Mahārāja (the great king) is the eleventh of the 13 episodes of the Vessantara Jataka. The text tells that Brahmin Jūjaka took Jali and Kanha back to his hometown in Kalinka. He got lost and he was directed to Sivi which was the city of King Sonsai (Sanjaya). When King Sonsai saw his grandchildren, he ransomed the two young royal children from Jūjaka. The king also fed the Brahmin with delicious food. Because he had been hungry for many days, the Brahmin ate too much, his bloated stomach broke, and he died.
Colophon:
จุฬสักกราชะได้ 1272 ตัว ปลีกดเสด เดือน ๑๒ แรม 3 ฅ่ำ พร่ำว่าได้วัน 4 แกล่ข้าแล หนานอินทวง แต้มหื้อเณรสีนุร จบับมุกมุ่นแก้วกว้าง ธ่านวิไนธอรพาเณรน้อยส้างฅ่าว บ่พอกว้างเท่าใดแลนายเหิย ฯ นโสภติ ค็บ่งาม พอเปนตัวอยังอยายเปนถ้อย ตัวใหย่น้อยบ่เสมิอกันแล ฯ
In Cuḷasakarāja 1272, a kot set year, on the third waning-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month, the fourth day of the week, Nan (ex-monk) Inthawong finished writing [the manuscript], Mook Mun Sai Moon Version, for Novice Sinun. The expert in the disciplinary code (Vinayadhara) assigned novices to inscribe religious palm-leaf manuscripts. Nasobhati. My handwriting is not beautiful but only understandable. The handwriting is unstable with small and big sizes of letters.
Remark: The date corresponds to Wednesday, 21 September 1910 (1272 Bhadrapada 18).
Other notes:
(Left side of the first folio, written with blue ink) “Mahārāja”.