Agnija

Role: cat · First appears: Chapter XL

Life events

Agnija killed mice in the neighbourhood of his dwelling-place.(Chapter XL)
- “In his youth he had been wont to kill all the mice in the neighbourhood of his dwelling-place.”
Agnija began feigning penance to trick the mice into trusting him.(Chapter XL)
- “At a spot not far distant from the mouse-hole, he took to performing fictitious acts of penance”
Agnija seized and devoured the mouse that returned to the hole last.(Chapter XL)
- “the cat always seized on and devoured the mouse which came last.”
The chieftain discovered Agnija eating the last mouse and exposed his false penance.(Chapter XL)
- With: the chieftain of a company of mice
- “Then from afar off he pronounced this verse— ‘As the uncle’s body waxes bigger, but my troop on the contrary becomes smaller, and as he who eats roots and berries will not become fat and well covered with hair, this is not a genuine penance, but one performed only for the sake of gain. Because the number of the mice diminished have you, O Agnija, thrived.’”

with the five hundred mice (Chapter 040) (The mice develop trust in Agnija.) “The mice fancied that he had given up his sinful life, and there grew up within them confidence nourished by faith.”

Extracted from the original text of Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources. Made with Rho MD.