[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) › 47.42 # 經律異相 47.42 經律異相 47.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [47.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.42) 佛獨遊行欲求靜寂。到憍薩羅國波利羅耶娑羅林寶樹下住。時五百群象。象行王恒在後。常得濁水殘草。厭其群眾獨來樹下。遙見佛。以鼻拔草蹈地令平。以鼻盛水灑塵草鋪為座。屈膝請佛令坐。三月供養。佛知象意。即受其請。而說頌曰。 > The Buddha was wandering alone, seeking quietude. He arrived in the kingdom of Kośala and stayed beneath a precious tree in the Pārileyyaka sāla forest. At that time, in a herd of five hundred elephants, the elephant king always walked at the rear and constantly received turbid water and trampled grass. Wearying of his herd, he came alone beneath the tree. Seeing the Buddha from afar, he pulled up grass with his trunk and stamped the ground to make it level; he held water in his trunk and sprinkled the dust; and he spread grass to make a seat. Bending his knees, he invited the Buddha to sit. For three months he made offerings. The Buddha knew the elephant's intention, accepted his invitation, and spoke a verse, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 47.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.41) - [Next: 47.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.43) - [Up: 47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.47.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.47.42) · Pramāṇa