Reading Notes : Jataka in Detail, Part F

Princes and the Water-Sprite

- A king had three sons: Prince of Stars, Moon Prince and the Sun Prince. King was so happy for the third child being born he granted the queen a boon. When Sun Prince was 21, the queen asked the king for him to have the kingdom before his elder brothers. King refused and told the elder sons to go live in the forest till the king dies as they can take over the kingdom then. Sun Prince joined them as well. The water-sprite each of the brothers what the good fairies like. Sun Prince didn't give a good answer so he was taken down into the cave, and later the Moon Prince joined him as well. The elder brother went to go find his brothers and answered the question correctly and was given the opportunity to choose which brother to save. He chose the younger one as he was the reason why they got sent away and because of his kindness, the water-sprite sent both brothers back up from the cave. The king later died and the eldest brother was made king and ruled alongside his other two brothers and built a home for the water-sprite in the palace.




This picture portrays the water sprite tricking the prince brothers into answering a question and taking them into his cave if they answer incorrectly.




This jataka was one of the others that I took time to read and summarize as it felt as if there was no apparent theme or message from this story when compared to the other jatakas. The other jatakas had some sort of message or something to take from it to use in real life experiences while this one depicted brothers who did not listen to the directions and wandered off of the trail to go see what the water sprites had to offer. The water sprites took advantage of the princes as they dressed up in human form as they were able to transform into anything and tricked two of the princes into answering a question and took them into hostage into the cave. Because of the eldest brother, they were freed and allowed to leave. 

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