Vessantara-Jataka in Pali and English - MyWebSpace
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Translation 544 <strong>Vessantara</strong>-Jåtaka<br />
[Fausbøll, Jåtaka, vol. VI, p. 544]<br />
"No, mighty monarch, I would go; I do not wish to stay:<br />
I'll go, lest some impediment should thwart me <strong>in</strong> the way.<br />
Women no generous givers are, to thwart they always try,<br />
They know all sorts of cunn<strong>in</strong>g spells, <strong>and</strong> always go awry.<br />
Let him who gives a gift <strong>in</strong> faith not see his mother's face,<br />
Or she will f<strong>in</strong>d impediments: O k<strong>in</strong>g, I'd go apace.<br />
Give me your children; let them not behold their mother's face:<br />
For he that gives a gift <strong>in</strong> faith, his merit grows apace.<br />
Give me your children; let them not behold their mother's face:<br />
He who gives wealth to such as I, to heaven he goes apace."<br />
<strong>Vessantara</strong> said:<br />
"If you wish not to see my wife,—a faithful wife is she!<br />
Let Jāli <strong>and</strong> Kaṇhāj<strong>in</strong>ā their gr<strong>and</strong>sire go <strong>and</strong> see.<br />
When these fair children, sweet of speech, shall come with<strong>in</strong> his sight,<br />
He'll give you wealth <strong>in</strong> plenty, full of joy <strong>and</strong> high delight."<br />
Jūjaka said:<br />
"I fear the spoil<strong>in</strong>g of my goods: O pr<strong>in</strong>ce, I prithee hear!<br />
The k<strong>in</strong>g may deal me punishment, may slay, or sell, I fear;<br />
Sans wealth <strong>and</strong> servants, how my wife would mock at me, <strong>and</strong> jeer!"