12.
The Chapter on "If Indeed"
111.
The Birth Story of Gadrabhapañha
111.
Well then, here is your mule, for the father of a mule is a donkey.
The Birth Story of Gadrabhapañha is the first.
112.
The Birth Story of Amarādevīpañha
112.
By which I give, by that I speak; by which I do not give, by that I do not speak;
This is the path of the barley-middler, know this as the concealed way.
The Birth Story of Amarādevīpañha is the second.
113.
The Birth Story of Siṅgāla
113.
There is not a hundred oyster shells, whence then two hundred bronze plates?
The Birth Story of Siṅgāla is the third.
114.
The Birth Story of Mitacinti
114.
Measured-Thinker released them, both there came together.
The Birth Story of Mitacinti is the fourth.
115.
The Birth Story of Anusāsika
115.
She now lies with broken wings, the instructing bird destroyed by a wheel.
The Birth Story of Anusāsika is the fifth.
116.
The Birth Story of Dubbaca
116.
Having leaped over the fourth, you are now enveloped by the fifth.
The Birth Story of Dubbaca is the sixth.
117.
The Birth Story of Tittira
117.
Speech kills the fool, as excessive rain does the partridge.
The Birth Story of Tittira is the seventh.
118.
The Birth Story of Vaṭṭaka
118.
See the fruit of thinking, I am freed from murder and bondage.
The Birth Story of Vaṭṭaka is the eighth.
119.
The Birth Story of Akālarāvi
119.
This cock does not directly know the proper time or the improper time.
The Birth Story of Akālarāvi is the ninth.
120.
The Birth Story of Bandhanamokkha
120.
Even the bound are freed there, where the wise speak out.
The Birth Story of Bandhanamokkha is the tenth.
The Haṃci Chapter is the twelfth.
Its summary:
Protracted time, distinction, mind, teacher, with wise-speaking-delight - these are ten.