[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) › 29.32 # 經律異相 29.32 經律異相 29.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.32) 昔有國王。晝夜不寐。其邊直者若睡便殺。前後殺四百九十九人。有一長者子當應入直。其家啼哭送之。有一年少問。何故啼哭。以實答之。卿能雇我。我能代卿。長者大喜。與金千兩遣令入直。王曰。汝何以入。曰我代長者子直。王曰。汝慎勿眠我當殺汝。時年少睡。王欲殺之。曰何以睡。曰不睡我思事耳。王曰。何所思。曰作一升器受二升物。盛一升沙復受一升水。王試實爾。復睡翻地。王復欲殺。曰思事耳。曰何所思。曰作一尺坑還持土填不滿八寸。王復使人作之審爾。復睡伏地。王復欲殺。問汝何以復睡。曰我思事耳。王赦我罪我當說之。王言便說。年少言。王正似鬼。語竟便去。王思。此人何以呼我作鬼。便啟問母。母言。汝實是鬼也。我懷汝時夜夢見鬼。與我共會便有汝耳。王便遂寤。改不殺人悔過為善。遂便學道。爾時王者我身是也。四百九十九人者今五百上首弟子是。年少覺寤我者。文殊師利是（出譬喻經第五卷）。 > Formerly, there was a king who did not sleep day or night. If an attendant on duty beside him fell asleep, he would kill him. He had previously killed 499 people. There was a son of an elder who was due to go on duty, and his family wept as they sent him off. A youth asked: "Why are you weeping?" They answered him with the truth. \[The youth said:\] "If you can hire me, I can take your place on duty." The elder was overjoyed, gave him a thousand ounces of gold, and sent him to go on duty. The king asked: "Why have you entered?" He replied: "I am taking the place of the elder's son on duty." The king said: "Take care not to sleep; otherwise, I will kill you." Later, the youth dozed off. The king was about to kill him, and asked: "Why are you sleeping?" He said: "I was not sleeping; I was merely pondering a matter." The king asked: "What were you pondering?" He said: "To make a vessel of one sheng that holds two sheng of items: filling it with one sheng of sand, it can still hold one sheng of water." The king tested it, and it was truly so. Later, he dozed off again and rolled over on the ground. The king again wanted to kill him. He said: "I was merely pondering a matter." \[The king\] asked: "What were you pondering?" He said: "To dig a pit of one foot: filling it back up with the earth, it falls short of eight inches." The king again had someone do it, and it was indeed so. Later, he dozed off again and lay prostrate on the ground. The king again wanted to kill him and asked: "Why are you sleeping again?" He said: "I was merely pondering a matter. If the king pardons my offense, I shall speak of it." The king said: "Speak at once." The youth said: "The king is just like a ghost." Having finished speaking, he departed. The king thought: "Why did this person call me a ghost?" He then asked his mother. His mother said: "You are truly a ghost. When I was pregnant with you, I dreamed of a ghost at night, and having intercourse with it, I conceived you." The king then had an awakening, ceased killing people, repented his transgressions, cultivated good, and consequently studied the Way. The king at that time was myself. The 499 people were the present five hundred foremost disciples. The youth who awakened me was Mañjuśrī. (Extracted from the fifth fascicle of the Parables Sūtra) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.31) - [Next: 29.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.33) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.29.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.29.32) · Pramāṇa