• Stories of Past Lives 38 Jātaka
  • The Book of the Ones Ekakanipāta
  • Nests Kulāvakavagga

The Crane: a past life story 8. Bakajātaka

The clever cheat cannot achieve ā€œNāccantaį¹ nikatippaƱƱo, ultimate happiness by cheating. nikatyā sukhamedhati; The clever cheat succeeds only Ārādheti nikatippaƱƱo, in getting what the crane did from the crab. bako kakkaį¹­akāmivāā€ti.

Bakajātakaį¹ aį¹­į¹­hamaį¹.