The content tells the tenth Buddhist blessing that is to be well-spoken, and the story of Nandavisala Jataka. Once upon a time, the Bodhisatta came to life as a bull called Nandivisala by a brahmin its owner. The Brahmin fed it and treated it like his own child. The bull thought to repay the Brahmin. One day he said to the brahmin “Go brahmin, to some merchant rich in herds, and wager him a thousand pieces that your bull can draw a hundred loaded carts.” During Nandivisala was dragging the hundred carts, the brahmin shouted at him that “now you are a rascal! Pull them along, you rascal”. When Nandivisala heard that he thought “I’m not the rascal he calls me”; So, he planted his four feet like so many posts and budged not an inch. The merchant made the Brahmin pay over a thousand pieces. Therefore, the brahmin lost his money because of his unwell-spokenness.
Colophon:
See no. Ds 0062 00122
Other notes:
This manuscript is the fthird fascicle of a series of 7 manuscripts entitled Maṅgala Sutta bearing DS 0062 00116 – 00122.