[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) › [釋迦氏譜](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2041) › 1.266 # 釋迦氏譜 1.266 釋迦氏譜 1.266 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.266](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2041.1.266) 佛與四眾循邑而行。有二童子沙中嬉戲見佛相好。大者以沙\[麩-夫+少\]上佛鉢中。小者隨喜因發願。得一天下一繖蓋王仍供諸佛。佛令阿難以沙安佛經行處。因授記之。後果生為王子名曰無憂。身大麁澁父不喜見。仍有大志專行征伐。地出兵甲所向皆伏。至于海際王崩嗣位。諸天灌頂神人欣慶。傳云。初拜王日鐵輪飛降王閻浮提。虛空地下各四十里神鬼臣屬。後示威嚴殺五百臣。燒殺諸女人號惡育王也。立㝹陀為大臣。即隨喜土者白王立獄城殺人入無免者。商主比丘為王說法。王生信敬斷前獄業受佛遙記。 > The Buddha and the fourfold assembly walked through the towns. There were two young boys playing in the sand who saw the Buddha's marks and signs. The elder offered roasted sand into the Buddha's alms-bowl, while the younger rejoiced and consequently made a vow to become a universal monarch under a single parasol and continue to make offerings to all Buddhas. The Buddha instructed Ānanda to place the sand on the Buddha's walkway, and accordingly bestowed a prophecy upon him. Later, he was indeed born as a prince named Aśoka ('Worry-free'). His body was very coarse and rough, and his father took no pleasure in seeing him. Yet he possessed great ambitions, dedicated exclusively to conquest. Where earth yielded weapons and armour, all whom he faced submitted. Reaching the sea-coast, when the king passed away, he inherited the throne. The devas anointed his head, and divine beings rejoiced. The narrative says: On the day he was first consecrated king, an iron wheel flew down, making him king of Jambudvīpa. For forty li above into the air and below into the earth, spirits and ghosts were his subjects. Later he showed terrifying severity, killing five hundred ministers and burning and killing many women, so that people called him Candāśoka ('Fierce Aśoka'). He appointed Wu-tuo as his prime minister, who was the one who had rejoiced in the offering of earth. He suggested to the king that an execution hall be established to kill people, so that none who entered could escape. The monk Merchant Leader preached the Dharma for the king; the king gave rise to faithful reverence, put an end to his previous prison deeds, and received the distant prophecy bestowed by the Buddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.265](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2041.1.265) - [Next: 1.267](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2041.1.267) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2041.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2041~en-mt.1.266) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2041.1.266](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2041.1.266) · Pramāṇa