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JÄtaka Stories of Past Lives 67
EkakanipÄta The Book of the Ones
Itthivagga Women
7. Ucchaį¹
gajÄtaka In My Lap: a past life story
āUcchaį¹
ge deva me putto, A son in my lap, Your Majesty, A womanās son, husband, and brother are held by the king, who forces her to choose just one. She chooses her brother, as the others may be readily replaced. The king, impressed with her reasoning, releases all three. | Ucchaį¹
ge (ālapā) here is a sexual innuendo; the commentary likens it to a ābagā in which vegetables are kept.
Pathe dhÄvantiyÄ pati; or a husband while walking the streetāShe can pick up a husband on the street as easily as she can conceive a son in her ālapā.
TaƱca desaį¹ na passÄmi, but I donāt see the place
Yato sodariyamÄnayeti. from where I can fetch a brother.
Ucchaį¹
gajÄtakaį¹ sattamaį¹.