法苑珠林 11.60

11.60

依彌沙塞律云。佛得道七日受解脫樂。有五百乘車載石蜜外國興生。路由樹過。車主兄弟二人。離謂波利。創奉蜜[麩-夫+少]。四王奉鉢。佛受之已為說三歸。又更七日文鱗龍王。奉非人食。後過七日斯那奉食。姊妹四人受三歸依。復過七日梵王來請轉法輪。又普曜經云。時梵王與六萬八千梵王眷屬來詣佛所。稽首足下請轉法輪。佛受請已。言我宿命在波羅柰供養六百億佛。應在此轉法輪。由觀樹七日以報其恩。故未說法。

According to the Mahīśāsaka-vinaya: After the Buddha attained the Way, he experienced the bliss of liberation for seven days. There were five hundred wagons carrying rock sugar to engage in trade abroad, and their route passed beneath the tree. The two brothers who were the wagon masters, Trapuṣa and Bhallika, first offered honey and parched flour. The Four Kings offered bowls, and after the Buddha received them, he expounded the three refuges for them. For another seven days, the nāga king Mucalinda offered non-human food. After another seven days, Senā offered food, and the four sisters received the three refuges. After another seven days, the Brahmā king came to request the turning of the wheel of the Dharma. Furthermore, the Lalitavistara states: At that time, the Brahmā king, together with sixty-eight thousand Brahmā kings and their retinue, came to the Buddha's presence, prostrated at his feet, and requested the turning of the wheel of the Dharma. After the Buddha accepted the request, he said: 'In my past lives in Vārāṇasī, I made offerings to sixty billion Buddhas; I ought to turn the wheel of the Dharma here.' Because he gazed at the tree for seven days to repay its kindness, he had not yet preached the Dharma.