Kathasaritsagara 4.2.61

And in course of time, when I became a young man, I had a retinue given me by my father, and went by his orders to another land to traffic. As I -was going along, robbers fell upon me in a forest, and after taking all my property, led me in chains to a temple of Durgá in their village, terrible with a long waving banner of red silk like the tongue of Death eager to devour the lives of animals. There they brought me into the presence of their chief named Pulindaka, who was engaged in worshipping the goddess, in order that I might serve as a victim. He, though he was a Śavara, the moment he saw me, felt his heart melt with pity for me; an apparently causeless affectionate movement of the heart is a sign of friendship in a former birth. Then that Śavara king, having saved me from slaughter, was about to complete the rite by the sacrifice of himself, when a heavenly voice said to him— " Do not act thus, I am pleased with thee, crave a boon of me,"— thereupon he was delighted, and said— " O goddess, thou art pleased; what other blessing can I need, nevertheless I ask so much— may I have friendship with this merchant's son in another birth also." The voice said— " So be it," and then ceased, and then that Śavara gave me much wealth, and sent me back to my own home. And then, as I had returned from foreign travel and from the jaws of death, my father when he heard the whole occurrence, made a great feast in my honour.

And in course of time, when I became a young man, I had a retinue given me by my father, and went by his orders to another land to traffic. As I -was going along, robbers fell upon me in a forest, and after taking all my property, led me in chains to a temple of Durgá in their village, terrible with a long waving banner of red silk like the tongue of Death eager to devour the lives of animals. There they brought me into the presence of their chief named Pulindaka, who was engaged in worshipping the goddess, in order that I might serve as a victim. He, though he was a Śavara, the moment he saw me, felt his heart melt with pity for me; an apparently causeless affectionate movement of the heart is a sign of friendship in a former birth. Then that Śavara king, having saved me from slaughter, was about to complete the rite by the sacrifice of himself, when a heavenly voice said to him— " Do not act thus, I am pleased with thee, crave a boon of me,"— thereupon he was delighted, and said— " O goddess, thou art pleased; what other blessing can I need, nevertheless I ask so much— may I have friendship with this merchant's son in another birth also." The voice said— " So be it," and then ceased, and then that Śavara gave me much wealth, and sent me back to my own home. And then, as I had returned from foreign travel and from the jaws of death, my father when he heard the whole occurrence, made a great feast in my honour.