[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) › [釋迦譜](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040) › 1.414 # 釋迦譜 1.414 釋迦譜 1.414 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.414](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.1.414) 爾時太子既出宮已。至於天曉。耶輸陀羅及諸婇女從眠而覺。不見太子悲號啼泣。即便往啟摩訶波闍波提。今旦忽失太子莫知所在。摩訶波闍波提聞是語已迷悶躄地。如是展轉乃至達王。王聞此言屹然無聲。失其精魂若喪四體。舉宮內外皆亦如是。時諸大臣即入檢視太子住處。案行宮城。見城北門自然已開。又復不見車匿犍陟。即問門司誰開此者。互相推檢皆云不知。并問防人亦云不解此門開意。于時大臣心自思惟。北門既開太子必當從此而出。宜速尋覓太子所在。即勅千乘萬騎。絡繹四出追求太子。以天力故。迷失道徑不知所之。即便還歸白大王言。推辱太子不知所在。爾時車匿步牽犍陟及莊嚴具。悲泣嗚咽隨路而還。舉邑人民見此驚愕無不懊惱。悉皆競來問車匿言。汝送太子置於何處。今與犍陟而獨還也。車匿既得諸人問此。倍更悲絕不能答之。此諸人民。雖見犍陟鞁帶鞍勒七寶莊嚴。不見太子猶若死人飾以華綵。於是車匿前入宮城。犍陟悲嘶諸厩群馬一時哀鳴。外諸官屬白摩訶波闍波提。及耶輸陀羅言。車匿唯與犍陟俱還。聞此言已。宛轉于地而自念曰。今者唯聞車匿犍陟相隨俱還。而不聞道太子歸聲。摩訶波闍波提即作是言。我養太子至年長大。一旦捨我不知所在。譬如果樹結華成實臨熟落地。又如饑人遇百味饌。臨欲食之忽然翻倒。耶輸陀羅又自言曰。我與太子行住坐臥不相遠離。今者捨我莫知所趣。古昔諸王入山學道。皆將妻子不暫相棄。世間之人。一遇相識別不相忘。夫妻之情。恩愛之深。而乃反更如是之薄。語車匿言。寧與智者而作怨讐。不共愚人以為親厚。汝癡頑人。盜送太子置於何處。令此釋族不復熾盛。又責犍陟。汝載太子出此王宮。近去之時寂然無聲。今者空返何意悲嘶。爾時車匿即便答言。勿責於我及以犍陟。所以者何。此是天力非人所為。當於爾夕夫人婇女皆悉眠臥。太子勅我令起鞁馬。我於爾時以大高聲而諫太子。欲使夫人及諸婇女聞此驚寤。及鞁犍陟都無覺者。城門每開聞四十里。當爾之時自然而開。又無一聲。如此之事豈非天力。出城之時。天令諸神手捧馬足。并接於我。虛空諸天隨從無數。我當云何而能止也。時天既曉行三踰闍那。至彼跋伽仙人住處。又復有諸奇特異事。願聽我說。太子既至跋伽仙人苦行林中。即便下馬手撫馬背。并勅於我令還宮城。我於此時。隨從太子永無歸意。太子見遣終不聽住。又復就我取七寶劍而自唱言。過去諸佛為成就阿耨多羅三藐三菩提故。捨於飾好剃除鬚髮。我今亦當依諸佛法。唱此言已。即脫寶冠及以明珠。悉付我還置王足下。又以瓔珞與摩訶波闍波提。餘莊嚴具以與耶輸陀羅。我於爾時雖聞此誨。猶侍左右無有歸情。于時太子便以利劍自剃鬚髮。天於空中隨接而去。即便前行逢於獵者。以身所著七寶妙衣。而與獵人貿易袈裟。於是虛空有大光明。我見太子形服既變。深知其意必不可迴。我即悶絕心大懊惱。太子前至跋伽仙人所住之處。我便於彼辭別而歸。此諸奇特。皆是天力非復人事。願勿責我及犍陟也。時摩訶波闍波提及耶輸陀羅。既聞車匿說此事已。心小醒悟默然無聲。 > At that time, after the prince had left the palace, when dawn arrived, Yaśodharā and the palace maidens awoke from sleep. Not seeing the prince, they wailed and wept, and immediately went to inform Mahāprajāpatī: “This morning we suddenly lost the prince, and no one knows where he is.” Having heard these words, Mahāprajāpatī collapsed to the ground in fainting anguish. Thus the news passed on until it reached the king. Hearing these words, the king stood motionless without a sound, his spirit lost as if he had lost his four limbs. It was likewise throughout the entire palace, within and without. The ministers then entered to inspect the prince’s quarters and made a circuit of the palace city. They saw that the northern gate of the city had opened on its own; nor could they find Chandaka and Kaṇṭhaka. They asked the gatekeepers, “Who opened this?” Enquiring and checking with one another, all said they did not know. They also asked the guards, who likewise said they did not understand how this gate had opened. At that time the ministers thought to themselves, “Since the northern gate has opened, the prince must have departed through it. We must quickly search for his whereabouts.” They at once ordered a thousand chariots and ten thousand cavalry to set out continuously in all four directions in pursuit of the prince. Due to the power of the devas, they lost their way and did not know where he had gone, so they returned and reported to the great king: “We searched everywhere for the prince, but do not know his whereabouts.” At that time, Chandaka led Kaṇṭhaka on foot along with the ornaments, weeping and sobbing as he returned along the road. The people of the entire city were astonished and distressed at the sight; they all competed to come and ask Chandaka, “Where have you taken the prince and left him, that you now return alone with Kaṇṭhaka?” Asked this by all the people, Chandaka was all the more overwhelmed with grief and could not answer them. Although these people saw Kaṇṭhaka saddled, bridled, and adorned with the seven jewels, without seeing the prince it was like a corpse adorned with bright silks. Thereupon Chandaka went forward and entered the palace city. Kaṇṭhaka neighed sorrowfully, and all the horses in the stables wailed in grief at the same time. The external officials reported to Mahāprajāpatī and Yaśodharā: “Chandaka has returned only with Kaṇṭhaka.” Hearing these words, they rolled on the ground and thought to themselves: “Now we hear only that Chandaka and Kaṇṭhaka have returned together, but hear no sound of the prince’s return.” Mahāprajāpatī then said: “I raised the prince until he grew to adulthood; suddenly on this day he has abandoned me and I know not where he is. It is like a fruit tree bearing flowers that form fruit, which falls to the ground just as it ripens; or like a starving person encountering a feast of a hundred delicacies, only