眾經撰雜譬喻 2.46

2.46

昔迦葉佛時，有王名拘旬尼，為佛建立精舍滿事之。王第七女前事梵志後信事佛，梵志惡之字為僧婢。王有十夢怪而問之。梵志思夢欲陷此女，語王言：「得最愛女焚燒祠天乃吉。」王甚不樂。女問王曰：「何以不樂？」王說如是，女曰：「燒吉者我分當之！」問：「幾日當祠？」梵志言：「後七日。」女白王：「雖當死，願聽詣佛所，使城南人盡送我出。」便勅送之。女將至佛所，說法盡，得見法。日一方送，城四方面人悉見諦。復求在城中人送，亦如是。六日求王及宮中官屬送之，佛為說法，悉皆見諦。王乃知梵志欺詐，語梵志：「汝幾誤殺我女，汝不為佛作沙門，當出國去。」梵志不知所至，不得已悉詣佛作沙門，後得阿羅漢果。

In the past, in the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, there was a king named Kṛkī who built a vihāra for the Buddha and fully served him. The king's seventh daughter had previously served brahmacārins, but later faithfully served the Buddha. The brahmacārins despised her and called her a slave-girl of the saṃgha. The king had ten dreams, found them strange, and asked about them. The brahmacārin, pondering the dreams, wished to trap this daughter, so he said to the king, "If you take your most beloved daughter, burn her, and sacrifice her to heaven, only then will there be good fortune." The king was deeply unhappy. The daughter asked the king, "Why are you unhappy?" The king explained it as such, and the daughter said, "If burning brings good fortune, it is my lot to bear it!" She asked, "In how many days will the sacrifice be?" The brahmacārin said, "In seven days." The daughter said to the king, "Though I must die, I pray that you will permit me to go to the Buddha's place, and have all the people of the south of the city escort me out." The king then ordered them to escort her. The daughter led them to the Buddha's place; when he finished preaching the Dharma, they attained seeing the Dharma. Each day, people from one direction escorted her, and the people from all four sides of the city saw the truths. She again requested that the people within the city escort her, and it was also like this. On the sixth day, she requested that the king and the palace officials escort her; the Buddha preached the Dharma for them, and they all saw the truths. The king then realised the brahmacārin's deceit and said to the brahmacārin, "You almost had me kill my daughter by mistake! If you do not become a śramaṇa for the Buddha, you must leave the kingdom." The brahmacārin did not know where to go, so having no choice, they all went to the Buddha to become śramaṇas, and later attained the fruit of arhatship.