There was once the son of a Brahmin (the highest "priestly" caste in India) in the court of King Pasenadi of Kosala, whose name was Ahimsaka. He was sent to Taxila for his studies. Ahimsaka was intelligent and obedient to this teacher; therefore he was liked by both the teacher and his wife. This made the other pupils jealous of him. So they went to the teacher and falsely accused Ahimsaka of having an immoral relationship with the teacher’s wife. At first, he did not believe them, but after hearing it a number of

Thuở xa xưa có một chàng trai con của một vị Bà la môn (giai cấp "tu sĩ" cao nhất ở Ấn Độ) sống dưới triều đại vua Pasenadi (Ba Tư Nặc), kinh thành Xá Vệ, thuộc vương quốc Kosala (Kiều Tát La). Tên của chàng là Ahimsaka (người thất bại). Chàng được gởi đến thành phố Taxila để học hành.