But as they were each calling on the other to lift away, the hunter himself lifted up the net, bundled them all in in a heap together, crammed them into his basket, and went home, and made his wife to smile.
When the Master had finished this lesson in virtue, in illustration of what he had said (“Thus, O king, there ought to be no such thing as quarrelling among relatives; for quarrels are the root of misfortune”), he made the connexion, and summed up the Jātaka, “He who at that time was the foolish quail was Devadatta, but the wise quail was I myself.”
END OF THE STORY OF THE SAD QUARREL OF THE QUAILS.[327]
No. 34.
MACCHA JĀTAKA.
The Fish and his Wife.
“’Tis not the heat, ‘tis not the cold.”—This the Master told when at Jetavana, about being tempted back by one’s former wife.
For on that occasion the Master asked the monk, “Is it true, then, that you are love-sick?”
“It is true, Lord!” was the reply.
“What has made you sad?”