經律異相 33.85

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昔卑先匿王。有二夫人。第一夫人子名流離。第二夫人子名祇（梁言最勝）。祇初生之日。四方奉寶一時俱至。王曰。吾諸子生未曾如此。可名為祇。長大學問靡經不通。王為別立舍宅七寶所成金銀男女在門左右。持寶鉢滿中七珍。晝夜持去轉滿如故。太子嫉妬遣兵往奪。時有天兵五百餘騎。衛護祇舍。流離軍見怖退走還。太子怒。祇來問曰。我夜遣兵慰勞汝。汝伏兵於內欲反耶。祇曰。不敢不養文武。內無寸仗。流離遣撿內外皆無。流離意解具以啟佛。佛言。祇之殖德遇堅固因。是故不可奪也。維衛佛時。有人詣寺飯僧訖以一奴一婢給掃寺廟。自爾之後天上人中受福無量。即最勝是（出十卷譬喻經第一卷）。

Formerly, King Prasenajit had two consorts. The son of the first consort was named Virūḍhaka, and the son of the second consort was named Jeta (rendered as "Most Victorious" in the Liang). On the day Jeta was first born, treasures presented from the four quarters arrived all at once. The king said, "None of my sons' births has ever been like this; he may be named Jeta." When he grew up and studied, there was no classic he did not master. For him the king erected a separate residence made of the seven treasures, with gold and silver men and women at the left and right of the gate, holding treasure bowls filled to the brim with the seven precious things; though taken away day and night, they were constantly full as before. The crown prince [Virūḍhaka] was jealous and dispatched troops to seize them. At that time there were more than five hundred heavenly cavalry guarding and protecting Jeta's house. Seeing them, Virūḍhaka's army retreated in fear. The crown prince was furious. Jeta came to ask him, "Last night you sent troops to comfort me; did you conceal soldiers within [your camp] wishing to rebel?" Jeta replied, "I would not dare fail to foster the civil and military, but within I do not have an inch of weaponry." Virūḍhaka sent [men] to inspect, and there were none inside or out. Virūḍhaka was appeased and reported the matter fully to the Buddha. The Buddha said, "Because Jeta's planting of merit encountered firm causes, it cannot be seized. In the time of Vipaśyin Buddha, a person went to a monastery to offer a meal to the saṅgha, and afterwards gave one male and one female servant to sweep and clean the monastery. From then on, he received immeasurable blessings among gods and humans; this was Jeta." (Extracted from Fascicle 1 of the *Ten-Fascicle Avadāna Sūtra*)