• Stories of Past Lives 7 Jātaka
  • The Book of the Ones Ekakanipāta
  • Nests Kulāvakavagga

Dancing: a past life story 2. Naccajātaka

Your cry is sweet, your back brilliant, “Rudaṁ manuññaṁ rucirā ca piṭṭhi, your neck the color of sapphire, Veḷuriyavaṇṇūpanibhā ca gīvā; and your feathers a full fathom long; Byāmamattāni ca pekhuṇāni, still, because of your dancing, I will not give you my daughter. Naccena te dhītaraṁ no dadāmī”ti.

Naccajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.