| J.384 |
Dhammaddhaja Jaataka |
The bodhisatva was once born as the leader of a flock of birds on an island. Certain
merchants of Benares started on a voyage taking with them a much-travelled crow.
The ship was wrecked and the crow flew to the island. There he pretended to the other
birds to be holy, practising austerities and nourishing himself on air alone. The
birds, being deceived, left him in charge of their eggs and young, which he proceeded
to eat each day. One day the Bodhisatva kept watch and thus discovered his villainy.
The birds collected round the crow and pecked him to death. The story was related
in reference to a deceitful monk who is identified with the crow. |
59/097 |
Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.iii.267ff. |
cheat, deceit |