2.
The Chapter about the Nimb Tree
311.
The Birth Story of Pucimanda (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 Birth Story of Pucimanda is the first.
312.
The Birth Story of Kassapamandiya (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 Birth Story of Kassapamandiya is the second.
313.
The Birth Story of Khantīvādī (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 Birth Story of Khantīvādī is the third.
314.
The Birth Story of Lohakumbhi (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 Birth Story of Lohakumbhi is the fourth.
315.
The Birth Story of Sabbamaṃsalābha (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 Birth Story of Sabbamaṃsalābha is the fifth.
316.
The Birth Story of Sasapaṇḍita (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 Birth Story of Sasapaṇḍita is the sixth.
317.
The Birth Story of Matarodana (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 Birth Story of Matarodana is the seventh.
318.
The Birth Story of Kaṇavera (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 Birth Story of Kaṇavera is the eighth.
319.
The Birth Story of Tittira (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 Birth Story of Tittira is the ninth.
320.
The Birth Story of Succaja (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 Birth Story of Succaja 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.