“They shall also be free from fear.”
“Great King, even though the quadrupeds are in safety, what shall the flock of birds do?”
“Well, I grant the same boon to them.”
“Great King! the birds then will obtain peace; but what of the fish who dwell in the water?”
“They shall have peace as well.”
Then the Great Being having interceded with the King for all creatures, said:
“Walk in righteousness, O great King! Doing justice to fathers and mothers, to townsmen and landsmen, you shall enter, when your body is dissolved, the happy world of Heaven.”
The roe gave birth to a son as beautiful as buds of flowers; and he went to playing about with the Monkey Deer’s herd. But when its mother saw that, she said, “My son, henceforth go not in his company. You may keep to the Banyan Deer’s herd.”
Now after that, the deer, secure of their lives, began to eat men’s crops. And the men dared not strike them or drive them away, recollecting how it had been granted to them that they should dwell secure. So they met together in front of the King’s palace, and told the matter to the King.