Kusajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (2) · Vol. 28 · Section 100

[100] "Surely a stone has been lodged in your heart, O tender-featured one, for I, who have come from a foreign land, find no favour from you. Whenever the princess looks upon me with knitted brows, then I am a cook in the inner palace of King Madda; but whenever the princess looks upon me smiling, then I am no cook — then I am King Kusa."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.