After that, the Yakā asked, “What do you eat?”
The Prince said, “We eat wheat flour, ghī, sugar, and camels’ flesh.[3] These indeed we eat.”
All these requisites having been brought by the Yakā, after he had given them to the Prince, the Prince made the food, and gave to the Yakā also.
The Yakā having eaten the food, sprang up into the air, and said to the Prince, “I never ate a meal like this. I will do anything you tell me.”
Then the Prince said to the Yakā, “Where is the path to go to the Kulē-bakā garden?”
The Yakā sprang up into the air, and fell on the ground, and beating his head, said, “If you had said so before this, by this time I should have eaten you. What can I do now that I have promised to help you?” Having said, “Go away from here,” he told him about the path.
Then the Prince went along it. There, also, a Yaksanī[4] (female Yakā) was guarding it, and the Prince came to her. The Yaksanī asked the Prince, “Where are you going?”
The Prince said, “Having delayed in the midst of a forest, as I was returning I was unable to find the country with my village. Now I have met with you here.”
As he appeared good to the Yaksanī she caused him to stay there, and married her daughter to him. The name of the girl to whom the Prince was married was Maha-Mudā.[5]
During the time while he was there the Prince remained angry.