Un jātaka raconte comment un roi interdit les sacrifices d’animaux, provoquant la colère des esprits privés d’offrandes qui envoient un assassin contre lui de nuit, ignorant que Sakka lui-même veillait sur lui invisible, rendant l’apprenti meurtrier impuissant.

A Jātaka about a king who bans animal sacrifice, provoking the spirits deprived of their offerings to send an assassin against him at night, unaware that Sakka himself had come to stand invisible guard over him, rendering the would-be killer powerless.