3.
The Chapter on the Hut Destroyer
321.
The Kuṭidūsaka Birth Story (4-3-1)
81.
Then for what reason is a house not found for you?
82.
That which is foremost among human beings, that wisdom is not found in me.
83.
Always of unstable morality, a state of happiness is not found.
84.
Make a hut as protection from cold and wind, monkey.
The Kuṭidūsaka Birth Story is the first.
322.
The Duddubha Birth Story (4-3-2)
85.
I too do not know this, what is this that rumbles."
86.
Having heard the word of the hare, the army of deer was terrified.
87.
Fools for whom sound is supreme, they are dependent on others.
88.
The wise, abstaining from afar, are not dependent on others.
The Duddubha Birth Story is the second.
323.
The Brahmadatta Birth Story (4-3-3)
89.
Either loss or gain of wealth, for such is the nature of begging.
90.
Whoever rejects a request, that they call crying back.
91.
Or you lamenting in return, therefore I wish for a secret place.
92.
For how could a noble one not give to a noble one, having heard your verses connected with the teaching.
The Brahmadatta Birth Story is the third.
324.
The Cammasāṭaka Birth Story (4-3-4)
93.
Who honours the brahmin endowed with birth and sacred hymns, the famous excellent ram."
94.
Longing for a firm blow, stepping back he will give a good strike.
95.
Having raised both arms he wails, "Run forth, the practitioner of the holy life is being killed."
96.
Just as I today am struck, slain by a ram, the fool.
The Cammasāṭaka Birth Story is the fourth.
325.
The Godharāja Birth Story (4-3-5)
97.
He struck me with a stick, just as one who is not a recluse would.
98.
Within you is a thicket, yet you polish the outside.
99.
I have oil and salt, and abundant long pepper.
100.
You praised oil and salt, long pepper is harmful to me.
The Godharāja Birth Story is the fifth.
326.
The Kakkāru Birth Story (4-3-6)
101.
Having obtained fame, would not be intoxicated - he indeed deserves the kakkāru flower.
102.
Having obtained possessions, would not be intoxicated - he indeed deserves the kakkāru flower.
103.
Who would not eat sweet food alone - he indeed deserves the kakkāru flower.
104.
Speaking as he acts, acting as he speaks, he indeed deserves the kakkāru flowers.
The Kakkāru Birth Story is the sixth.
327.
The Kākavatī Birth Story (4-3-7)
105.
Far from here indeed is Kākavatī, where my mind delights.
106.
How the seven seas, how did you climb the silk-cotton tree.
107.
By you the seven seas, by you I climbed the silk-cotton tree.
108.
Whereby for my wife I bring and carry a paramour.
The Kākavatī Birth Story is the seventh.
328.
The Ananusociya Birth Story (4-3-8)
109.
Therefore I do not grieve for this, the dear one with the charming smile.
110.
One should bewail oneself, always fallen under the power of death.
111.
As long as one blinks and opens the eyes, even then youth wastes away.
112.
What has come to be, what remains, should be cherished; what has passed should not be grieved over.
The Ananusociya Birth Story is the eighth.
329.
The Kāḷabāhu Birth Story (4-3-9)
113.
Now we go to the forest, Rādha, and we are not honoured by Dhanañjaya.
114.
These phenomena among humans are impermanent, do not grieve, why do you grieve, Poṭṭhapāda?
115.
How then shall we see the monkey, the contemptible one driven out from the royal family?
116.
Kāḷabāhu himself will do that, by which he will remain far from food and drink.
The Kāḷabāhu Birth Story is the ninth.
330.
The Sīlavīmaṃsa Birth Story (4-3-10)
117.
See the serpent with terrible poison, being moral he is not killed.
118.
Having assembled, hawks in the world do not harm one who owns nothing.
119.
Having made hope desireless, Piṅgalā sleeps happily.
120.
One who is concentrated harms neither others nor oneself.
The Sīlavīmaṃsa Birth Story is the tenth.
The Kuṭidūsaka Chapter is the third.
Its summary:
Then Body, Mocking, Lady, Excellent, then with Rādha, Virtuous, Excellent - ten.