Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 62
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Itthivagga
Women
2. Aṇḍabhūtajātaka
Since Infancy: a past life story
“Yaṁ brāhmaṇo avādesi,
The brahmin who played
vīṇaṁ samukhaveṭhito;
the harp while blindfolded
Aṇḍabhūtā bhatā bhariyā,
had raised his wife since infancy—
tāsu ko jātu vissase”ti.
who would ever trust such women?
Aṇḍabhūtajātakaṁ dutiyaṁ.