CHAPTER II.

Besides _Sang yang Gúru_, _Sang yang Wisésa_ created another degree of mankind, viz.: _Sang yang Derma Jáka_, who, having humbled himself before _Wisésa_, petitioned him to bestow on him a son, which was granted, and his son's name was _Chátur Kanáka_.

_Chátur Kanáka_ having previously done penance, petitioned _Wisésa_ to grant him a son, which he did, and his son's name was _Sang yang Kanekapútra_. This _Kanekapútra_, who was superior in abilities to all the other created beings, being grown up, was sent by his father to do penance in the ocean, who gave him at the same time a precious stone, called _rétna dumíla_, fraught with the wonderful power of rendering its possessor insensible to hunger, cold, thirst, &c. and which completely fortified him against the effects of water, fire, &c. _Chátur Kanáka_ also instructed his son to remain quiet and silent during his penance.