一则本生故事，讲述一位苦行者让一位顽劣王子尝一片幼楝树的苦叶，以此譬喻及早养成品性的道理，从而使王子悔改。

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.