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293. The Bodhisatta On Bad Company

Once upon a time, when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, four Brahmin brothers of Kasi, left the worldly lusts and became hermits; they built themselves four huts in a row in the highlands of the Himalayas, and there they lived.

The eldest brother died, and was born as Sakka. Knowing who he had been, he used to visit the others every seven or eight days, and lend them a helping hand.