Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 66
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Itthivagga
Women
6. Mudulakkhaṇajātaka
Queen Sweetheart: a past life story
“Ekā icchā pure āsi,
One wish I had in the past,
aladdhā mudulakkhaṇaṁ;
before I won Queen Sweetheart.
Yato laddhā aḷārakkhī,
But when I won the moon-eyed lady,
icchā icchaṁ vijāyathā”ti.
wish upon wish was born.
Mudulakkhaṇajātakaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.