掘り出した金塊を持ち帰るため小さく切り分ける農夫、菩薩の物語で、戒律の多さに圧倒された比丘に、重荷も分けて担えば軽くなると示すために語られたジャータカ。

A Jātaka about the Bodhisatta as a farmer who cuts a buried gold nugget into pieces to carry it home, told to a monk overwhelmed by monastic rules to show that a heavy burden becomes light when handled piece by piece.