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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.

  • JātakaStories of Past Lives 64
  • EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • ItthivaggaWomen

4. DurājānajātakaHard to Understand: a past life story

Mā su nandi icchati maṁ, mā su soci na micchati;
takkajātakaṁ → takakapaṇḍitajātakaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) na micchati → na icchati (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts-vp-pli1) | micchati → icchati (sya-all) | micchati thīnaṁ → icchati thīnam (pts) | icchati → namicchati (bj: machasaṁ) | micchati → na icchati (cck: sī. syā. pī.)
Do not rejoice, “She loves me,” nor lament, “She loves me not.”
Thīnaṁ bhāvo durājāno, macchassevodake gatan”ti.The mood of women is hard to understand, like the track of fish in water.

Durājānajātakaṁ catutthaṁ.
catutthaṁ → (bj)

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