[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) › 32.6.4 # 經律異相 32.6.4 經律異相 32.6.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [32.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.32.6.4) 善友未還云何名乞人為太子也。 女言不也。 若不信者可一視之。 王即往看。 識是善友。 即懷恐怖而作是言。 波羅㮈王。 若聞此事嫌我不少。 即前懺謝善友太子我實不知。 太子言。 無苦為我餉。 致給與此牧牛人。 王即以金銀珍寶衣被飲食。 并與所放五百頭牛。 其人歡喜稱善無量。 而我未有幾恩報。 我如是高聲唱言。 夫陰施陽報弘廣無量。 大眾聞者皆發施心。 善友未入海時養一白雁。 衣被飲食行住坐臥而常共俱。 夫人報此雁言。 太子在時常共汝俱。 今生死未分汝不感念太子。 雁即悲鳴婉轉啼淚報言。 欲覓太子。 夫人手自作書以結雁頸。 身昇虛空飛翔而去。 飛至大海求覓不見。 次第往到利師跋國。 遙見善友在宮殿前。 其雁往趣悲鳴歡喜。 太子即取母書頭頂禮敬發封披讀。 即知父母晝夜悲哭追念。 太子兩目失明。 太子手書以具上事書結雁頸還波羅㮈。 父母得書歡喜踊躍稱善無量。 具知太子為惡友所苦奪取寶珠。 父母杻械惡友閉著牢獄。 遣使往告利師跋王。 汝今云何擁遮太子令我憂苦。 利師跋王心生恐怖。 即嚴服太子送著界上。 遣使往白。 以女妻之遣送還國。 父母乘大名象。 作倡妓樂掃灑燒香懸繒幡蓋遠迎太子。 國土人民男女夫婦聞太子還皆出奉迎。 太子前禮父母。 父母目冥不見太子。 以手捫摸汝是善友非我等念汝憂苦如是。 太子問訊父母起居訖竟。 太子白父王言。 惡友何在。 王言。 今在牢獄。 太子言。 願放惡友得與相見如是至三。 王不忍拒便勅出之。 即前抱持善言誘喻軟語問訊。 汝極勞苦持我寶珠今在何處。 如是至三。 而方報言。 在彼土中。 太子還得寶珠。 往父母前跪燒眾妙香即呪誓言。 此珠是如意寶者。 令父母兩目明淨如故。 尋時平復見子歡喜。 太子於月十五日朝。 淨自澡浴著鮮潔衣燒妙寶香。 於高樓上手捉香爐頭面頂禮摩尼寶珠。 立誓願言。 我為閻浮提一切眾生。 忍此大苦求是寶珠。 時東方有大風起。 吹去雲霧曒然明淨。 并閻浮提所有糞穢大小便利灰土草莽清風吹盪悉令清淨。 以珠威德。 於閻浮提。 遍雨成熟自然粳米。 香甘軟細色味具足。 溝渠盈滿積至于膝。 次雨衣服珠環釵釧。 次雨七寶眾妙伎樂。 眾生所須皆悉充足。 後月蓋王崩即嗣立焉。 惡友啟曰。 我乞食自活。 王言。 汝守護我頸我與汝食。 王復睡眠。 拔刀欲斬王首而其首自墮。 王覺問之。 答曰。 天造其業。 時父者今悅頭檀是。 時母者今摩耶夫人是。 惡友者提婆達多是。 月王女者瞿夷是。 善友者我是也（出報恩經第四又出賢愚經第二生經大同小異）。 > "Kalyāṇamitra has not yet returned; how could you call a beggar the prince?" The girl replied, "No! If you do not believe me, you may come and take a look." The king then went to look, recognised that it was Kalyāṇamitra, and grew fearful, saying, "If the king of Vārāṇasī hears of this, his displeasure with me will be no small matter!" He immediately stepped forward and repented, "Prince Kalyāṇamitra, I truly did not know!" The prince said, "It is no trouble; as a gift to me, make a generous provision for this cowherd." The king at once gave him gold, silver, rare gems, clothing, bedding, food, and drink, as well as the five hundred cattle he had been grazing. That man rejoiced and praised him boundlessly, \[saying\], "And yet I have done so little to repay this kindness!" He proclaimed in a loud voice, "Verily, hidden giving receives open recompense, vast and boundless!" All among the great assembly who heard it gave rise to the aspiration to practice giving. Before Kalyāṇamitra went to sea, he had raised a white goose; in clothing, bedding, food, and drink, in walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, they were always together. The queen said to this goose, "When the prince was here, he was always together with you. Now, with his life and death still unknown, do you feel no longing for the prince?" The goose at once cried sorrowfully, rolled about, wept, and answered, saying that it wished to seek the prince. The queen wrote a letter with her own hand and tied it to the goose's neck. It soared into the empty sky and flew away. It flew to the great ocean and searched for him, but did not see him. Proceeding further, it came to the kingdom of Rṣivadana. From afar, it saw Kalyāṇamitra in front of the palace. The goose flew towards him, crying sorrowfully and rejoicing. The prince took his mother's letter, bowed in reverence with it touching his head, opened the seal, unfolded it, and read it. He then knew that his parents wept sorrowfully and longed for him day and night, and that \[he himself\], the prince, was blind in both eyes. The prince wrote a letter with his own hand fully explaining the above events, tied the letter to the goose's neck, and sent it back to Vārāṇasī. When the parents received the letter, they leaped for joy and praised it boundlessly. They fully learned that the prince had been tormented by Pāpamitra and had his jewel stolen. The parents put Pāpamitra in fetters and locked him in prison. They sent an envoy to inform the king of Rṣivadana: "Why do you now detain the prince and cause us sorrow and anguish?" The king of Rṣivadana became fearful. He immediately adorned the prince with fine clothing, sent him to the border, and dispatched an envoy to announce that he had given his