[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) › 51.31 # 法苑珠林 51.31 法苑珠林 51.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [51.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.31) 大王當知波羅柰　有一烏王常依止 八萬烏眾所圍繞　悉皆取彼王處分 彼烏王妻有所憶　我向大王說其緣 烏妻所思香美膳　如是大王所食者 是故我今數數來　抄撥大王香美食 今者為彼烏王故　致被大王之所繫 善哉唯願大聖王　慈悲憐愍放脫我 我為烏王彼妻故　數來抄撥大王食 我念從此一生來　未曾經造如此事 今為大王一勅已　於後不敢更復為 > "Great King, you should know that in Vārāṇasī, / there is a crow king who constantly dwells there. / Surrounded by a flock of eighty thousand crows, / they all receive that king's commands. / That crow king's wife conceived a longing; / I shall explain its cause to the great king. / The delicious and fragrant meal that the crow's wife craved / was such as the great king eats. / Therefore I have now come repeatedly, / snatching and carrying off the great king's fragrant and delicious food. / Now, on behalf of that crow king, / I have come to be bound by the great king. / O great holy king, please / have compassion and pity, and release me! / It was for the sake of the crow king and his wife / that I repeatedly came to snatch the great king's food. / I reflect that in all my life, / I have never committed such an act. / Now that the great king has rebuked me once, / hereafter I dare never do it again." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 51.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.30) - [Next: 51.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.32) - [Up: 51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.51.31) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛本行集經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.abhiniskramanasutra-t190*zh-jnanagupta.52.41) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.51.31) · Pramāṇa