Volume 2 / Book 2 — Chapter XIV.
C. H. (Charles Henry) Tawney translation
Story of the clever deformed child.
Story of Ruru.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Once on a time there was a certain Bráhman named Rudraśarman, and he, when he became a householder, had two wives, and one of his wives gaveNote 2 · “Thus even a child may do mischief if it is annoyed, and therefore we must carefully conciliate all this retinue.” Saying this, YaugandharáyNote 3 · In course of time the king of Vatsa became faithless, and secretly loved an attendant of the harem named Virachitá, with whom he had previouNote 4 · Once on a time a hermit’s son of the name of Ruru, wandering about at will, saw a maiden of wonderful beauty, the daughter of a heavenly nym