俱舍論疏 18.115

18.115

論「由恩別者至億倍果等」，別釋恩、德別。如父、母、熊、鹿等恩，持戒人是德別。如《本生經》說：菩薩本生曾為一熊，在深山中。爾時有人入山採薪，遇雪飢寒。熊將收養，餘命得存。天晴路通，其人下山，遇見獵師。示彼熊處，共來加害。分取肉時，兩手便墮。《婆沙》一百十四引經說：菩薩本生曾作鹿王，角白如雪，其毛九色。昔有一人，為水漂溺或出或沒，鹿入河中救此人命，其人得活。王訪此鹿，若有知處加以重賞。此人示處，將欲殺時，其人著癩。王問所由，便不殺鹿，因乃發心。《本生經》說也。

Regarding the Śāstra's "Due to the difference in kindness..." down to "...a hundred-millionfold result and so forth": this specifically explains the distinction between kindness and virtue. Kindness refers to father, mother, the bear, the deer, and so forth; virtue refers to a person who observes the precepts. As related in the *Jātaka*: The Bodhisattva in a past birth was once a bear in the deep mountains. At that time, a man entered the mountains to gather firewood and met with snow, hunger, and cold. The bear took him in and cared for him, so that his remaining life was preserved. When the weather cleared and the path opened, the man went down the mountain and encountered hunters. He pointed out the bear's dwelling place, and together they came to harm it. When he divided and took the meat, both of his hands fell off. The *Vibhāṣā*, fascicle 114, cites a sūtra stating: The Bodhisattva in a past birth was once a deer king, with horns white as snow and fur of nine colors. Once, a man was drifting and drowning in the water, bobbing up and down; the deer entered the river and saved the man's life, so that the man survived. The king sought this deer, offering a great reward to anyone who knew its whereabouts. This man showed the place; when [the hunters] were about to kill it, the man broke out in leprosy. The king asked about the reason, whereupon he did not kill the deer and consequently aroused the aspiration [for awakening]. This is related in the *Jātaka*.