The eastern warder’s son (Chapter 010)

Family: Vaiśālī · Role: son and husband of Utpalavarṇā · First appears: Chapter X

At Vaiśālī, Utpalavarṇā’s infant son was exposed at the east gate and taken in by the eastern warder and his wife. Afterwards, the warder’s son made Utpalavarṇā his concubine; with the Liććhavis’ permission, he then made her his wife. About that time, the western warder gave his daughter to him as a wife.

Āyushmant Maudgalyāyana revealed that Utpalavarṇā was the western warder’s daughter’s mother and that the two women’s husband was her brother. After Utpalavarṇā bore a son by her husband, her maid disclosed that the husband was the son exposed at the east gate, and that his fellow-wife was the daughter exposed at the west gate.

Relationship record

Life events

• Utpalavarṇā’s son is exposed at the east gate and taken in by the eastern warder and his wife.(Chapter X · 📍 Vaiśālī)
  • With: Utpalavarṇā The eastern warder of Vaiśālī (Chapter 010) The eastern warder’s wife (Chapter 010)
  • “Seeing the child, he took it up in his arms, and carried it to his wife, saying, ‘Good wife, there is a son for you.’”
• The eastern warder’s son makes Utpalavarṇā his concubine, and the Liććhavis agree to the match.(Chapter X · 📍 Vaiśālī)
  • With: Utpalavarṇā The Liććhavis
  • “As the eastern warder had for a long time been of service to them, they consented to give the courtesan to his son, in case he loved her.”
• The eastern warder’s son makes Utpalavarṇā his wife.(Chapter X · 📍 Vaiśālī)
  • With: Utpalavarṇā
  • “Thereupon the eastern warder’s son, their permission being assured to him, was no longer alarmed, and made Utpalavarṇā his wife.”
• The western warder gives his daughter to the eastern warder’s son as his wife.(Chapter X · 📍 Vaiśālī)
  • With: The western warder’s daughter (Chapter 010)
  • “So the western warder, in accordance with the agreement, gave his daughter to the eastern warder’s son as his wife.”
• Āyushmant Maudgalyāyana reveals that Utpalavarṇā is the western warder’s daughter’s mother and the husband is her brother.(Chapter X · 📍 Vaiśālī)
  • With: Utpalavarṇā The western warder’s daughter (Chapter 010)
  • “And when he saw the warder’s daughter-in-law, he cried, ‘O daughter, your fellow-wife is your mother. Your husband is your brother.’”
• Utpalavarṇā bears a son, and her maid reveals that her husband is her exposed son and her fellow-wife her exposed daughter.(Chapter X · 📍 Vaiśālī)
  • With: Utpalavarṇā The western warder’s daughter (Chapter 010) Utpalavarṇā’s son by the eastern warder’s son (Chapter 010)
  • “‘Your son,’ replied the maid, ‘whom I exposed at the east gate is now your husband. Your daughter, whom I exposed at the west gate, is now your fellow-wife.’”

Chapter X

• parent: The eastern warder of Vaiśālī (Chapter 010) “Seeing the child, he took it up in his arms, and carried it to his wife, saying, ‘Good wife, there is a son for you.’”
• guardian: The eastern warder of Vaiśālī (Chapter 010) “Seeing the child, he took it up in his arms, and carried it to his wife, saying, ‘Good wife, there is a son for you.’”
• guardian: The eastern warder’s wife (Chapter 010) “Seeing the child, he took it up in his arms, and carried it to his wife, saying, ‘Good wife, there is a son for you.’”
• parent: Utpalavarṇā “When at the end of nine months Utpalavarṇā had given birth to a son,”
• siblings with The western warder’s daughter (Chapter 010) “Some time after the birth of her son, Utpalavarṇā again became in the family way, and at the end of nine months bore a daughter,”
• married with Utpalavarṇā “Thereupon the eastern warder’s son, their permission being assured to him, was no longer alarmed, and made Utpalavarṇā his wife.”
• married with The western warder’s daughter (Chapter 010) “So the western warder, in accordance with the agreement, gave his daughter to the eastern warder’s son as his wife.”
• child: Utpalavarṇā’s son by the eastern warder’s son (Chapter 010) “When Utpalavarṇā had lived some time with her husband, there was born unto her a son.”

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