猟師の罠にかかった金色の鹿の王を、兄と妹が見捨てることを拒み、その献身に心動かされた猟師が彼を放してやり、鹿は猟師と王、王妃に法を説くジャータカで、暴走する象から仏陀を守ろうとしたアーナンダの試みに言及して語られた

A birth-story about a golden deer king, caught in a hunter’s trap, whose brother and sister refuse to abandon him and whose devotion moves the hunter to free him, after which the deer teaches the Dhamma to the hunter, the king, and the queen, told in reference to Ānanda’s attempt to shield the Buddha from a charging elephant.