經律異相 47.71

47.71

昔大迦羅越出錢為業。有二人舉錢一萬。至時還之。後日二人復相謂言。我曹更各舉十萬。後不還之。有牛繫在籬裏。語二人言。我先世時坐負主人一千錢不還債。三反作牛猶故不了。況君欲取十萬罪無畢時。二人驚怪會天已曉。主人出。二人說牛之語。主人即便放著群中不復取用。呪願。此牛自今已後莫復受此畜生身。若有餘錢一以布施。牛後命過得生人中（出譬喻經）。

Formerly, a great householder (*gṛhapati*) engaged in lending money as his business. There were two men who borrowed ten thousand coins, and repaid them when the time came. Later, the two men said to one another again, 'Let us each borrow another hundred thousand, and not repay it afterward.' A cow tied behind the fence said to the two men, 'In a past life, on account of owing this master one thousand coins and failing to repay the debt, I have been reborn as a cow three times and am still not done with it. How much more so for you, who intend to take a hundred thousand—your guilt will have no end.' The two men were astonished, and it happened that day had already dawned. The master came out, and the two men recounted the cow's words. The master thereupon released it into the herd and no longer put it to labor, making a vow of transference: 'May this cow, from this day forth, never again receive this animal body. If there be any remaining debt, I entirely give it as a donation.' After the cow died, it was reborn among humans (from the *Avadāna-sūtra*).