大方便佛報恩經 4.34

4.34

"At that time, the princess went to where the blind man was and said to him: 'Do you know? I wish to become husband and wife with you now.' Kalyāṇamitra replied: 'Whose daughter are you, that you wish to become my wife?' She replied: 'I am the daughter of King Ṛṣabha.' Kalyāṇamitra replied: 'You are a princess, and I am a beggar; how could we show mutual respect?' The woman said: 'I shall serve you with all my heart and never disobey your will.' After ninety days had passed in this manner, the wife went out on some small matter without informing her husband, returning only after a long time. Kalyāṇamitra reproached her: 'You went out secretly without informing me. Where did you go and come back from?' The wife said: 'I did not go out secretly.' The husband said: 'Whether secret or not, who can know you?' The woman was grieved, her eyes filled with tears, and she made a solemn vow: 'If I have gone out secretly, may both your eyes never heal; but if that is not so, may one of your eyes be restored as before.' Having made this vow, one of her husband's eyes blinked and fluttered, and was restored as before; the pupil shone brightly like a shooting star, and his vision was clear and bright, so that he was able to see his wife. The wife said: 'How is it? Do you believe me or not?' Kalyāṇamitra smiled. The wife said: 'You do not recognize the favor of my caring for you. I am the daughter of the king of a great nation, and you are a lowly man, yet I have served you with all my heart, and still you did not trust me.' The husband said: 'Do you recognize me?' She replied: 'I recognize you; you are a beggar.' The husband said: 'That is not so; I am Prince Kalyāṇamitra of the king of Vārāṇasī.' The wife said: 'You are an utter fool! How could you utter such words? Prince Kalyāṇamitra of the king of Vārāṇasī went out to sea and has not yet returned; how can you now say that you are that person? These are false words! I do not believe them.' Kalyāṇamitra said: 'Since my birth, I have never spoken falsely.' The wife said: 'Whether false or true, who could believe it?' The husband said: 'If I am speaking falsely and deceiving you, may my other eye never heal. If I am speaking the truth, may my other eye be restored as before, so that you may see it.' Having formed this thought, immediately, in accordance with what he had sworn, the pupil shone brightly, no different from the original.""