Vessantara-Jataka in Pali and English - MyWebSpace
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Translation 540 <strong>Vessantara</strong>-Jåtaka<br />
[Fausbøll, Jåtaka, vol. VI, p. 540]<br />
When this he heard, the brahm<strong>in</strong> walked around him towards the right,<br />
And went to seek <strong>Vessantara</strong>, his heart <strong>in</strong> high delight.<br />
Jūjaka went on by the road po<strong>in</strong>ted out to him by Accata the Hermit, <strong>and</strong> arrived at the<br />
foursquare lake. "It is now late even<strong>in</strong>g," he thought: "Maddī will by now be returned<br />
from the forest, <strong>and</strong> women are always <strong>in</strong> the way. To-morrow, when she has gone <strong>in</strong>to<br />
the forest, I will go to <strong>Vessantara</strong>, <strong>and</strong> ask him for the children, <strong>and</strong> before she comes<br />
back I will be away." So he climbed a flat-topt hill not far off, <strong>and</strong> lay down <strong>in</strong> a pleasant<br />
spot. Now at dawn of the next morn<strong>in</strong>g, Maddī had a dream, <strong>and</strong> her dream was after this<br />
fashion: A black man clothed <strong>in</strong> two yellow robes, with red flowers <strong>in</strong> his two ears, came<br />
<strong>and</strong> entered the hut of leaves, clutched Maddī by the hair of her head <strong>and</strong> dragged her out,<br />
threw her down on the ground backwards, <strong>and</strong> amidst her shrieks tore out her two eyes,<br />
cut off two arms, cut open her breast, <strong>and</strong> tear<strong>in</strong>g out the heart dripp<strong>in</strong>g with blood<br />
carried it away. She awoke <strong>in</strong> affright, th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g—"An evil dream have I seen; I have no<br />
one here but <strong>Vessantara</strong> to <strong>in</strong>terpret my dream, so I will ask him about it."