[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) › 48.90 # 經律異相 48.90 經律異相 48.90 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.90) 昔有大家收穀千斛。埋著地中。前至春溫開之取種。了不見穀。而有一蟲大如牛筥。無有手足亦無頭目如頑鈍肉。主人大小莫不怪之。出著平地。即問。汝是何等。終無所道。便以鐵錐刺一處。語曰。欲知我名者持我著大道旁。自當有名我者。於是舉著道邊。三日之中無能名者。次有數百乘黃馬車。衣服侍從皆黃。駐車而呼。穀賊汝何為在是間。答曰。吾食人穀故持我著此。語極久便辭別去。主人問穀賊。向者是誰也。答言。是金寶之精。居在此西三百餘步大樹下。有百石甕滿中金。主人即將數十人往掘即得甕金。家室歡喜輦載將歸。叩頭向穀賊。今日得金是大神恩。寧可留神共歸更設供養。穀賊曰。前食君穀不語姓字者。欲令君得是金報。今當轉行福於天下。不得復住。言竟忽然不見（出譬喻經第二卷）。 > Formerly, there was a great family who harvested a thousand bushels of grain and buried it in the ground. When the warmth of spring arrived, they opened it to take seed, but saw no grain at all; instead, there was a single bug as big as an ox-pannier, without hands, feet, head, or eyes, like an obtuse lump of flesh. Old and young in the household all wondered at it. They brought it out onto level ground and asked, "What sort of thing are you?" In the end, it said nothing. They then pierced a spot with an iron awl, whereupon it spoke, saying, "If you wish to know my name, take me and set me beside the thoroughfare; there will surely be someone who can name me." Thereupon they lifted it and placed it by the roadside. Throughout three days, no one was able to name it. Next, there were several hundred yellow-horse carriages; their clothing and attendants were all yellow. Stopping their carriages, they called out, "Grain-Thief, why are you here?" It replied, "Because I ate people's grain, they brought me and put me here." After speaking at great length, they took their leave and departed. The master asked the Grain-Thief, "Who were they just now?" It replied, "They are the essences of gold and jewels. They dwell more than three hundred paces to the west of here, beneath a great tree, where there are jars of a hundred piculs full of gold." The master immediately led several tens of men there to dig, and they obtained the jars of gold. The family rejoiced, loaded them on carriages, and brought them home. Kowtowing to the Grain-Thief, \[the master said,\] "Obtaining this gold today is the great spirit's kindness. Might your spirit remain and return with us, so that we may arrange further offerings?" The Grain-Thief said, "Previously, when I ate your grain, I did not state my name because I wanted you to obtain this reward of gold. Now I must move on to practice blessings throughout the world; I cannot stay any longer." Having finished speaking, it suddenly vanished. (Extracted from the second fascicle of the \*Avadāna-sūtra\*.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.89) - [Next: 48.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.91) - [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.48.90) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.48.90) · Pramāṇa