7.
The Chapter on Grass-Clump
211.
The Somadatta Birth Story (2-7-1)
121.
Having entered the assembly, he explained the perception, but the method does not protect one lacking wisdom.
122.
Either loss or gain of wealth, for such is the nature of begging.
The Somadatta Birth Story is the first.
212.
The Ucchiṭṭhabhatta Birth Story (2-7-2)
123.
Brahmin woman, I ask you indeed, what is below and what is above?
124.
For this one has descended into the store-room, this is he whom you seek."
The Ucchiṭṭhabhatta Birth Story is the second.
213.
The Bharu Birth Story (2-7-3)
125.
Was destroyed together with his kingdom, the king gone to ruin.
126.
One should speak with an uncorrupted mind, a word connected with truth.
The Bharu Birth Story is the third.
214.
The Puṇṇanadī Birth Story (2-7-4)
127.
By which they call one gone far, he has come to you, come now, eat, brahmin.
128.
Swans, herons, and peacocks, not remembering is indeed worse.
The Puṇṇanadī Birth Story is the fourth.
215.
The Tortoise Birth Story (2-7-5)
129.
While the stick was well-grasped, by his own speech he killed himself.
130.
Do you see, through much talking, the tortoise gone to disaster."
The Tortoise Jātaka, the fifth.
216.
The Fish Birth Story (2-7-6)
131.
But that the she-fish imagines me gone to another for delight.
132.
O fishermen, release me, masters, one pursuing sensual pleasures is not destroyed anywhere."
The Fish Jātaka is the sixth.
217.
The Seggu Birth Story (2-7-7)
133.
Maiden, what is this nature of yours today, that you, taken by the hand in the forest wilds, cry out?
134.
To whom shall I cry out in the midst of the forest, he who was my protector commits violence.
The Seggu Birth Story is the seventh.
218.
The Dishonest Trader Birth Story (2-7-8)
135.
If mice would eat the ploughshare, why would hawks not carry off the boy?
136.
Give the ploughshare to the one whose ploughshare is lost, O you whose son is lost, lest the one whose ploughshare is lost take your son.
The Dishonest Trader Birth Story is the eighth.
219.
The Garahita Birth Story (2-7-9)
137.
Of imprudent human beings, not seeing the noble teaching.
138.
With hanging breasts, with braided hair, and also with marked ears;
The Garahita Birth Story is the ninth.
220.
The Dhammadhaja Birth Story (2-7-10)
139.
Yet alone at the foot of a tree, you brood like a miserable wretch.
140.
Yet alone at the foot of a tree, I brood like a miserable wretch;
The Dhammadhaja Birth Story is the tenth.
The Bīraṇathambha Chapter is the seventh.
Its summary:
Talkative, Fire, Wilds, Mouse, with Hanging, Breast, with Miserable Wretch - these are ten.