[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) › 3.38 # 大方便佛報恩經 3.38 大方便佛報恩經 3.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.38) 「爾時波羅奈王到宮殿已，拜為第一，名曰鹿母夫人。諸小國王、百官、群臣皆來朝賀。王見此已，心生歡喜。未久數日，便覺有娠。王自供養夫人，床臥飲食皆令細軟。至滿十月，望其生男，紹係國位。月滿產生，生一蓮華。仙人呪力令王瞋恚，而作是言：『畜生所生，故不妄也。』王即退其夫人職，其蓮華者使人遺棄。其後數日，波羅奈王將諸群臣入後園中，遊戲觀看，作倡伎樂，鬪其象馬，并諸力士。中有第一大力士，踉䠙顛蹶，以足蹴地，地皆震動，動蓮華池。其華池邊有大珊瑚，於珊瑚下有一蓮華迸墮水中。其華紅赤，有妙光明。王見此華，心生歡喜，問群臣言：『如此華者，未曾有也。』即使使者入池取之。其華具足有五百葉，於一葉下有一童男，面首端正，形狀妙好。爾時使者即前白王：『此蓮華者未曾有也。大王！當知其蓮華者具五百葉，於一葉下有一天童男。』王聞此語，心驚毛竪，慨歎所以，問使者言：『審實爾耶？此非是我鹿母夫人所生華也？』即問青衣：『鹿母夫人所生華者，遺棄何處？』答言：『大王！埋此池邊大珊瑚下。』王審實其事，知鹿母夫人所生。王自入宮，向鹿母夫人自責悔過，而作是言：『我實愚癡無智，不識賢良，橫生惡賤，違逆夫人。』懺謝訖已，還復本位。王大歡喜，召諸群臣、諸小國王并諸婆羅門相師，一切集會。抱五百太子，使諸相師占相吉凶，卦曰：『道德所歸，國蒙其福。若在家者，四海顒顒，鬼神保之；若出家者，必斷生死，超度欲流，越生死海，獲得三明六通，具四道果。』王聞是語，遂增歡喜，即遍宣令國土，選取五百乳母。 > "At that time, when the King of Vārāṇasī arrived at the palace, he appointed her as the chief queen, titled Lady Deer-Mother (Mṛgī). The kings of smaller states, the hundred officials, and all the ministers came to pay court and offer congratulations. Seeing this, the king rejoiced in his heart. Before long, within a few days, she became pregnant. The king personally provided for the lady, ensuring that her bed, bedding, food, and drink were all delicate and soft. When the full ten months arrived, he hoped she would give birth to a son who would succeed to the royal throne. When the months were fulfilled and she gave birth, she gave birth to a single lotus flower. Through the power of the ṛṣi's curse, the king was provoked to anger, and he said: 'That she was born of a beast is indeed true!' The king immediately stripped the lady of her rank and had someone discard the lotus flower. Several days later, the King of Vārāṇasī led his ministers into the rear garden to disport and observe, playing music and having elephants, horses, and various wrestlers compete. Among them was a foremost champion wrestler who stumbled and kicked the earth with his foot; the ground shook, trembling the lotus pond. By the edge of that lotus pond was a large coral tree, and beneath the coral tree, a lotus flower sprang out and fell into the water. The flower was crimson-red and had a wondrous radiance. Seeing this flower, the king rejoiced in his heart and asked the ministers: 'Such a flower has never existed before.' He immediately sent a messenger into the pond to fetch it. The flower had a full five hundred petals, and beneath each petal was a young boy, fair-faced and handsome, with wondrous and lovely physical features. The messenger immediately went forward and addressed the king: 'This lotus flower is unprecedented! Great King, you should know that this lotus flower has five hundred petals, and beneath each petal is a divine young boy.' Hearing these words, the king was astounded and his hair stood on end. Sighing over the reason for this, he asked the messenger: 'Is this truly so? Could this not be the flower born of my Lady Deer-Mother?' He then asked the handmaid: 'Where was the flower born of Lady Deer-Mother discarded?' She answered: 'Great King, it was buried under the large coral tree by the edge of this pond.' The king verified the matter and knew that it had been born of Lady Deer-Mother. The king personally entered the palace, reproached himself, and repented to Lady Deer-Mother, saying: 'I was truly foolish and devoid of wisdom; failing to recognise virtue and goodness, I wrongly gave rise to vile disdain and wronged you, my lady.' Having made his confession and apology, he restored her to her original rank. The king rejoiced greatly, and summoned his ministers, the kings of smaller states, and the brāhmaṇa physiognomists, holding a great assembly. Holding the five hundred princes, he had the physiognomists divine their good or bad fortune. The divination said: 'Virtue converges upon them, and the realm will receive their blessings. If they remain at home, the people of the four seas will look up to them with reverence, and ghosts and spirits will protect them. If they leave home, they will certainly cut off birth and death, cross over the torrent of desire, transcend the ocean of birth and death, obtain the three knowledges and the six supernatural penetrations, and attain the four fruits of the Path.' Hearing these words, the king's joy increased all the more, and he immediately proclaimed throughout the realm that five hundred wet nurses were to be selected. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.37) - [Next: 3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.39) - [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.3.38) — 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.353.3.17) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.3.38) · Pramāṇa