經律異相 36.40

36.40

King Prasenajit had a great minister named Migāra. Seeking a wife for his seventh son, he took the beautiful daughter of King Prasenajit's younger brother, Dhammika. This girl was clever, of sharp faculties, and possessed many virtues and talents. Having been pregnant for ten months, she gave birth to thirty eggs. Each egg produced a boy, exceptional in physique, uniquely courageous and strong, the strength of each exceeding that of a thousand men. Their parents loved them dearly, and the entire country revered and feared them. (Extracted from the tenth fascicle of the Sūtra of the Wise and the Foolish)