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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.