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was of the same age and the two of them grew up together.
After the king's death, Udayana became the king of Kausāmbi and he appointed his friend Brhaspatidatta as his chief priest. In this capacity Brhaspatidatta had easy access to the inner apartments of the king at any time of the day or night and this way Brhaspatidatta came into contact with queen Padmavati. Soon enough their friendship became intimate. The king one of these days saw the two of them in a compromising position and he arrested the priest and ordered his servants to kill him.
Accordingly the priest was impaled and Gautama wanted to know what course his life would take after it. He would be sent to the Ratnaprabhā part of the hell and after the usual length of time there, he would come to the earth as a deer, only to be killed by a hunter. Then he would be re-born as a son in a family of merchants in the city of Hastinapura where he would meet an ascetic and finally attain liberation.
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