for it to be suddenly overturned just as he is about to eat.” Yaśodharā also said: “Whether walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, the prince and I were never apart. Now he has abandoned me, and I know not where he has gone. When kings of old entered the mountains to cultivate the Way, they always took their wives and children, never abandoning them even for a moment. When people in the world meet and know each other, once parted they do not forget each other. The affection between husband and wife, the depth of grace and love—yet on the contrary he has become so cold!” She spoke to Chandaka, saying: “Better to make an enemy of a wise person than to be intimate with a fool. You foolish, stubborn man! Where have you secretly taken the prince and placed him, causing this Śākya clan to flourish no longer?” She also rebuked Kaṇṭhaka: “When you carried the prince out of this royal palace, as you went off it was utterly silent without a sound. Now returning empty-handed, what is the meaning of your sorrowful neighing?” At that time Chandaka replied, saying: “Do not rebuke me or Kaṇṭhaka. Why is that? This was the power of the devas, not human doing. On that evening, the royal lady and the palace maidens were all asleep. The prince ordered me to get up and saddle the horse. At that time I raised my voice high to remonstrate with the prince, wishing to make the lady and all the palace maidens hear and wake in alarm, yet even when Kaṇṭhaka was saddled, none awoke at all. Whenever the city gates open, the sound is heard for forty li; but at that time they opened of themselves without a single sound. How could such a matter not be the power of the devas? When leaving the city, the devas made spirits hold up the horse’s hooves with their hands and carry me as well, while countless devas in the sky followed along. How could I have stopped it? When dawn arrived, having traveled three yojanas, we reached the dwelling of the ṛṣi Bhārgava. There were also many extraordinary, marvelous events; please listen as I tell them. When the prince reached the ascetic forest of the ṛṣi Bhārgava, he immediately dismounted, stroked the horse’s back with his hand, and ordered me to return to the palace city. At that time, following the prince, I had no intention of ever returning, but the prince dismissed me and would by no means allow me to stay. He then took the seven-jeweled sword from me and proclaimed aloud: ‘Past Buddhas, in order to achieve anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi, abandoned fine adornments and shaved off their hair and beards. I too must now rely on the Dharma of the Buddhas.’ Having uttered these words, he took off his jeweled crown and bright pearl, handed them all back to me, and placed them at the king’s feet. He also gave the necklace to Mahāprajāpatī and the remaining ornaments to Yaśodharā. Although I heard these instructions at that time, I still attended by his side with no wish to return. Then the prince shaved off his hair and beard with the sharp sword, and devas in the sky caught it as it fell and took it away. He then walked forward and met a hunter, and traded his fine seven-jeweled robe for the hunter’s kāṣāya. Thereupon a great light shone in the sky. When I saw that the prince’s appearance and garments had changed, I knew deeply that his intention could never be turned back. I collapsed in a faint, my heart filled with great anguish. The prince walked forward to the dwelling of the ṛṣi Bhārgava, and I took my leave of him there and returned. All these extraordinary events were the power of the devas and no longer human affairs. Please do not rebuke me or Kaṇṭhaka.” When Mahāprajāpatī and Yaśodharā heard Chandaka recount these matters, their minds awoke somewhat from grief, and they fell silent without a word. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.413](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.1.413) - [Next: 1.415](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.1.415) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040~en-mt.1.414) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [過去現在因果經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.atitapratyutpannahetuphalasutra*zh-gunabhadra.2.36) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.1.414](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.1.414) · Pramāṇa