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254. The Bodhisatta And Woman Entering Fire
Once on a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta came to life as the child of the Queen. When he grew up, he mastered every accomplishment; and when, at his father’s death, he came to be king, he proved a righteous king. Now he used to play at dice with his chaplain, and, as he flung the golden dice upon the silver table, he would sing this catch for luck:-
Tis nature’s law that rivers wind;
Trees grow of wood by law of kind;
And, given opportunity,
All women work iniquity.
