[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) › 48.34 # 經律異相 48.34 經律異相 48.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.34) 波斯匿王有四大臣。拜為將。合四部兵欲伐小國。四臣見佛稽首足下。世尊問之。仁等何去。具以事答。我等之身為此國王多所興立常畏危命今當攻伐。世尊讚曰。善哉諸賢。是為報恩而有反復。不但今世為此國王。過去世時沙竭之國。有諸烏眾而來集會止頓其國。烏王名曰甘蔗。主八萬烏。烏王有婦名舊黎尼。懷軀惡食至誠白王。我身小發欲得善柔。鹿王肉食乃活不爾者死。於是烏王聞其音聲合會烏眾。汝等當往沙竭國。沙竭國王有大鹿王。名曰須具。欲得其肉。四烏應募。吾等堪任。不惜身命當辦此事。於時四烏數至會所。時國王子見烏恐懼。馳還白王。我見四烏色像若斯。數來鹿苑。王即勅人令捕。烏師造立方便張羅捕烏。輒以獲之生上國王。王問四烏而呵罵之。汝等何故數來至此。犯吾境界。烏言曰。唯然天王非我所樂。有王名曰安住。其婦受胎。欲得須具善柔鹿肉。彼王遣來。受其君教。時國王愕然怪之。自受王教作此方計。投棄軀命誠非所及。欲求俗人有此反復。受君父教尚不可得。況鳥獸乎。王告諸烏。今赦汝罪（出蜜具經又名俱薩國烏王經）。 > King Prasenajit had four great ministers, whom he appointed as generals. Marshalling the fourfold army, he wished to attack a small country. The four ministers went to see the Buddha and bowed their heads at his feet. The Bhagavat asked them, "Good sirs, where are you going?" They answered in full with the matter: "We have accomplished much for this king, yet we constantly fear for our lives; now we are about to launch an attack." The Bhagavat praised them, saying: "Well done, virtuous ones! This is repaying kindness and being steadfast. Not only in this life have you acted thus for a king: in the past, in the kingdom of Sāgara, a flock of crows gathered and dwelt in that land. The crow king was named Ikṣu (Sugar Cane), ruling over eighty thousand crows. The crow king had a wife named Jiulini. Being pregnant, she craved strange food and spoke with utmost sincerity to the king: 'My body is indisposed; I desire to eat the meat of the gentle deer king before I can live—otherwise, I shall die.' Thereupon the crow king, hearing her words, assembled the flock of crows and said: 'You must go to the kingdom of Sāgara. The king of Sāgara has a great deer king named Xuju (Sugu); I desire to obtain its meat.' Four crows responded to the call: 'We are capable of this task. Sparing neither body nor life, we shall accomplish this matter.' Then the four crows repeatedly went to the gathering place. When the prince of the kingdom saw the crows, he was terrified and ran back to report to the king: 'I have seen four crows of such appearance frequently coming to the deer park.' The king immediately ordered men to capture them. The bird catchers devised an expedient method and spread nets to catch the crows, forthwith capturing them alive and presenting them to the king. The king questioned the four crows and scolded them: 'Why do you repeatedly come here, trespassing upon my realm?' The crows replied: 'Indeed, Heavenly King, it was not of our own desire. There is a king named Anzhu (Firm Abode), whose wife is pregnant; she desires the meat of the gentle deer Xuju. That king sent us here, and we obeyed our lord's command.' The king was astonished and marvelled at it: 'Obeying their king's command, they devised this plan, casting away their bodies and lives—truly beyond what is expected! Even among worldly men, to seek such steadfastness in obeying the commands of a lord or father is hard to find; how much more so for birds and beasts!' The king said to the crows: 'I now pardon your offense.' (Extracted from the Sūtra on the Vessel of Honey, also called the Sūtra on the Crow King of the Country of Kosala). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.33) - [Next: 48.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.35) - [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.48.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.34) · Pramāṇa