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•it and taken it away. When he heard this, perceiving that he 

 iiad lost the dish of solid "gold, he thought, Truly my loss is 

 great! and being unable to bear up under his violent grief he 

 lost all self-command, scattered his goods and money about, 

 threw off his apparel, and seizing his yoke as a cudgel he fol^> 

 lowed after Bodisat. Coming to the bank of the river and see- 

 ing Bodisat passing over, he called out, Good boatman, bring back 

 the boat ! But Bodisat would not allow this to be done, Gazing 

 after Bodisat and overwhelmed with grief, his heart became 

 lieated, and the blood flowed from his mouth, as water from a 

 broken dram : and desirous of destroying Bodisat he himself 

 died on the spot. This was the first time that Dewadatta de- 

 sired the death of Bodisat. Upon the conclusion of this dis- 

 course the priest, for whose benefit it was spoken, became 

 & Rahat. 



End of Seriwanija Jataka. 



2 he fourth, or Chulla-setti Jattakan, 



Verse, — The wise and observing man will even by small mean s 

 raise himself to affluence, even as a large fire is kindled 

 by few materials. 



Legend.— This discourse was delivered when Budha lived at 

 Jiwakambawaney near Rajagaha, on account of the priest Chulla 

 Pantika, the circumstances connected with whose birth were as 

 follow. The daughter of a nobleman of the Dananja family 

 contracted an intimacy with a male slave, and fearing that her 

 improper conduct would be discovered, she said to him, We can- 

 not remain here, for should our misconduct be known my pa- 

 rents will tear us to pieces : let us take some property with 

 ws, retire privately, and live in some other country where we 

 shall be unknown. They did so and lived together. When she 

 was far advanced in pregnancy she said to him, It will be a 

 sad thing for both of us it I give birth to a child in $ place 



