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221. The Bodhisatta and The Royal Horse

Once upon a time Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares. In those days the Bodhisatta used to be the king’s director in things temporal and spiritual.

At this time, one man washed his horse at the bathing place of the king’s Royal horse. And when the groom of Royal Horse was for leading it down in to the same water, the animal was so affronted that he would not go in. So the groom went off to the king and said, “Please your Majesty! your Royal Horse won’t take his bath.”