經律異相 34.33

34.33

昔有國王女。為王所愛未曾離目。時天降雨水上有泡。女見水泡意甚愛敬。女白王言。我欲得水上泡以為頭華鬘。王告女曰。今水上泡不可執持。云何得取以為華鬘。女言。設不得者我當自殺。王聞女語。告巧師曰。汝等奇巧靡事不通。速取水泡與我女作鬘。若不爾者當斬汝等。答曰。我等不堪取泡作鬘。有一老匠言。我能取泡。王甚歡喜。即告女曰。今有一人堪任作鬘。汝可自往躬自臨視。女隨王語在外瞻視。時彼老匠白王女言。我素不別水泡好醜。伏願王女躬自取泡我當作鬘。女尋取泡隨手破壞不能得之。如是終日竟不得泡。女自疲厭而捨之去。女白王言。水泡虛偽不可久停。願王與我作紫磨金鬘。終日竟夜無有枯萎。水上泡者誑惑人目。雖有形質生生便滅。盛炎野馬亦復如是。渴愛疲勞而喪其命。人身虛偽樂少苦多。磨滅之法不得久停。遷轉變易在世無幾（出水上泡經）。

Formerly, a king had a daughter who was so beloved by the king that she was never out of his sight. At that time, rain fell from the sky, and bubbles formed upon the water. Seeing the water bubbles, the daughter was filled with fond affection for them. She said to the king: "I wish to obtain the bubbles on the water to make a flower garland for my head." The king told the daughter, saying: "The bubbles upon the water now cannot be grasped or held. How could one take them to make a flower garland?" The daughter said: "If I cannot have them, I shall commit suicide." Hearing his daughter's words, the king told his skilled artisans, saying: "You possess wondrous ingenuity and there is no craft you do not master. Quickly take the water bubbles and make a garland for my daughter. If you do not, you shall be beheaded." They replied: "We are unable to take bubbles to make a garland." There was an old craftsman who said: "I can take the bubbles." The king was greatly pleased and immediately told his daughter, saying: "Now there is a man capable of making the garland. You may go yourself and watch over it in person." In accordance with the king's words, the daughter went outside to look on. Then the old craftsman addressed the king's daughter, saying: "I am ordinarily unable to distinguish good bubbles from bad. I humbly ask the king's daughter to personally select the bubbles, and I will make the garland." The daughter then tried to grasp the bubbles, but they broke beneath her hand and could not be seized. Thus the whole day ended without her obtaining any bubbles. Exhausted and weary, the daughter gave up and left. The daughter said to the king: "Water bubbles are false and fleeting, unable to endure for long. I ask the king to make me a garland of purple-sheen gold, which through all days and nights will never wither. The bubbles on the water deceive human eyes; though having form and substance, as soon as they arise they perish. The shimmering heat mirage of the wilderness is also like this; wearied by craving, one loses one's life. The human body is false and fleeting, with little joy and much suffering. A thing destined for destruction cannot endure for long; shifting and transforming, it remains in the world for only a little while." (Extracted from the Water-Bubble Sūtra)