法苑珠林 63.74

63.74

又中阿含經云。過去閻浮提人壽八萬歲時。有轉輪聖王出世。名高羅婆王。有樹名善住尼拘類王。而有五枝。第一枝者王所食及皇后。第二枝者太子食及諸臣。第三枝者國人民食。第四枝者沙門梵志食。第五枝者禽獸所食。尼拘類樹果大如二升瓶。味如淖蜜丸。無有護者。亦無相偷。有一人來飢渴極羸。顏色憔悴欲得食果。往至樹王所飽噉果已。毀折其枝。持果歸去。尼拘樹王有一天依而居之。彼作是念。閻浮洲人。異哉無恩無有反復。我寧令樹無果即不生果。復有一人飢渴極羸欲得噉果。往詣樹所。見樹無果。即往詣高羅婆王所。白曰。天王當知。善住尼拘樹王無果。王聞已如力士屈申臂頃。至三十三天住帝釋前。白曰。拘翼當知。尼拘樹王不生果。於是帝釋及高羅婆王。如力士屈申臂頃。至善住尼拘類樹。不遠而住。化作大水暴風雨已。拔根倒竪。於是樹王居止枝天。因此故憂苦愁慼。啼泣垂淚在。帝釋前立。帝釋問曰。何意啼泣。彼天白曰。當知大水暴風雨拔根倒竪。願善住尼拘類樹王還復如本。於是天帝復化作大水暴風雨已。令尼拘樹王即復如故。

Furthermore, the *Madhyamāgama Sūtra* states: "In the past, when the human lifespan in Jambudvīpa was eighty thousand years, a wheel-turning sage king appeared in the world named King Gaurava. There was a tree named King Supratiṣṭha-Nyagrodha, which had five branches. The first branch was for the king and queen to eat from; the second branch was for the crown prince and ministers to eat from; the third branch was for the people of the country to eat from; the fourth branch was for śramaṇas and brahmins to eat from; and the fifth branch was eaten by birds and beasts. The fruits of the nyagrodha tree were as large as a two-sheng jar, tasting like soft honey balls. There was no guardian, nor did people steal from one another. A certain man came, starving, parched, and extremely emaciated, his face haggard, wishing to obtain fruit to eat. Going up to the king of trees, after eating his fill of the fruit, he broke and snapped its branches, took the fruit, and departed. A certain deity resided in reliance upon the king of nyagrodha trees. He thought: 'How strange! The people of Jambudvīpa are ungrateful and lack reciprocity. I would rather make the tree bear no fruit.' Thereupon it bore no fruit. Another man arrived, starving, parched, and extremely emaciated, wishing to eat the fruit. Going to the tree, he saw that the tree was fruitless. He immediately went to King Gaurava and said: 'May the Heavenly King know: King Supratiṣṭha-Nyagrodha tree has no fruit.' Having heard this, in the time it takes a strong man to bend and stretch his arm, the king went to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven and stood before Śakra, saying: 'Kauśika, know that the nyagrodha tree king bears no fruit.' Thereupon Śakra and King Gaurava, in the time it takes a strong man to bend and stretch an arm, went to King Supratiṣṭha-Nyagrodha tree and stood not far away. Having conjured a great deluge, violent gale, and rainstorm, it uprooted the tree and stood it upside down. At this, the branch deity who resided in the king of trees was stricken with sorrow, grief, and distress because of this, weeping with streaming tears as he stood before Śakra. Śakra asked: 'Why are you weeping?' That deity replied: 'Know that the great deluge, violent gale, and rainstorm have uprooted it and turned it upside down. I pray that King Supratiṣṭha-Nyagrodha tree may be restored to its original state.' Thereupon the Lord of Gods again conjured a great deluge, violent gale, and rainstorm, causing the nyagrodha tree king to be restored immediately as before."