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The Crane: a past life story

Khuddaka Nikāya
4. Kulāvakavagga
Bakajātaka
Minor Collection
4. The Nestling Birds
The Crane: a past life story
Khuddaka Nikāya
4. Kulāvakavagga
Bakajātaka
The Crane: a past life story

“Guile profits not.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about a tailoring Brother.

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The Crane: a past life story
8. Bakajātaka
The Crane: a past life story
8. Bakajātaka
The Crane: a past life story8. Bakajātaka

The clever cheat cannot achieve*The crane, appearing to contemplate deeply as it waits beside the pond, catches the fish by means of fraud, but is outplayed by the canny crab.ultimate happiness by cheating.The clever cheat succeeds onlyin getting what the crane did from the crab.

“Nāccantaṁ nikatippañño, nikatyā sukhamedhati; Ārādheti nikatippañño, *Ārādheti nikatippañño → ārādhe nikatippañño (pts-vp-pli1)bako kakkaṭakāmivā”ti.

The clever cheat cannot achieve*The crane, appearing to contemplate deeply as it waits beside the pond, catches the fish by means of fraud, but is outplayed by the canny crab.
“Nāccantaṁ nikatippañño,
ultimate happiness by cheating.
nikatyā sukhamedhati;
The clever cheat succeeds only
Ārādheti nikatippañño, *Ārādheti nikatippañño → ārādhe nikatippañño (pts-vp-pli1)
in getting what the crane did from the crab.
bako kakkaṭakāmivā”ti.

The clever cheat cannot achieve*The crane, appearing to contemplate deeply as it waits beside the pond, catches the fish by means of fraud, but is outplayed by the canny crab.“Nāccantaṁ nikatippañño, ultimate happiness by cheating.nikatyā sukhamedhati; The clever cheat succeeds onlyĀrādheti nikatippañño, *Ārādheti nikatippañño → ārādhe nikatippañño (pts-vp-pli1)in getting what the crane did from the crab.bako kakkaṭakāmivā”ti.

Bakajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.

Bakajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.

Bakajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.