Passage 16

In English

Just before they started eating their food, told “We are two , the second Brahmin is my friend. My friend has a son and we were going round with a view to settle the marriage of this son. On our way we saw a tiger which swallowed my friend’s son, but strangely, half the body of my friend’s son is in the tiger while the other half is outside. We wanted to release the boy from the tiger but the tiger did not yield. After some time the tiger uttered a sacred cry and said that it was willing to release the body if we were able to feed it with half the body of a person who strictly adheres to . then said that he had enquired from the tiger who was such a righteous person, and the tiger had immediately replied that King was the best person to satisfy her requirements. then said that they would be willing to eat food and accept the King’s hospitality only if King agreed to give up half of his body to feed the tiger. King readily agreed to this as he did not want to displease the guests who were about to eat their food in his house. But did not believe these promises and thought that this promise was made only to make them eat the food. It is understandable that expressed such a doubt because no one will ordinarily believe such an impossible promise. was assuring that was not an ordinary person and that he would certainly stick to his promise.