Note 1 — Chapter CXIV
C. H. (Charles Henry) Tawney translation
Then king Brahmadatta said to those celestial swans, “How did Muktáphalaketu kill that Vidyuddhvaja? And how did he pass through the state of humanity inflicted on him by a curse, and regain Padmávatí? Tell me this first, and afterwards you shall carry out your intentions.” When those1 birds heard this, they began to relate the story of Muktáphalaketu as follows.