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him supplied with garlands of flowers and food, and having 

 ruled in justice, died, and went to his reward. 



When Budha had declared this, the rich priest entered 

 the first path leading to Nirwana. Budha further said, the 

 demon is now the rich priest : Prince Suria is now Ananda, 

 (Budha's personal attendant and relative) the Prince Chanda 5 

 is now Sariputtoo ( one of his two chief priests) and I Budha, 

 was then the Prince Mahinsasa. 



End of the Dewa-damma Jataka. 



The thirty-eighth, or Baka Jatakan. 



Verse. — Fraudful cunning does not in the end produce 

 permanent advantage. The fraudulent person may be circum- 

 vented, as the crane was by the crab. 



Legend. — When Budha resided at Jetawaney, he spake this 

 Jataka, concerning a priest named Cheewara-waddaki. 



There was a priest who lived in the Dewaram monastery, 

 who was skilful in cutting up cloth and sewing, and was there- 

 fore called Cheewara-waddaki: he procured some pieces of old 

 rotten cloth, and very skilfully made them into a robe, dyed 

 it, and put it by carefully. Another priest, who did not know 

 how to make robes, had received a piece of new cloth, and taking 

 it t% Cheewara-waddaki said, be so obliging as to cut this up 

 for me, and make it into a robe. Upon which he replied, It will 

 take some time to cut this up and sew it ; but I have a robe 

 here which I have just made and kept by me ; and so saying, 

 he took the new cloth, and gave him the robe he had made 

 out of decayed pieces. After the priest had worn the robe a 

 short time, it became dirty, and he put it into hot water to wash 

 it, and then saw that it was decayed in many places : being 

 much displeased and grieved, he made it known to the differ- 

 ent priests who visited the place, and the manner in which he 



