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132. The Bodhisatta And His Pupil

Once on a time, while Brahmadatta was king of Benares, the Bodhisatta was born as the son of an elephant trainer. When he grew up, he was taught all the art of managing the elephant.

And there came a young villager from Kasi who wanted to learn elephant training. The Bodhisatta taught everything according to their own knowledge of thepupil. So this youth learnt all the branches of knowledge from the Bodhisatta, without omission; and when he had learnt, he said to his master: “Master, I will serve the king and please get me one.”