Goshṭhila

Family: Vārāṇasī · Role: prime minister · First appears: Chapter XVII

In Chapter XVII, Goshṭhila was the prime minister in whom King Sarjarasin placed the greatest confidence. Sarjarasin entrusted Dharmikā to him, and after the king died, Goshṭhila persuaded Sūryanemi not to kill her rashly. Sūryanemi ordered him to watch over the queen, so Goshṭhila took her into his house.

Eight or nine days later, Dharmikā and a fisherman’s wife each gave birth. Goshṭhila, having gained the fisherman’s wife over with money, exchanged the children. He later told Dharmikā that her son was alive and a poet; when the poet fisher-lad eventually assumed royal power, he first made Goshṭhila acquainted with what had happened.

Relationship record

Life events

• Goshṭhila persuaded Sūryanemi not to kill Dharmikā immediately and took her into his care.(Chapter XVII)
  • With: Sūryanemi Dharmikā
  • “Goshṭhila remonstrated against this, saying: ‘O king, is it just to put her to death rashly? Who can tell whether she will bear a son or a daughter? If a son is born, he shall be put to death.’ King Sūryanemi ordered him to act in accordance with this saying, and to keep watch over the queen. So Goshṭhila took her to his own house”
• Dharmikā and the fisherman’s wife gave birth, and Goshṭhila exchanged their children.(Chapter XVII)
  • With: Dharmikā The fisherman’s wife (Chapter 017) The fisherman’s daughter (Chapter 017) The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
  • “So Goshṭhila took her to his own house, where, after eight or nine days, she gave birth to a son. That same day a fisherman’s wife gave birth to a girl. Immediately after the confinement Goshṭhila, who had gained over the fisherman’s wife with money, exchanged the children”
• Goshṭhila told Dharmikā that her son was alive and was a poet.(Chapter XVII)
  • With: Dharmikā The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
  • “Goshṭhila informed Dharmikā that she had a son who was a poet”
• The fisher-lad assumed royal power after informing Goshṭhila of what had happened.(Chapter XVII)
  • With: Sūryanemi The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017)
  • “Afterwards he set the crown on his head, and, after making the minister Goshṭhila acquainted with the matter, assumed the regal power.”

Chapter XVII

• lord: King Sarjarasin “King Sarjarasin’s first wife was named Dharmikā, and his prime minister, in whom the king placed the greatest confidence, Goshṭhila.”
• ward: Dharmikā “So he determined to entrust her to his minister, Goshṭhila, whom he had supplied with valuable property.”
• ward: The poet fisher-lad (Chapter 017) “Goshṭhila informed Dharmikā that she had a son who was a poet, and she felt a desire to see him.”
• parent: The poet fisher-lad’s uncle (Chapter 017) “The youth slowly descended from the tree, and, after wandering to and fro, remembered that he had an uncle, who had retired from the world among the Rishis, and he determined to go to him.”
• lord: Sūryanemi “King Sūryanemi ordered him to act in accordance with this saying, and to keep watch over the queen.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources. Made with Rho MD.