Once the Bodhisatta was a brahmin in Kāsi named Tirītavaccha und after the death of his parents he became an ascetic. Der König of Benares, fleeing from his enemies, arrived at Tirītavaccha's hermitage, riding on an elephant. Looking for water but finding none, he let himself down into the hermit's well but was unable to get out again; the hermit rescued him und showed him every hospitality. Later the hermit visited the König, now restored to the throne, und was given a dwelling place in the royal park. The courtiers were inclined to be jealous of the attentions paid to the hermit, but the König told them of the incident in the forest und they acknowledged the hermit's claim to honour.
The story was told in reference to Ananda having received fünf hundert robes from the women of Pasenadi's palace. Der König is identified mit Ananda. J.ii.314ff.