大方便佛報恩經 4.7

4.7

佛言：「過去世時，無量千歲，有國名波羅奈。其中有佛出世，號毘婆尸如來、應供、正遍知、明行足、善逝、世間解、無上士、調御丈夫、天人師、佛、世尊。在世教化，滿十千歲。滅度之後，正法住世十二千歲。像法滅後，波羅奈王名摩訶羅闍，聰叡仁賢，正法治國，不枉人民。王主六十小國、八百聚落、五百白象。二萬夫人了無有子。王自禱祀諸山、河池、樹木神祇，滿十二年，王第一所重夫人即便有娠；第二夫人亦皆有娠。王甚歡喜，手自供養，床臥飲食皆令細軟。至滿十月，太子便生，形體端正，妙色莊嚴，人相具足。第二夫人亦皆生男。王甚歡喜，即召諸臣百官并諸相師婆羅門等，占相吉凶，抱兒示之，便令立字。相師問言：『此兒生時，有何瑞相？』答言：『第一太子，其母性行由來弊惡，恚恨妬忌，憍慢自大。從懷子已來，其性調善，和顏悅色，發言含笑；先意問訊，軟語利益；慈愍眾生，喻如赤子。』相師答言：『此是兒之福德使母如此。』即便立字，名曰善友太子。第二夫人所生太子者，相師問言：『其子生時，有何瑞相？』答言：『其母由來性常調善，先意問訊，發言柔軟，可適眾心。懷妊已來，其性卒暴，發言麤惡，嫉妬恚癡。』相師答言：『此是兒之業行使母如是。應當立字，名之惡友太子。』哺乳長大，至年十四。善友太子聰明慈仁，好喜布施，父母偏心愛念，視如眼目。惡友太子其性暴惡，父母憎惡而不憘視；妬嫉於兄，常欲毀害觸事；不順其兄，違逆反戾。

The Buddha said: "In a past life, immeasurable thousands of years ago, there was a kingdom named Vārāṇasī. Within it a Buddha appeared in the world, called Vipaśyin Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksaṃbuddha, Vidyācaraṇasaṃpanna, Sugata, Lokavid, Anuttara, Puruṣadamyasārathi, Śāstā Devamanuṣyāṇām, Buddha, Bhagavat. He lived in the world teaching and transforming for a full ten thousand years. After he passed into extinction, the saddharma remained in the world for twelve thousand years. After the semblance dharma had passed away, there was a king of Vārāṇasī named Mahārāja, who was sagacious, benevolent, and worthy, governing the kingdom according to the true law without unjustly oppressing the people. The king ruled sixty small kingdoms, eight hundred villages, and five hundred white elephants. His twenty thousand royal consorts had no sons at all. The king himself prayed and sacrificed to the deities of various mountains, rivers, ponds, and trees for a full twelve years. Thereupon the king's first and most cherished consort became pregnant; the second consort also became pregnant. The king was exceedingly joyful, serving them with his own hands and ensuring that beds, seats, food, and drink were all fine and soft. When the full ten months arrived, a prince was born, whose body was well-proportioned, adorned with wondrous color, and endowed with the marks of a human being. The second consort also gave birth to a son. The king was overjoyed, and immediately summoned his ministers, the hundred officials, along with various physiognomists, brāhmaṇas, and others to divine their auspicious and inauspicious signs. Holding the babies, he showed them to them and ordered names to be given. The physiognomists asked: 'When this child was born, what auspicious signs appeared?' They answered: 'As for the first prince, his mother’s nature had previously been vile and evil, prone to resentment, jealousy, arrogance, and conceited pride. But from the time she conceived the child, her nature has been gentle and good, her expression harmonious and pleasant, speaking with a smile; she is the first to inquire after others, speaking gentle words of benefit; she shows benevolence and pity to living beings as if to an infant.' The physiognomists answered: 'It is the blessings and virtue of this child that caused his mother to be like this.' Thereupon they gave him a name, calling him Prince Kalyāṇamitra. As for the prince born to the second consort, the physiognomists asked: 'When this child was born, what auspicious signs appeared?' They answered: 'His mother’s nature had previously always been gentle and good, being the first to inquire after others, speaking softly and pleasantly to please everyone's heart. But since she conceived, her nature has become violent, her speech coarse and evil, full of jealousy, resentment, and delusion.' The physiognomists answered: 'It is this child's karmic actions that caused his mother to be like this. He should be named Prince Pāpamitra.' They were nursed and raised until they reached the age of fourteen. Prince Kalyāṇamitra was intelligent, benevolent, and loved to practice giving; his parents loved him with partiality, cherishing him as their own eyes. Prince Pāpamitra was violent and evil in nature; his parents disliked him and did not look upon him with pleasure. He was jealous of his elder brother and constantly wished to harm him in every matter, refusing to follow his brother and acting in defiance and rebellion against him.