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[M] (main story line continued) IN accordance with this request of 骋耻峁嚹佱笉丑测补 that heavenly tale consisting of seven stories was told by 碍腻峁嘺产丑奴迟颈 in his own language, and 骋耻峁嚹佱笉丑测补 for his part using the same 笔补颈艣腻肠丑补 language threw them into seven hundred thousand couplets in seven years; and that great poet, for fear that the 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 should steal his composition, wrote it with his own blood in the forest, not possessing ink. And so the 痴颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉, Siddhas and other demigods came to hear it, and the heaven above where 碍腻峁嘺产丑奴迟颈 was reciting was, as it were, continually covered with a canopy. And 碍腻峁嘺产丑奴迟颈, when he had seen that great tale composed by 骋耻峁嚹佱笉丑测补, was released from his curse and went to his own place. There were also other 笔颈艣腻肠补蝉 that accompanied him in his wanderings: they too, all of them, attained heaven, having heard that heavenly tale.

Then that great poet 骋耻峁嚹佱笉丑测补 began to reflect:

鈥淚 must make this Great Tale^[1] of mine current on the earth, for that is the condition that the goddess mentioned when she revealed how my course would end. Then how shall I make it current? To whom shall I give it?鈥�

Then his two disciples who had followed him, one of whom was called 骋耻峁嘺诲别惫补, and the other Nandideva, said to him:

鈥淭he glorious 厂腻迟补惫腻丑补苍补 alone is a fit person to give this poem to, for, being a man of taste, he will diffuse the poem far and wide, as the wind diffuses the perfume of the flower.鈥�

鈥淪o be it,鈥� said 骋耻峁嚹佱笉丑测补, and gave the book to those two accomplished disciples and sent them to that king with it; and went himself to that same 笔谤补迟颈峁ａ弓丑腻苍补, but remained outside the city in the garden planted by the goddess, where he arranged that they should meet him. And his disciples went and showed the poem to King 厂腻迟补惫腻丑补苍补, telling him at the same time that it was the work of 骋耻峁嚹佱笉丑测补.

When he heard that 笔补颈艣腻肠丑补 language and saw that they had the appearance of 笔颈艣腻肠补蝉, that king, led astray by pride of learning, said with a sneer:

鈥淭he seven hundred thousand couplets are a weighty authority, but the 笔补颈艣腻肠丑补 language is barbarous, and the letters are written in blood. Away with this 笔补颈艣腻肠丑补 tale.鈥�

Then the two pupils took the book and returned by the way which they had come, and told the whole circumstance to 骋耻峁嚹佱笉丑测补. 骋耻峁嚹佱笉丑测补 for his part, when he heard it, was immediately overcome with sorrow. Who indeed is not inly grieved when scorned by a competent authority? Then he went with his disciples to a craggy hill at no great distance, in an unfrequented but pleasant spot, and first prepared a consecrated fire cavity. Then he took the leaves one by one, and after he had read them aloud to the beasts and birds, he flung them into the fire, while his disciples looked on with tearful eyes. But he reserved one story, consisting of one hundred thousand couplets, containing the history of 狈补谤补惫腻丑补苍补诲补迟迟补, for the sake of his two disciples, as they particularly fancied it. And while he was reading out and burning that heavenly tale, all the deer, boars, buffaloes and other wild animals came there, leaving their pasturage, and formed a circle round him, listening with tears in their eyes, unable to quit the spot.^[2]

In the meanwhile King 厂腻迟补惫腻丑补苍补 fell sick. And the physicians said that his illness was due to eating meat wanting in nutritive qualities. And when the cooks were scolded for it they said:

鈥淭he hunters bring in to us flesh of this kind.鈥�

And when the hunters were taken to task they said:

鈥淥n a hill not very far from here there is a Br膩hman reading, who throws into a fire every leaf as soon as he has read it; so all the animals go there and listen, without ever grazing; they never wander anywhere else; consequently this flesh of theirs is wanting in nutritive properties on account of their going without food.鈥�

When he heard this speech of the hunters he made them show him the way, and out of curiosity went in person to see 骋耻峁嚹佱笉丑测补, and he beheld him, owing to his forest life, overspread with matted locks that looked like the smoke of the fire of his curse, that was almost extinguished.

Then the king recognised him as he stood in the midst of the weeping animals, and after he had respectfully saluted him, he asked him for an explanation of all the circumstances. That wise Br膩hman then related to the king in the language of the demons his own history as 笔耻峁�p补诲补苍迟补, giving an account of the curse and all the circumstances which originated the descent of the tale to earth. Then the king, discovering that he was an incarnation of a 骋补峁嘺, bowed at his feet, and asked him for that celestial tale that had issued from the mouth of 艢颈惫补.

Then 骋耻峁嚹佱笉丑测补 said to that King 厂腻迟补惫腻丑补苍补:

鈥淥 king! I have burnt six tales containing six hundred thousand couplets; but there is one tale consisting of a hundred thousand couplets, take that,^[3] and these two pupils of mine shall explain it to you.鈥�

So spake 骋耻峁嚹佱笉丑测补 and took leave of the king, and then by strength of devotion laid aside his earthly body and, released from the curse, ascended to his own heavenly home. Then the king took that tale which 骋耻峁嚹佱笉丑测补 had given, called B峁沨at Kath膩, containing the adventures of 狈补谤补惫腻丑补苍补诲补迟迟补, and went to his own city. And there he bestowed on 骋耻峁嘺诲别惫补 and Nandideva, the pupils of the poet who composed that tale, lands, gold, garments, beasts of burden, palaces and treasures. And having recovered the sense of that tale with their help, 厂腻迟补惫腻丑补苍补 composed the book named 碍补迟丑腻辫墨峁环补, in order to show how the tale came to be first made known in the 笔补颈艣腻肠丑补 language. Now that tale was so full of various interest that men were so taken with it as to forget the tales of the gods, and after producing that effect in the city it attained uninterrupted renown in the three worlds.

[Additional note: The Pai艣膩ch墨 language]

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

叠峁沨补迟-碍补迟丑腻.

[2]:

Compare the story of Orpheus.

[3]:

It is unnecessary to remind the reader of the story of the Sibyl.