Ja 79 — The Story about the Beating Drum

English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato.

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Stories of Past Lives 79
The Book of the Ones
The Warding Tree
The Harsh Sound: a past life story
When cows were plundered and killed,
houses burned down, and people abducted,
then came the son of she whose son is dead,
sounding the harsh drum of war.