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106. The Bodhisatta – The Chaplain

Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born into the chaplain’s family, and on his father’s death succeeded to the chaplaincy.

The king promised to grant whatever boon his queen should ask him, and she said, “The boon I ask is an easy one; you must not look on any other woman with eyes of love.” At first he refused, but, wearied by her unceasing importunity, was obliged to give way at last. And from that day onwards he never cast a glance of love at any one of his sixteen thousand wives.