Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c9.16

c9.16

There was a Pâtiśâha (king) of the name of Râi Diâcha. His sister begged of a Fakir: "Sire, give me a son." The Fakir said to her: "A son will be (born) to thee, but he will cut off the head of Râi Diâcha." She said, "Accursed be (lit. fall into a wilderness) the son who should cut off my brother's head." But the Fakir's word cannot prove vain. In a few days the woman gave birth to a son.