[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) › [妙法蓮華經文句](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718) › 1.131 # 妙法蓮華經文句 1.131 妙法蓮華經文句 1.131 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.131) 「舍利弗」，具存應言舍利弗羅，此翻身子，又翻舍利為珠，其母於女人中聰明，聰明相在眼珠，珠之所生故是珠子；又翻身，此女好形身，身之所生故言身子。時人以子顯母，為作此號也。父為作名，名優波提舍，或優波替，此翻論義，論義得妻、因論名子，標父德也。《釋論》云：「我名提舍，逐我作字，字優波提舍。」優波此言逐，提舍者星名也，又舍標父、利標母，雙顯父母故言舍利弗。弗，子也。姓拘栗陀，婆羅門種。《增一》云：「我佛法中，智慧無窮決了諸疑者，舍利弗第一。」昔者，生經云，過去舅甥俱為織師，知王寶藏，因穿土盜之，大獲珍寶。寶監白王，王云：「勿揚，彼盜尋來，伺而執之。」甥因令舅倒入被執，甥恐人識即級舅頭。王令以屍置四交道引取其親，後因賈客群集猥鬧，甥載兩車薪覆之。王又伺取，又因童兒舞戲投火燒之。又行置酒，伺者大醉，酒瓶盛骨而去。王憂狡猾，出女嚴防，在水邊先誡其女，來者執喚。其浮株於水，防者謂人，視之乃株。連日不備，因是得來通女。女執其衣，其即授死人手而去，女大喚視之乃死手耳。因是有身，生男端正。王令乳母抱出，有嗚者執之。連日飢渴至煮餅爐下，餅師與餅而嗚，王更令出，因酤醇酒伺人大醉，抱兒而去出過他國。他國賢其謀，以大臣女妻之不用，因字之為兒，聘本國王女許之。疑是前盜，其人以五百騎鞍馬衣服一種相似，往迎婦時，本王見之，問是前盜，歎其姦詐，以女婦之。甥者舍利弗是，舅者調達是（云云）。 > Regarding "Śāriputra": the complete form should be Śāriputra, which translates here as "Son of the Body". Another translation takes śāri as "pearl"; his mother was intelligent among women, and the sign of her intelligence was in the pupils of her eyes, which were like pearls; because she was born of a pearl, she is "Pearl Child". Another translates it as "body"; this woman had a beautiful form and body, and because he was born of this body, he is called "Son of the Body". People of the time used the son to make the mother manifest, creating this appellation for him. His father gave him the name Upatiṣya, or Upatī; this translates as "Discourse on Meaning"; having obtained his wife through discourse on meaning, he named his son based on the discourse, marking the father's virtue. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says: "My name is Tiṣya; following me, his name was made, named Upatiṣya." Upa here means "following", and Tiṣya is the name of a constellation. Furthermore, śāri marks the father and putri marks the mother, revealing both parents; hence he is called Śāriputra. Putra means son. His family name was Kaulita, of the brāhmaṇa caste. The Ekottarāgama states: "In my Buddhadharma, he whose wisdom is inexhaustible and who resolves all doubts, Śāriputra, is foremost." In former times, as the Jātaka-sūtra says, in the past an uncle and nephew were both weavers; knowing the king's treasury, they dug into the earth and stole from it, obtaining vast treasures. The master of treasures reported to the king, and the king said: "Do not make it known; the thieves will come again soon; watch for them and seize them." The nephew thereupon caused the uncle to fall in upside-down and be captured; fearing people would recognize him, the nephew immediately cut off his uncle's head. The king ordered the corpse placed at a crossroads to lure his relatives; later, when merchants crowded together in commotion, the nephew loaded two carts with firewood to cover it. The king watched again to seize him, and using dancing and playing children, \[the nephew\] threw fire and burned it. Again, he offered wine so that the guards became dead drunk, and putting the bones in a wine vessel, he departed. The king was troubled by his cunning and brought out his daughter under strict guard by the water, first instructing his daughter to seize and call out whoever came. The man floated a log in the water; the guards thought it was a person, but looking closely, it was just a log. Over successive days they dropped their guard, and thus he managed to enter and consort with the daughter. The daughter seized his clothes, but he handed her a dead person's arm and fled; the daughter cried out loudly, and looking at it, it was merely a dead arm. Due to this she became pregnant and gave birth to a handsome boy. The king ordered the wet-nurse to carry him outside, so that anyone who kissed him would be seized. For days he hungered and thirsted, and arriving beneath a baker's oven, the baker gave him a pastry and kissed him; the king again ordered him taken out, so he sold strong wine to make the guards dead drunk, carried the child away, and fled to another country. That other country admired his schemes, and sought to give him a chief minister's daughter in marriage, but he would not accept; instead, \[the minister\] treated him as his son and sought the hand of the daughter of the king of his home country, which was granted. Suspecting he was the former thief, the man sent five hundred cavalrymen with saddles, horses, and clothing identical in appearance; when he went to receive the bride, the home king saw him, asked if he was the former thief, praised his cunning, and gave him his daughter in marriage. The nephew was Śāriputra, and the uncle was Devadatta (and so forth). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.130) - [Next: 1.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.132) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.1.131) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.1.131) · Pramāṇa