Vātaggasindhavajātaka untranslated

Vātaggasindhavajātaka (Ja 266). The Bodhisatta was once born as the state horse of the king of Benares, his name being Vātaggasindhava. A she-ass, Kuṇḍalī, fell in love with him and refused to eat. Her son discovered this, and made the horse agree to come and see her after his bath. But when the horse came, Kuṇḍalī, not wishing to make herself cheap, kicked him on the jaw and nearly killed him. The horse was ashamed and did not repeat his visit, and Kuṇḍalī died of unrequited love.

The story was told to a landowner of Sāvatthī, with whom a beautiful woman fell desperately in love. Her friends, with great difficulty, persuaded him to visit her one night, but she was capricious and rejected his advances. He went away never to return, and she died of unrequited love. When he heard of her death, he sought the Buddha, who told him the story. The she-ass is identified with the woman. Ja.ii.337ff.