一則本生故事，講述一頭金鹿王落入獵人陷阱，其弟妹堅持不離不棄、寧死相隨，感動獵人將其釋放，金鹿隨後向獵人及國王、王后說法，講述背景與阿難捨身欲擋狂象保護佛陀有關。

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.