讲述古代智者即使仅以野叶清水维生仍与人分享所有的本生故事，是佛陀为称许舍卫城一位一连七日供养佛陀及僧众的施主所说。

A Jātaka related in praise of a generous donor of Sāvatthi who feasted the Buddha and the monks for seven days, in which the Buddha tells how wise men of old shared their possessions with others even while surviving on nothing but leaves and water.