At that city there is a very large rock house (cave). Having gone near the rock house, he told him to dig in the bottom of the house, and look. The King caused them to dig, and having dug, a jewelled ring came to light.
King Gaja-Bāhu, taking the jewelled ring and the Crow, came back to his city. Having come there he put the jewelled ring on his head, and it fell down his body to the ground. Well then, the King on account of the strange event let the Crow go, and gave employment to the widow woman.
Tom-tom Beater. North-western Province.
[1] Probably Gaja-Bāhu I, A.D. 113–135. [↑]
[2] The Hitōpadēśa relates this of a traveller near Ujjain. [↑]
No. 222
The Assistance which the Snake gave
In a certain country the King’s elephant every day having descended into a pool, bathes. In the water a Water Snake (Diya nayā) stayed.