• Stories of Past Lives 61 Jātaka
  • The Book of the Ones Ekakanipāta
  • Women Itthivagga

The Spell of the Unpleasant: a past life story 1. Asātamantajātaka

The women in the world called unclaimed—“Asā lokitthiyo nāma, there is no confining them. velā tāsaṁ na vijjati; They are rude and full of desires, Sārattā ca pagabbhā ca, like an all-consuming flame. sikhī sabbaghaso yathā; Leaving them behind, I shall go forth Tā hitvā pabbajissāmi, and foster seclusion. vivekamanubrūhayan”ti.

Asātamantajātakaṁ paṭhamaṁ.