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4. The Nestling Birds

Bird: a past life story

Khuddaka Nikāya
4. Kulāvakavagga
Sakuṇajātaka
Minor Collection
4. The Nestling Birds
Bird: a past life story
Khuddaka Nikāya
4. Kulāvakavagga
Sakuṇajātaka
Bird: a past life story

“Ye denizens of air.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about a Brother whose cell was burnt down.

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6. Sakuṇajātaka
Bird: a past life story
6. Sakuṇajātaka
Bird: a past life story6. Sakuṇajātaka

You sky-flyers staying near the great evergreen,*Noticing a fire starting in the tree under which they shelter, the Bodhisatta tries to warn the flock, but the foolish birds dismissed him, “for he is always seeing crocodiles in a drop of water”. | “Evergreen” (jagatirūha, literally “planet-growth”) is a poetic term for a tree.this fire is emerging!Geese! Flee to the quarters!*Vakkaṅga, in Sanskrit variously spelled vakrāṅga or cakrāṅga is the cakravāka or Brahminy goose. It is named for its curved neck.The threat is born from the refuge!

“Yaṁ nissitā jagatiruhaṁ vihaṅgamā, Svāyaṁ aggiṁ pamuñcati; Disā bhajatha vakkaṅgā, *vakkaṅgā → vaṅkaṅgā (sya1ed, sya2ed)Jātaṁ saraṇato bhayan”ti.

You sky-flyers staying near the great evergreen,*Noticing a fire starting in the tree under which they shelter, the Bodhisatta tries to warn the flock, but the foolish birds dismissed him, “for he is always seeing crocodiles in a drop of water”. | “Evergreen” (jagatirūha, literally “planet-growth”) is a poetic term for a tree.
“Yaṁ nissitā jagatiruhaṁ vihaṅgamā,
this fire is emerging!
Svāyaṁ aggiṁ pamuñcati;
Geese! Flee to the quarters!*Vakkaṅga, in Sanskrit variously spelled vakrāṅga or cakrāṅga is the cakravāka or Brahminy goose. It is named for its curved neck.
Disā bhajatha vakkaṅgā, *vakkaṅgā → vaṅkaṅgā (sya1ed, sya2ed)
The threat is born from the refuge!
Jātaṁ saraṇato bhayan”ti.

You sky-flyers staying near the great evergreen,*Noticing a fire starting in the tree under which they shelter, the Bodhisatta tries to warn the flock, but the foolish birds dismissed him, “for he is always seeing crocodiles in a drop of water”. | “Evergreen” (jagatirūha, literally “planet-growth”) is a poetic term for a tree.“Yaṁ nissitā jagatiruhaṁ vihaṅgamā, this fire is emerging!Svāyaṁ aggiṁ pamuñcati; Geese! Flee to the quarters!*Vakkaṅga, in Sanskrit variously spelled vakrāṅga or cakrāṅga is the cakravāka or Brahminy goose. It is named for its curved neck.Disā bhajatha vakkaṅgā, *vakkaṅgā → vaṅkaṅgā (sya1ed, sya2ed)The threat is born from the refuge!Jātaṁ saraṇato bhayan”ti.

Sakuṇajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.

Sakuṇajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.

Sakuṇajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.