Note 2 — How the Beggar and the King gambled
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That King having abandoned the Queen, while he was going away, Senasurā, taking the disguise of a polan̆gā2 (snake), stayed on the path. When the King was going from there the polan̆gā said, “Having swallowed a prey I am here, unable to go. Because of it take hold of my tail, and having drawn me aside and left me, go away.”