Other Translations: Deutsch
From:
JÄtaka Stories of Past Lives 34
EkakanipÄta The Book of the Ones
KulÄvakavagga Nests
4. MacchajÄtaka The Fish: a past life story
āNa maį¹ sÄ«taį¹ na maį¹ uį¹haį¹, Itās not the cold or heat for me,
na maį¹ jÄlasmi bÄdhanaį¹; nor the being caught in the net;
YaƱca maį¹ maƱƱate macchÄ«, itās that my lady, the fish, thinks of me,
aƱƱaį¹ so ratiyÄ gatoāti. āHe went for joy to another.ā
MacchajÄtakaį¹ catutthaį¹.