འཕགས་པ་གང་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 1.17

1.17

and others were six, five, four, three, or two leagues. The smallest of them measured a single league. Pūrṇa, at that time, within the world, in a great city called Total Isolation, there was a householder named Śani who had a son named Mahāśumata. While the son of that householder was residing in a solitary place, he received the visit of a god who spoke these verses to him:

“ ‘Search for Dharma teachings persistently
And reflect on them genuinely.
The thus-gone one King of All Qualities
Prophesied that you will become awakened.’

“Pūrṇa, after having spoken those verses, the god disappeared. Then the householder’s son approached his father, paid homage to him by touching his feet with his head, and said, ‘I want to go forth as a monk and live the holy life under the teachings of the blessed one King of All Qualities’ Light Rays.’ At that moment Śani, the householder, spoke these verses:

“ ‘In my home there are many precious gems,
And an immeasurable amount of silver and gold.
You will find in my home
All the things that cannot be found within the world.

“ ‘Son, I have accumulated precious gems
To be able to fulfill all your desires.
Why would you go forth as a monk
And take pleasure in deprecating the world?’

“The son of the householder answered his father with these verses:

“ ‘I only aspire to pursue the Dharma
And contemplate it genuinely.
I do not experience pleasure while indulging in wealth.
Instead, I wish to become a guide for the world.

“ ‘I do not need this home’s precious gems.
I aspire to have few desires.
I aspire to go forth as a monk,
To discover the treasure of the Dharma.

“ ‘It is extremely rare for a buddha to appear.
It is extremely rare for the Dharma to be taught.
Now that I have encountered the teachings of the Buddha,
Why would I abandon them?’

“Pūrṇa, the householder’s son then prostrated to the feet of his father, circumambulated him, and left the house. In leaving he spoke these verses to him:

“ ‘Even if I had one trillion fathers
And one billion mothers,
None of them could prevent me
From going forth as a monk.