[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) › 36.28 # 經律異相 36.28 經律異相 36.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [36.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.36.28) 昔有國王。貪於婬色所作無道。聞好婦女尋往掠奪。舉國患之。有一長者。財富無數高才博達。婦容端正。臣下啟王。王聞心動遣使強奪。其夫愁惱。便棄家居行作沙門。口中出香薰四十里。身體周遍有旃檀氣。王見其人。既無子姓。皆收家財。王立其婦以為正后。國中生好蓮華。青黃紅白甚大香潔。王敬夫人先持與之。夫人得華益甚悲感。王問。卿今一國之母。相敬不相失。意有何不可。乃爾不樂耶。夫人曰。不敢不樂。但念我前夫身口之香勝此眾華。竊思舊意不覺自悲。王不信言乃遣請之。前婿已得羅漢。神通飛行身出眾香充遍一國。王使澡洗重加揩拭。身香益甚。王試問佛。佛言。過去有一貧子。窮困無業賣薪自活。採薪還未及城門。城門已閉。門外有寺僧夜誦經。其人寄宿便坐聽經。燒香讚歎至於天曉。緣是五百世不墮惡道。常生天上身口香潔（出十卷譬喻經第四卷）。 > In ancient times there was a king who was covetous of sensual pleasures and whose actions were contrary to the Way. Whenever he heard of a beautiful woman, he would immediately go and seize her; the whole country suffered on this account. There was an elder of boundless wealth, lofty talent, and broad attainments, whose wife was upright and beautiful. The ministers reported this to the king. When the king heard of it, his heart was moved, and he dispatched messengers to seize her by force. Her husband was grieved and distressed; he then abandoned his household to practice as a śramaṇa. A fragrance emitted from his mouth that perfumed forty li, and his entire body had the scent of sandalwood. The king saw that he had no descendants, so he confiscated all his family property. The king made the wife his principal queen. In that country, fine lotus flowers blossomed—blue, yellow, red, and white, very large, fragrant, and pure. The king respected the lady, and took them to give to her first. When the lady received the flowers, she became even more sorrowful and moved. The king asked, "You are now the mother of an entire country. We respect each other without failing each other. What displeases your heart that you are so unhappy?" The lady said, "I dare not be unhappy. I only recall that the fragrance of my former husband's body and mouth surpassed all these flowers. Secretly longing for old feelings, I could not help but be saddened." The king did not believe her words and sent for him. The former husband had already attained arhatship; with supernormal powers he flew through the air, and an array of fragrances emitted from his body, pervading the whole country. The king had him bathed and repeatedly wiped down, but his bodily fragrance grew even stronger. The king questioned the Buddha about this. The Buddha said, "In the past, there was a poor man who was destitute and without an occupation, selling firewood to support himself. When he returned from gathering firewood, he had not yet reached the city gate before it was already closed. Outside the gate there was a monastery where monks were chanting scriptures at night. The man lodged there and sat listening to the scriptures, burning incense and offering praise until dawn. Because of this, for five hundred lifetimes he did not fall into evil destinies, always being born in the heavens with a fragrant and pure body and mouth." (Extracted from the fourth fascicle of the Ten-Fascicle Sūtra of Avadānas) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 36.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.36.27) - [Next: 36.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.36.29) - [Up: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.36) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.36.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.36.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.36.28) · Pramāṇa