| Formerly, in his previous birth, Asamañjasa had been a great mystic yogī, but by bad association he had fallen from his exalted position. Now, in this life, he was born in a royal family and was a jāti-smara; that is, he had the special advantage of being able to remember his past birth. Nonetheless, he wanted to display himself as a miscreant, and therefore he would do things that were abominable in the eyes of the public and unfavorable to his relatives. He would disturb the boys sporting in the river Sarayū by throwing them into the depths of the water. | | | En el pasado, en su vida anterior, Asamañjasa había sido un gran yogī místico, pero la mala compañía le había hecho caer de su excelsa posición. Ahora, en su siguiente vida, había nacido en una familia de la realeza y era jāti-smara, es decir, contaba con el especial privilegio de recordar su vida pasada. Sin embargo, quería hacerse pasar por un malvado, y para ello hacía cosas que la gente consideraba abominables y eran mal vistas por sus familiares. Cuando veía a algún niño jugando en la orilla del río Sarayū, lo arrojaba a la parte profunda del río. | |