6.
The Chapter on Steadfast Inclination
201.
The Birth Story of Bandhanāgāra (2-6-1)
101.
The longing for jewelled earrings, for sons and wives, thoroughly infatuated.
102.
Having cut even this, the wise go forth, without longing, having abandoned sensual happiness.
The Birth Story of Bandhanāgāra is the first.
202.
The Birth Story of Keḷisīla (2-6-2)
103.
All fear the lion, there is no equality in body.
104.
He indeed is great there, not the fool with a large body."
The Birth Story of Keḷisīla is the second.
203.
The Birth Story of Khaṇḍa (2-6-3)
105.
I have friendliness with the Chabyāputtas, and I have friendliness with the Kaṇhāgotamakas.
I have friendliness with the four-footed, I have friendliness with the many-footed.
May the four-footed not harm me, may the many-footed not harm me.
May all see good fortune, may no evil come to anyone.
106.
Immeasurable is the Community, measurable are the creeping things;
Snakes, scorpions, centipedes, spiders, house lizards, and mice.
I pay homage to the Blessed One, homage to the seven Perfectly Enlightened Ones.
The Birth Story of Khaṇḍa is the third.
204.
The Birth Story of Vīraka (2-6-4)
107.
Similar to a peacock's neck, my husband Saviṭṭhaka?"
108.
Imitating him, the crow, entangled in the moss, died.
The Birth Story of Vīraka is the fourth.
205.
The Birth Story of Gaṅgeyya (2-6-5)
109.
This person is a quadruped, with proportions like a banyan tree;
110.
A self-praising man, this one does not please us.
The Birth Story of Gaṅgeyya is the fifth.
206.
The Birth Story of the Antelope Deer (2-6-6)
111.
I shall act in such a way that the hunter will not come here.
112.
The woodpecker led his young far away from the tree-top.
The Birth Story of the Antelope Deer is the sixth.
207.
The Birth Story of Assaka (2-6-7)
113.
Desiring with desire, together with my dear husband.
114.
Therefore, like the Assaka king, the worm is more dear to me."
The Birth Story of Assaka is the seventh.
208.
The Birth Story of Susumāra (2-6-8)
115.
Which are across the ocean, better for me is the glamorous fig tree.
116.
Crocodile, you have been deceived by me, go now as you please.
The Birth Story of Susumāra is the eighth.
209.
The Birth Story of the Cock (2-6-9)
117.
They do not move about thus, as you, tree, move about.
118.
Skilled in hair-snares, he departs while speaking.
The Birth Story of Kukkuṭa is the ninth.
210.
The Birth Story of Kandagalaka (2-6-10)
119.
Where by a single blow, the head was split."
120.
Then he reached the acacia tree with developed heartwood, where the Garuḷa split open his head.
The Birth Story of Kandagalaka is the tenth.
The Nataṃdaḷha Chapter is the sixth.
Its summary:
With Antelope, with Horse, the Excellent Mango, again the Cock - with the Garuḷa, ten.