• Stories of Past Lives 78 Jātaka
  • The Book of the Ones Ekakanipāta
  • The Warding Tree Varuṇavagga

Herring, the Miser: a past life story 8. Illisajātaka

Both are lame, both crippled, “Ubho khañjā ubho kuṇī, both cross-eyed, ubho visamacakkhukā; and both covered in warts: Ubhinnaṁ piḷakā jātā, I see not which is Herring. nāhaṁ passāmi illisan”ti.

Illisajātakaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.