After that, the servants said at the hand of the Princess, “He does not eat.” Then the Princess told them to put it on a plate and give it. The servants having put it on a plate gave it.
The servants said at the hand of the Princess, “He did not eat.” Afterwards the Princess said, “If so, put the plate upon the betel tray and give it.” The servants having put the plate upon the betel tray, gave it.
The Prince did not eat.
Again the servants said at the hand of the Princess, “Then, also, he did not eat.” Afterwards the Princess said, “Put it on my golden dish and give it.” The servants, having put it on the Princess’s golden dish, gave it.
The Prince ate.
After that, the Princess having come near the Prince, asked, “What is He?[2] A Yakā, or a Deity?”
Then the Prince said, “I am neither a Yakā nor a Deity; a man.”
Then the Princess asked, “For what matter has He Himself come here?”
The Prince said, “To marry the Princess; I for no other business whatever have come.”