[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [分別功德論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507) › 5.18 # 分別功德論 5.18 分別功德論 5.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.5.18) 所以稱釋王比丘豪族富貴天姓柔和者，凡姓有四：剎帝利、婆羅門、長者、居士也。所以言貴者，以作沙門同一釋姓，是以稱貴耳。喻如四恒水，牛口、師子口、馬口、象口，各有五百支，合入大海共為一水，無若干味。故海得稱大，致貴於百川也。釋姓亦如是，故稱為豪貴第一也。 > The reason the monk King of the Śākyas is praised as being of an illustrious and noble lineage, heavenly by nature, and gentle, is this: In general, lineages are four: kṣatriyas, brāhmaṇas, gṛhapatis, and kulapatis. When one speaks of nobility, it is because upon becoming śramaṇas they all share the one Śākya clan, and on this account it is praised as noble. It is like the four Gaṅgā rivers—the Ox Mouth, Lion Mouth, Horse Mouth, and Elephant Mouth—each having five hundred tributaries, which together enter the great ocean and become a single water, without various tastes. Thus the ocean is called great and is held as the most noble among the hundred rivers. The Śākya lineage is also like this; hence he is praised as foremost in nobility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.5.17) - [Next: 5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.5.19) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507~en-mt.5.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.5.18) · Pramāṇa