The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c8.47

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c8.47

The fundamental thought appears in a somewhat different way in Sîlavîmamsa Jâtaka (III. 194 sq). The purohita of the king of Benares wants to examine him with a view to knowing whether he esteems him on account of his virtuousness or on account of his learning. He commits theft, is shown to the king and learns that the latter only esteems him for his virtue. With this knowledge he resolves to renounce the worldly life and with these words takes leave of the king :

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Jātaka — Pāli