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Bharu Jātaka
Jātaka一则本生故事,讲述两批苦行者为争一棵树而请国王 Bharu 裁断,国王受贿改判,触怒诸天而使其整个国家沉入海底,讲述背景是劝阻憍萨罗王波斯匿收受异教徒贿赂、准其在祇陀林附近建立据点。
A birth-story about two groups of ascetics disputing over a tree and appealing to King Bharu, who took a bribe to reverse his fair verdict, causing the gods to submerge his entire kingdom beneath the sea, told to dissuade King Pasenadi from favouring bribing heretics with land near Jetavana.
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