The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.51

c14.51

That examples of virtuous Brâhmaṇas who were quite serious about the second duty, that of leading a proper life (*pratirúpacaryá*), were not rare in the Jâtakas, has already been mentioned; here we will only quote the answer which in the Samiddhi Jâtaka (II. 56 sq.) the young Brâhmaṇa hermit gives with reference to the allurements of the nymph who reminds him that so long as he is young, he should enjoy life and not allow time to slip:—