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2. Brammadatta And The Park-Keeper

Once on a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born as the son of his chief queen. When he grew up, he became king on his father’s death and gave abundant alms. He had a park-keeper named Sumangala. A certain paccekabuddha left the Nandamula cave on a pilgrimage for alms, and coming to Benares stayed in the park. Next day he went into the town to beg. The king saw him with favour, invited into the palace and gave him with various delicate food, both hard and soft, and received his thanks: being pleased that the paccekabuddha should stay in his park, he exacted a promise and sent him back; after his morning meal he went there in person, arranged the places for his habitation by night and day, gave him the park-keeper Sumangal as attendant, and went back to the town.