賢い苦行者が若いニームの木の苦い葉を一枚味わわせることで悪い王子を改心させ、人格は幼少期に形成されるという教訓を示す本生譚。

A Jātaka in which a wise ascetic reforms a wicked prince by having him taste one bitter leaf of a young neem tree, drawing a moral about character formed early in life.