大方便佛報恩經 1.46

1.46

「爾時大王及與夫人，思是苦已，失聲大哭。王悲悶絕，舉身躃地，良久醒悟，復自思惟：『不設方便，三人併命，不離此死。我今何不殺於夫人，以活我身，并續子命。』作是念已，尋即拔刀，欲殺夫人。其子須闍提見王異相，右手拔刀，欲殺其母，前捉王手，語父王言：『欲作何等？』

"At that time, the great king and the queen, having contemplated this suffering, wept aloud uncontrollably. The king fainted from sorrow and threw his body to the ground; reviving after a long time, he again thought to himself: 'If I do not devise an upāya, all three of us will perish together and will not escape dying here. Why should I not now kill the queen, so as to preserve my own life and prolong our son's life?' Having thought this, he immediately drew his sword, intending to kill the queen. His son Sujāti, seeing his father's abnormal demeanor and his right hand drawing the sword to kill his mother, stepped forward, seized the king's hand, and said to his father the king: 'What do you wish to do?'"