經律異相 11.2

11.2

先給四仙人後世為王一
為伯叔身意不同故行立殊別二
為肉山以施眾生三
為大理家身濟鼈及蛇狐四
為師子身與獼猴為親友五
為白象身而現益物六
昔為龍身勸伴行忍七
為熊身濟迷路人八
為鹿王身代懷妊者受死九
為威德鹿王身落羅網為獵師所放十
為九色鹿身以救溺人十一
為雁王身獵者得而放之求國報恩十二
為鸚鵡現身救山火以申報恩十三
為雀王身拔虎口骨十四
為大魚身以濟飢渴十五
為鼈王身化諸同類活眾賈人十六

1. Formerly attending upon four sages, in a later birth he became a king.
2. In the rebirth as brothers, their minds were not identical, hence their conduct and establishment were distinct.
3. In the rebirth as a mountain of flesh, to bestow it on sentient beings.
4. In the rebirth as the head of a great family, he saved a turtle, a snake, and a fox.
5. In the rebirth as a lion, he formed friendship with an ape.
6. In the rebirth as a white elephant, he manifested benefit to creatures.
7. Formerly in the rebirth as a dragon, he exhorted his companion to practice patience.
8. In the rebirth as a bear, he saved a lost traveler.
9. In the rebirth as a deer king, he took the place of a pregnant one to undergo death.
10. In the rebirth as a majestic deer king, falling into a net he was released by a hunter.
11. In the rebirth as a nine-colored deer, to save a drowning man.
12. In the rebirth as a wild goose king, captured by a hunter and released, he sought the kingdom to repay the kindness.
13. In the rebirth as a parrot manifesting his body, he extinguished a mountain fire to repay kindness.
14. In the rebirth as a sparrow king, he extracted a bone from a tiger's mouth.
15. In the rebirth as a great fish, to relieve hunger and thirst.
16. In the rebirth as a turtle king, transforming his kin to preserve a multitude of merchants.