BURLINGAME. — BUDDHAGHOSA's DHAMMAPADA COMMENTARY. 521 



Kumbhaghosaka and her daughter, and Kurnbhaghosaka was obliged 

 to dig up some of his money to defray the expenses of the wedding fes- 

 tivities. In this way the whole story came out ; but the king, instead 

 of confiscating Kumbhaghosaka's wealth, praised him for his industry, 

 confirmed him in his inheritance, and gave him his daughter in 

 marriage. (233-8) 



When the Teacher heard this story, he commented on it and 

 pronounced Stanza 24, establishing many in the Fruits. (238-9) 



Book II. Story 3. Little Roadling.29 



ILLUSTRATING STANZA 5 = 25. 



The daughter of a rich treasurer of Rajagaha yielded her chastity to 

 a slave, and fearing that she would be discovered, fled with her lover to 

 a distant place. When the time of her delivery was near at hand she 

 expressed a desire to return home ; but her lover, fearing to accompany 

 her, put her off from one day to another, until finally she took matters 

 into her own hands and started out alone. The pains of travail came 

 upon her by the way, and she was delivered of a son. Just then her 

 lover, who had learned her destination from the neighbors, arrived on 

 the scene, and found her quite willing to go back with him. As the 

 child had been born by the road, they agreed to call him Roadling. 

 After a time the same thing happened again, and again they called 

 the second child Roadling, distinguishing between the two by calling the 

 older " Big Roadling," and the younger " Little Roadling." (239-241) 



One day Big Roadling heard some other boys talking about their 

 uncles and grandfathers, and said to his mother, " Have n't we any ? 

 " Oh, yes ! " said she ; " you have a grandfather who is a rich treasurer, 

 living at Rajagaha, and many other relatives there besides." " Why 

 don't we go and see them 1 " The mother evaded the question, and 

 spoke of the matter to her husband. " Why won't you take the chil- 

 dren to their grandfather's ? You don't suppose my parents are going 

 to eat you alive, do you 1" "I should never dare to face them, but I 

 am willing to take them as far as the city." " That will do ; all I want 

 is to have them see their grandparents." So all four started out for 

 Rajagaha, and when they reached the city, the mother sent word to 

 her parents that she had returned. Her parents refused to see her, 

 but sent her a sufficient sum of money for her support, and told her 

 that she might go with her husband and live wherever she desired. 

 The children, however, they consented to receive into their house ; and 



» Cf. Ja. i. 114-120. Rogers, pp. 61-71. 



