[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) › [大唐西域記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087) › 4.40 # 大唐西域記 4.40 大唐西域記 4.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.40) 渡河東岸至秣底補羅國（中印度境）。 > The heretic said: "You deceive yourself, my son; have you no reflection to see how foolish such a thing is? Your country is far off, and separated by mountains and rivers of wide extent from this. To draw up this water and scatter it in order to quench the thirst of those far off, is like going backwards to seek a thing before you; it is a way never heard of before." Then Deva Bodhisattva said: "If those who are kept for their sins in the dark regions of evil can reap the benefit of the water, why should it not reach those who are merely separated by mountains and rivers?" Then the heretics, in presence of the difficulty, confessed themselves wrong, and, giving up their unbelief, received the true law. Changing their evil ways, they reformed themselves and sought to become his disciples. After crossing the river and going along the eastern side of it, we come to the country of Ma-ti-pu-lo (Matipura). > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.39) - [Next: 4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.41) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.4.9.5) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.40) · Pramāṇa