[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) › 4.37 # 大方便佛報恩經 4.37 大方便佛報恩經 4.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.37) 「爾時太子即作手書，具以上事向父母說。復以書繫其鴈頸，其鴈歡喜，還波羅奈。父母得太子書，歡喜踊躍，稱善無量，具知太子為弟惡友之所危害，奪取寶珠，苦惱無量。父母尋時杻械惡友手脚，枷鏁頸項，閉著牢獄。遣使往告利師跋王：『汝今云何擁遮太子，令我憂苦？』利師跋王聞是語已，心生恐怖，即嚴服太子，送著界上。太子遣使往白利師跋王：『善友從大海歸。爾時利師跋王作倡伎樂，前後導從，掃灑燒香，懸繒幡蓋，搥鍾鳴鼓，遠迎太子，還至宮中，以女娉之，遣送往詣波羅奈國。』父母聞太子歸，歡喜無量，乘大名象，作倡伎樂，掃灑燒香，懸繒幡蓋，遠迎太子。國上人民，男夫女婦，聞太子入于大海，安隱還歸，歡喜無量，亦皆出迎。善友太子前為父母頭面禮足。王與夫人目瞑，不見太子形容，以手捫摸：『汝是我子善友非耶？父母念汝，憂苦如是。』太子問訊父母起居訖竟，舉手高聲報謝諸小國王及諸群臣國土人民一切大眾，而作是言：『苦屈大眾，從是還歸。』善友太子白父王言：『我弟惡友今在何處？』王言：『汝不須問訊。如是惡人，今在牢獄，不可放也。』善友太子言：『願放惡友，得與相見。』如是言至三，王不忍拒，便開獄門。 > "At that time, the prince at once wrote a letter in his own hand, recounting in full the above events to his parents. He again tied the letter to the goose's neck, and the goose, full of joy, returned to Vārāṇasī. When his parents received the prince's letter, they leaped for joy and praised it boundlessly, learning in full that the prince had been harmed by his younger brother Pāpamitra, who had seized the precious jewel, causing him boundless suffering and distress. His parents immediately put handcuffs and fetters on Pāpamitra's hands and feet, a cangue and chain around his neck, and shut him up in prison. They sent an envoy to inform King Ṛṣivadana: 'Why do you now detain the prince and cause me sorrow and suffering?' When King Ṛṣivadana heard these words, terror arose in his heart; he at once dressed the prince in fine robes and escorted him to the border. The prince sent an envoy to tell King Ṛṣivadana: 'Kalyāṇamitra has returned from the ocean.' Then King Ṛṣivadana arranged music and entertainment, with attendants leading ahead and following behind, sweeping, sprinkling, and burning incense, hanging silk banners and canopies, beating bells and striking drums, to welcome the prince from afar, bringing him back into the palace, marrying his daughter to him, and escorting him back to the kingdom of Vārāṇasī. When his parents heard that the prince had returned, they rejoiced boundlessly; riding great famous elephants, arranging music and entertainment, sweeping, sprinkling, and burning incense, hanging silk banners and canopies, they welcomed the prince from afar. The men and women of the kingdom, hearing that the prince had entered the great ocean and returned safe and sound, rejoiced boundlessly, and all went out to welcome him. Prince Kalyāṇamitra stepped forward and bowed his head at his parents' feet. The king and the queen, being blind, could not see the prince's appearance; they touched and stroked him with their hands: 'Are you my son Kalyāṇamitra or not? Your parents yearned for you, suffering sorrow like this.' After the prince finished inquiring after his parents' well-being, he raised his hand and spoke aloud in thanks to the petty kings, ministers, and all the assembly of the kingdom's people, saying: 'I have troubled the great assembly; from here you may return.' Prince Kalyāṇamitra said to his father the king: 'Where is my younger brother Pāpamitra now?' The king said: 'You need not inquire after him. Such an evil person is now in prison and must not be released.' Prince Kalyāṇamitra said: 'I wish that Pāpamitra be released so that I may meet with him.' When he had spoken thus three times, the king could not bear to refuse, and opened the prison gate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.36) - [Next: 4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.38) - [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.4.37) — 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.353.4.22) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.37) · Pramāṇa