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A Lament of Love

Kāmavilāpajātaka

“O bird, that fliest”—This story the Master told at Jetavana, about a man who pined for his former wife. The circumstances which called it forth are explained in the Puppharatta Birth-tale, and the tale of the past in the Indriya Birth-tale.

Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.1Jātaka
0.2Tikanipāta
0.3Kumbhavagga

0.47. Kāmavilāpajātaka

1.1PTS 2.443“Ucce sakuṇa ḍemāna,1.2pattayāna vihaṅgama;1.3Vajjāsi kho tvaṁ vāmūruṁ,1.4ciraṁ kho sā karissati.
2.1Idaṁ kho sā na jānāti,2.2asiṁ sattiñca oḍḍitaṁ;2.3Sā caṇḍī kāhati kodhaṁ,2.4taṁ me tapati no idaṁ.
3.1Esa uppalasannāho,3.2nikkhañcussīsakohitaṁ;3.3Kāsikañca muduṁ vatthaṁ,3.4tappetu dhanikā piyā”ti.

4.1Kāmavilāpajātakaṁ sattamaṁ.