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89. The Bodhisatta – As Sakka, King Of The Gods

Once upon a time, when king Brahmadatta reigned in Benares, the Bodhisatta became Sakka, king of the gods.

Brahmadatta could not endure to look upon anything old or decrepit, whether elephant, horse, ox, or what not. He was full of pranks, and whenever he saw any such, he would chase them away; he destroyed old carts; any old women that he saw he sent for, and beat upon the belly, then stood them up again and gave them a scare; he made old men roll about and play on the ground like tumblers. If he saw none, but only heard that there was a greybeard in a town, he sent for him and took his sport with him.