一則本生故事，講述菩薩轉生為獅子，其同伴因一隻豺狼模仿獅吼而羞愧沉默，用以譬喻拘迦利迦比丘妄圖媲美博學比丘辯才而失敗之事。

A birth-story of the Bodhisatta as a lion whose companions fell silent in shame when a jackal tried to imitate their roar, told in reference to the monk Kokālika’s failed attempt to match the eloquence of learned monks.

一則本生故事，講述菩薩轉生為名叫摩訶達陀羅的龍族，護佑其性情暴躁的弟弟朱羅達陀羅免遭放逐，並在兩人流放波羅奈期間約束其暴行，用以譬喻一位脾氣暴躁的比丘。

A birth-story of the Bodhisatta as a Nāga named Mahādaddara who protected his passionate younger brother Cūḷadaddara from expulsion and later restrained his violence during their exile in Bārāṇasī, told in reference to a hot-tempered monk.

一則本生故事，講述一位博學導師飼養的鷓鴣，因常年聆聽而通曉吠陀，導師去世後代為教導弟子，後被一名惡苦行者所殺，其獅虎摯友為其復仇；用以譬喻提婆達多多次謀害佛陀之事。

A birth-story of a learned teacher’s pet partridge, who had memorised the Vedas by listening and later taught the master’s students after his death, until a wicked ascetic killed it and was in turn slain by its lion and tiger friends; told in reference to Devadatta’s attempts on the Buddha’s life.