| J.389 |
Suva.n.nakakka.taka Jaataka |
The bodhisatva was a brahmin farmer of Saalindiya. On the way to his fields he passed
a pond and grew friendly with a golden crab which lived there. A she-crow longed
to eat the farmerís eyes and persuaded her husband to induce a snake to bite the
farmer. This he did, and overcome by the poison, the farmer fell near the pond. Attracted
by the noise, the crab emerged, and seeing the crow about to peck out the farmerís
eyes, caught the crow with one pincer. When the snake came to the crowís rescue the
crab caught it too. The crab made the snake suck the poison from the farmerís body
and when he could stand up, the crab broke the necks of both snake and crow. The
Jataka was told in reference to Anandaís attempt to save the Buddha from the elephant
Dhanapaala sent by Devadatta to kill him. Maara was the serpent, Devadatta the crow
and Ananda the crab. Ci~ncaamaa.navikaa was the female crow. |
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