[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) › 32.17 # 經律異相 32.17 經律異相 32.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.32.17) 過去世時。閻浮提人。疾病劫至普皆疾惱。爾時閻浮提王。名摩醯斯那。領八萬四千大城。威勢自在。最大夫人懷妊以來。手觸病者皆得除差。月滿產男。生而即說言。我能治病。又亦生時。閻浮提內諸天鬼神皆共唱言。今王所生便是人藥。以是音聲普流聞故字曰人藥。時將病人示此王子。諸病人至。王子手觸若以身觸即皆得差。安隱快樂。人藥王子於千歲中如是治病。後則命終。諸病人來聞其已死。憂愁啼泣誰復度我病痛苦惱。諸病人言。人藥王子何處燒身。問知所在趣其燒處。出骨搗末以塗其身即皆得差。骨盡之後至燃身處病皆得差。人藥王子我身是也（出菩薩藏經下卷）。 > In a past era, the kalpa of pestilence befell the people of Jambudvīpa, and all suffered from disease and distress. At that time, the king of Jambudvīpa was named Mahāsena. He ruled over eighty-four thousand great cities, possessing majesty and sovereignty. From the time his chief consort became pregnant, anyone who was sick was cured simply by the touch of her hand. When the full term was reached, she gave birth to a boy. Immediately upon birth, he spoke, saying, "I can cure diseases." Furthermore, at the time of his birth, the devas, ghosts, and spirits throughout Jambudvīpa all called out together, saying, "The one now born to the king is indeed Human Medicine!" Because this voice was heard everywhere, he was named "Human Medicine." People then brought the sick to show them to this prince. When the sick arrived, whether the prince touched them with his hand or touched them with his body, they were all cured and attained ease and happiness. For a thousand years, Prince Human Medicine cured diseases in this way. Later, he died. When the sick people came and heard that he had already died, they grieved and wept, saying, "Who will deliver us from the suffering and distress of our diseases now?" The sick people asked, "Where was Prince Human Medicine's body cremated?" Having inquired and found the location, they hastened to his cremation site, retrieved his bones, pounded them into powder, and smeared it on their bodies, whereupon all were cured. Even after the bones were exhausted, whoever came to the place where his body had been burned was cured of all disease. Prince Human Medicine was indeed my own former self. (Extracted from the lower fascicle of the Bodhisattvapiṭaka Sūtra.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.32.16) - [Next: 32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.32.18) - [Up: 32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.32) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.32.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.32.17) · Pramāṇa