Note 1 — Chapter LXXXVI · (Vetála 12)
C. H. (Charles Henry) Tawney translation
Then the king went back to the aśoka-tree,1 and taking the Vetála from it, placed him on his shoulder, and brought him along, and as he was going along with him, the Vetála again said to the king, “Listen, king, I will tell you a short story.”