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The Tham Vessantara-jAtaka - Khamkoo

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the hill and forest grass, through clumps of bulrush reed with my own breast and go in<br />

front of King <strong>Vessantara</strong> who is going to be an ascetic.<br />

BahUhi vata cariyAhi : She attracts a husband by many sorts of behaviour; by<br />

holding in her figure with corsets and stay of cow-bone. She carefully must tend to the<br />

fire, sweep out with water but in this world a life of a widow is terrible. I will go, great<br />

monarch. AppissA hoti appatto : A man can take her by the hand and take her around<br />

against her will, although he may not eat her leavings. But in this world a life of a<br />

widow is terrible. I will go, great monarch. KesA gahaBa mukkhepA : He can pull her<br />

by the hair or drag her on the ground. He may do much harm to her without lamenting.<br />

But in this world a life of a widow is so terrible. I will go, great monarch. SukkacchavI<br />

vedhaverA : A man pulls about the widow’s sons cruelly with blows and foul language<br />

though they are fair and proud of winning charm, as crows would peck an owl. For in<br />

this world a life of a widow is so terrible. I will go, great monarch.” Api GAtikule phite :<br />

“If she lives with wealthy relations, rich in bronze, she is free of abusing from her<br />

brothers and from the other women of her family. For in this world a life of a widow is<br />

so terrible. I will go, great monarch. NaggA nadI anUdakA : A waterless river is bare; a<br />

kingdom without a king is not safe; Even if a widow has ten brothers, life is useless<br />

without a husband. For in this world a life of a widow is so terrible. I will go, great<br />

monarch. Dhajo rathassa paGGABaM : A banner is the mark of chariot; smoke is a mark<br />

of fire; a king is for the kingdom; a husband is meant for his wife. For in this world a<br />

life of a widow is so terrible. I will go, great monarch. YA daliddI daliddassa : A<br />

woman who shares her husband’s lot, in case of neither rich nor poor, is honored. <strong>The</strong><br />

gods admire her because it is hard to do. SA mikam anubandhissaM : I am always<br />

following my husband to put on the yellow robes. Without <strong>Vessantara</strong>, my husband, I<br />

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