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 1225, a ka khai year, on the sixth waning-moon day of the twelfth [lunar] month, the seventh day of the week, I, Monk Surinda, wrote the manuscript with my own hand. May the merit derived from writing this manuscript reward me with the threefold happiness of which Nibbāna is the ultimate one and sharp wisdom to understand the 84,000 Dhamma collections. May the merit be transferred to my family members.
Other notes:
The date corresponds to Saturday, 3 October 1863 (1225 Bhadrapada 21).