In a forest of Benares, a sow brought forth two little pigs which she named Mahātundila and Tundila. When the two little pigs had grown up, their mother died. An old woman took care of them until the day she decided to kill them. Mahātundila told his brother not to be afraid and shouted words of wisdom which were heard throughout the city. Upon hearing what Maha tundi la was saying to his brother, King Brahmadatta felt pity for him. He raised him in the palace where the court officers built him a beautiful dwelling. From then on, Mahātundila preached the dharma to the king and his officers and the kingdom knew but happiness.
Colophon:
[The writing of this manuscript] was completed in early afternoon, at 14:30, a Sunday, on the eighth waning-moon day of the fourth [lunar] month, BE 2488, a rao year. Khruba Bunma Sīlābhirato wrote the manuscript with his own hand. May the merit derived from donating this supreme religious manuscript support me to reach Nibbāna. I wrote the manuscript at Wat Maha Sangkharam, Ban Hong, Lamphum. I wrote the manuscript to sustain the continuation of Buddhism to last until [the end of] 5,000 years.
Other notes:
This date corresponds to Friday, 25 January 1946 (1307 Pausha 23).