9.
The Chapter on Sandals
231.
The Upāhana Birth Story (2-9-1)
161.
Scorched by heat and pressed by the ground, they gnaw at the very feet of that man.
162.
He eats himself there with that learning, the ignoble one is called like a bad sandal.
The Upāhana Birth Story is the first.
232.
The Vīṇāguṇa Birth Story (2-9-2)
163.
Indeed, dear lady, you should not go together with this hunchbacked dwarf.
164.
He now lies curled up, like a lute with broken strings.
The Vīṇāguṇa Birth Story is the second.
233.
The Vikaṇṇa Birth Story (2-9-3)
165.
You are destroyed by the well-played food, greedy while pursuing the fish.
166.
He is destroyed in the midst of relatives and friends, like a crocodile following fish.
The Vikaṇṇa Birth Story is the third.
234.
The Asitābhū Birth Story (2-9-4)
167.
That is now incapable of reunion, like ivory cut by a saw.
168.
Thus one diminishes from welfare, just as I from Asitābhuyā.
The Asitābhū Birth Story is the fourth.
235.
The Vacchanakha Birth Story (2-9-5)
169.
Where having eaten and drunk, you would sleep without worry."
170.
There is no house for one not taking up the rod, not harming others;
The Vacchanakha Jātaka is the fifth.
236.
The Baka Birth Story (2-9-6)
171.
With calmed wings, he meditates slowly, little by little."
172.
The bird does not protect us, therefore the winged one does not stir.
The Baka Birth Story is the sixth.
237.
The Sāketa Birth Story (2-9-7)
173.
The heart is exceedingly extinguished, and the mind also becomes clear.
174.
Thus that love arises, like a waterlily in water.
The Sāketa Birth Story is the seventh.
238.
The Ekapada Birth Story (2-9-8)
175.
Tell something comprehensive, by which we may accomplish our purpose.
176.
And that is joined with morality, produced through patience;
The Ekapada Birth Story is the eighth.
239.
The Haritamaṇḍūka Birth Story (2-9-9)
177.
It pleases the green frog mother, that the fish eat me.
178.
When others plunder, the plundered one is plundered."
The Haritamaṇḍūka Birth Story is the ninth.
240.
The Mahāpiṅgala Birth Story (2-9-10)
179.
Was the tawny-eyed one dear to you, why then do you cry, gatekeeper?
180.
Gone from here he might harm the king of death, and harmed, he might bring him back here again.
181.
And that ground was prepared, do not fear, he will not come.
The Mahāpiṅgala Birth Story is the tenth.
The Upāhana Chapter is the ninth.
Its summary:
Twice-born, Love, Excellent, Best, One Stanza, Fish-trap Face, with Piṅgalaka - ten.