本生故事，其過去世情節與另一則關於智慧鸚鵡的較長故事相同，用以譬喻佛陀在毗蘭若安居三個月期間，因魔羅作祟而被迫以粗糠磨粉維生一事。

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.