釋迦譜 1.378

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爾時白淨王。見摩耶夫人諸瑞相已。歡喜踊躍不能自勝。即便遣請善相婆羅門。以妙香華種種飲食而供養之。供養畢已。示夫人右脇并說瑞相。白婆羅門言。願為占之有何等異。時婆羅門即占之曰。大王夫人所懷太子。諸善妙相不可具說。今當為王略言之耳。大王當知。今此夫人胎中之子。必能光顯釋迦種族。降胎之時放大光明。諸天釋梵執侍圍繞。此相必是正覺之瑞。若不出家為轉輪聖王。王四天下七寶自至。千子具足。時王聞此婆羅門言。深自慶幸踊躍無量。即以金銀雜寶。象馬車乘及以村邑。而用供給此婆羅門。時摩耶夫人。以其婇女并及珍寶。亦以奉施。瑞應本起經云。王即占問太卜。占其所夢。卦曰。道德所歸。世蒙其福。必懷聖子。自從菩薩處胎已來。摩耶夫人日更修行六波羅蜜。天獻飲食自然而至。不復樂於人間之味。三千大千世界常皆大明。其界中間幽冥之處。日月威光所不能照。亦皆朗然。其中眾生各得相見。共相謂言。此中云何忽生眾生。菩薩降胎之時。三千大千世界十八相動。清涼香風起於四方。諸抱病者皆悉除愈。貪欲瞋癡亦皆休息。

At that time, after King Śuddhodana had seen Queen Māyā's auspicious signs, his joy and exaltation were beyond measure. He immediately dispatched [messengers] to invite brāhmaṇas skilled in divination and made offerings to them with wonderful incense, flowers, and various foods and drinks. When the offerings were complete, he showed them the queen's right flank, recounted the auspicious signs, and said to the brāhmaṇas: “Please divine what marvel this portends.”

The brāhmaṇas then divined it, saying: “The supreme prince borne by the Great King’s queen has good and wondrous signs that cannot be described in full. We shall now summarize them for the King. The Great King should know: the child within the queen’s womb will certainly bring glorious renown to the Śākya clan. At the time of descending into the womb, he emitted a great radiance, and devas, Śakra, and Brahmā held attendants’ insignia and surrounded him. These signs are surely portents of the Rightly Awakened One. If he does not leave the household life, he will become a wheel-turning sage king, ruling the four continents, with the seven treasures appearing of themselves and endowed with a thousand sons.”

When the king heard these words of the brāhmaṇas, he felt deeply blessed and rejoiced boundlessly. He immediately provided these brāhmaṇas with gold, silver, various jewels, elephants, horses, carriages, and villages. Queen Māyā likewise offered her palace maidens along with precious treasures.

The Ruiying benqi jing says: The king immediately inquired of the court diviners to divine her dream. The hexagram stated: “Where virtue and the Way converge, the world receives their blessing; she will certainly conceive a holy son.”

Ever since the Bodhisattva entered the womb, Queen Māyā practiced the six pāramitās more each day. Celestial foods and drinks arrived spontaneously, and she no longer delighted in human flavors. The trichiliocosm was always filled with great radiance. Even the dark and shadowy places between the worlds, where the majestic light of the sun and moon cannot shine, became completely luminous. The sentient beings within them were able to see one another and said to each other: “How is it that sentient beings have suddenly appeared here?” When the Bodhisattva descended into the womb, the trichiliocosm trembled in eighteen ways, a cool, fragrant wind arose from the four directions, all those who suffered from illness were completely healed, and greed, anger, and delusion were all stilled.