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  • 菩薩化身為一隻幼鵪鶉,以憶念諸佛威德所作的真實語令逼近的林火自行熄滅,後來佛陀在摩揭陀遊歷時林火同樣止息,便講述了這段往事。

  • The Bodhisatta born as a young quail who halted an approaching forest fire by an Act of Truth invoking the holiness of the Buddhas, a story the Buddha later retold after a similar fire was stopped during his travels in Magadha.

  • 菩薩化身為一隻知足的林中鵪鶉,一隻貪婪的烏鴉以為它體態健碩是因常食美味,鵪鶉卻說明這其實源自內心的知足與無懼。

  • The Bodhisatta born as a contented forest quail whose fine condition a greedy crow assumed was due to rich food, until the quail explained it came instead from a mind free of desire and fear.

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  • 參見條目,指出《Sammodamāna Jātaka》也以此名稱流傳。

  • A cross-reference noting that the Sammodamāna Jātaka is also known by this name.

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