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JÄtaka Stories of Past Lives 7
EkakanipÄta The Book of the Ones
Apaį¹į¹akavagga Sure Bet
7. Kaį¹į¹hahÄrijÄtaka The Wood Gatherer: a past life story
āPutto tyÄhaį¹ mahÄrÄja, I am your son, Great King! The story tells of a king who visited a park. Spying a simple country girl gathering wood, he became enamoured and they had sex. Knowing that she had conceived, she told the king, who gave her a signet ring. Later, she presented herself with the child at court, but the king denied them, even when the ring was shown. Not until the child was thrown in the air did the king relent.
tvaį¹ maį¹ posa janÄdhipa; Provide for me, ruler of the people.
AƱƱepi devo poseti, The king provides for others,
kiƱca devo sakaį¹ pajanāti. what then of his own offspring?
Kaį¹į¹hahÄrijÄtakaį¹ sattamaį¹.