講述一位森林嚮導首領（菩薩）率領五百人的本生故事：商隊遭強盜襲擊，同伴皆逃散，唯他獨自留下擊退盜匪，並說明欲成就英勇之事者須不惜生命；此故事關聯到一位懈怠於修行職責的比丘。

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.