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Rājakumbha Jātaka (No.345)

v.l. Gajakumba Jātaka.– The Bodhisatta was once a minister of the king of Bārāṇasī. Noticing that the king was slothful, the Bodhisatta took a tortoise as an object lesson, showing him how the indolent came to misery.

The story was related in reference to a monk who was slothful regarding his duties. J.iii.139 f.