Note 6 — V. SUDHANA AVADĀNA.1

After a time two Brahmans wandered that way, one of whom attached himself to the king, the other to Sudhana. The Brahman who attached himself to the king was appointed a Purohita6 by the king, who also bestowed much property upon him. But only a little property was given to him who attached himself to Prince Sudhana. The prince’s Brahman said to him, “O youth, what will you do for me when, after your father’s death, you are made king?” The youth Sudhana replied, “As your companion has been appointed my father’s Purohita, I will appoint you also to be a Purohita.” As this conversation of theirs was passed on by one man to another, it came to the ears of the Brahman who was the Purohita. He said to himself, “If I can manage so that the youth does not acquire the sovereign power, there will no longer be any question as to the appointment to the Purohitaship.”