[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 10.18 # 法苑珠林 10.18 法苑珠林 10.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.18) 爾時世尊於後。最初得成道已。時優陀夷即白佛言。未審世尊。往昔之時。與瞿多彌釋種之女。有何因緣。乃能令彼捨諸童子。直取如來用以為夫。而心娛樂云何而得。爾時佛告優陀夷言。汝優陀夷。至心諦聽。其瞿多彌釋種之女。非但今世嫌餘釋童而樂於我。乃往過去世時亦復如是。不用彼等諸釋童子。取我為夫。我念往昔。雪山之下多有雜類。無量無邊諸獸馳游。各各相隨任其所食。時彼獸中有一牸虎。端正少雙。於諸獸中無比類者。彼虎如是毛色光鮮。為於無邊諸獸求覓欲取為對。各各皆言。汝屬我來。汝屬我來。復有諸獸。自相謂言。汝等且待莫共相爭。聽彼牸虎自選取誰。即為作偶。彼獸即是我等之王。時諸獸中有一牛王。向於牸虎而說偈言。 > At that time, after the World-Honoured One had first attained the Way, Udāyin said to the Buddha: "I wonder, World-Honoured One, in times past, what karmic connections did you have with the Śākya maiden Gautamī that could make her abandon all the young men and directly choose the Tathāgata as her husband, taking joy in her heart? How was this achieved?" At that time the Buddha told Udāyin: "Udāyin, listen attentively with all your heart. It was not only in this life that the Śākya maiden Gautamī disliked the other Śākya youths and took pleasure in me; in past lives it was also like this: she rejected those Śākya youths and chose me as her husband. I remember in the past, beneath the Snow Mountains, there were diverse kinds, countless and boundless wild beasts roaming freely, each following its companions and feeding at will. At that time, among those beasts there was a tigress of exquisite form, having few equals, peerless among all the beasts. This tigress, with lustrous and radiant fur, was sought after by the countless beasts wishing to take her as a mate. Each one said: 'Belong to me! Belong to me!' Furthermore, the beasts said among themselves: 'Wait a while and do not fight. Let the tigress choose for herself whom she will make her mate, and that beast shall be our king.' At that time, among the beasts there was a bull king who spoke a verse to the tigress: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.17) - [Next: 10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.19) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.10.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛本行集經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.abhiniskramanasutra-t190*zh-jnanagupta.14.6) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.10.18) · Pramāṇa