| He thought his
father’s charioteer might know. So one day he went and asked him: "Can you tell
me what ails my father?" The charioteer said:
"A few days ago, the king met a fisher-girl. She was as beautiful as a goddess. He
wanted to marry her, but found that he could not."
Devavrata asked: "Why could he not? Have you any
idea?"
The charioteer said: "The girls father set a condition
for the marriage, and the king could not accept it."
Devavrata asked: "What was the condition? Can you tell
me?"
The charioteer replied: "He wanted the son born of her
to be crowned king."
Devavrata said: "What was the objection?" The
charioteer was surprised. "Don’t you see? |
