經律異相 14.14

14.14

舍利弗。夏盛熱時。遊菴羅園。一客作人汲井水灌樹。於佛無有大信。見舍利弗發小信心。喚舍利弗言。大德來。脫衣樹下坐。我以水澆不失溉灌。兼相利益。舍利弗脫衣受洗。身得涼樂隨意遊行。此客作人其夜命終。即生忉利天上。有大威力。次釋提桓因。便自念言。我何因生此。自觀宿命。信心微薄。因客作溉灌。汲水洗浴舍利弗身。我若信心純厚。知必有報故設浴具以為供養。自惟為功雖少。以遇良田獲報甚多。即詣舍利弗所。散華供養。舍利弗因其淨信之心。為說法要得須陀洹道（出雜藏經）。

In the intense heat of summer, Śāriputra was wandering in an āmra grove. A hired laborer was drawing well water to irrigate the trees. He had no great faith in the Buddha, but seeing Śāriputra, he gave rise to a small degree of faith. He called out to Śāriputra, saying, 'Venerable, come! Remove your robes and sit beneath the tree. I will pour water over you, without losing any irrigation [for the trees], while bringing benefit to you as well.' Śāriputra removed his robes and received the washing; his body became cool and comfortable, and he moved on as he pleased. That night, this hired laborer died and was immediately born in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven, possessing great supernatural authority, second only to Śakra Devānām Indra. He then thought to himself, 'By what cause was I born here?' Observing his past life, [he saw that] his faith had been slight and shallow, and that in the course of his hired labor of irrigating, he had drawn water to wash Śāriputra's body. 'If my faith had been pure and deep, knowing that there would surely be a reward, and I had therefore prepared bathing utensils to make an offering [how much greater it would be]!' He reflected that although his merit was small, because he had encountered a fertile field [of merit], he had obtained a vast reward. He immediately went to Śāriputra's place and scattered flowers in offering. Relying on his pure, faithful mind, Śāriputra preached the essentials of the Dharma for him, and he attained the path of a srotaāpanna (from the Zazang jing).