12.
The Chapter on "If Indeed"
111.
The Gadrabhapañha Birth Story
111.
Well then, here is your mule, for the father of a mule is a donkey.
The Gadrabhapañha Birth Story is the first.
112.
The Amarādevīpañha Birth Story
112.
By which I give, by that I speak; by which I do not give, by that I do not speak;
This is the path of the barley-middler, know this as the concealed way.
The Amarādevīpañha Birth Story is the second.
113.
The Siṅgāla Birth Story
113.
There is not a hundred oyster shells, whence then two hundred bronze plates?
The Siṅgāla Birth Story is the third.
114.
The Mitacinti Birth Story
114.
Measured-Thinker released them, both there came together.
The Mitacinti Birth Story is the fourth.
115.
The Anusāsika Birth Story
115.
She now lies with broken wings, the instructing bird destroyed by a wheel.
The Anusāsika Birth Story is the fifth.
116.
The Dubbaca Birth Story
116.
Having leaped over the fourth, you are now enveloped by the fifth.
The Dubbaca Birth Story is the sixth.
117.
The Tittira Birth Story
117.
Speech kills the fool, as excessive rain does the partridge.
The Tittira Birth Story is the seventh.
118.
The Vaṭṭaka Birth Story
118.
See the fruit of thinking, I am freed from murder and bondage.
The Vaṭṭaka Birth Story is the eighth.
119.
The Akālarāvi Birth Story
119.
This cock does not directly know the proper time or the improper time.
The Akālarāvi Birth Story is the ninth.
120.
The Bandhanamokkha Birth Story
120.
Even the bound are freed there, where the wise speak out.
The Bandhanamokkha Birth Story is the tenth.
The Haṃci Chapter is the twelfth.
Its summary:
Protracted time, distinction, mind, teacher, with wise-speaking-delight - these are ten.