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  • 讲述一头狮子(菩萨)的本生故事:牠曾因克制而放过一头野猪,后被其误会为怯懦而下战书,决斗当日野猪因亲族提醒浑身涂满秽物臭气熏天,狮子只得知难而退,双方未伤而散。

  • A Jātaka about a lion, the Bodhisatta, who agreed to a fight with a boar he had spared out of restraint, only to withdraw from the challenge unharmed after the boar, warned by its kin, smeared itself with foul-smelling filth.

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