The King [asked], “What does he require[12] for it?”
Afterwards she said, “You must build a house.”
Then the King having built a house in the flower garden, having taken Koṭā the woman placed him in the house. In the evening having placed [him there], and lit the lamp, and placed the book, she came to her house.
Well then, when Koṭā is saying Bana, five Nāga Maidens[13] having come to pluck the flowers hear the Bana. Until the very time when light falls they heard the Bana. When the light was falling the five Nāga Maidens said, “We [are] to go; we must give him powers (waram).”
That Koṭā said, “Who said she will give power to me?”
Then out of the five persons one said, “I will give powers for one hand to be created”; well then, for one hand to be created the Nāga Maiden gave powers. [For] the other hand to be created another Nāga Maiden gave powers. Also [for] the two feet to be created other two gave powers. The other Nāga Maiden’s robes (salu) Koṭā hid himself. Those four persons were conducted away[14]; one person stayed in that house (that is, the one whose clothes he had concealed).
After that, the King came to look at the flower garden. Having come, when he looked[15] the flowers [were] not plucked. Having become pleased at that he gave Koṭā charge of the garden, to look after it, and he gave a thousand masuran, also goods [amounting] to a tusk elephant’s load, a district from the kingdom.
That Koṭā handed over the district to the widow woman; those goods[16] [amounting] to a tusk elephant’s load he gave to the woman. Having split his thigh he put those masuran inside it.
Tom-tom Beater, North-western Province.