[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) › 45.21 # 法苑珠林 45.21 法苑珠林 45.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [45.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.45.21) 又大魚事經云。爾時世尊告諸比丘。昔時有一池水饒諸大魚。爾時大魚勅小魚曰。汝等莫離此間往他。處所備為惡人所得。爾時小魚不從大魚教。便往至他處。爾時漁師以飯網羅線捕諸魚。諸小魚見便趣大魚處所。爾時大魚見小魚來。便問小魚曰。汝等莫離此間往至他所不。爾時小魚便答大魚曰。我等向者已至他所來。大魚便勅小魚曰。汝等既至他所。不為羅網取捕耶。小魚答大魚曰。我等至彼不為人所捕。然遙見長綫尋我後來。大魚便語小魚曰。汝等已為所害。所以然者。汝所遙見綫尋後來者。昔先祖父母等盡為此綫所害。汝見必為所害。汝非我兒。爾時小魚盡為\[敲-高+(虎-儿+魚)\]師所捕。舉著岸上。如是小魚大有死者（為不受語為網所害）。 > Furthermore, the Dayushi jing says: At that time, the World-Honoured One told the monks: "In the past, there was a pool of water abundant with large fish. At that time, the large fish instructed the small fish, saying: 'Do not leave this place to go elsewhere, lest you be caught by evil men.' At that time, the small fish did not heed the instruction of the large fish and went off to another place. At that time, a fisherman used cooked rice, nets, and lines to catch the fish. When the small fish saw this, they ran back toward where the large fish was. Seeing the small fish approaching, the large fish asked them, 'Did you not leave this place and go to another place?' The small fish then replied to the large fish, 'We went to another place just now.' The large fish then instructed the small fish, saying: 'Since you went to another place, were you not caught in the nets?' The small fish answered the large fish, 'When we arrived there, we were not caught by men. However, looking back from a distance, we saw a long line following behind us.' The large fish then told the small fish, 'You are already doomed. Why is that? That which you saw from afar, the line following behind, was what all your ancestors and parents were killed by in the past. If you saw it, you will surely be killed. You are no children of mine.' At that time, the small fish were all caught by the fisherman and hauled onto the bank. In this way, a great many small fish died." (Due to not accepting instruction, they were harmed by the net.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 45.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.45.20) - [Next: 45.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.45.22) - [Up: 45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.45) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.45.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.45.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.45.21) · Pramāṇa