嫉妬深い父王によって残酷に手足を切られ殺された幼い王子についての本生譚で、母は悲しみのあまり死に、父は結果として最低の地獄に落ちる、抑えきれぬ怒りの危険を示す。

A Jātaka about an infant prince cruelly mutilated and killed by his jealous father the king, whose mother dies of grief and whose father is consequently plunged into the lowest hell, illustrating the danger of uncontrolled anger.