2.
The Chapter on Beauty and Form
361.
The Vaṇṇāroha Birth Story (5-2-1)
60.
Subāhu is not better than me, Sudāṭha, thus you speak.
61.
Sudāṭha is not better than me, Subāhu, thus you speak.
62.
I will now not delight in living together with you.
63.
Would quickly break with a friend, and would generate much enmity.
64.
But one in whom one sleeps as a son upon the breast, he indeed is a friend who cannot be divided by others.
The Vaṇṇāroha Birth Story is the first.
362.
The Sīlavīmaṃsa Birth Story (5-2-2)
65.
Morality is better than learning, thus there is no doubt for me.
66.
For one not endowed with morality, no benefit from learning is found.
67.
They, having abandoned both worlds, are reborn in an unfortunate realm.
68.
Having practised the Teaching here, they become equal in the celestial abode.
69.
But one's own morality, pure, is for the future state and for happiness.
The Testing of Morality Birth Story is the second.
363.
The Shame Birth Story (5-2-3)
70.
One who does not undertake better actions, one should know him thus: "He is not mine."
71.
One not doing but speaking - the wise fully understand him.
72.
But one in whom one sleeps as a son upon the breast, he indeed is a friend who cannot be divided by others.
73.
One expecting the fruit develops it, bearing the manly burden.
74.
One becomes free from anguish, sinless, drinking the flavour of joy in the Dhamma.
The Shame Birth Story is the third.
364.
The Firefly Birth Story (5-2-4)
75.
Saw a firefly at night, and thought it to be fire.
76.
With wrong perception, he was not able to kindle a fire.
77.
Milking a cow from the horn, where one does not find milk.
78.
By refutation of enemies, and by support of friends.
79.
The protectors of the world dwell on the earth, the ground.
The Firefly Birth Story is the fourth.
365.
The Snake-Catcher Birth Story (5-2-5)
80.
Bring ripe mangoes, let us eat your energy.
81.
Where have you heard or seen a monkey named Sumukha?
82.
Having entered the grain market, intoxicated, struck me who was hungry.
83.
Indeed I, when asked, would not give, for thus I am frightened by fear.
84.
With such a one, the wise one is worthy to unite in companionship and friendship.
The Snake-Catcher Birth Story is the fifth.
366.
The Gumbiya Birth Story (5-2-6)
85.
Gumbiya, seeking food, placed the poison in the forest.
86.
For them it was bitter, by that they met with death.
87.
They are happy among the afflicted, quenched while others are burning.
88.
This is bait and bondage, the guise of death dwelling in the cave.
89.
Those who always avoid them, have overcome attachment in the world.
The Gumbiya Birth Story is the sixth.
367.
The Sāḷiya Birth Story (5-2-7)
90.
By that snake this one was bitten, the evil adviser was slain.
91.
Thus he lies slain, just as this man is slain.
92.
Thus he lies slain, just as this man is slain.
93.
That very dust strikes him, thus this person is destroyed.
94.
The evil returns to that very fool, like subtle dust thrown against the wind.
The Sāḷiya Birth Story is the seventh.
368.
The Tacasāra Birth Story (5-2-8)
95.
Yet with serene features, why do you not grieve?
96.
Knowing him grieving and suffering, his enemies become pleased.
97.
His enemies become unhappy, seeing his face unchanged, as before.
98.
In whatever way, wherever one might obtain benefit, in that way, there one should strive.
99.
Not grieving, one should endure, "Action is firm, what can I do now?"
The Tacasāra Birth Story is the eighth.
369.
The Mittavindaka Birth Story (5-2-9)
100.
That having descended upon my head, a wheel revolves on my skull.
101.
And the Brahma's higher mansion, for what purpose have you come here?
102.
Thus with this perception, see me gone to disaster.
103.
And with sixteen thirty-two, through excessive greed he encountered the wheel;
For the man destroyed by desire, the wheel revolves upon his head.
104.
Those who covet it, they become bearers of the wheel.
The Mittavindaka Birth Story is the ninth.
370.
The Palāsa Birth Story (5-2-10)
105.
Seated just in your lap, he will cut your vital spots."
106.
Just as a father and mother, so will he be to me."
107.
Having informed you, we go, its growth does not please me.
108.
Not having understood the swan, great fear has come to me.
109.
Considering the obstruction of that, the wise one strives for the destruction of the root.
The Palāsa Birth Story is the tenth.
The Vaṇṇāroha Chapter is the second.