5.
The Chapter on Ruhaka
191.
The Ruhaka Birth Story (2-5-1)
81.
Be joined with your former wife, do not come under the control of wrath.
82.
I will make another bowstring, enough of the old one.
The Ruhaka Birth Story is the first.
192.
The Sirikāḷakaṇṇi Birth Story (2-5-2)
83.
A man might not desire her, do you believe this, Mahosadha?
84.
Fortune and misfortune never come together."
The Sirikāḷakaṇṇi Birth Story is the second.
193.
The Cūḷapaduma Birth Story (2-5-3)
85.
She whom she called "my young lord," women are fit to be killed, there is no truth in women.
86.
And of this wicked wife, while she is still living, cut off her ears and nose."
The Cūḷapaduma Birth Story is the third.
194.
The Maṇicora Birth Story (2-5-4)
87.
For those acting hastily, the unrestrained, surely there are none to restrain them.
88.
And he passes away from the heavenly state, is he not thereby destroyed?
The Maṇicora Birth Story is the fourth.
195.
The Pabbatūpatthara Birth Story (2-5-5)
89.
The jackal departed from it, knowing it was guarded by a lion.
90.
It does not thereby become a non-river, forgive if she is dear to you.
The Pabbatūpatthara Birth Story is the fifth.
196.
The Valāhakassa Birth Story (2-5-6)
91.
They will go to disaster, like merchants with the she-demons.
92.
They will go safely to the far shore, like merchants with Valāha.
The Valāhaka Birth Story is the sixth.
197.
The Mittāmitta Birth Story (2-5-7)
93.
And he does not give him his eyes, and he acts in opposition.
94.
By which a wise person would know an enemy, having seen and having heard.
The Mittāmitta Birth Story is the seventh.
198.
The Rādha Birth Story (2-5-8)
95.
I wonder, dear son, does your mother not associate with another?
96.
One would lie like a Poṭṭhapāda, boiled in the embers.
The Rādha Birth Story is the eighth.
199.
The Gahapati Birth Story (2-5-9)
97.
That this one, having descended to the store-room, says "I did not see."
98.
Having made an agreement for two months, meat from an old bull, lean;
The Gahapati Birth Story is the ninth.
200.
The Sādhusīla Birth Story (2-5-10)
99.
We ask you, brahmin, which of them should we choose?
100.
There is benefit in one well-born, morality pleases us.
The Sādhusīla Birth Story is the tenth.
The Ruhaka Chapter is the fifth.
Its summary:
Then Mutti, Ava, Vāṇija, Umhayati, Cirāgata, Koṭṭha, Sarīra - ten.