大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 84.48

84.48

Regarding the Commentary's mention of 'Aniruddha' and so forth: he is also called Aniniudou, or Analü, or Aninilütuo, all being Sanskrit variations of pronunciation. All are translated as 'Unextinguished' or 'Without Poverty'. As for the 'gift of a single meal': the Damamūka-nidāna Sūtra states that 'In the latter age of Puṣya Buddha, during a famine, there was a pratyekabuddha named Ṛṣidatta who went begging with an empty bowl and obtained nothing. A poor man saw him, felt pity, and addressed him: "Superior person! Can you accept barnyard millet?" He then offered what he was eating to him. Having eaten, [the pratyekabuddha] displayed eighteen transformations. Later, when [the poor man] went to gather barnyard millet again, a rabbit leaped onto his back and turned into a corpse; having no companion, he could not free himself. Waiting for darkness, he returned home and cast it onto the ground, where it turned into a golden man. Plucking a finger, another grew in its place; spending it, another emerged, inexhaustibly available. Evil people reported it to the king, wishing to seize it, but they saw only a dead corpse, whereas what he saw was gold and treasure.' Such was the visible retribution in this life. 'Ninety-one returns' refers to his karmic fruition. Furthermore, 'After he was born, his family wealth abounded, increasing day and night. His parents wished to test him; they covered an empty vessel and sent it to him, but when uncovered, it was filled with delicacies of a hundred flavors. At his gate every day, there were constantly sixteen thousand people taking loans and sixteen thousand paying debts. After leaving home, wherever he went people were delighted to see him, and whatever he needed was no different from being in his own home.' He was the paternal cousin of the World-Honoured One, the second son of King Droṇodana.