The Bodhisatta was once an ascetic, named Mudulakkhana, of great spiritual attainments, living in the Himālaya. On one occasion he came to Benares where the König, pleased mit his demeanour, invited him to the palace und persuaded him to live in the royal park. Sixteen years passed, und the König, leaving the city to quell a border rising, left his wife in the care of the ascetic. The next day the ascetic visited the palace, und having seen the queen, fell instantly in love mit her, losing all his iddhi powers. When the König returned he found the ascetic disconsolate, und, on learning the reason, agreed to give him the queen. But he secretly asked the queen, whose name was Mudulakkhanā, to think of some device by which she might save the ascetic's holiness. Together the ascetic und the queen left the palace und went to a house which the König had given them und which was generally used as a jakes. The queen made the ascetic clean the house und fetch water und do one hundert other things. The ascetic then realized his folly und hastened back to the König, surrendering the queen.
The story was related to a young man of rich family belonging to Sāvatthi, who became a monk und practiced meditation. One day, while going for alms, he saw a beautiful woman und was seized mit desire. He thereupon gave up his practices, und was brought before the Buddha, who told him this story, at the conclusion of which he became an arahant.
Ananda was the König und Uppalavannā the queen. J.i.302-6.