釋迦譜 1.485

1.485

爾時世尊。別於他日。林間經行。見糞穢中有諸弊帛。即便捨取欲浣濯之。心念須石。釋提桓因即知佛意。如大壯士屈伸臂頃。往香山上取四方石安置樹間。即白佛言。可就石上浣濯衣也。佛復心念今應須水。釋提桓因又往香山取大石槽。盛清淨水置方石所。釋提桓因所為事畢。忽然不現還歸天宮。

At that time, on another day, when the World-Honoured One was walking about in the woods, he saw discarded and ragged cloths lying among impurities and dung. He picked them up, wishing to wash them, and thought to himself that he needed a stone. Śakra Devānām Indra immediately knew the Buddha's thought. In the time it takes a strong man to bend or stretch his arm, he went to Mount Gandhamādana, took a square stone, and placed it among the trees. He said to the Buddha, “You may wash your robes upon this stone.” The Buddha again thought to himself that he now needed water. Śakra Devānām Indra went again to Mount Gandhamādana, took a large stone basin, filled it with pure water, and placed it by the square stone. When what Śakra Devānām Indra had to do was completed, he suddenly vanished and returned to his heavenly palace.