[7] The narrator thought that Roḍiyās are Kinnarās. [↑]
[8] That is, she said the word with a mental reservation that he should be unable to act accordingly. [↑]
No. 246
The Way in which the Prince traded
In a certain country the son of a King having thought that he himself earning it he must obtain a living, asked permission for it from his father the King.
Then the King said, “Son, if the goods that there are of mine will do without your earning a living and [thus] obtaining it, you can live happily, enjoying the possession of this wealth which there is,” he said.
But the Prince, being dissatisfied with it, said to his father the King, “In order for me to do trading, having loaded goods in a ship please give me charge of it,” he said.
Because of the strong wish of the Prince in this matter, the King having caused three ships to be constructed, loaded goods in one and gave the Prince charge of it, and sent the other two ships for the purpose of his protection.
After these three ships had sailed a considerable distance, a strong wind struck them; and the two ships which went for his protection having sunk, the ship in which was the Prince drifted to a shore.