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104. The Bodhisatta – Refused To Become Chaplain

Once upon a time when Brahmadatta reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born to chaplain on the same day as the king’s son. And when the king asked his ministers if any child had been born on the same day as his son, they said, “Yes! Sir! a son of your family priest.” So the king had him brought and given into the charge of nurses to be carefully tended together with the young prince, and they both had the same ornaments to wear and had exactly the same things to eat and drink. And when they were grown up, they went together to Takkasila and as soon as they had attained proficiency in all the sciences they returned home.