Kakkarajātaka untranslated

Kakkarajātaka (Ja 209) v.l. Kukkurajātaka. The story of a wise bird who, seeing a farmer trying to catch him, avoided him till the farmer was quite exasperated. In the end the farmer camouflaged himself like a tree, but the bird laughed in his face.

The story was related in reference to a monk, a fellow-celibate of Sāriputta. This monk was very careful about his body, and earned the reputation of a dandy. The bird is identified with the monk (Ja.ii.161f). This story bears some resemblance to the second Śakuntaka Jātaka in the Mahā Vastu, particularly to the latter part of it (Mvu.ii.250).