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258. The Bodhisatta As A Golden Mallard

Once upon a time, when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born a brahmin. Growing up, he was married to a bride of his own rank, who gave birth th three daughters named Nanda, Nanda vati and Sundari Nanda. At the death of The Bodhisatta, dying, they were taken in by neighbours and friends, while he was born again into the world as a golden mallard endowed with consciousness of its former existences. Growing up, the bird viewed its own magnificent size and golden plumage, and remembered that previously it had been a human being.

Discovering that his wife and daughters were living on the charity of others, the mallard planned to give his wife a golden feather at a time which will enable his wife and daughters to live in comfort.