Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1

v2.c31.1

Mamsa Jātaka (No. 315).—The four sons of four rich merchants of Benares were once sitting at the cross-roads, and, seeing a deer-stalker hawking venison in a cart, one of them proposed to get some flesh from him. So he went up to the man and said, " Hi! my man! give me some meat," and the hunter gave him some skin and bone; the second, going up to him addressed him as " Elder Brother " and was given a joint; but the third cajoled him, calling him " Father," and received a savoury piece of meat; while the fourth (the Bodhisatta) addressed him as " Friend," and was given the whole of the rest of the deer, and the meat was conveyed to his house in the man's cart.