讲述 Bārāṇasī 王 Udaya 的本生故事：他前世是因守斋半日而饿死的仆人，其御用理发师 Gaṅgamāla 因解开一首关于此段前世的隐语偈颂而出家，证得辟支佛果后归来教化国王。

A Jātaka about King Udaya of Bārāṇasī, reborn from a servant who died of a half-day fast, whose royal barber Gaṅgamāla learned the meaning of a cryptic verse about that past life, renounced the world, became a Pacceka Buddha, and returned to teach the king.