Mahāvessantarajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (2) · Vol. 28 · Section 1118

[1118] "Let it not please you to go into the king's presence to entreat him, to persuade the great king — even the king is not sovereign in this matter. For the Sivis have risen up in fury — the massed troops and the townsfolk — and on my account they wish to destroy the king."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.