Ja 23 — The Story about the Well-Bred Horse

English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato.

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Stories of Past Lives 23
The Book of the Ones
The Four-horned Antelope
The King’s Thoroughbred: a past life story
Though lying on my side
pierced by many arrows,
the king’s stallion beats a gelding—
harness me now, charioteer.