[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) › 35.21 # 經律異相 35.21 經律異相 35.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [35.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.35.21) 長者須達七貧後貧最劇。於糞壤中得一木斗。其實栴檀。出市賣之。得米四斗。語婦曰並炊一斗。吾當索菜。時佛念曰。當度須達令福更生。炊米方熟。舍利弗往。婦見歡喜。一斗米飯悉投著鉢中。更炊一斗。目連復往。亦歡喜與之。復炊一斗。迦葉復往。亦復與之。適有一斗。尋復炊熟。如來自往。婦自念言。間日之糧。莫有降者。今有是米。如來躬顧。得無罪畢福生者哉。一斗米飯盡施如來。佛口呪願。罪滅福生從今日始。須達尋歸。婦恐其恚。便問曰。如今佛來及舍利弗目連。迦葉盡來求食。當與不耶。答曰當與。福田難遭。若來求者是為值遇。婦言。向四斗米吾盡用施矣。夫大歡喜。餘有飯汁公姥共飲之。須臾仿佯。諸室珍寶倉庫穀帛。自然實滿。如往時富也。須達踊躍。知佛愍念。更請佛及僧供養盡空。佛為說法皆得道迹（出雜譬喻經下卷）。 > The elder Sudatta experienced seven periods of poverty, and the last was the most severe. Among some garbage and dung he found a wooden peck measure, which was actually made of sandalwood. He took it to the market and sold it, obtaining four pecks of rice. He said to his wife, “Cook one peck at a time; I shall go look for vegetables.” At that time the Buddha thought, “I should deliver Sudatta and cause his merit to arise anew.” Just as the cooked rice was done, Śāriputra arrived. The wife saw him with joy and emptied the one peck of cooked rice into his bowl. She cooked another peck, and Maudgalyāyana also arrived; she joyfully gave it to him as well. She cooked another peck, and Kāśyapa also arrived; she gave it to him too. When only one peck remained, it was cooked soon after. The Tathāgata arrived in person. The wife thought to herself, “When we had provisions for every other day, no one ever came down to visit us. Now that we have this rice, the Tathāgata has come to look upon us in person. Could it not be that our sins are exhausted and our merit is arising?” She gave the entire peck of cooked rice to the Tathāgata. The Buddha gave his blessing with his own mouth: “The elimination of sins and the arising of merit begins from this day forward.” Sudatta returned soon after. His wife feared he would be angry, and asked him, saying, “Suppose the Buddha just arrived, along with Śāriputra, Maudgalyāyana, and Kāśyapa, all coming to seek food. Should one give it to them or not?” He replied, “One should give it. A field of merit is difficult to encounter. If they come seeking, this is indeed a rare encounter.” His wife said, “Just now I used all four pecks of rice for alms.” Her husband was overjoyed. There remained only the rice broth, which the husband and wife drank together. A moment later, as they walked about, all the chambers were naturally filled to capacity with precious jewels, and the storehouses with grain and silk, rich as in former times. Sudatta leaped with joy, knowing that the Buddha had pitied them. He again invited the Buddha and the saṅgha, making offerings to them until his food was completely exhausted. The Buddha preached the Dharma for them, and they all attained the traces of the Path (taken from the lower fascicle of the \*Za piyu jing\*). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 35.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.35.20) - [Next: 35.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.35.22) - [Up: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.35) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.35.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.35.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.35.21) · Pramāṇa