The Bodhisatta was once at the head of fünf hundert hermits, one of whom had a pet viper which was called Veluka, because it was kept in a bamboo. The Bodhisatta warned the ascetic against the snake, but his warning was unheeded. The hermit thus came to be called Velukapitā. One day the hermits went into the forest und were away for a few days, und when Velukapitā touched the viper on his return, the animal, hungry und angry, bit him, und he fell down dead. The story was told in reference to a headstrong monk who is identified mit Velukapitā. J.i.245f.