Jatakamala

Introductory S1.' Grand and glorious, praised and charming, comprising excellent virtues and thereby auspicious are the wonderful exploits which the Muni performed in previous births.Them I will devoutly worship with the haudful of flowers of my poem. 2-3.*By those praiseworthy deeds the way is taught that is leading to Buddhahood ; they are the landmarks of that way.Further even the hard-hearted may be softened by them.The holy stories may also obtain a greater attractiveness.//So I considered and for the benefit of meu, by treating of the extraordinary facts of the Highest One in the world in a manner which is in accordance with the course of facts as recorded by Scripture and Tradition, I will attempt to find a favourable audience for my own genius.4. Him, whose beautiful exercise of virtues, while acting for the sake of others, no one could imitate, though bent on self-interest; Him, the blaze of whose glory is characterized by the well-deserved name of the All-Knowing; Him the Incomparable together with the Law and the Congregation I venerate with bowed head.* The cipher on the led denotes the number of the stanza

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