Buddha from his own knowledge told
This long drawn tale of times of old,
In all its sad variety,
Though free from pain and grief was he.

That elephant of long ago
Was I, the king of all the band,
And, Brothers, I would have you so
This Birth aright to understand.

These stanzas were recorded by elders as they chanted the Law and sang the praises of the Lord of all Power.

[57] And on hearing this discourse a multitude entered the First Path, but the Sister afterwards by spiritual insight attained to Sainthood.

Footnotes

^20:1 In the Journal Asiatique for 1895, tom. v., N. S., will be found a careful study by M. L. Feer of the Chaddanta-Jataka, based on a comparison of five different versions--two Pali, one Sanskrit, two Chinese.

^23:1 The Scholiast explains chabbisana (Sanskrit shadvishana) six-tusked as chabbanna six-coloured, perhaps more completely to identify the hero of the story with the Buddha.