[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) › 18.42 # 經律異相 18.42 經律異相 18.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.42) 有一牸象。名曰磨荼。載佛舍利至罽賓國。以此善根死生人中。出家得阿羅漢果。因食飯一斛乃般涅槃。告諸比丘尼汝等集會。我當自說所得勝法。諸比丘尼不信其言。復語尼曰。莫生不信。前世為牸象。捨彼象身即得此身。能食飯一斛五斗。而食一斛。乃至廣說。如是等雖是多食。而是易滿。曾聞波斯匿王。食飯二斛。是彼功德因緣故。因一根粳米。一莖苷蔗。日日長生。爾許飯食故身體肥大。以此大身往詣佛所。佛問。大王。身體肥大得無疲耶。時波斯匿心生慚愧。具向佛說世尊說偈。 > There was a cow-elephant named Madā who carried relics of the Buddha to the country of Kaśmīra. By virtue of this wholesome root, when she died she was reborn among human beings, went forth, and attained the fruit of an arhat. It was by eating a bushel of rice that she entered parinirvāṇa. She addressed the nuns, saying, 'Assemble together, all of you; I shall personally declare the superior Dharma that I have attained.' The nuns did not believe her words. She again spoke to the nuns, saying, 'Do not give rise to disbelief. In a past life I was a cow-elephant; discarding that elephant body, I at once obtained this body. I was able to eat one bushel and five pecks of cooked rice, but I only ate one bushel,' and so on at length. Such as this, though it was eating copiously, was easily satisfying. It was once heard that King Prasenajit ate two bushels of cooked rice; it was due to the cause and conditions of his merit. Due to a single root of non-glutinous rice and a single stalk of sugar cane that grew taller day by day, and through eating that much food, his body was exceedingly fat and large. With this huge body he went to where the Buddha was. The Buddha asked, 'Great King, is your fat and large body not weary?' At that time Prasenajit felt ashamed in his heart and related everything to the Buddha. The Bhagavat spoke a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.41) - [Next: 18.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.43) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.18.42) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [阿毘曇毘婆沙論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.abhidharma.sarvastivada.jnanaprasthana!abhidharmavibhasasastra*zh-futuobamo.22.84) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.18.42) · Pramāṇa