• Stories of Past Lives 22 Jātaka
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Hounds: a past life story 2. Kukkurajātaka

The hounds raised in the royal family, ā€œYe kukkurā rājakulamhi vaddhā, pedigreed, handsome and strong, Koleyyakā vaṇṇabalÅ«papannā; are not slaughtered, we are slaughtered—Teme na vajjhā mayamasma vajjhā, this is not the dogs deserving death, <j>this is the killing of the weak. Nāyaṁ saghaccā dubbalaghātikāyanā€ti.

Kukkurajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.