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Venasākha Jātaka
Jātaka本生故事,講波羅奈王梵與不顧其師戒其莫行嚴酷之誡,聽從祭司之言弄瞎一千名被俘君王,自己後來也遭致雙目失明、痛苦而死;此事對應菩提王子弄瞎宮殿建築師之舉。
A birth story of a king of Bārāṇasī who ignored his teacher’s warning against harshness, blinded a thousand captive kings on his chaplain’s advice, and died in agony after being blinded himself, told regarding a prince’s blinding of his palace architect.
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