| J.339 |
Baaveru Jaataka | Baaverura.t.tha Jaataka |
Once some merchants sailed from Benares to Baveru with a crow on board to help them
in finding land. There were no birds in Baveru, and the people, marvelling at the
sight, bought the bird, after much bargaining, for one-hundred pieces and paid it
great honour. On another voyage, the same merchants brought a peacock (the bodhisatva)
with them, and the bird, with much reluctance on the part of the merchants, was sold
for 1,000 pieces. With the arrival of the peacock, the crow was forgotten and flew
away to a refuse heap. The story was told in reference to the fact that from the
time the Buddha appeared in the world, the heretics lost all their glory. |
58/641 |
Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.iii.126ff., Ud.vi.10 |
jealousy |