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Dhammapada 5.2.p13

Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 5.2.p13

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5.2.p13

Makkaṭo ‘‘ayaṃ maṃ anavaṭṭhitacittaṃ lahucittaṃ mittadubbhiṃ addhuvasīlaṃ karoti, idānissa mittadubbhibhāvaṃ dassessāmī’’ti kulāvakaṃ viddhaṃsetvā vippakiri. Sakuṇo tasmiṃ kulāvakaṃ gaṇhante eva ekena passena nikkhamitvā palāyi.

The monkey said to himself, “This bird calls me unstable, light-minded, treacherous to my friends, one who never keeps the moral precepts. Very well! Now I will show him what happiness is.” So saying, he destroyed the nest and scattered it to the winds. When the monkey seized the nest, the bird slipped out and flew away.

Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)

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