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:
In CS 1135, a ka sai year, on the second waning-moon day of the twelfth [lunar], the fifth day of the week, at the time of the evening drum, [the writing of this manuscript was finished]. May the merit derived from writing this manuscript for Sawathu Cao Paññā definitely reward me with a new rebirth in the same period as Metteyya Buddha.
Nibbāna paccayo hotu me niccaṃ dhuvaṃ.
Other notes:
The date corresponds to Friday, 3 September 1773 (Friday, 3 September 1773).