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Bharu Jātaka
Jātaka一則本生故事,講述兩批苦行者為爭一棵樹而請國王 Bharu 裁斷,國王受賄改判,觸怒諸天而使其整個國家沉入海底,講述背景是勸阻憍薩羅王波斯匿收受異教徒賄賂、準其在祇陀林附近建立據點。
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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