[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) › 46.13 # 經律異相 46.13 經律異相 46.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [46.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.13) 阿修羅前世時。曾為貧人。居近河邊常渡河擔薪。時河水深流復駛疾。此人數為水所漂。既亡所持。身又沒溺。隨流殆死得出。時有辟支佛。作沙門形詣舍乞食。貧人歡喜即施飯食。食訖擲鉢空中飛軒而去。貧人見之因以發願。願我後生身形長大。一切深水無過膝者。以是因緣得極大身。四大海水不能過膝。立大海中身過須彌。手據山頂下觀忉利天（出雜譬喻經第四卷）。 > In a past life, an asura was once a poor man. Living near a river, he often crossed it carrying firewood. At that time, the river water was deep and the current swift; this man was repeatedly swept away by the water. Having lost what he carried, his body also submerged, and following the current, he nearly died before managing to get out. At that time, there was a pratyekabuddha who assumed the form of a śramaṇa and came to his house begging for food. The poor man was delighted and immediately offered him food and drink. Having finished eating, the pratyekabuddha threw his bowl into the air and flew away into the heights. Seeing this, the poor man made a vow: "May my body in a future birth be immense, so that no deep waters anywhere exceed my knees!" Through this cause and condition, he obtained an exceedingly huge body: the waters of the four great oceans cannot exceed his knees; standing in the great ocean, his body surpasses Mount Sumeru, and resting his hands on the mountain peak, he looks down upon the Trāyastriṃśa heaven (from the fourth fascicle of the Saṃyukta-avadāna Sūtra). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 46.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.12) - [Next: 46.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.14) - [Up: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.46.13) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [雜譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.207.1.42) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.46.13) · Pramāṇa