| J.212 |
Ucchi.t.thabhatta Jaataka |
In a village near Kasi, a brahmin’s wicked wife received her lover when her husband
was away. She prepared a meal for her lover and while he ate, she stood at the door
watching for her husband. The brahmin appeared before he was expected, and the lover
was bundled into the storeroom. The woman put some hot rice over the food left unfinished
by her lover and gave the plate to her husband. When asked why the rice was hot on
top and cold at the bottom, she remained silent. The bodhisatva, who had been born
as a poor acrobat, had been at the door of the house waiting for alms and had seen
all that had happened. He informed the brahmin of his wife’s conduct and both the
wife and the lover received a sound beating. The story was told to a monk who hankered
after his wife. The Buddha related the story in order to show him that in a past
birth this same wife had made him eat the left-overs of her paramour. |
57/326 |
Jaataka |
Khuddhaka |
J.ii.167ff. |
unfaithfulness, adultery |