza obtained the release of the antelope, was I myself.”