Read the following passage carefully and answer the question that follows. Which of the following Jataka tales is described in the passage given above?
"Depicted in a famous mural painting at the Ajanta Caves, this Buddhist narrative illustrates the ultimate perfection of charity and compassion. In the story, a virtuous king offers refuge to a terrified pigeon being chased by a hungry hawk. To uphold his duty of protecting the refugee without depriving the hawk of its natural food, the king resolves to offer his own flesh. As he cuts off pieces of his flesh to match the weight of the pigeon on a scale, the bird miraculously grows in body."
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The story of a king who shelters a pigeon from a hawk and cuts off his own flesh to match the bird's weight on a scale is the Sibi Jataka, an emblem of supreme charity painted at Ajanta. The Vessantara Jataka is about a prince who gives away all his possessions, the Chaddanta Jataka concerns a six-tusked elephant, and the Mahajanaka Jataka tells of a shipwrecked prince. The flesh-on-the-scale episode points clearly to King Sibi.