經律異相 11.49

11.49

昔者菩薩。現為鸚鵡常處于樹。風吹彼樹更相切磨。便有火出。火漸熾盛。遂焚一山。鸚鵡思惟。猶如飛鳥軀止于樹。故當反復起報恩心。何況於我長夜處之。而不能滅火。即往詣海。以其兩翅取大海水。至彼火上而灑於火。或以口灑東西馳奔。時有善神。感其懃苦。尋為滅火（出僧伽羅剎經上卷）。

In the past, the Bodhisattva manifested as a parrot, constantly dwelling in a tree. The wind blew upon the trees so that they rubbed against one another, and fire broke out. The fire gradually grew fierce and ultimately burned a whole mountain. The parrot thought: 'Even when a flying bird merely perches its body in a tree, it should turn back and arouse the intention to repay its kindness; how much more so for me, who have dwelt in it throughout the long night! Can I fail to extinguish the fire?' It immediately went to the ocean, took ocean water with its two wings, flew over the fire, and sprinkled it upon the fire, also sprinkling it with its beak, dashing back and forth. At that time, a benevolent deity was moved by its painstaking toil and soon extinguished the fire on its behalf. (Extracted from the first fascicle of the Saṅgharakṣa Sūtra.)