PRINCESS YASODHARA

When the Buddha had taken his meal all who knew him as Prince Siddhartha except Yasodhara, came to talk and respect him. All of them were still suprised but were very happy to see their beloved prince now in an orange coloured robc, respected by everybody, loved and worshipped by everybody. But Yasodhara was in her room thinking,"Prince Siddhartha in now an Enlightenet One - a Buddha. He now belongs to the line of Buddhas. Is it right for me, to go to him? He does not, and cannot need me. Is it right for me to go to him? I think it is better to wait and see. If he comes here, After a while the Buddha asked, "Where is Yasodhara?" "She is in her room," said his father
"Come, Let us go there," said the Buddha and giving his bowl to the king went to her room. As he entered the room the Buddha said, "Let her pay me respect as she likes. Say nothing." When yasodhara knew that the Buddha was coming to her room, she ordered her servant girls to wear yellow robes and to welcome him. And as the Buddha entered her room and before he took his seat came quickly to him and holding his ankles, placed her head on his feet and cried and cried until his feet were wet with her tears. The Buddha kept quiet and nobody stopped her until she was very tired of crying. Then she cleaned the Buddha's feet and sat down respectfully.
When she had sat down, her father-in-law, king Suddhodana said: "Lord, when my daughter-in-law heard that you were wearing yellow robes, she also robed herself in yellow; when she heard that you were taking one meal a day, she also did the same; when she heard that you had given up lofty couches, she lay on a low couch; when she heard that you had given up garlands and scents, she also gave them up; when her relatives sent messages to say that they would maintain her, she would not even look at anyone. So virtuous was my daughter-in-law."
"Not only in this last birth O king, but in a previous birth, too, she protected me and was devoted and faithful to me," said the Buddha and told him the story of the Candakinnara Jataka - one of the previous Birth stories.