法苑珠林 55.14

55.14

爾時摩耶利內外眷屬。及聚邑中合數千人。皆隨阿難往觀牛。阿難即住牛傍自念言。今我所事師法。不得自手𤚲乳。語適竟。第二忉利天帝便從天來。化作年少梵志。被服因住牛傍。阿難見之心用歡喜。謂言。年少梵志請取乳湩。即答阿難。我非梵志是天帝釋。我聞如來欲得牛乳。故來到此。阿難言。天帝位尊。何能近此腥穢之牛。帝釋答曰。雖我之豪何如如來尊尚不厭倦建立功德。何況小天。阿難報釋。為我取乳唯願用時。釋應曰諾。尋即持器前至牛所。時牛靜住不敢復動。其來觀者皆驚怪之。爾時帝釋而說偈言。

At that time, Mayūrin's inner and outer kin, together with several thousand people from the village, all followed Ānanda to watch the cow. Ānanda stood beside the cow and thought to himself: "According to the precepts of the Master I now serve, I am not permitted to milk a cow with my own hands." No sooner had he finished speaking than Śakra, king of the gods of the second heaven, Trāyastriṃśa, came down from the heavens. He transformed himself into a young brahman wearing robes and stood beside the cow. Seeing him, Ānanda was delighted at heart and said to him: "Young brahman, please draw the milk." He immediately replied to Ānanda: "I am no brahman; I am Śakra, king of the gods. I heard that the Tathāgata desired cow's milk, and therefore I have come here." Ānanda said: "The king of the gods is of exalted status; how could you approach this foul, unclean cow?" Śakra replied: "Though I am exalted, how do I compare to the Tathāgata? Even that Honoured One never tires of establishing merit; how much less should an inferior god!" Ānanda said to Śakra: "Please draw the milk for me; pray do so at once." Śakra responded: "Very well." Immediately taking the vessel, he stepped forward to the cow. The cow then stood quietly and dared not move, so that all who had come to watch were amazed. Then Śakra spoke a verse: