4.
The Chapter on Internal
281.
The Birth Story of the Inner (3-4-1)
91.
A woman with longing, having eaten it, gives birth to a wheel-turning monarch.
92.
The king will bring for you, this inner fruit.
93.
A hero, self-sacrificing, receiving, I become.
The Birth Story of the Inner is the first.
282.
The Birth Story of the Sleeping Place (3-4-2)
94.
Having made a pact with one, I released a hundred fit to be killed.
95.
After death one would go to heaven, hear this, people of Kāsi.
96.
Having put down the bow and arrow, he undertook self-control.
The Birth Story of the Sleeping Place is the second.
283.
The Birth Story of the Carpenter's Pig (3-4-3)
97.
Now you alone, having gone aside, brood, is there no strength in you today, tiger?
98.
They now, having assembled, dwell together, where standing they are hard to overcome by me.
99.
Where the fanged beasts conquered the tiger, through concord among those with fang-power they are released.
The Birth Story of the Carpenter's Pig is the third.
284.
The Birth Story of Fortune (3-4-4)
100.
Those with skills and those without, the fortunate one enjoys those.
101.
Many possessions arise, even in unlikely places.
102.
These arise for one who is not evil, for a being who has made merit.
The Birth Story of Fortune is the fourth.
285.
The Birth Story of the Jewel Pig (3-4-5)
103.
"We shall destroy the radiance of the jewel," thus was our discussion.
104.
And now we ask this, what task do you think should be done here?
105.
Its splendour cannot be destroyed, depart, you pigs.
The Birth Story of the Jewel Pig is the fifth.
286.
The Birth Story of the Water-Lily Root (3-4-6)
106.
Living at ease, eat chaff, this is the characteristic of long life.
107.
Then you will see the lotus root, lying upon the pestle.
108.
The old bulls thought over, "Better for us is chaff indeed."
The Birth Story of the Water-Lily Root is the sixth.
287.
The Birth Story of the Blame of Gain (3-4-7)
109.
One obtains gain among the foolish, this is your instruction.
110.
Whatever livelihood is by downfall, or by unrighteous conduct.
111.
This very livelihood is better, than seeking by what is not the Teaching.
The Birth Story of the Blame of Gain is the seventh.
288.
The Birth Story of the Fish Gift (3-4-8)
112.
And I had here seven māsakas, I too bought that cluster of fish.
113.
Remembering that offering, the esteem was made by you.
114.
Whoever cheated his brother of paternal property, a doer of wrong deeds.
The Birth Story of the Fish Gift is the eighth.
289.
The Birth Story of the Various Desires (3-4-9)
115.
I wish for an excellent village, and the brahmin woman for a hundred cattle."
116.
And this contemptible Puṇṇikā longs for a mortar.
117.
A chariot with thoroughbreds for the son, jewelled earrings for the daughter;
And this contemptible Puṇṇikā, supply her with a mortar.
The Birth Story of the Various Desires is the ninth.
290.
The Birth Story of the Morality Investigator (3-4-10)
118.
See the serpent with terrible poison, being moral he is not killed.
119.
One whose conduct is the practice of the noble ones, by which one is called virtuous.
120.
Upon the body's collapse, the moral one is reborn in a fortunate destination.
The Birth Story of the Morality Investigator is the tenth.
The Inner Chapter is the fourth.
Its summary:
And also Instruction, the Excellent Fish, with Jewelled Earring, with Indeed - ten.