2.
The Chapter about the Nimb Tree
311.
The Pucimanda Birth Story (4-2-1)
41.
Let not the kings seize you, the wrongdoer in the village."
42.
What is that to the margosa tree, born and standing in the forest?
43.
Having seized a thief, a wrongdoer in the village, the kings
Fix him on a margosa stake, about that my mind is uncertain.
44.
Fearing future danger, the wise one looks at both worlds.
The Pucimanda Birth Story is the first.
312.
The Kassapamandiya Birth Story (4-2-2)
45.
All that the wise one endures, the wise person forbears it.
46.
Fools break apart like bowls, they do not attain peace.
47.
Whoever knows the transgression, and whoever knows the confession.
48.
Who himself is worthy to reconcile those who have transgressed against others.
The Kassapamandiya Birth Story is the second.
313.
The Khantīvādī Birth Story (4-2-3)
49.
Be angry with him, great hero, do not destroy this country.
50.
May that king live long, for those like me do not become angry.
51.
Him, established in patience alone, the King of Kāsi had cut down.
52.
Which the King of Kāsi experienced, consigned to hell.
The Khantīvādī Birth Story is the third.
314.
The Lohakumbhi Birth Story (4-2-4)
53.
Though possessions existed, we made no refuge for ourselves.
54.
For those being tormented in hell, when will there be an end?
55.
For such evil was done, by me and by you, sir.
56.
Bountiful, accomplished in morality, I will do much wholesome."
The Lohakumbhi Birth Story is the fourth.
315.
The Sabbamaṃsalābha Birth Story (4-2-5)
57.
Your speech is like a hide, my dear, I give you a hide.
58.
Speech similar to a limb, a limb, my dear, I give to you.
59.
Your speech is like the heart, my dear, I give you the heart.
60.
Speech similar to all, I give you everything, my dear.
The Sabbamaṃsalābha Birth Story is the fifth.
316.
The Sasapaṇḍita Birth Story (4-2-6)
61.
This is mine, brahmin, having eaten this, dwell in the forest.
62.
And two meat-skewers and an iguana, and one jar of curds;
This is mine, brahmin, having eaten this, dwell in the forest.
63.
This is mine, brahmin, having eaten this, dwell in the forest.
64.
Having eaten me cooked by this fire, dwell in the forest.
The Sasapaṇḍita Birth Story is the sixth.
317.
The Matarodana Birth Story (4-2-7)
65.
All who bear bodies, gradually give up life.
66.
Having no power over their own bodies, even while delighting, they give up life.
67.
Wailing and weeping is useless, why do you let yourselves be overwhelmed by a mass of sorrow?
68.
They think the wise one is a fool - those who are unskilled in the Teaching.
The Matarodana Birth Story is the seventh.
318.
The Kaṇavera Birth Story (4-2-8)
69.
You yourself embraced with your arm, she spoke to you of her health.
70.
If the wind could carry a mountain, it could carry the whole earth too;
Where my dark-skinned wife has died, she spoke to me of her health."
71.
Devoted to one husband, my dark-skinned wife, she longs for him alone.
72.
My dark-skinned wife might also exchange for another, I will go farther away from here.
The Kaṇavera Birth Story is the eighth.
319.
The Tittira Birth Story (4-2-9)
73.
Yet I stand in danger, what then, venerable sir, is my destination?
74.
Evil does not defile one who is uninvolved, one who is good.
75.
Dependent on me, he experiences the action, about that my mind is uncertain.
76.
Evil does not defile one who is living at ease, one who is good.
The Tittira Birth Story is the ninth.
320.
The Succaja Birth Story (4-2-10)
77.
What would he who does not give up for his welfare, by speech he gave the mountain.
78.
One not doing but speaking - the wise fully understand him.
79.
Though you have met with disaster, your mind delights in truth.
80.
She indeed is his supreme wife, for one with gold there are merely women.
The Succaja Birth Story is the tenth.
The Pucimanda Chapter is the second.
Its summary:
Then Hare, Dead, and Spring, Happiness, Easy to Give, Vow, Dancing, Unconquered - these are ten.