高僧傳 3.50

3.50

大明六年，天下亢旱，禱祈山川，累月無驗。世祖請令祈雨，必使有感，如其無獲，不須相見。跋陀曰：「仰憑三寶，陛下天威，冀必降澤。如其不獲，不復重見。」即往北湖釣臺燒香祈請，不復飲食，默而誦經，密加祕呪。明日晡時，西北雲起如蓋，日在桑榆，風震雲合，連日降雨。明旦，公卿入賀，勅見慰勞，䞋施相續。

In the sixth year of the Daming reign, the realm suffered a severe drought; prayers to the mountains and rivers went unanswered for successive months. Shizu asked him to pray for rain, requiring that it must bring a response: "If no result is obtained, there will be no need for us to meet again." Bhadra said, "Relying upon the Three Jewels and Your Majesty's heavenly majesty, I trust that rain will certainly fall. If none is obtained, I shall never see you again." He went immediately to the fishing terrace at the North Lake, burned incense, and prayed, taking no food or drink, silently reciting sūtras and secretly adding esoteric dhāraṇīs. The next day at the申 hour (late afternoon), clouds rose from the northwest like canopies; when the sun reached the mulberry and elm trees, the wind roared, the clouds converged, and rain fell for consecutive days. The following morning, the ministers entered to offer congratulations; an edict summoned him for words of comfort and praise, and donations of offerings followed one after another.