When Brahamadutta was ruling Banaras, Bodhisattva was born.

One day, the king became angry with his son and banished him from the kingdom. The prince left Banaras with his wife. They wandered in other lands for a long time suffering untold privations. On several occasions, the prince did not have a roof over his head. He had also to go without food. His faithful wife shared all the hardships without a word of complaint. 

As time passed, King Brahmadutta died. On learning the news, the prince thought he could now return to Banaras, and ascend the throne.  So he and his wife started for Banaras, travelling day and night. In his anxiety to reach the capital as quickly as possible, he forgot to look after his wife's comfort. He forced her to walk as fast as he did and even to go without food and sleep as much as possible.

Though he was anxious to reach Banaras, he could not desist from eating. One day, the couple reached a village in a state of great hunger. One of the villagers took pity on them and asked the prince to go with him to his house.
 
Asking his wife to rest under a tree, he went with the villager. He gave the prince a parcel of food which would be enough for two. On his way back the prince thought, ‘This food is sufficient for the two of us. I don't know when and where we'll get our next meal. And Banaras is still very far off. It is more important that I reached Banaras. My wife need not hurry to get there, Even otherwise, she is being a hindrance to me.  If not for her, I would have gone much farther by now. I must manage to eat all this food myself.'

With his mind full of such mean thoughts, the prince returned to where his wife was resting.  "Here's some food," he told her. "You start walking; I shall catch up with you after my ablutions."

Believing him, she wearily walked ahead. The prince ate all up all the food. He then made a bundle of the leaves in which the food had been packed and caught up with his wife. 

"Look at the mischief," he told her showing the packet. "That rascal has fooled us with an empty parcel. There's no food in it."