Thinking thus he went home, and summoning his wife and children came to the city. After he presented[2] that jewelled ring to the King, the King asked, “Whence [came] this jewelled ring to thee?”
This man said, “This jewelled ring as I was going to the village had fallen on the path. It is that [ring] indeed which I placed [before you] as this present.”
After that the King [said], “A ring of a greater King than I! Because it is so it is bad to destroy this ring. What dost thou say about [thy reward for] it?”
“I say nothing. The thing that is given to me I will take.”
Thereupon the King said, “Are you quite satisfied [for me] to give a district from the kingdom, and goods [amounting] to a tusk elephant’s load?” This man said “Hā.”
After he said it the King gave them. Thereupon this man took charge of the guarding of the elephants.
One day when he was guarding the elephants the Rākshasa came. This man asked, “What came you for?”
The Rākshasa said, “It is to eat thee that I came.”
This man said, “What will you eat me for? Eat our King,” he said.
After that, the Rākshasa having come into the city, when he went near the King the King asked, “What hast thou come for?”