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Now indeed I am happy, free from illness, a pigeon without thorns, without falling; Now I will satisfy my heart, with this meat and vegetables, it strengthens me. 136. What kind of heron, crested one, a thief, a jumping ancestor? Come down, O heron, my friend the crow is fierce. 137. Enough of your laughter, seeing me in such a state; Plucked by the cook's son, smeared with rice gruel. 138. You are well-bathed, well-anointed, satisfied with food and drink; And a beryl around your neck, did you go to Kajaṅgala? 139. May your friend or foe not, go to Kajaṅgala; For there, having plucked feathers, they tie a string around the neck. 140. You will fall again, friend, for such is your nature; For human enjoyments, are not well-enjoyed by birds. The Fifth, the Kapota Jātaka. The Third Half-Chapter. Its Summary – Then Vaṇṇa, Sasīla, Hiri, Labhate, Sumukhā, Visa, Sāḷiya, Mittavara; Then Cakka, Palāsa, Sarāja, Sato, Yava, Bāla, Kapotaka – fifteen. Now the Chapter Summary – Jīna and Vaṇṇa, Asama, above the chapter, well-taught Jātakas, there are twenty. Jātaka twenty-five (?) The Great Seer Spoke the verses About the supreme holy life Meaningful, well-expressed. The Book of Fives is finished.