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JÄtaka Stories of Past Lives 61
EkakanipÄta The Book of the Ones
Itthivagga Women
1. AsÄtamantajÄtaka The Spell of the Unpleasant: a past life story
āAsÄ lokitthiyo nÄma, The women in the world called unclaimedāA young student is told by his mother that his education is incomplete until he learns the mysterious āspell of the unpleasantā. His teacher knows that there is no such spell, but realizes that the mother wants her son to learn of the wickedness of women. | Read asÄ from a + sva, āwithout an ownerā, and hence āunclaimedā or āwithout a husbandā. The commentary explains, rather, as asatiyo (āfalseā) and also asÄta (ādispleasingā). Perhaps the curious āspell of the unpleasantā was retroactively invented to explain this word.
velÄ tÄsaį¹ na vijjati; there is no confining them.
SÄrattÄ ca pagabbhÄ ca, They are rude and full of desires,
sikhÄ« sabbaghaso yathÄ; like an all-consuming flame.
TÄ hitvÄ pabbajissÄmi, Leaving them behind, I shall go forth
vivekamanubrÅ«hayanāti. and foster seclusion.
AsÄtamantajÄtakaį¹ paį¹hamaį¹.