經律異相 43.31

43.31

昔有導師。與五百賈人共行作賈到。大曠野絕無水漿。飢渴困極四方求索。登高遠望見有樹木。謂當有水。俱共馳往。至見樹下。周匝生草其地清潔。咸共穿鑿。時有天人遙見導師。如申臂頃來到其所。住于樹上申其右手。從五指間流出八味甘美之水。而無窮盡。皆得飽滿（出十卷譬喻經第三卷）。

Anciently, there was a caravan guide who travelled with five hundred merchants to trade. They arrived at a great wilderness where there was no water or drink whatsoever. Exhausted by hunger and thirst, they searched in all four directions. Climbing to a high place and looking into the distance, they saw trees and thought there must be water. They all ran there together. Arriving, they saw that under the trees, grass grew all around and the ground was clean. They all began digging together. At that time, a heavenly being saw the guide from afar and, in the time it takes to extend an arm, arrived at his location. Standing on a tree, he extended his right hand, and from between his five fingers flowed sweet, delicious water of eight qualities without end. All were fully satisfied. (From the third fascicle of the Ten-Fascicle Avadāna Sūtra.)