Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.12
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.12
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v2.c35.12
Vaka Jātaka (No. 300).—A wolf once lived on a rock near the Ganges. The winter floods came and surrounded the rock, and the wolf, unable to escape, decided to keep the holy day. The Bodhisatta, who was Sakka, appeared before him in the guise of a he-goat, and the wolf, forgetting his holy day, chased him round and round the rock. Finding he could not succeed in catching him, the wolf expressed his joy that his holy day had not been violated! Sakka, hovering above him, rebuked him for his weakness.