[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) › 28.13 # 法苑珠林 28.13 法苑珠林 28.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.28.13) 如譬喻經云。昔有大家。收穀千斛埋著地中。前至春溫開窖取種。子不見穀。而有一蟲大如牛莒。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。終無可道。便以鐵錐刺一處。語曰。欲知我者持我著大道傍。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。穀賊汝為何在是間。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。叩頭向穀賊云。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。言竟忽然不現。 > As the \*Avadāna-sūtra\* states: Formerly, there was a wealthy household that harvested a thousand bushels of grain and buried them in the ground. When the warmth of spring arrived, they opened the cellar to take out seed-grain, but saw no grain; instead, there was a grub as large as an ox-cart basket, lacking hands, feet, head, or eyes, like a lump of inert flesh. Young and old in the household all marveled at it. Bringing it out to level ground, they asked, 'What kind of thing are you?' It had nothing to say at all. Then, piercing one spot with an iron awl, it spoke, saying, 'If you wish to know who I am, carry me and place me beside the highway, and there will naturally be someone who names me.' Thereupon, they lifted it and placed it beside the road. For three days, no one could name it. Next, there came several hundred yellow-horse carriages, whose clothing and attendants were all yellow. Stopping their carriages, they called out, 'Grain Thief, why are you here?' It answered, 'I ate people's grain, so they carried me and placed me here.' After speaking for a very long time, they bid farewell and departed. The master asked the Grain Thief, 'Who were they just now?' It answered, 'They are the essence of gold and jewels. Residing three hundred-odd paces west of here beneath a large tree, there are jars of a hundred piculs full of gold.' The master immediately led several tens of men to dig, and they promptly obtained the jars of gold. The whole household rejoiced, loaded them on carts, and brought them home. Kowtowing to the Grain Thief, they said, 'Obtaining gold today is the great spirit's grace. Would the spirit be willing to stay and return with us, so that we may offer further offerings?' The Grain Thief said, 'Previously, when I ate your grain and did not state my name, it was because I wished to cause you to receive this reward of gold. Now I must travel onward to distribute blessings throughout the world; I may not remain any longer.' Having finished speaking, it suddenly vanished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.28.12) - [Next: 28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.28.14) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.28) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.28.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.28.13) · Pramāṇa