[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) › 3.22 # 大方便佛報恩經 3.22 大方便佛報恩經 3.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.22) 「爾時大臣即擣此藥，奉上大王。王即服之，病得除差。病既差已，問諸大臣：『汝等於何得此妙藥，除我患苦，得全身命？』大臣白王：『今此藥者，忍辱太子之所辦耳。非諸臣力所堪辦也。』王聞是語，心驚毛竪，微聲問諸臣言：『忍辱太子今在何所？』大臣答言：『太子今者在外，身體傷損，命不云遠。』王聞是語，舉聲大哭：『怪哉！怪哉！』自投於地，塵土坌身：『如我今者，實自無情。云何乃能服此子藥？』往到子所，其命已終。王及夫人及諸臣民，無量大眾前後圍遶。其母懊惱，投身死尸：『以我宿世有諸過惡，今令子身受是苦也。今我身者，何不碎末如塵，乃令我子喪失身命。』爾時父王及諸小王即以牛頭栴檀香木，積以成𧂐，闍維太子所有身骨，復以七寶起塔供養。」 > "The ministers then pounded this medicine and offered it to the great king. The king took it at once, and his illness was cured. Having recovered, he asked the ministers: 'Where did you obtain this marvelous medicine that relieved my suffering and saved my life?' The ministers addressed the king: 'This medicine was provided solely by Prince Kṣānti; it was not within the power of your ministers to provide.' Hearing these words, the king's heart was startled and his hair stood on end. In a faint voice he asked the ministers: 'Where is Prince Kṣānti now?' The ministers replied: 'The prince is now outside; his body is mutilated, and his life is not far from ending.' Hearing these words, the king wailed aloud: 'How dreadful! How dreadful!' He threw himself to the ground, dust and dirt soiling his body: 'Someone like me is truly heartless! How could I take this medicine made from my son?' He went to his son's quarters, but his life had already ended. The king, the queen, the ministers, and the citizens—an immeasurable great assembly—surrounded him before and behind. Distraught with grief, his mother threw herself upon the corpse: 'Because of the misdeeds of my past lives, I have now caused my son's body to undergo this suffering. Why is my own body not ground into dust like powder, rather than causing my son to lose his life?' Then the father king and the minor kings piled up ox-head sandalwood to make a pyre, cremated all the prince's bones, and further erected a stupa made of the seven treasures to make offerings to them." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.21) - [Next: 3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.23) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.3.22) — 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.353.3.11) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.22) · Pramāṇa