The Bhikṣuṇī Maṇimēkhalai

183 - Interview with a Goddess
‘Oh, Lakṣmī, you were one day with your husband in a garden having
fallen out with him in a love quarrel. He fell at your feet to remove
your displeasure. While in that position there appeared a Buddhist
Cārana 87 by name Sādhu Sakkaran. He had gone to Ratnadīpa to set
the “Wheel of Law” going, and was returning across the air. Being
mid-day, he came down to the earth as it was the hour for taking food.
Seeing him, you were greatly frightened, and, feeling ashamed of
yourself in the condition in which you happened to be, you offered
your obeisance to him.
Seeing your discomfort, Rāhuḷa demanded who he was in a tone of
anger. Trembling with fear, you shut his mouth and told him that it
was an act of great error on his part not to have done due worship at
the feet of the great one who had just descended from the air and
remained without addressing him in prayer. Taking him with you,
you again made profound obeisance and offered to bring him food
and drink though both of you, the husband and the wife, were not of
his way of persuasion and requested him to accept your food. The
Sādhu 88 consented and promised to take it. The merit that you have
thus acquired by feeding him will never abandon you and will
ultimately get rid of your rebirth.
That Rāhuḷa, your husband, is the Prince Udayakumāra who came
after you to the garden at the city. It is this that explains why he had
exhibited that strong affection for you and, what is more, your mind
also feels attracted [136] to him. To change that feeling of attachment
and set you on the good path, I brought you over to this island and
showed you this seat.
There is more that I can tell you. In your former birth, when you were
the daughter of Ravivarma and his wife Amudapatī, king and queen
87 (One that moves through air).