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Queen Sweetheart: a past life story

Khuddaka Nikāya
7. Itthivagga
Mudulakkhaṇajātaka
Minor Collection
7. Women
Queen Sweetheart: a past life story
Khuddaka Nikāya
7. Itthivagga
Mudulakkhaṇajātaka
Queen Sweetheart: a past life story

“Till Gentle-heart was mine.”—This story was told by the Master while at Jetavana, about concupiscence. Tradition says that a young gentleman of Savatthi, [30;3] on hearing the Truth preached by the Master, gave his heart to the Doctrine of the Three Gems. Renouncing the world for the Brother’s life, he rose to walk in the Paths, to practise meditation, and never to slacken in his pondering over the theme he had chosen for thought. One day, whilst he was on his round for alms through Savatthi, he espied a woman in brave attire, and, for pleasure’s sake, broke through the higher morality and gazed upon her! Passion was stirred within him, he became even as a fig-tree felled by the axe. From that day forth, under the sway of passion, the palate of his mind, as of his body, lost all its gust; like a brute beast, he took no joy in the Doctrine, and suffered his nails and hair to grow long and his robes to grow foul.

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Queen Sweetheart: a past life story
6. Mudulakkhaṇajātaka
Queen Sweetheart: a past life story
6. Mudulakkhaṇajātaka
Queen Sweetheart: a past life story6. Mudulakkhaṇajātaka

One wish I had in the past,*An ascetic desires the queen, but when he gains her he finds that his list of desires does not shrink but grows.before I won Queen Sweetheart.But when I won the moon-eyed lady,*Aḷārakkhī is unique. More commonly we find aḷārapamha, where, as here aḷāra is glossed as visāla, “wide”. Compare Sanskrit arāḍa, glossed with ucchritaśṛṅga, “high-horned”. I think it describes wide-open, expressive eyes (akkhī) with eyebrows (pamha) that are high and curved like horns.wish upon wish was born.*Vijāyatha is reflexive third singular aorist, glossed with janesi.

“Ekā icchā pure āsi, aladdhā mudulakkhaṇaṁ; Yato laddhā aḷārakkhī, icchā icchaṁ vijāyathā”ti.

One wish I had in the past,*An ascetic desires the queen, but when he gains her he finds that his list of desires does not shrink but grows.
“Ekā icchā pure āsi,
before I won Queen Sweetheart.
aladdhā mudulakkhaṇaṁ;
But when I won the moon-eyed lady,*Aḷārakkhī is unique. More commonly we find aḷārapamha, where, as here aḷāra is glossed as visāla, “wide”. Compare Sanskrit arāḍa, glossed with ucchritaśṛṅga, “high-horned”. I think it describes wide-open, expressive eyes (akkhī) with eyebrows (pamha) that are high and curved like horns.
Yato laddhā aḷārakkhī,
wish upon wish was born.*Vijāyatha is reflexive third singular aorist, glossed with janesi.
icchā icchaṁ vijāyathā”ti.

One wish I had in the past,*An ascetic desires the queen, but when he gains her he finds that his list of desires does not shrink but grows.“Ekā icchā pure āsi, before I won Queen Sweetheart.aladdhā mudulakkhaṇaṁ; But when I won the moon-eyed lady,*Aḷārakkhī is unique. More commonly we find aḷārapamha, where, as here aḷāra is glossed as visāla, “wide”. Compare Sanskrit arāḍa, glossed with ucchritaśṛṅga, “high-horned”. I think it describes wide-open, expressive eyes (akkhī) with eyebrows (pamha) that are high and curved like horns.Yato laddhā aḷārakkhī, wish upon wish was born.*Vijāyatha is reflexive third singular aorist, glossed with janesi.icchā icchaṁ vijāyathā”ti.

Mudulakkhaṇajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.

Mudulakkhaṇajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.

Mudulakkhaṇajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.