本生故事集的第一则，为给孤独长者一度动摇信仰的朋友们所说，讲述两位商队首领穿越沙漠：一人受妖魔迷惑而全军覆没，另一人坚持己见得以平安渡过。

The first Jātaka of the collection, taught to Anāthapiṇḍika’s friends who wavered between faiths, telling of two merchants crossing a desert, one deceived by goblins into fatal ruin and the other who trusted his own judgment and survived.