[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) › 54.61 # 法苑珠林 54.61 法苑珠林 54.61 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [54.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.61) 又百喻經云。昔外國節慶之日。一切婦女盡持憂鉢羅華以為鬘飾。有一貧人。其婦語言。爾若能得憂鉢羅華來與我為爾作妻。若不能得我捨爾去。其夫先來常善能作鴛鴦之鳴。即入王池作鴛鴦鳴偷憂鉢羅華。時守池者而作是問。池中者誰。而此貧人失口答言。我是鴛鴦。守者捉得將詣王所。而於中道復更和聲作鴛鴦鳴。守池者言。爾先不作今作何益。世間愚人亦復如是。終身殘害作眾惡業。不習心行使令調善。臨命終時方言今我欲得修善。獄卒將去付閻羅王。雖欲修善亦無所及。如彼愚人欲到王所作鴛鴦鳴。 > Furthermore, the \*Baiyu jing\* says: In the past, on a festival day in a foreign land, all the women took utpala flowers to make garland ornaments. There was a poor man whose wife said to him, 'If you can obtain utpala flowers and bring them to me, I will be your wife; if you cannot obtain them, I will leave you.' Her husband had previously always been good at imitating the cry of a mandarin duck. He then entered the king's pond, making the cry of a mandarin duck to steal utpala flowers. At that time, the keeper of the pond asked, 'Who is in the pond?' And this poor man slipped up and answered, 'I am a mandarin duck.' The keeper caught him and took him to the king's court. Along the way, he again harmoniously imitated the cry of a mandarin duck. The keeper of the pond said, 'You did not make it before; what benefit is there in making it now?' Foolish people of the world are also like this. Throughout their lives, they harm and perform various evil deeds, not training the mind's actions to make them tame and good. When facing the end of life, only then do they say, 'Now I wish to cultivate goodness.' When the wardens of hell take them away and deliver them to King Yama, though they wish to cultivate goodness, it is of no avail—just like that foolish person who, on the verge of arriving at the king's court, imitated the cry of a mandarin duck. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 54.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.60) - [Next: 54.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.62) - [Up: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.54.61) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.54.61) · Pramāṇa