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9.

The Chapter on Sandals

231.

The Birth Story of Upāhana (2-9-1)

161.

Just as sandals bought by a man, for the sake of happiness, would bring suffering;

Scorched by heat and pressed by the ground, they gnaw at the very feet of that man.

162.

Just so whoever is of low birth, ignoble, having taken true knowledge and learning from a teacher;

He eats himself there with that learning, the ignoble one is called like a bad sandal.

The Birth Story of Upāhana is the first.

232.

The Birth Story of Vīṇāguṇa (2-9-2)

163.

This purpose thought out alone, the fool is no guide;

Indeed, dear lady, you should not go together with this hunchbacked dwarf.

164.

Thinking him a bull among men, I desired the hunchback;

He now lies curled up, like a lute with broken strings.

The Birth Story of Vīṇāguṇa is the second.

233.

The Birth Story of Vikaṇṇa (2-9-3)

165.

Surely go wherever you wish, you have been pierced in a vital spot by the barbed arrow;

You are destroyed by the well-played food, greedy while pursuing the fish.

166.

Thus too, falling upon worldly gains, one who follows the control of the mind is vexed;

He is destroyed in the midst of relatives and friends, like a crocodile following fish.

The Birth Story of Vikaṇṇa is the third.

234.

The Birth Story of Asitābhū (2-9-4)

167.

You yourself have now done this, that sensual pleasure has departed from you;

That is now incapable of reunion, like ivory cut by a saw.

168.

Through excessive greed and through the intoxication of excessive greed;

Thus one diminishes from welfare, just as I from Asitābhuyā.

The Birth Story of Asitābhū is the fourth.

235.

The Birth Story of Vacchanakha (2-9-5)

169.

"Pleasant are houses, Vacchanakha, with gold and with food;

Where having eaten and drunk, you would sleep without worry."

170.

There is no house for one not striving, no house for one not speaking falsely;

There is no house for one not taking up the rod, not harming others;

Thus full of faults and difficult to endure, who would proceed to household life?

The Vacchanakha Jātaka is the fifth.

236.

The Birth Story of Baka (2-9-6)

171.

"Good indeed is this bird, a twice-born one resembling a white water lily;

With calmed wings, he meditates slowly, little by little."

172.

You do not cognise his morality, you praise without knowing;

The bird does not protect us, therefore the winged one does not stir.

The Birth Story of Baka is the sixth.

237.

The Birth Story of Sāketa (2-9-7)

173.

What indeed, Blessed One, is the cause, regarding certain persons here;

The heart is exceedingly extinguished, and the mind also becomes clear.

174.

By former living together, or by present welfare;

Thus that love arises, like a waterlily in water.

The Birth Story of Sāketa is the seventh.

238.

The Birth Story of Ekapada (2-9-8)

175.

Come now, dear son, tell one term that is connected to many meanings;

Tell something comprehensive, by which we may accomplish our purpose.

176.

"You should see one term, dear son, connected to many meanings;

And that is joined with morality, produced through patience;

It is able to make friends happy, and for the suffering of enemies."

The Birth Story of Ekapada is the eighth.

239.

The Birth Story of Haritamaṇḍūka (2-9-9)

177.

Even me, a venomous snake, having entered the mouth of a fish-trap;

It pleases the green frog mother, that the fish eat me.

178.

A man plunders indeed, as long as it is suitable for him;

When others plunder, the plundered one is plundered."

The Birth Story of Haritamaṇḍūka is the ninth.

240.

The Birth Story of Mahāpiṅgala (2-9-10)

179.

All people were harassed by Piṅgala, when he died they feel joy for that reason;

Was the tawny-eyed one dear to you, why then do you cry, gatekeeper?

180.

The tawny-eyed one was not dear to me, I fear his return;

Gone from here he might harm the king of death, and harmed, he might bring him back here again.

181.

Burnt with a thousand cartloads, sprinkled with a hundred pots was he;

And that ground was prepared, do not fear, he will not come.

The Birth Story of Mahāpiṅgala is the tenth.

The Upāhana Chapter is the ninth.

Its summary:

Excellent Sandal, Hunchback, Vikaṇṇaka, Sickle-Eater, fifth Calf-Claw;

Twice-born, Love, Excellent, Best, One Stanza, Fish-trap Face, with Piṅgalaka - ten.

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