At that time the Dēvatā-daughter said, “They will be outside,” and threw down in the open space in front of the palace a gobbet[6] of saliva. When the King looked it was as though a rain of gems had rained.
After that, the King, picking up the gems, went to the palace, and remained lying down without eating and drinking. The Minister having come, asked, “O Lord, what is the matter?”
Then the King said, “The Prince who gave the gem has brought the Gem Princess. If I haven’t the Princess what are these Gods for? What is this sovereignty for?”
The Minister said, “Don’t you, Sir, be troubled about it; I will tell you a stratagem for it.”
The King asked, “What is the stratagem?”
The Minister said, “The stratagem indeed is in this manner:—You, Sir, be good enough to say to the Prince, ‘Dear Prince, our mother and father died. Those persons are staying in the God-world. Canst thou [go there and after] looking [at their condition] come back?’ Then the Prince through not understanding will say, ‘I can.’ Then, having summoned all them of the city and having cut an underground tunnel about a mile (haetaekma) deep (that is, in length), when you have told him to go by that way to the God-world, he will go. Then having put a stone on [the entrance to] it, and brought tusk elephants, and made them trample on it, you can take the Gem Princess.”
The King having become pleased at the word, caused the Prince to be brought, and asked, “Dear Prince, canst thou go to the God-world in three weeks’ [time, to inquire after our father and mother], and come back?” The Prince said, “I can.”
Then the King having collected together the men of the city, and said falsely that he is cutting a path to go to the God-world, began to cause a tunnel to be cut, in order to kill the Prince.
Thereupon the Prince said to the Gem Princess, “In this manner the King asked me: ‘Can you go to the God-world and come back?’ I said, ‘I can.’ ”
Then, owing to the wisdom of the Gem Princess she perceived that he is making the plan (sūttarē) to kill this Prince, and said, “Why, through foolishness did you, Sir, say you can? Since you said you can, [you must do as follows]:—Under the gem river an elder sister of ours is rearing rats. Having gone, and given her this ring of mine, be good enough to say, ‘In such and such a city your younger sister is living. She said [you are] to send there two or three thousand rats.’ Then she will send the rats. You [then] be good enough to come back, Sir.”