本生故事讲述佛陀应波斯匿王王后 Mallikā 之请，为国王所做的十六个恶梦作解，说明这些梦兆预示的是未来末法时代的道德败坏，而非眼前的个人灾祸。

A Jātaka in which the Buddha, at the request of King Pasenadi’s queen Mallikā, interprets the sixteen ominous dreams that troubled Pasenadi as portents of moral decline in a future degenerate age rather than of any immediate personal disaster.