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Stories of Past Lives 63 · The Book of the Ones

Hateful ingrates! ^[1]

Slanderous traitors! ^[2]

Live the spiritual life, mendicant,

you will not be bereft of happiness. ^[3]

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[1] These first lines were uttered as an imprecation, which according to the commentary was against women. Note, however, that the grammatical gender is ambiguous except for akataññū, which is masculine plural. Either a non-standard form is used, or the verse was not originally about women.

Takka normally means “logic”, and the alternate meaning “buttermilk”, while possible, is unnecessary. The story says that an ascetic, unable to stop himself from taking sexual advantage of a vulnerable woman in his care, blamed her when he was reduced to employment as adviser to villagers.

[2] Compare AN 5.230:2.3.

[3] The reading of vihāhasi is uncertain. I follow the commentary.