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thorn long: but, on account of thy dancing, I will not give 

 thee my daughter. 



33. Sammodamana Jatakan. 



The birds now, being on good terms with each other, lift 

 up the net and escape : but whenever dissensions arise among 

 them they will be in my power, 



34. Matcha Jatakan. 



I sorrow not for the cold, nor for the heat, nor for being 

 caught in the net, but because my female (fish) will think, He 

 is gone to gratify his desires with another. 



35. Wattaka Jatakan. 



I have wings unfledged, feet which cannot carry me away, 

 my parents have forsaken me. Pass from me, O self kind- 

 led fire. 



36. Sakuna Jatakan. 



The tree which the birds inhabit emits fire. Flee on all sides 

 ye winged ones for refuge from the danger. 



37. Tittara Jatakan. 



Those who reverence the wise and aged obtain praise in this 

 World, and happiness in the world to come. 



38. Baka Jatakan. 



Fraudful cunning does not in the end produce permanent 

 advantage : the fraudulent person may be circumvented, as the 

 crane was by the crab. 



39. Nanda Jatakan. 



I think there must be a collection of gold and jewels where 

 the house born slave Nandaka stands, seeing he speaks so 

 proudly. 



40. Khadirangara Jatakan. 



Though I should fall into hell with my head downward 

 and my feet upward. I will not act unworthily. Receive, 

 therefore, this food. 



End of the section called Kulawaka. 



The above suffice to shew the nature of the sacred text, 



