法苑珠林 54.30

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又佛本行經云。爾時佛告諸比丘言。我念往昔。有一河名波利耶多（隋言彼節）時彼河岸有一人。是結華鬘師。其人有園在彼河側。而彼河內時有一龜從水而出。至華園中求食而行。處處經歷蹋壞其華。時彼園主見龜壞華。即捉置於一筐篋中將欲殺食。彼龜作念。云何得脫此難。作何方便誑此園主。即向園主而說偈言。

Also, the Abhiniṣkramaṇa-sūtra says: At that time, the Buddha addressed the monks: I recall that long ago in the past, there was a river named Pāriyātra (which in the language of Sui means 'that joint'). At that time, on the bank of that river was a man who made flower garlands. The man had a garden beside that river. Within that river, there was a turtle that emerged from the water and went into the flower garden roaming for food, trampling and damaging the flowers everywhere. The owner of the garden saw the turtle damaging the flowers, so he caught it, put it into a basket, and intended to kill and eat it. The turtle thought: 'How can I escape this peril? By what expedient means can I deceive this garden owner?' It then spoke a verse to the garden owner: