[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) › 48.18 # 經律異相 48.18 經律異相 48.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.18) 國王夫人昇在樓上。見雁飛空中欲得其肉。便以白王。王遣獵工。持網行羅分布求索。即得數十以籠養之。中有不食者。諸雁謂言。今已得活不食何益。不食者日。憂不能食。七日瘠瘦於籠孔中得出飛去。遙語肥者曰。卿等貪食害痛在後（出十卷譬喻經第六卷）。 > A king's queen ascended a high tower, and seeing geese flying in the air, she desired to have their flesh; she then informed the king. The king dispatched huntsmen to take nets and go about snaring them, spreading out in search; they caught several tens of them and kept them in cages. Among them was one that would not eat. The other geese said to it, 'Now that our lives have been spared, what benefit is there in not eating?' The one that did not eat said, 'Grief prevents me from eating.' In seven days, it grew emaciated, and was able to escape through an opening in the cage and fly away. From afar it said to the fat ones, 'You crave food, but calamity and pain lie ahead' (taken from the Ten-Fascicle Avadāna Sūtra, Fascicle 6). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.17) - [Next: 48.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.19) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.48.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.18) · Pramāṇa