經律異相 28.20

28.20

時舍衛城中。有一大姓婆羅門。名耶若達。多饒財寶。一婢名黃頭。常守末羅園。時彼婢常愁憂言。我何時當免出於婢。時彼婢晨朝已。食分乾飯持詣園中。爾時世尊入城乞食。時黃頭婢遙見如來。心自念言。我今寧可持此飯施彼沙門。或可脫此婢使。即授飯施佛。世尊慈愍受還精舍。時黃頭婢。即前進入末羅園中。波斯匿王。嚴四種兵出外遊獵。從人分張馳逐群鹿。天時大熱遙見末利園。即迴車往步入園中。黃頭遙見波斯匿來。行步舉動非是常人。即前奉迎言。善來大人可就此坐。即脫一衣敷令王坐。黃頭問言。不審須水洗脚不。王言可爾。即取水與王。為王揩脚。復問王言。欲洗面不。即更以水與王洗面。復問王言。欲飲不。即詣池更洗手。取好藕葉盛水與王。復問王言。不審欲臥息不。即復更脫一衣與王敷之。見王臥已在前長跪。按脚及餘支節。解王疲勞。黃頭身如天身細濡妙好。王著細滑。心念言。未曾有如此女聰明。我所不教而悉為之。王即問言。汝是誰家女。報言。我是耶若達家婢。使差我守此園。如是語頃。王諸大臣。尋王車迹來詣園中。跪拜王足在一面立。王勅一人。汝喚耶若達婆羅門來。婆羅門來詣王所。王問言。此女是汝婢耶。答曰是。王言。吾今欲取為婦。汝意云何。報言。此是婢使云何為婦。王言。無苦。但論價直。婆羅門言。欲論價直。百千兩金。我豈取王價。今持奉王。王言。不爾。我取為婦。云何不與價。即出百千兩金。與婆羅門。即迎載入宮。眾臣衛從。末利園中將來故即莂之末利夫人。王甚愛敬。復於異時。王於五百女人中。立為第一夫人。在高殿便自念言。我以何業報因緣得免於婢今受如是快樂。復作是念。將是我先以和蜜乾飯分施與沙門。以此因緣今得免婢。受如是快樂耳（出四分律初分第十三卷）。

At that time, in the city of Śrāvastī, there was a brāhmaṇa of great lineage named Yajñadatta, who possessed abundant wealth and treasures. He had a female slave named Huāngtóu (Yellow Head), who always guarded the Mallikā grove. At that time, this female slave was constantly sorrowful, saying, 'When shall I be free from being a slave?' In the early morning, having eaten her share of dry rice, she took the remainder and went to the grove. At that time, the Bhagavat entered the city to beg for food. Yellow Head saw the Tathāgata from afar and thought to herself, 'Now, I had better offer this rice to that śramaṇa; perhaps I may thereby escape this enslavement.' She immediately presented the rice and offered it to the Buddha. Out of compassion, the Bhagavat accepted it and returned to the vihāra. At that time, Yellow Head proceeded forward into the Mallikā grove. King Prasenajit, having arrayed his fourfold army, went out on a hunt. His attendants dispersed, galloping in pursuit of herds of deer. The weather was extremely hot, and seeing the Mallikā grove in the distance, the king turned his carriage and went on foot into the grove. Yellow Head saw Prasenajit coming from afar, his bearing and movements unlike those of ordinary men. She immediately came forward to receive him, saying, 'Welcome, Great Man! You may sit here.' She then removed one of her garments and spread it out for the king to sit upon. Yellow Head asked, 'I wonder if you need water to wash your feet?' The king said, 'Yes.' She immediately fetched water, gave it to the king, and wiped the king's feet. She asked the king again, 'Do you wish to wash your face?' She then gave the king more water to wash his face. She asked the king again, 'Do you wish to drink?' She immediately went to a pond, washed her hands again, took a fine lotus leaf filled with water, and gave it to the king. She asked the king again, 'I wonder if you wish to lie down and rest?' She then removed another garment and spread it out for the king. Seeing the king lie down, she knelt on both knees before him, massaging his feet and other limbs to relieve the king's fatigue. Yellow Head's body was like a heavenly body, delicate, soft, and wondrously fine. The king, delighting in its smoothness, thought to himself, 'Never before has there been a woman so clever as this, performing everything without my having to instruct her.' The king then asked, 'Whose daughter are you?' She answered, 'I am a female slave of the Yajñadatta household; they dispatched me to guard this grove.' While they were speaking, the king's ministers, tracking the chariot's ruts, arrived at the grove. They knelt and bowed at the king's feet, then stood to one side. The king ordered one person, 'Call the brāhmaṇa Yajñadatta to come.' The brāhmaṇa came to the king's location. The king asked, 'Is this girl your slave?' He replied, 'She is.' The king said, 'I now wish to take her as my wife; what do you think?' He answered, 'She is a slave; how could she become your wife?' The king said, 'No matter; simply name her price.' The brāhmaṇa said, 'If we are to speak of her price, it is a hundred thousand ounces of gold. Yet how could I take a price from the king? I present her now to the king.' The king said, 'Not so. I am taking her as my wife; how could I not pay the price?' He immediately produced a hundred thousand ounces of gold and gave it to the brāhmaṇa. He then welcomed her into his carriage and entered the palace, escorted by his ministers. Because she had been brought from the Mallikā grove, she was accordingly styled Queen Mallikā. The king loved and respected her greatly. At another time, from among five hundred women, the king appointed her as his chief consort. Standing on a high pavilion, she thought to herself, 'Through what karmic causes and conditions was I freed from being a slave and now enjoy such bliss?' She further thought, 'Could it be that previously, I gave a portion of honey-mixed dry rice to that śramaṇa? It must be solely through this cause and condition that I have now escaped being a slave and enjoy such bliss.' (From the thirteenth roll of the first part of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya.)