In the lake of Mânasa the Bodhisattva once ruled as a king over many hundreds of thousands of swans, and was assisted by his viceroy Sumukha. Their praise sounded till the court of the king of _Bénarès_ who desired to meet the two swans. He therefore ordered another lake to be made in the neighbourhood of his court-capital which was much more beautiful than the first mentioned, and promulgated everywhere that he should guarantee the safety of all birds who came to visit the new lake. The swans of _Mânasa_ went there in spite of their ruler’s objections, and so the Lord himself was obliged to follow them. Shortly after he saw himself caught by the king’s hunter, and all other swans flew away with the exception of Sumukha however, who would not leave the Lord. The bonds which tied him to his king were stronger than those which kept the king in his trap, he said, and he demanded the hunter to bind him first, and afterwards release his master. This touched the hunter and releasing both of them the Lord now requests him to speak with the king to persuade the latter not to punish, but to reward his hunter. This happens, and the king offers rich presents to the two swans they decline, and now all the swans return to their lake. This lake with the swans has been hewn on 15. On 16 the king is informed of these birds. On 17 we see how the Lord is caught whilst all the other swans fly away with the exception of one of them. The following sculpture after the eighth corner, which represents the meeting with the king, is almost wholly lost, the other one is lost at all. _Ninth_ corner, 5, 6, 7 and 8 [W. L., 90, 91, 92 and 93]. Another king once pursued a _sharabha_ [a strong kind of stag], and fell from his horse into a cleft over which the wild beast had easily jumped, but before which the horse started back in full run. The _sharabha_ descends into the cleft in order to rescue the fallen man, and help him on his way home after having admonished him to persevere in all princely virtues. The chasing king we see on 5; on 6 the hunter stands on the brink of the cleft, on 7 we see the stag [the Lord] run to assist the fallen man, and on 8 the latter bids his rescuer farewell. _Southern_ staircase, 2, 3, 4 and 5 [W. L. 95, 96, 97 and 98]. In another life the Master ruled as a _ruru_ [another kind of stag] over all other wild animals. One day he rescued a traveller out of a swollen mountain-stream, and for his only reward he wished the saved man to be silent about the event. Now the queen, whose dreams had never turned out to be false ones, had dreamed of a stag who preached the doctrine sitting on a throne. The king therefore offered a rich reward to him who could show him this miracle of an animal. The drowned person was a poor fellow, and breaking his promise, he led the king into the wood and showed him the _ruru_, but doing this the hand which had served him to indicate the animal, fell from his arm as if it had been cut by a sword.