俱舍論疏 8.145

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論「人卵生者至五百子等」，釋人中卵生也。《婆沙》一百二十云「人卵生者，昔於此州有商人，入海得一𩾰鶴，形色偉麗奇而悅之，遂生二卵。於後卵開出二童子，端正聰慧，年長出家皆得阿羅漢果。小者名鄔波世羅（此云小山。鄔波名小，世羅名山。近山生故）。大者名世羅（但名山也）。」「鹿母」者，子名鹿故從子為名，故言鹿母，即是毘舍佉夫人也。毘舍佉是二月星名，從星立名，此云長養。鹿母所生三十二卵，卵出一兒。「般遮羅」，是地名，此云執五。王妃生五百卵，生已羞恥恐為災變，函盛棄殑伽河，隨流而去。下有隣國王，因觀水遣人接取，見卵將歸，經數日間各生一子。養大驍勇，所往皆伏，無敢敵者。時彼隣國王與彼父王久來有怨，欲遣征罰，先遣使告今欲決戰，尋後兵至圍繞其城即欲摧破。般遮羅王極生忙怖，王妃問委。妃慰王言：「王不須愁。此五百子皆是我兒。」具陳上事。夫子見母惡心必息，妃自登城告五百子說上因緣，「如何今者欲造逆罪？若不信者皆應張口。」妃出兩乳，有五百道乳汁各注一口。應時信伏。因即和好各起慈心，兩國交通永無征伐。

The Śāstra says: "Among humans, the egg-born [...] the five hundred sons, and so forth." This explains the egg-born among humans. The Vibhāṣā, fascicle 120, says: "As for the egg-born among humans, formerly in this continent there was a merchant who went out to sea and caught a crane. Its form and plumage were magnificent and extraordinary, and he took delight in it; it subsequently laid two eggs. Later the eggs hatched, producing two boys who were handsome and intelligent. When grown, they went forth and both attained the fruit of arhatship. The younger was named Upaśaila (translated here as 'Little Mountain'; 'Upa' means small, 'śaila' means mountain; named because he was born near a mountain). The elder was named Śaila (meaning simply 'Mountain')." As for the "Deer Mother", she was named after her son whose name was Deer; hence she was called the Deer Mother, who is Lady Viśākhā. Viśākhā is the name of a constellation of the second month; she was named after the constellation, which is translated here as 'Nurture'. The Deer Mother gave birth to thirty-two eggs, each hatching into a boy. "Pañcāla" is a place-name, translated here as 'Holding Five'. The queen gave birth to five hundred eggs. Having given birth to them, she felt ashamed and feared it was an omen of disaster, so she placed them in a chest and discarded it into the Gaṅgā River, letting it drift with the current. Downstream, the king of a neighboring country, while observing the water, sent men to retrieve it. Seeing the eggs, he brought them back, and after several days each produced a son. Reared to adulthood, they were brave and fierce, subduing wherever they went, with none daring to oppose them. At that time, that neighboring king had a long-standing feud with their father the king, and wishing to send an expedition against him, first dispatched an envoy announcing his intention to wage a decisive battle. Soon after, the troops arrived, surrounding the city and preparing to destroy it. King Pañcāla fell into extreme panic and terror, and the queen inquired about the matter. The queen consoled the king, saying: 'Your Majesty need not grieve. These five hundred sons are all my children.' She recounted the entire incident above. When sons see their mother, their evil intentions are bound to cease. The queen herself climbed the city wall and told the five hundred sons of the aforesaid causes and conditions: 'How can you now wish to commit the crime of rebellion? If you do not believe me, you should all open your mouths.' The queen uncovered her two breasts, and five hundred streams of milk poured each into a single mouth. They immediately believed and submitted. Thereupon they reconciled, loving-kindness arose in each of them, and the two countries established peaceful intercourse, never waging war again.