Note 14 — Chapter LXII
C. H. (Charles Henry) Tawney translation
“So the quarrel between those two, Chirajívin and the king of the crows, will be to our advantage, as the quarrel between the thief and the Rákshasa was to the advantage of the Bráhman.” When Vakranása said this, the king of the owls asked his minister Prákárakarṇa for his opinion, and he answered him; “This Chirajívin should be treated with compassion, as he is in distress, and has applied to us for protection: in old time Śivi offered his flesh for the sake of one who sought his protection.14 When the king of the owls heard this from Prákárakarṇa, he asked the advice of his minister Krúralochana, and he gave him the same answer.