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Ja 64

Hard to Understand: a past life story

4. Durājānajātaka

Women

Hard to Understand: a past life story

Do not rejoice, “She loves me,”
nor lament, “She loves me not.”
The mood of women is hard to understand,
like the track of fish in water.

Translation: German (Julius Dutoit, 1872–1958), published 1908–1916 · in copyright until the end of 2028, source palikanon.com. Pāli and English (SuttaCentral / Bilara, public domain, CC0). See Sources & Thanks.

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