Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 64

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Itthivagga

Women

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4. Durājānajātaka

Hard to Understand: a past life story

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Mā su nandi icchati maṁ,

Do not rejoice, “She loves me,”

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mā su soci na micchati;

nor lament, “She loves me not.”

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Thīnaṁ bhāvo durājāno,

The mood of women is hard to understand,

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macchassevodake gatan”ti.

like the track of fish in water.

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Durājānajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.