Jātaka
Translators: sujato
Stories of Past Lives 69
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Itthivagga
Women
9. Visavantajātaka
Vomited Poison: a past life story
“Dhiratthu taṁ visaṁ vantaṁ,
Curse that vomited poison,
yamahaṁ jīvitakāraṇā;
which I vomited for the sake of life
Vantaṁ paccāvamissāmi,
and now shall consume again.
mataṁ me jīvitā varan”ti.
Death is better for me than life!
Visavantajātakaṁ navamaṁ.