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grand-father, grand-mother : have we no relations ? Yes, child 

 she replied, but we have no relations here : your grand-father 

 is a rich nobleman in Rajagaha, and your relations are there. 

 Why then do we not go there, mother? She then told her 

 son the reason of their coming to their present residence, but 

 the child again and again spoke to her on the subject. She 

 then said to her husband, these children pine away: let us 

 take them to their grand-father: will my father and mother 

 eat our flesh if they see us? He replied, I cannot appear 

 before your parents, but if you can contrive by any means to 

 give the children to your parents, do so. They accordingly 

 took the children to Rajagaha, and the mother sent a message 

 to her parents informing them of their arrival. #n hearing it> 

 her parents said, we regard ourselves as childless, having 

 neither son nor daughter: great is their crime against us, and 

 we cannot admit them to our presence. Let them take this 

 property which we send them, and live where they pleasef; but 

 let them send us the children. The nobleman's daughter 

 received that which her parents had sent, and delivered the 

 children into the hands of the messengers. From that time they 

 lived in the house of their grand-father. Chulla Pant'haka 

 was very young, but Maha Pant'haka accompanied his father 

 to hear the discourses of Budha, and at length said to his 

 grand-father, if it meet with your approbation, I desire to 

 become a priest. What do you say. child, replied the grand- 

 father, of all other persons you are most proper to enter the 

 priesthood, if you feel yourself competent to its duties. He 

 accordingly conducted him to Budha, and stating that he was 

 his grandchild, requested him to be admitted into the priesthood. 

 To this Budha assented, and placed him under the care of a 

 priest who gave him the needful instructions. He soon obtain- 

 ed an extensive knowledge of the doctrines of Budha, and upon 



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