大方便佛報恩經 3.45

3.45

「爾時鹿母夫人燒眾名香，作妙伎樂，日日入後園中，供養是五百辟支佛塔。於其塔前愁憂不樂，而作是言：『我雖生是五百太子，雖復出家，而無一人能發菩提之心。』即立誓願：『我供養是五百辟支佛，并起五百塔，供養舍利功德，悉以迴向普及一切眾生。令我來世不用多生諸子，而不能發菩提之心，但生一子能發道心，現世出家，得一切智。』」

"At that time, Lady Deer-Mother burned various renowned incenses, played wondrous music, and entered the rear garden every day to make offerings to these stūpas of the five hundred pratyekabuddhas. In front of the stūpas, she was sorrowful and unhappy, and said: 'Although I gave birth to these five hundred princes, and although they left home, not one among them was able to generate the mind of bodhi.' She then made a vow: 'The merit of my offering to these five hundred pratyekabuddhas and erecting five hundred stūpas to honour their relics—I dedicate it entirely and extend it to all sentient beings. May I in future lifetimes have no need to bear many sons who cannot generate the mind of bodhi; let me give birth to only one son who can generate the mind for the Path, leave home in his present life, and attain omniscience!'"