本生故事集的第一則，為給孤獨長者一度動搖信仰的朋友們所說，講述兩位商隊首領穿越沙漠：一人受妖魔迷惑而全軍覆沒，另一人堅持己見得以平安渡過。

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.