[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) › [大方便佛報恩經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156) › 2.21 # 大方便佛報恩經 2.21 大方便佛報恩經 2.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.21) 「爾時轉輪聖王復作是念：『我身今者，喻如無智大癡施主。爾時施主值天大旱，七年不雨，樹木燋乾。時世飢饉，穀米勇貴，人民飢餓，互相茹食，飲血噉肉，更相殘害，枉濫無辜，或父食子，或子食父，父母兄弟，妻息男女，更相食噉。 > "At that time, the wheel-turning sage king further thought: 'My present person is like an unwise and utterly foolish donor. That donor encountered a great drought from heaven; for seven years it did not rain, and the trees dried up and withered. It was a time of famine, grain was exorbitantly expensive, the people were starving and consumed one another, drinking blood and eating flesh, harming one another, falsely and recklessly slaughtering the innocent; fathers ate their sons, sons ate their fathers, and parents, siblings, wives, and children devoured one another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.22) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.2.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [ཐབས་མཁས་པ་ཆེན་པོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དྲིན་ལན་བསབ་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.353.2.13) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.2.21) · Pramāṇa