6 Bakajātakaṃ

bhaddako vatāyaṃ pakkhīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ kuhakaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Taṃ hi satthā ānetvā dassitaṃ disvā na bhikkhave idāneva kuhako, pubbepesa kuhako yevāti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.

Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto himavantappadese ekasmiṃ sare maccho hutvā mahāparivāro vasi. Atheko bako macche khādissāmīti sarassa āsannaṭṭhāne sīsaṃ pātetvā pakkhe pasāretvā mandamando macche olokento Aṭṭhāsi tesaṃ pamādaṃ āgamayamāno. Tasmiṃ khaṇe bodhisatto macchagaṇaparivuto gocaraṃ gaṇhanto taṃ ṭhānaṃ pāpuṇi. Macchagaṇo taṃ bakaṃ passitvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha