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31. Kulawak Jatakan. 



Matili ! * certainly the young suparnnas are cast out of 

 their nests by the chariot rushing through the forest. Eather let 

 us yield our lives to the Asurs than injure these nestlings. 



32. .Natcha Jatakan. 



Pleasant is thy voice, splendid is thy plumage, thy neck 

 is as the refulgent diamond, thy tail with its circlets is a fathom 

 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-kindled 

 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 charioteer of Indra. 



