"The wolf, who takes live creatures for his food,
And makes a meal upon their flesh and blood,
Once undertook a holy vow to pay,--
Made up his mind to keep the Sabbath day.

"When Sakka learnt what he resolved to do,
He made himself a goat to outward view.
Then the blood-bibber leaped to seize his prey,
His vow forgot, his virtue cast away.

[451] "Even so some persons in this world of ours,
That make resolves which are beyond their powers,
Swerve from their purpose, as the wolf did here
As soon as he beheld the goat appear."

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When the Master had ended this discourse, he identified the Birth as follows: "At that time I myself was Sakka."

END OF THE THIRD BOOK.

Footnotes

^306:1 Mahavagga, i. 31. 3 foll. (trans. in S. B. E., i. p. 175); Folk-Lore Journal, 3. 359; Morris, Contemp. Rev. xxix. 739.

INDEX OF NAMES AND PALI WORDS.

*** This Index contains all names of persons and places, real or legendary (except such as in the Stories of the Past are manifestly invented); all names of literary documents quoted in the text; and the parallels or illustrations given in the notes; but it does not include the names of previous translators of any of the stories.

Aciravati, river <page 65>, <page 251>

Aesop referred to <page 76>, <page 285>, <page 299>

Aggalava, shrine of <page 197>

Ajatasattu, a king <page 164>, <page 165>, <page 168>, <page 275>

Alavi, a place <page 197>

Ambala tower <page 170>

Ananda <page 4>, <page 13>, <page 17>, <page 18>, <page 21>, <page 22>, <page 26>, <page 28>, <page 34>, <page 36>, <page 45>, <page 52>, <page 56>, <page 63>, <page 64>, <page 65>, <page 66>, <page 67>, <page 85>, <page 89>, <page 94>, <page 119>, <page 122>, <page 124>, <page 142>, <page 160>, <page 170>, <page 178>, <page 193>, <page 199>, <page 203>, <page 215>, <page 218>, <page 220>, <page 223>, <page 268>, <page 272>, <page 274>, <page 282>, <page 286>, <page 290>, <page 292>, <page 297>

Ananda, a fish <page 242>

Anatha-pindika <page 200>, <page 239>, <page 279>, <page 280>, <page 282>, <page 293>, <page 294>, <page 295>

" the younger <page 200>

Anga, kingdom of <page 148>

Anotatta, lake <page 63>

Anuruddha <page 64>, <page 87>, <page 178>, <page 260>

Araka <page 43>, <page 137>

Assaji, a heretic <page 264>