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The Tiger Jātaka (3-3-2) 64. By association with which friend, security is lost; One should avoid him beforehand, like a wise man avoids a flawed tree. 65. By association with which friend, security increases; One should make oneself... uneven conduct, wise in all deeds. 66. Come, tigers, turn back! Go back to the great forest! Do not cut down the forest, tigerless! Let the tigers not be without a forest! The Tiger Birth Story, second. 273. The Tortoise Birth Story (3-3-3) 67. Who is this, like one with food served, or a brahmin with a full hand? Where did he go for alms? To whom did he approach with faith? 68. I am a foolish monkey, I touched what should not be touched. You, good sir, release me, released, I would go to the mountain. 69. Tortoises are Kassapas, monkeys are Koṇḍaññas. Release, Kassapa, the Koṇḍañña, the mating act has been done by you. The Tortoise Birth Story, third. 274. The Greedy One's Birth Story (3-3-4) 70. Who is this crane, crested, a thief, a jumper over grandfathers? Come down, crane, my friend the fierce crow. 71. I am not a crested crane, I am a greedy crow. Not doing your word, see, I have come, plucked. 72. You will fall again, friend, for such is your nature. Indeed, human enjoyments are not well-enjoyed by birds. The Greedy One's Birth Story, fourth. 275. The Beautiful One's Birth Story (3-3-5) 73. Who is this beautiful crane, who lives in a crow's nest? The fierce crow is my friend, and this is his nest. 74. Do you not know me, friend, O bird, eater of millet? Not doing your word, see, I have come, plucked. 75. You will fall again, friend, for such is your nature. Indeed, human enjoyments are not well-enjoyed by birds. The Beautiful One's Birth Story, fifth. 276. The Kuru-Dharma Birth Story (3-3-6) 76. Your faith and virtue, having known, O lord of men, a color like collyrium, you are compared in Kalinga. 77. Both those fed and those not fed, who go forth with a purpose here, all of them are not to be refused; this is the word of former teachers. 78. I give to you, brahmins, the elephants. That one, worthy of a king, fit for a king, glorious; Adorned, covered with golden nets, with a charioteer, go wherever you wish. The Kurudhamma Jātaka, the sixth. 79. For more than fifty years, we lived in the cave of the rock, O Romaka; Without fear, with minds utterly calmed, my birds used to come into my hand. 80. Now, O Vakkaṅga, why are these birds so eager, seeking another mountain cave? Surely they do not think of me as before, or perhaps these are not the ones who lived here long ago. 81. We know you, we are not deluded, you are that very one, and we are not others; But your mind is corrupted towards these people, O livelihood-seeker, that is why we are afraid of you. The Romaka Jātaka, the seventh. 82. With what intention, for a fickle-minded, treacherous one; As if giving all desires, do you endure this suffering? 83. Strike him down with your horn, and trample him with your foot; Fools would become more enraged, if there were no one to restrain them. 84. Thinking this one is me, he will do the same to others; They will kill him there, that will be my release. The Mahiṃsarāja Jātaka, the eighth. 85. Just as a young man on the path, a jackal roaming the forest; Announcing what is beneficial, he thinks it is not beneficial; And the Satapatta, who desires harm, he thinks desires benefit. 86. Even so, some person here is like that; Spoken to with beneficial words, he receives them wrongly. 87. And those who praise him, or exalt him out of fear... Indeed, he considers him a friend, like a hundred-leafed lotus, young man. The Ninth, the Satapatta Jātaka. 280. The Puṭadūsaka Jātaka (3-3-10) 88. Surely indeed, the king of beasts, is skilled in pouch-making; For thus he spoils the pouch, he will surely make another. 89. Neither my mother nor my father is skilled in pouch-making; We spoil whatever is made, such is the custom of this family. 90. For whom such is the custom, what then is the non-custom? May we never see your custom or non-custom. The Tenth, the Puṭadūsaka Jātaka. The Third Chapter, the Udapāna Chapter. Its summary – Udapāna, Vara, Vanabyaggha, Kapi, Sikhinī, and Balāka, Ruciravara; Sujana, Adhipa, Romaka, Dūsa again, Satapatta, Vara, Puṭakamma, ten. 4. The Abbhantara Chapter 281. The Abbhantara Jātaka (3-4-1) 91. There is a tree called Abbhantara, whose fruit is divine; A pregnant woman, having eaten it, gives birth to a universal monarch. 92. You too, good lady, are the chief queen, and you are dear to your husband; The king will bring you this Abbhantara fruit. 93. Having striven in the husband's kingdom, whatever position one attains; A hero, self-sacrificing, will be successful. The First, the Abbhantara Jātaka. 282. The Seyya Jātaka (3-4-2) 94. One who is superior becomes more superior, by associating with the superior; Having made a pact with one, I freed a hundred condemned ones. 95. Therefore, with all the world, having made a pact as one; One should go to heaven after death, hear this, people of Kasi. 96. Having said this, the great king, Kaṃsa, ruler of Bārāṇasī; Laying aside his bow and arrow, entered into self-restraint. The Second, the Seyya Jātaka. 283. Again and again you went about killing, having overcome the boars in this region; Now you, alone, having gone away, meditate; is your strength, O tiger, not found today? These indeed used to go in every direction before, afflicted by fear, seeking caves, scattered; Now they have gathered and dwell together, where they stand, difficult to overcome by me today. Homage to the assembled groups, having seen it myself, friend, I speak of a wonder; Where the tusked deer defeated the tiger, through unity they are freed from the power of tusks. What the diligent gather, the unlucky, much wealth; The skilled and the unskilled, the fortunate one enjoys it. For one who has done merit everywhere, surpassing other beings; Many enjoyments arise, even in places of scarcity. A rooster, jewels, a staff, and women with auspicious marks; Arise for the blameless, for the being who has done merit. In the cave for seven years, thirty of us dwell; Let us rub the luster of the gem, this was our counsel. As much as we rub the gem, the more the gem shines; And now we ask this, what do you think should be done here? This gem is a beryl, flawless, pure, beautiful; Its splendor cannot be destroyed, go away, O boars! Do not envy the Sālūka, he eats sick food; Eat grass without worry, this is a sign of long life. Now he, having come here, a guest, a proper attendant; Then you will see the Sālūka, lying down, like a pestle. north. 108. Seeing a wild boar, lying with a pestle on top; The old oxen thought, "Our fodder is better!" The Sālūka Jātaka, sixth. 287. The Lābhagaraha Jātaka (3-4-7) 109. Not mad, nor slanderous, not a rogue, nor curious; Among the foolish, one obtains gain, this is my instruction to you. 110. Fie on that fame and gain, and gain of wealth, brahmin; Which is a livelihood by ruin, or by unrighteous conduct. 111. Even if one takes a bowl, and wanders homeless; That livelihood is better, than a seeking by unrighteousness. The Lābhagaraha Jātaka, seventh. 288. The Macchuddāna Jātaka (3-4-8) 112. The fish are worth more than a thousand, there is no one who would believe this; If I had been here for seven months, I too would have bought that fish-offering. 113. Having given food to the fish, you indicated my offering; Remembering that offering, reverence has been shown by you. 114. For one with a corrupted mind, there is no prosperity, nor do the deities honor him; Who defrauds a brother of his paternal inheritance, he is a doer of evil deeds. The Macchuddāna Jātaka, eighth. 289. The Nānāchanda Jātaka (3-4-9) 115. Of various desires, great king, we live in one house; I wish for a chief village, and the brahmin woman for a hundred cows. 116. The son for a noble chariot, the daughter for jeweled earrings; And this Punṇikā, the wretched one, desires a mortar. 117. To the brahmin, a chief village, to the brahmin woman, a hundred cows; To the son, a noble chariot, to the daughter, jeweled earrings; And to this Punṇikā, the wretched one, provide a mortar. The Nānāchanda Jātaka, ninth. 290. The Sīlavīmaṃsaka Jātaka (3-4-10) 118. Indeed, virtue is beautiful, virtue is unsurpassed in the world; See, the snake with dreadful venom, being virtuous, is not harmed. 119. Therefore, I will undertake virtue in the world, approved, auspicious; One whose conduct is noble, by which he is called virtuous. 120. He is dear to relatives, and shines among friends; At the body's breaking up, he is reborn in a good destination, being virtuous. The Sīlavīmaṃsaka Jātaka, the tenth. The Abbhantara Chapter, the fourth. Its summary – Tree, Kamsa, excellent, deer, jewels, gem, water-lily, calling; And also the instruction, excellent fish, with the jeweled earring, parrot, ten. 5. The Kumbha Chapter 291. The Surāghaṭa Jātaka (2-5-1) 121. Having obtained the pot that grants all desires, the rogue; As long as he guards it, so long does he prosper happily. 122. When, drunk and arrogant, through heedlessness he broke the pot; Then naked and stripped, afterwards the fool suffered. 123. Just so, whoever, having obtained wealth, heedlessly consumes it; Afterwards the dull-witted one repents, like the rogue who broke the pot. The Surāghaṭa Jātaka, the first. 292. The Supatta Jātaka (3-5-2) 124. In Bārāṇas, O great king, a crow-king resided; Supatta, surrounded by eighty thousand (crows). 125. His pregnant wife, Suphassā, desired to eat; Food cooked in the king's great kitchen, fresh and royal fare. 126. Sent as a messenger for them, I came here to the king; I did my master's reverence, and made a wound on my nose. The Supatta Jātaka, the second. 293. The Kāyanibbinda Jātaka (3-5-3) 127. Struck by some disease,