Note 4 — The Cat who guarded the Precepts

Then he said, “Tokkā the Devil-dancer, thou having dropped dung in the pansala art defiling it.” When he said, “I must kill thee,” the Hare said, “Yes, killing me is virtuous and proper. I must first perform a great gallop4 and a little gallop, two gallops.5 After that there will be no fault if you kill me,” he said.