| J.331 |
Kokaalika Jaataka |
King Brahmadatta was very talkative, and his minister, the Bodhisatva, sought an
opportunity of admonishing him. The opportunity occurred when they were watching
a crowís nest in which a cuckoo had laid an egg. The crow watched over it and fed
the young cuckoo after it had hatched. One day the cuckoo cried before it was grown
up and the crow killed it and disposed of the body. The king inquired of the Bodhisatva
the reason for this -- and he explained that the garrulous talk of those who talk
out of turn will lead them to a similar fate -- The king was thus cured of his bad
habit. The Jataka was told in reference to Kokalika who is identified with the young
cuckoo. |
58/588 |
Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.iii.102ff. |
talking at an inappropriate time |