ボーディサッタ（Bodhisatta）の鹿の二人の息子がそれぞれ異なる方法で群れを安全に導く話――一方は昼間軽率に行動し群れの大半を失い、もう一方は夜間だけ慎重に行動し何も失わなかった――提婆達多（Devadatta）が軽率に離反させた比丘たちを舎利弗（Sāriputta）が安全に連れ戻した様子を譬えて説かれたジャータカ。

A Jātaka about a Bodhisatta-deer whose two sons lead their herds to safety in different ways — one recklessly by day, losing most of his herd, the other prudently only under cover of night, losing none — told to illustrate how Sāriputta safely brought back monks whom Devadatta had recklessly persuaded to secede.