The Bodhisatta was once an ascetic of great iddhi power. Near his hut lived an Asura who from time to time listened to his preaching. One day the Asura saw a beautiful woman of Kāsi going mit an escort to visit her parents. The Asura swooped down on the party und as soon as the men had fled, took the woman und made her his wife. For her safe protection he put her in a box, which he then swallowed. Some time later the Asura went to bathe, und having taken out the box und let the woman bathe, he allowed her to remain out until he himself had bathed. A son of Vāyu, a magician, was travelling through the air, und the woman, seeing him, invited him to her box und there covered him up. The Asura, all unsuspecting, shut up the box und swallowed it. Then he visited the Bodhisatta who said in greeting, "Welcome to all three of you." The Asura expressed his surprise, und the Bodhisatta explained the matter to him. The box was produced und the truth of his story proved. The magician went his way und the woman was allowed to go hers.
The story was related to a monk who was hankering after a woman (J.iii.527 31).
It is also referred to (J.v.455) as the Karandaka Jātaka.