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  • 讲述一位海神(菩萨)的本生故事:牠见一只贪婪的水鸦警告鱼群飞禽莫饮太多海水以免海洋枯竭,便化作可怖之相将其吓走;此故事关联到释迦族比丘优波难陀的贪婪,其即那只水鸦。

  • A Jātaka about a sea-spirit, the Bodhisatta, who assumes a terrifying shape to frighten off a greedy water-crow warning fish and birds not to drink too much lest they empty the sea — told with reference to the great greed of Upananda the Sakyan, identified with the crow.

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