經律異相 34.35

34.35

過去有王。名曰禁寐。生一女兒。著自然金花鬘。號曰摩梨尼。王召國內同日生女五百人。以充給使。摩梨尼年大。供養五百婆羅門日日不替。時迦葉佛住一園中。常出遊行至佛住園。御者不入。女問。我無園不入何故避此。答曰。此園但有禿頭沙門。名曰迦葉。不宜見之。是故不入。女曰。可入。見佛金色心大歡喜。頭面作禮佛說妙法得受三歸五戒致敬而去。女自追念。婆羅門非良福田。不應受施。迴以供佛。時婆羅門聞摩梨尼作迦葉弟子。更以上饌而供養之。心生嫉妬。禁寐已夜。得十一種夢。旦集群臣自覺所夢。臣令問相婆羅門。婆羅門曰。此夢不祥。或當失國或能喪命。王曰。可免乎。相師答曰。須種種牛羊象馬。并王女摩梨尼。及五百眷屬。却後七日於四衢道中殺以祠天。此災可滅。王聞勅令。即辦呼摩梨尼以事語之。六日之內隨意所欲。答曰。甚不惜死。願第一日與城中男女共至迦葉佛所。皆受三歸五戒。王即聽之。願第二日與王眾臣共往佛所。願第三日與諸王子共往佛所。願第四日與諸王女共詣佛所。願第五日與王夫人婇女共至佛所。願第六日與王共至佛所。王悉聽許。及與眾人往至佛所。佛為說法得果。皆受三歸五戒。王向迦葉佛說十一夢。佛言。此夢所為未來非現在也。夢小樹生花者。當來有佛名釋迦文。時世之人年始二十頭生白髮已生兒子。夢犢子耕者十歲兒領家事。父母不得自在。夢三釜並煮飯邊釜各跳相入不墮中央者。富者更相惠施貧者不得。夢見駱駝兩頭食草者。群臣既食王祿復取民物。夢見馬母飲駒乳者。時母嫁女反從求食。夢見金鉢於虛空中行者。雨澤不時夢見野狐尿金鉢中者。人民從富婚不顧姓族。夢獼猴坐床上者。時國王用非法暴虐無道。夢見牛頭著栴檀幘與腐草同價者。釋種貪利為人說法。夢見水中央濁四邊清者。佛法中國先滅邊國反盛。於王之身無有不祥。王即於座上勅諸臣曰。祠天之牲今悉無畏。吾從今寧自失命。不故殺生況殺人乎（出彌沙律第四十卷）。

In the past there was a king named Kṛki. He fathered a daughter who wore a naturally formed garland of golden flowers and was named Mālinī. The king summoned five hundred girls born on the same day throughout the country to serve as her attendants. When Mālinī grew older, she made offerings daily without fail to five hundred brāhmaṇas. At that time, Kāśyapa Buddha was residing in a park. She often went out on excursions and reached the park where the Buddha resided. Her charioteer would not enter. The daughter asked: "There is no park I do not enter; why do you avoid this one?" He answered, saying: "In this park there is only a shaven-headed śramaṇa named Kāśyapa. It is not suitable to see him; therefore we do not enter." The daughter said: "You may enter." Seeing the Buddha's golden colour, she rejoiced greatly in her heart. She bowed her head and face in veneration, and the Buddha preached the wondrous Dharma to her. She received the three refuges and the five precepts, paid homage, and departed. The daughter reflected to herself: "The brāhmaṇas are not a true field of merit and should not receive offerings." She redirected them as offerings to the Buddha. When the brāhmaṇas heard that Mālinī had become a disciple of Kāśyapa and made offerings of even more superior delicacies to him, jealousy arose in their hearts. When Kṛki's night was over, he had eleven kinds of dreams. At dawn, he assembled his ministers and recounted the dreams he had had. The ministers had him consult soothsaying brāhmaṇas. The brāhmaṇas said: "These dreams are inauspicious. You may lose the kingdom or lose your life." The king said: "Can this be averted?" The soothsayers replied, saying: "You must take various cattle, sheep, elephants, and horses, together with the king's daughter Mālinī and her five hundred attendants, and seven days from now slaughter them at the crossroads as a sacrifice to the gods; then this calamity can be averted." Hearing this, the king gave orders to prepare it at once, called Mālinī, and told her of the matter. Within the six days, she was granted whatever she wished. She replied, saying: "I do not begrudge death at all. I only wish that on the first day, together with the men and women of the city, I may go to Kāśyapa Buddha's place so that all may receive the three refuges and the five precepts." The king granted this. "I wish that on the second day, I may go to the Buddha's place together with the king's ministers. I wish that on the third day, I may go to the Buddha's place together with the princes. I wish that on the fourth day, I may go to the Buddha's place together with the princesses. I wish that on the fifth day, I may go to the Buddha's place together with the king's consort and court ladies. I wish that on the sixth day, I may go to the Buddha's place together with the king." The king consented to all of these. She went with the people to the Buddha's place, and the Buddha preached the Dharma for them, so that they attained the fruits [of the path] and all received the three refuges and the five precepts. The king told his eleven dreams to Kāśyapa Buddha. The Buddha said: "These dreams are concerned with the future, not the present. Dreaming of a small tree bearing flowers means that in the future there will be a Buddha named Śākyamuni; at that time, people will have white hair growing on their heads and will already have begotten children when only twenty years of age. Dreaming of a calf ploughing means that a ten-year-old child will manage household affairs while the parents have no independence. Dreaming of three cauldrons boiling rice side by side, where the cauldrons on the sides boil over into each other without falling into the middle one, means that the wealthy will bestow gifts upon one another while the poor receive nothing. Dreaming of a two-headed camel eating grass means that the ministers will consume the king's salary and also seize the people's property. Dreaming of a mare drinking the milk of her foal means that mothers of that time will marry off their daughters and in turn beg food from them. Dreaming of a golden bowl moving through empty space means that rain and moisture will not fall in season. Dreaming of a wild fox urinating in a golden bowl means that people will marry for wealth regardless of caste or lineage. Dreaming of a monkey sitting on a throne means that kings of that time will employ what is contrary to Dharma, being tyrannical and unprincipled. Dreaming of an ox's head wearing a sandalwood turban being equal in value to rotten grass means that the Śākya clan, out of greed for gain, will preach the Dharma to people. Dreaming of water being turbid in the middle but clear on all four sides means that the Buddha's Dharma will first perish in the central lands and conversely flourish in the borderlands. For the king's own person, there is no misfortune." The king then, right upon his seat, gave orders to his ministers, saying: "The sacrificial animals for the gods now need have no fear. From now on, I would rather lose my own life than intentionally kill a living being, much less kill human beings!" (Extracted from the Mahīśāsaka Vinaya, Fascicle 40)