法苑珠林 49.27

49.27

又睒子經云。願王牽我二人往臨屍上。王即牽盲父母往到屍上。父抱其脚。母抱其頭。仰天大呼。母便以舌舐睒胸瘡。願毒入我口。我年已老目無所見。以身代子。睒活我死。死不恨也。睒若至孝天地所知者。箭當拔出毒藥當除。睒當更生。於是第二忉利天王座即為動。以天眼見二道人抱子呼哭。乃聞第四兜術天宮皆動。釋梵四天王即從第四天王如人屈伸臂頃。來下睒前以神藥灌睒口中。藥入睒口箭自拔出。更活如故。父母驚喜。見睒已死更活兩目皆開。飛鳥走獸皆大歡喜。風息雲消日為重光。泉水涌出眾華五色。樹木華榮倍於常時。王大歡喜不能自勝。禮天帝釋還禮父母及與睒子。願以國財以上道人。睒曰王欲報恩者。王且還國安隱人民皆令奉戒。王勿復射獵夭傷蟲獸。現世身不安隱。壽盡當入泥犁中。人居世間。恩愛暫有。別離久長。不可常保。王宿有功德今得為王。莫以得自在故而自放逸。王自悔責。從今已後當如睒教。從者數百皆大踊躍奉持五戒。王辭還宮。令國中諸有盲父母如睒比者。皆當供養。不得捐捨。犯者重罪。於是國中皆如王教。奉持五戒十善。死得生天無入三惡。

The Shanzi jing further states: 'We pray the king lead the two of us to go to his corpse.' The king thereupon led the blind parents to the corpse. The father held his feet, and the mother held his head. Looking up to Heaven, they cried aloud. The mother then licked Shan's chest wound with her tongue, [saying]: 'May the poison enter my mouth! I am already old, my eyes see nothing; let my body substitute for the son: let Shan live and me die, and dying I will have no regrets! If Shan was supremely filial and this is known to Heaven and Earth, may the arrow be drawn out, may the poison be removed, and may Shan come back to life!' Thereupon, the throne of the king of the second heaven, Trāyastriṃśa, was shaken. With the divine eye, he saw the two people of the Way holding their son, wailing and weeping; even the fourth heaven, the palace of Tuṣita, was shaken. Śakra, Brahmā, and the Four Heavenly Kings then arrived from the fourth heaven in the time it takes a man to bend and stretch his arm, descending before Shan and pouring divine medicine into Shan's mouth. When the medicine entered Shan's mouth, the arrow spontaneously came out, and he was revived as before. The parents were startled and rejoiced; seeing that Shan, having died, was alive again, both of their eyes were opened. Flying birds and running beasts all rejoiced greatly. The wind ceased, the clouds dispersed, and the sun shone with renewed brightness. The spring water welled up, blossoms showed five colours, and the trees flourished and bloomed twice as much as ordinary times. The king rejoiced greatly, unable to contain himself. He bowed to Śakra, Lord of the Devas, and then bowed to the parents and Shanzi, wishing to offer the kingdom's wealth to the people of the Way. Shan said: 'If the king wishes to repay this kindness, let the king return to his kingdom, bring peace to the people, and cause them all to uphold the precepts. Let the king no longer hunt or prematurely harm insects and beasts. In the present life one's person will not be at peace, and when one's life ends one will enter Niraya. Mortals dwelling in the world possess affection and love but temporarily, while separation is long; it cannot be kept forever. In past lives the king possessed merit, and so now has become a king; do not become unrestrained simply because you have attained sovereignty.' The king reproached himself: 'From this day forward, I will act according to Shan's instruction.' His several hundred followers were all overjoyed and upheld the five precepts. The king took his leave and returned to his palace. He ordered that all blind parents throughout the kingdom who were like Shan's should be provided for and must not be abandoned; offenders would be guilty of a grave crime. Thereupon, everyone in the kingdom acted according to the king's instruction, upholding the five precepts and the ten virtues; at death they attained rebirth in Heaven, with none entering the three evil destinies.