經律異相 13.27

13.27

昔舍衛國有大長者。名曰鳩留。財富無數無有子息。遍禱諸神了不能得。空中天曰。卿當得福子。有一天王垂應命終生長者家。長者大喜。却後七日第一夫人即覺有娠。月滿生男名須菩提。色像第一聰明辯才。博愛多曉貴賤推敬。其見聞者有所作為。轉以法樂勸益一切。諸父兄弟共嫉恚之。語其母言。此兒不念。治家遊蕩無度。母言。此兒福德不與凡同。後須菩提索食母令婢預洗空器。答其無有。須菩提發器視之。自然百味飯香美。一切共食皆得安隱。諸父兄弟方知非凡。請佛及菩薩大眾設食。食畢兒從父母求作沙門。父即聽之。隨佛還祇洹。即作沙門。應時得阿惟顏。在弟子中現作羅漢（出十卷譬喻經第一卷）。

In the past, in the kingdom of Śrāvastī, there was a great elder named Kuru, possessed of immeasurable wealth, who had no children. He prayed everywhere to all the spirits, but could not obtain one at all. A deity in mid-air said: “You shall obtain a blessed son. A certain deva-king is on the verge of death and will be born into your house, elder.” The elder was overjoyed. Seven days later, his principal wife felt she was pregnant. When the months were full, she gave birth to a boy named Subhūti. His appearance was supreme, and he was intelligent, eloquent, universally loving, broadly knowledgeable, and respected by the noble and humble alike. Whatever he saw or heard, or whatever he did, he continually turned it into the joy of Dharma to exhort and benefit all. His uncles and brothers were all jealous and resentful of him, and said to his mother: “This child does not think about managing the household; he wanders about without measure.” The mother said: “This child’s merit is not the same as that of ordinary people.” Later, Subhūti asked for food. The mother instructed a maidservant to wash an empty vessel beforehand and tell him there was none. Subhūti uncovered the vessel and looked into it; spontaneously, food of a hundred flavors appeared, fragrant and delicious. When all ate together, all attained peace and security. Only then did the uncles and brothers realize he was no ordinary person. They invited the Buddha and the great assembly of bodhisattvas and laid out food. When the meal was over, the son asked his parents for permission to become a śramaṇa. The father then granted it. He followed the Buddha back to the Jetavana and became a śramaṇa. Right then he attained the non-retrogressing stage (avaivartika), manifesting as an arhat among the disciples. (From the Ten-Fascicle Avadāna Sūtra, fascicle 1.)