經律異相 47.6

47.6

In a past age, there was a lion king dwelling in a cave in the deep mountains. He constantly thought: 'I am the king among all beasts; by my strength I can protect and shelter all beasts.' In the mountain were two monkeys who together had two infants. The two monkeys then asked the lion king: 'If the Great King can protect all beasts, we now entrust our two infants to you. We wish to go elsewhere in search of food.' The lion king then assented to it. The monkeys left their two infants in his care and departed. At that time, there was in the mountain a vulture king named Good Sight. While the lion king slept, it swooped down, seized the two monkey infants, and perched on a precipice. The lion king then awoke and said to the vulture: