Note 13 — Chapter XC · (Vetála 16.)

Having told this very noble and interesting tale, the Vetála proceeded to put another question to king Trivikramasena, “So tell me, which of those two was superior in fortitude, Śankhachúḍa or Jímútaváhana? And the conditions are those which I mentioned before.” When king Trivikramasena heard this question of the Vetála’s, he broke his silence, through fear of a curse, and said with calm composure, “This behaviour was nowise astonishing in Jímútaváhana, as he had acquired this virtue in many births; but Śankhachúḍa really deserves praise, for that, after he had escaped death, he ran after his enemy Garuḍa, who had found another self-offered victim13 and had gone a long distance with him, and importunately offered him his body.”