本生故事，其过去世情节与另一则关于智慧鹦鹉的较长故事相同，用以譬喻佛陀在毗兰若安居三个月期间，因魔罗作祟而被迫以粗糠磨粉维生一事。

A Jātaka whose past story matches an earlier, longer tale about a wise parrot, told in reference to the Buddha’s stay at Verañjā, where for the three months of the rains he had to subsist on ground root-flour because of Māra’s malign influence.