9. Visavantajātaka

Vomited Poison: a past life story

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Jātaka

Stories of Past Lives 69

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Itthivagga

Women

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9. Visavantajātaka

Vomited Poison: a past life story

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“Dhiratthu taṁ visaṁ vantaṁ,

Curse that vomited poison,

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yamahaṁ jīvitakāraṇā;

which I vomited for the sake of life

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Vantaṁ paccāvamissāmi,

and now shall consume again.

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mataṁ me jīvitā varan”ti.

Death is better for me than life!

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Visavantajātakaṁ navamaṁ.