經律異相 29.24

29.24

昔者國王有如意明珠。藏於髻中。夙夜珍愛。王後薨亡。國法先置田野令肉消盡。乃收葬之。其王形壞頭髻解散明珠出露。時有征卒之妻。名遮陀利。行見珠持歸。王家收葬忘失此珠。太子傳位。方悟求覓募得神珠封邑萬戶賜金千斤。征卒之妻乃齎應命。即便封邑。王戴珠首上（出譬喻經第七卷）。

Formerly, a king had a wish-fulfilling luminous pearl, which he kept concealed in his topknot and treasured day and night. Later, when the king died, the custom of the country was to first expose the corpse in the wilderness until the flesh had completely decomposed, and only then gather the bones for burial. When the king's form decomposed and his topknot loosened, the luminous pearl became exposed. At that time, the wife of an expeditionary soldier, named Cedārī, was walking by, saw the pearl, and took it home. When the royal house gathered the remains for burial, they had forgotten and lost this pearl. When the crown prince succeeded to the throne, he realized it and searched for it, putting out a reward for the divine pearl of a fief of ten thousand households and a thousand catties of gold. The soldier's wife brought the pearl in response to the summons. She was immediately enfeoffed with the estate, and the king wore the pearl upon his head. (Extracted from the seventh fascicle of the Parables Sūtra)