The Tale of the Bodhisatta and the Naga King
…, taking up his abode with his subjects
in a giant tree which stretched its leafy branches over the waters of a lake.
And all these birds, roosting in the boughs, dropped their dung into the
waters below…
…t tree by a lake. The lake is home to Canda, the Naga King, who is angered by the birds fouling his water. In vengeance, he makes the lake boil and flames shoot up. The Bodhisatta warns the birds to leav…