In the Kathā Sarit Sāgara (Tawney), vol. i, p. 4, it is stated that when the God Śiva was relating a story to his wife Pārvatī, one of his dependants, a Gaṇa named Pushpadanta, entered unseen by his magic power, and listened to it. Afterwards he related it to his wife Jayā, who recited it in the presence of Pārvatī, whereupon the Goddess lost her temper, reproached Śiva for telling her an old story known by others, and when she heard from him the true explanation, cursed Pushpadanta and turned him into a mortal.
[1] Apparently, he thought she would be reborn on the earth again, with her former appearance. [↑]
No. 192
The Jackal and the Gamarāla
In a certain country, while a Gamarāla, being without cattle to plough, was going for the purpose of asking for a yoke of cattle after making a lump of milk-rice, he met two Jackals.
Thereupon the Jackals ask, “Where, Gamarāla, are you going?”
“I am going to borrow (lit., ask for) a yoke of cattle to plough.”