[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) › 4.24 # 大方便佛報恩經 4.24 大方便佛報恩經 4.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.24) 「爾時諸毒龍即開路令太子得過，乃至七重壍守城毒龍。得至城門下，見二玉女紡頗梨縷。太子問曰：『汝是何人？』答言：『我是龍王守外門婢。』問已，前入到中門下，見四玉女紡白銀縷。太子復問：『汝是龍王婦耶？』答言：『非也。是龍王守中門婢耳。』太子問已，前入到內門所，見八玉女紡黃金縷。太子問曰：『汝是何人？』答言：『我是龍王守內門婢耳。』太子語言：『汝為我通大海龍王：「閻浮提波羅奈王善友太子故來相見，今在門下。」』時守門者。即白如是。王聞是語，疑怪所以，作是念言：『自非福德純善之人，無由遠涉如是嶮路。』即請入宮，王出奉迎。 > "At that time, the venomous dragons immediately opened a path to let the crown prince pass, even through the venomous dragons guarding the city at the seven tiers of moats. When he reached beneath the city gate, he saw two jade maidens spinning crystal thread. The prince asked: 'Who are you?' They replied: 'We are the dragon king's bondservants who guard the outer gate.' Having asked, he advanced to beneath the middle gate, where he saw four jade maidens spinning white silver thread. The prince asked again: 'Are you wives of the dragon king?' They replied: 'No. We are merely the dragon king's bondservants who guard the middle gate.' Having asked, the prince advanced to the inner gate, where he saw eight jade maidens spinning yellow gold thread. The prince asked: 'Who are you?' They replied: 'We are merely the dragon king's bondservants who guard the inner gate.' The prince said to them: 'Announce me to the great dragon king of the sea: "Crown Prince Kalyāṇamitra of the king of Vārāṇasī in Jambudvīpa has come intentionally to see you, and is now beneath the gate."' Then the gatekeeper reported this accordingly. When the king heard these words, he wondered at the cause and thought to himself: 'Unless one is a person of pure goodness and merit, there is no way one could have traveled from afar through such perilous paths.' He immediately invited him into the palace, and the king came out to welcome him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.23) - [Next: 4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.25) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156~en-mt.4.24) — 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.353.4.13) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.24) · Pramāṇa