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101. Parosata Jātaka

Ja 101

Clear woodland water flowing around stones and fern fronds.

This edition includes the canonical verses together with the later commentarial stories.

Far better than a hundred fools, though they
Think hard a hundred years unceasingly,
Is one who, hearing, straightway understands.

PTS vp Pali 411 This story is in all respects analogous to the Parosahassa Jātaka (No. 99), with the sole difference that ‘think hard’ is read here.

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Translation by Robert Chalmers · SuttaCentral · Public domain

The source expressly identifies this translation as public domain.

The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births, edited by E.B. Cowell, published by The Cambridge University Press.

  • Vol. 1, translated by Robert Chalmers, 1895.
  • Vol. 2, translated by W.H.D. Rouse, 1895.
  • Vol. 3, translated by H.T. Francis and R.A. Neil, 1897.
  • Vol. 4, translated by W.H.D. Rouse, 1901.
  • Vol. 5, translated by H.T. Francis, 1905.
  • Vol. 6, translated by E.B. Cowell and W.H.D. Rouse, 1907.

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