Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.3843
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.3843
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Sunakha Jātaka (No. 242).—There was in Benares a man who owned a dog which had been fattened on rice. A villager saw the dog, and, having bought it from its master, took it away on a lead. Arrived at the edge of the forest, he entered a hut, tied up the dog, and lay down to sleep. The Bodhisatta, seeing the dog, asked him why he did not bite through the lead and escape. “I am going to,” answered the dog, “as soon as all are asleep.” And he did so.