daughter to him as wife and sent him back to his kingdom. The parents rode a great renowned elephant, played music, swept and sprinkled the ground, burned incense, and hung silk banners and canopies, going far out to welcome the prince. Hearing that the prince had returned, the men, women, husbands, and wives of the kingdom all came out to welcome him. The prince came forward and bowed to his parents. His parents' eyes were dark and they could not see the prince; they felt him with their hands, \[saying\], "Are you Kalyāṇamitra? Because we longed for you, we suffered such sorrow and anguish!" After the prince had finished inquiring after his parents' well-being, the prince addressed his father the king, saying, "Where is Pāpamitra?" The king said, "He is now in prison." The prince said, "I pray that you release Pāpamitra so that I may meet with him," repeating this up to three times. The king could not bear to refuse and ordered him released. \[The prince\] at once went forward, embraced him, consoled him with kind words, and asked gently, "You must have suffered great hardship. Where is the jewel you took from me now?" He asked thus up to three times, and only then did \[Pāpamitra\] answer, "It is buried in the earth there." The prince recovered the jewel. Going before his parents, he knelt, burned various wonderful incenses, and made an oath, saying, "If this jewel is a wish-fulfilling jewel, let both eyes of my parents become bright and clear as before!" Instantly their sight was restored, and seeing their son, they rejoiced. On the morning of the fifteenth day of the month, the prince bathed himself cleanly, put on fresh, immaculate clothing, and burned exquisite, precious incense. On a high pavilion, holding a censer in his hands, he bowed with his head to the ground to the maṇi jewel and made a vow, saying, "For the sake of all sentient beings in Jambudvīpa, I endured this great suffering to seek this jewel!" At that time, a great wind arose from the east, blowing away the clouds and mist until all was clear and bright. All the filth, excrement, urine, ashes, dirt, weeds, and brush throughout Jambudvīpa were blown away and washed clean by the pure wind. Through the majestic power of the jewel, ripe, naturally grown non-glutinous rice rained down everywhere upon Jambudvīpa, fragrant, sweet, soft, and delicate, perfect in colour and flavour. The ditches and channels were filled, piling up knee-deep. Next, it rained down clothing, pearl rings, hairpins, and bracelets. Next, it rained down the seven treasures and various wonderful musical instruments. All that sentient beings needed was fully provided. Later, King Candrāvabhāsa passed away, and \[the prince\] succeeded to the throne. Pāpamitra addressed \[him\], saying, "I beg for food to sustain myself." The king said, "You shall guard my neck, and I will give you food." The king went back to sleep. \[Pāpamitra\] drew a sword intending to cut off the king's head, but his own head fell off on its own. The king awoke and asked him about it; he answered, "Heaven wrought its karma." The father of that time is now Śuddhodana; the mother of that time is now Lady Māyā; Pāpamitra is Devadatta; King Candra's daughter is Gopā; Kalyāṇamitra is myself. (Extracted from the fourth fascicle of the Sūtra on Repaying Kindness; also found in the second fascicle of the Sūtra of the Wise and the Foolish; the Jātaka Sūtra is largely similar with minor differences.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 32.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.32.6.3) - [Next: 32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.32.7) - [Up: 32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.32.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.32.6.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大方便佛報恩經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.156.4.39) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.32.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.32.6.4) · Pramāṇa