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207. The Bodhisatta And The Pacceka-Buddhas

Once upon a time, when Brahmadatta was king in Benares, there were two friends in a village in the kingdom of Kasi. These had gone afield, taking with them vessels of water for drinking, which they laid out of the way as they broke the clods, and when they were thirsty, went and drank water out of them. One of them, on going for a drink, drank the water in his own pot, and drank out of the pot of the other. In the evening, when he came out from the woodland, and had bathed, he stood thinking.