Well then, at the time when this Prince is living thus, the King said at the hand of the Queen, “Should this Prince remain there is no advantage to us; I must behead him.”
The Queen said, “There is no need to behead him. Drive away the Prince whom we do not want to a quarter he likes.” The King said, “It is good.”
The Queen having come near the Prince, said, “Son, he must behead you, says the King. Because of it go to a place you like, to seek a livelihood.”
Then the Prince said, “For me to go for trading give me (dilan) a thousand masuran, and a packet of cooked rice.” After that, the Queen gave him a packet of cooked rice and a thousand masuran.
The Prince having taken the packet of cooked rice and the thousand masuran, arrived (eli-baessā) at a travellers’ shed. At the time when he is sitting in the travellers’ shed a man came, bringing a Cobra.
Then the Prince asked, “For how much will you sell the Cobra?”
The man said, “It is a thousand masuran.”
Afterwards the Prince said, “There are a thousand masuran of mine. Here (in̆dā), take them.” Having given the thousand masuran he got the Cobra.
Taking it, and having unfastened the packet of cooked rice, the Cobra and the Prince ate, and the Prince, taking the Cobra, came back to the Prince’s city.
Then the Queen asked, “Son, what is the merchandise you have brought?”