讲述一位森林向导首领（菩萨）率领五百人的本生故事：商队遭强盗袭击，同伴皆逃散，唯他独自留下击退盗匪，并说明欲成就英勇之事者须不惜生命；此故事关联到一位懈怠于修行职责的比丘。

A Jātaka about a forester, the Bodhisatta, leader of five hundred guides, who alone stood his ground and drove off robbers attacking a caravan while his companions fled, explaining that one who would do heroic deeds must hold life lightly — told with reference to a monk who had lost energy in his duties.