The handless and footless cripple (Chapter 021)

Role: cripple · First appears: Chapter XXI

Life events

• Viśākha rescued the cripple from the river and carried him ashore.(Chapter XXI · 📍 a river)
  • With: Viśākha (Chapter 021)
  • “As soon as he saw the man being swept away by the waters, he ran swiftly down from the mountain, sprang into the river, seized the man, and conveyed him ashore.”
• Viśākha gave the cripple to his wife’s care, and the cripple recovered.(Chapter XXI)
  • With: Viśākha (Chapter 021) The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021)
  • “Viśākha spoke words of solace to him, satisfied his hunger with roots and berries, and then handed him over to his wife, thanks to whose care he recovered entirely.”
• Viśākha’s wife repeatedly tempted the cripple, and he finally accepted her advances.(Chapter XXI)
  • With: The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021)
  • “But as she repeatedly tempted him, and it was hard for him to master passion, he finally acceded to her request.”
• The wife and cripple plotted precautions against Viśākha discovering their affair.(Chapter XXI)
  • With: The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021)
  • “In accordance with these ideas, he began to take counsel with her, saying, ‘If your husband finds out that we have lived together, he will undoubtedly do you some injury and put me to death.’”
• Viśākha’s wife carried the cripple on her back and begged for alms.(Chapter XXI · 📍 the villages)
  • With: The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021)
  • “Thereupon the woman, fearing to perish in the hour of hunger, having taken the cripple on her back, betook herself to the villages, and asked for alms in the streets, market-places, cross-roads, and by-roads.”
• Viśākha recognized his wife and the cripple, exposed her betrayal, and she stood ashamed.(Chapter XXI · 📍 the capital)
  • With: The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021) Viśākha (Chapter 021)
  • “‘Thou who hast eaten the flesh of my loins, who hast drunk my blood, and hast taken the cripple on thy back, wilt thou not now be blamed by thy husband?’ ‘After having, for the sake of wolf’s-milk, flung me down the precipice, after having taken the cripple on thy back, wilt thou not now be blamed by thy husband?’ She stood still with drooping countenance and heart full of shame.”

Chapter XXI

• with The unnamed wife of Viśākha (Chapter 021) (interaction) “But as she repeatedly tempted him, and it was hard for him to master passion, he finally acceded to her request.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources. Made with Rho MD.