The king Pasenadi of Kosala just later found out that his wife and son were not of pure Sakya origin, in fact, partly coming from slave blood-line, so he degraded them and they never left the palace since. The Buddha then explained, that in a past life the Buddha was the son of a king Brahmadatta, king Suddhodana-to-be, after the king had relationship with a woman of different clan, but when she came upon the king’s request to show the king his son, the king rejected the relationship. She through her son (the Buddha-to-be) in the air, where he stayed in mid-air without falling down, which made the king accept his son and make him the prince-royal, later inheriting the whole kingdom as the King Kaṭṭhavāhana, “firewood gatherer”.
Andre Thu’s drawing: Relaxing in the garden, breathing in the fresh air, picking fruits and just enjoying yourself, that’s what king Brahmmadattha did when he was reigning the kingdom of Baranasi. A wonderful lady passes by immediately catching the eye of the king, and coaxed her, but alas, a pregnancy was in process by which the woman told. So as to prevent a complication, the king told, “If a girl comes out use this very signet ring I give you and raise the child as normally, but if he is a boy bring him to me.” A great child was born, but a mocking was told as he only had an anonymous father, so he demanded to know his father. So a visit to the palace was arranged and they were summoned, but the king denied that the boy was his son, but he was afloat in mid-air as the mother threw him and he accepted he was his son.Kids drawings
