TRANSLATION OF TWO JATAKAS. 



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enquired, "Why is this ?" (The people) replied, " Because she 

 is unable to pay her dues." 



He enquired whai; her name was, and being told her name 

 was DhanapdU (wealth-preserver), he further enquired, " Do 

 persons who bear such names as DhanapdUyo ever become 

 so poor as to be unable to pay their dues ?" The people 

 remarked that " Dhanapaliyo (wealth-preservers) and A-dhana- 

 paliyo (who do not preserve wealth) become poor, and that a 

 name was nothing but an arbitrary (meaningless) designation." 



He then became still more indifferent to a name, and 

 departing from the city entered the road, and, meeting a man 

 who had lost his way, enquired of him, why he was running 

 about ? He replied he had lost his way. The youth again 

 enquiring what his name was, he said it was Panthako (traveller). 

 " Do Panthaka lose their way ?" asked he. " The Panthaka 

 lose their way as well as the ^.-panthaka (those who do not 

 travel.) A name is nothing but an arbitrary designation. 

 Thou seemest to be a fool" was the reply. 



The youth, then, becoming quite indifferent to a name, 

 went back to the Bodhisatto. On his enquiring, " Son ! Have 

 you returned having pleased yourself with a name?" the pupil 

 replied: "Master, the Jivaka (the living ones) die, and so do 

 the Ajwakd (lit., those who do not live) ; Dhanapaliyo become 

 poor, and so do the Adhanapaliyo ; the Panthaka lose their way, 

 as well as the Apanthaka. A name is nothing but an arbitrary 

 designation. There is no virtue (or efficacy) in a name (Namena- 

 siddhi n'atthi). There is virtue (or efficacy) in Kamma only ! " 



The Bodhisatto, combining what was seen and done by the 

 youth, spoke the following verse : — [This verse is identical with 

 that spoken by Buddha at the beginning of this Jataka.] 



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