一则本生故事，讲一位自幼虔诚侍奉家传祭火的婆罗门，在留下一头母牛作供品外出取盐时，牛被盗贼吃掉，只剩皮与尾巴，他愤而醒悟火神连自己的供品都护不住，遂熄灭圣火出家为苦行僧，此事与是否难行的苦行能获得功德这一问题有关。

A Jātaka in which a brahmin who has devoutly tended a sacrificial fire since birth abandons it in disgust after thieves devour the cow he left as an offering while he was away, realizing the fire-god could not even protect his own gift, told in connection with a question about whether ascetics gain merit from difficult austerities.