| J.436 |
Samugga Jaataka | Kara.n.daka Jaataka |
The bodhisatva was once an ascetic of great iddhi-power. Near his hut lived an asura
who from time to time listened to his preaching. One day the asura saw a beautiful
woman of Kasi going with an escort to visit her parents. The asura swooped down on
the party and, as soon as the men had fled, took the woman and made her his wife.
For her safe protection, he put her in a box which he then swallowed. Some time later
the asura went to bathe and having taken out the box and let the woman bathe, he
allowed her to remain free until he himself had bathed. A son of Vayu, a magician,
was travelling through the air, and the woman, seeing him, invited him to her box
and there covered him up. The asura, unsuspecting, closed the box and swallowed it.
He then visited the bodhisatva who greeted him with the words ëwelcome to all three
of youí. The asura expressed his surprise and the bodhisatva explained the matter
to him. The box was produced and the truth of his story proved. The magician went
his way and the woman was allowed to go hers. The story was related to a monk who
was hankering after a woman. |
59/718 |
Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.iii.527ff. |
possessiveness, women, desire |