7.
The Chapter on Grass-Clump
211.
The Birth Story of Somadatta (2-7-1)
121.
Having entered the assembly, he explained the perception, but the method does not protect one lacking wisdom.
122.
Either loss or gain of wealth, for such is the nature of begging.
The Birth Story of Somadatta is the first.
212.
The Birth Story of Ucchiṭṭhabhatta (2-7-2)
123.
Brahmin woman, I ask you indeed, what is below and what is above?
124.
For this one has descended into the store-room, this is he whom you seek."
The Birth Story of Ucchiṭṭhabhatta is the second.
213.
The Birth Story of Bharu (2-7-3)
125.
Was destroyed together with his kingdom, the king gone to ruin.
126.
One should speak with an uncorrupted mind, a word connected with truth.
The Birth Story of Bharu is the third.
214.
The Birth Story of Puṇṇanadī (2-7-4)
127.
By which they call one gone far, he has come to you, come now, eat, brahmin.
128.
Swans, herons, and peacocks, not remembering is indeed worse.
The Birth Story of Puṇṇanadī is the fourth.
215.
The Birth Story of the Tortoise (2-7-5)
129.
While the stick was well-grasped, by his own speech he killed himself.
130.
Do you see, through much talking, the tortoise gone to disaster."
The Tortoise Jātaka, the fifth.
216.
The Birth Story of the Fish (2-7-6)
131.
But that the she-fish imagines me gone to another for delight.
132.
O fishermen, release me, masters, one pursuing sensual pleasures is not destroyed anywhere."
The Fish Jātaka is the sixth.
217.
The Birth Story of Seggu (2-7-7)
133.
Maiden, what is this nature of yours today, that you, taken by the hand in the forest wilds, cry out?
134.
To whom shall I cry out in the midst of the forest, he who was my protector commits violence.
The Birth Story of Seggu is the seventh.
218.
The Birth Story of the Dishonest Trader (2-7-8)
135.
If mice would eat the ploughshare, why would hawks not carry off the boy?
136.
Give the ploughshare to the one whose ploughshare is lost, O you whose son is lost, lest the one whose ploughshare is lost take your son.
The Birth Story of the Dishonest Trader is the eighth.
219.
The Birth Story of Garahita (2-7-9)
137.
Of imprudent human beings, not seeing the noble teaching.
138.
With hanging breasts, with braided hair, and also with marked ears;
The Birth Story of Garahita is the ninth.
220.
The Birth Story of Dhammadhaja (2-7-10)
139.
Yet alone at the foot of a tree, you brood like a miserable wretch.
140.
Yet alone at the foot of a tree, I brood like a miserable wretch;
The Birth Story of Dhammadhaja is the tenth.
The Bīraṇathambha Chapter is the seventh.
Its summary:
Talkative, Fire, Wilds, Mouse, with Hanging, Breast, with Miserable Wretch - these are ten.