講述 Bārāṇasī 王 Brahmadatta 的本生故事：他因誤食人肉而生食人之癖，淪為濫殺無辜的食人暴君被逐出國境，後在林中被舊日統帥 Kāḷahatthi 追上，力勸他悔改。

A Jātaka about King Brahmadatta of Bārāṇasī, who develops a taste for human flesh after unknowingly eating it, turns into a murderous cannibal driven from his kingdom, and is eventually confronted in the forest by his former commander Kāḷahatthi, who tries to turn him from his crimes.