Makkaṭajātaka untranslated

Makkaṭajātaka (Ja 173). Once the Bodhisatta was a learned Brahmin of Kāsi, and, when his wife died, he retired with his son to the Himālaya, where they lived the ascetic life. One day during a heavy shower of rain, a monkey, wishing to gain admission to the ascetics’ hut, put on the bark dress of a dead ascetic and stood outside the door. The son wished to admit him, but the Bodhisatta recognised the monkey and drove him away. The boy is identified with Rāhula (Ja.ii.68 f).

The circumstances in which the story was related are given in the Uddālajātaka (Ja 70, q.v.).