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19. Setaketu And The Ascetics

Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was king in Benares, the Bodhisatta was a far-famed teacher and taught the sacred texts to five hundred pupils. The senior of them, Setaketu by name, was born of a brahmin family, and was very proud on account of his caste. One day he went out of the town with other pupils, and when coming again he saw a candala.