GolakÄla
Husband of DÄ«ghatÄlÄ. He obtained his wife after having worked seven years in a house. One day, when on his way with his wife to visit her parents, they came to a stream, and, while they were hesitating before crossing, a man named DÄ«ghapitthi came along and offered to take them across, because, he said, he was well known to the denizens of the river. He took DÄ«ghatÄlÄ first, with the sweetmeats intended for her relations, and persuaded her to come with him, leaving her husband. When GolakÄla realised what had happened, he jumped into the stream in desperation, easily crossing it — because it was really very shallow — and claimed his wife. In the course of the quarrel between the two men they came to where Mahosadha held court, and he, having heard their respective stories, decided, with the approval of the assembled populace, in favour of GolakÄla.
It is said GolakÄla was so called because he was dwarfish, like a ball (gola), and black (kÄla). J.vi.337, 338.
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