[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) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 16.28 # 經律異相 16.28 經律異相 16.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.16.28) 罽賓國稻始結秀。龍王阿羅婆樓。注大洪雨禾稻沒死。時大德末闡提比丘等五人。從波咤利弗國。飛騰虛空至雪山邊。阿羅婆樓池中。即於水上行住坐臥。龍王眷屬入白龍王。龍王嗔忿作諸神力。暴風疾雨雷電霹靂。山巖崩倒樹木摧折。身出煙火雨大礫石。欲令大德末闡提怖。復喚兵眾猶不能伏。末闡提言。汝令諸天一切世人悉來怖我一毛不動。汝若取須彌及諸小山。躑置我上我亦不動。乃至漸以法味教化示之令其喜伏。龍王聞法即受歸戒。與其眷屬俱為弟子。雪山鬼夜叉犍撻婆鳩槃茶鬼聞皆信伏亦為弟子。咸見道迹。末闡提語諸龍鬼。從今以後莫生嗔恚殘害人民損敗禾稻。當生慈心令得安樂。即皆稽首稟受教戒。以寶床與末闡提坐。龍王立侍以扇扇之。罽賓揵陀勒叉國民。見是事已大生恭敬。悉來聽法多得道果（出善見律毘婆沙第二卷）。 > In the kingdom of Kaśmīra, when the rice had just begun to form ears, the dragon king Aravāla poured down a great deluge of rain, drowning and destroying the rice crops. At that time, the Venerable Bhikṣu Madhyāntika and four others flew through the air from the kingdom of Pāṭaliputra to the edge of the snowy mountains, into Aravāla's pool. There, upon the water, they walked, stood, sat, and lay down. The dragon king's retinue went in and reported to the dragon king. Enraged, the dragon king displayed various supernormal powers: violent wind, torrential rain, thunder and lightning, mountain crags collapsing, trees snapping, his body emitting smoke and fire, and raining down large gravel and stones, intending to terrify the Venerable Madhyāntika. He also summoned an army, yet still could not subdue him. Madhyāntika said, "Even if you made all the devas and all worldly people come to terrify me, not a single hair of mine would stir. If you were to take Sumeru and various small mountains and fling them upon me, I would still not move." He then gradually instructed and showed him with the flavor of the Dharma, causing him to submit joyfully. Hearing the Dharma, the dragon king immediately received the refuges and precepts, becoming a disciple together with his retinue. The snowy mountain ghosts, yakṣas, gandharvas, and kumbhāṇḍa ghosts, hearing this, all believed and submitted, also becoming disciples; all perceived the traces of the Way. Madhyāntika told the dragons and ghosts, "From now on, do not give rise to anger, harm the people, or destroy the rice crops. You should give rise to compassion so that they may attain peace and happiness." They all bowed their heads and received his instruction and precepts. They offered a precious couch for Madhyāntika to sit upon; the dragon king stood in attendance, fanning him with a fan. The people of the kingdom of Gandhāra in Kaśmīra, seeing this, gave rise to great reverence; they all came to hear the Dharma, and many attained the fruits of the Way (from the second fascicle of the Samantapāsādikā). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.16.27) - [Next: 16.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.16.29) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.16.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.16.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.16.28) · Pramāṇa