[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) › 48.87 # 經律異相 48.87 經律異相 48.87 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.87) 迦羅池中有一蛤。聞佛說法。即從池出入草根下。是時有一牧牛人。見大眾圍遶聽佛說法。往到佛所。欲聞法故以杖刺地。誤著蛤頭。蛤即命終生忉利天。見諸妓女娛樂音聲。尋即思惟。我先為畜生。何因緣故生此天宮。即以天眼觀。先於池邊聽佛說法。以此功德得此果報。時蛤天人即乘宮殿。往至佛所頭頂禮足。佛為說法得須陀洹果（出善見毘婆沙第四卷）。 > In the Kāra pond there was a frog. Hearing the Buddha preach the Dharma, it came out of the pond and went under the roots of grass. At that time, there was a cowherd who saw the great assembly surrounding and listening to the Buddha preach the Dharma. He went to where the Buddha was, and wanting to hear the Dharma, pierced the ground with his staff, mistakenly striking the frog's head. The frog died instantly and was born in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven. Seeing the courtesans and the sounds of music and entertainment, it immediately reflected: 'I was previously an animal. By what cause and condition was I born in this heavenly palace?' It observed with the heavenly eye and saw that previously, by the edge of the pond, it had listened to the Buddha preach the Dharma, and through this merit had obtained this retribution. The frog deity then rode his palace to where the Buddha was and bowed his head at \[the Buddha's\] feet. The Buddha preached the Dharma for him, and he attained the fruit of srotāpanna. (Extracted from the fourth fascicle of the Samantapāsādikā) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.86) - [Next: 48.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.88) - [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.48.87) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.87) · Pramāṇa