Vessantara-Jataka in Pali and English - MyWebSpace
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Translation 560 <strong>Vessantara</strong>-Jåtaka<br />
[Fausbøll, Jåtaka, vol. VI, p. 560]<br />
My children must be dead! the place so silent has become—<br />
The very ravens do not caw, the very birds are dumb."<br />
Lament<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> this fashion, she came up to the Great Be<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong> set down the basket of<br />
fruit. See<strong>in</strong>g him sitt<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> silence, <strong>and</strong> no children with him, she said:<br />
"Why art thou silent? how that dream comes to my thought aga<strong>in</strong>:<br />
The birds <strong>and</strong> ravens make no sound, my children must be sla<strong>in</strong>!<br />
O sir, have they been carried off by some wild beast of prey?<br />
Or <strong>in</strong> the deep deserted wood have they been led astray?
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