[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) › 64.49 # 法苑珠林 64.49 法苑珠林 64.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [64.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.64.49) 又菩薩本行經云。佛告王曰。過去世時。此閻浮提有國名不流沙。王名婆檀寧。夫人字跋摩竭提。時世穀貴人民飢餓。加有疫病。時王亦病。夫人自出祠天。階邊有一家。夫行不在。時婦產兒。又無婢使。產後飢虛復無有食。便自念言。今死垂至。更無餘計。自欲噉兒。即便取刀適欲殺兒。心為悲感舉聲大哭。爾時夫人欲還宮中。聞此婦人悲聲慘切。愴然憐傷便住聽之。而此婦人適欲舉刀欲殺其子。便自念言。何忍噉其子肉。作是念已便復啼哭。夫人便入其舍就而問之。何以啼哭。欲作何等。婦具答之。夫人聞之心為悼愍。語言。莫殺其子。我到宮中當送食來。婦人答言。夫人尊貴。或復稽遲。或能忘之。而我今日命在呼吸不逾時節。不如自噉其子以用濟命。夫人問言。更得餘肉食之可不。答言。課得濟命不問好醜也。於是夫人即便取刀自割其乳。便自願言。今我以乳持用布施濟此危厄。不願作輪王帝釋魔王梵王。持此功德用成無上正真之道。即便持乳與此婦人。適欲舉刀便割一乳。應時三千大千世界為大震動。天帝觀之。見其夫人自割其乳濟其危厄。時天帝釋無數諸天。即時來下住虛空中。皆為悲泣住夫人前。而便問言。汝今所施甚為難及。求何願耶。夫人答言。持此功德用求無上正真之道。度脫一切眾生苦厄。天帝答言。汝求此願以何為證。於是夫人即時立誓。我今所施功德審諦成正覺者。我乳尋當平復如故。其乳尋時平復如故。天帝讚言。成佛不久。諸天歡喜。即便現形歎夫人言。汝今所施得無悔恨以為痛耶。答言。我今所施用求佛道無悔痛者。令我女身變成男子。立誓已訖應時變為男子。諸天讚言。成佛不久。是時國中眾病消除。穀米豐賤人民安樂。却後王崩。即拜為王。人民熾盛國遂興隆。佛告王言。爾時夫人者。今我身是。不惜身命今得成佛。大眾歡喜作禮而去。 > Furthermore, the Bodhisattva-caryanirdeśa-sūtra says: The Buddha said to the king: In a past age, in this Jambudvīpa, there was a kingdom called Buliusha. The king was named Potanning, and the queen consort was named Varmagatī. At that time, grain was expensive in the world, the people were starving, and in addition there was pestilence. At that time, the king was also ill. The queen herself went out to sacrifice to the gods. Beside the stairs there was a household; the husband was away traveling. The wife had just given birth to a child, yet had no maidservants; emaciated with hunger after giving birth, she had no food. She thought to herself: 'Now death is imminent, and there is no other plan.' Wishing to eat her child herself, she took up a knife just about to kill the child, but her heart was seized with grief and she wailed aloud. At that time, as the queen was returning to the palace, she heard this woman's sorrowful and agonized cries; moved with pity, she stopped and listened. Just as the woman raised the knife intending to kill her child, she thought to herself: 'How can I bear to eat my own child's flesh?' Having thought this, she wept aloud again. The queen entered her house, approached her, and asked: 'Why are you weeping? What are you about to do?' The woman answered her fully. When the queen heard it, her heart was filled with grief and pity. She said: 'Do not kill your child. When I reach the palace, I will send food.' The woman replied: 'You are noble and venerable, my lady; you might be delayed, or you might forget. But my life today hangs on a breath, not outlasting a short span of time. It would be better to eat my own child to preserve my life.' The queen asked: 'If you could obtain other meat to eat, would that do?' She replied: 'If it can only preserve my life, I will not ask whether it is fine or vile.' Thereupon the queen immediately took the knife and cut off her own breast. She made a vow: 'Now, by offering my breast as dāna to save this perilous extremity, I do not wish to become a cakravartin, Śakra, a Māra king, or a Brahmā king. May I, by this merit, accomplish the unsurpassed, truly authentic path!' She then gave the breast to this woman. Just as she had raised the knife and cut off the one breast, the three-thousand-great-thousandfold world trembled violently. Śakra, Lord of the Gods, observed this and saw that the queen had cut off her own breast to rescue her from peril. Thereupon Śakra, Lord of the Gods, together with countless devas, descended at once, stood in the open air, and, weeping with grief, stood before the queen and asked: 'What you have given today is exceedingly hard to equal. What vow do you seek?' The queen replied: 'By this merit I seek the unsurpassed, truly authentic path, to deliver all sentient beings from their suffering and peril.' Śakra replied: 'What proof do you have in seeking this vow?' Thereupon the queen immediately made a solemn vow: 'If the merit of my gift today will truly and surely bring about saṃbodhi, let my breast immediately be restored as before.' Her breast was immediately restored as before. Śakra praised her: 'You will achieve Buddhahood before long!' The devas rejoiced. Then, manifesting their forms, they praised the queen, saying: 'In what you have given today, have you not felt regret and pain?' She replied: 'If what I have given today in seeking the Buddha path is free of regret and pain, let my female body turn into a man's.' As soon as she finished this vow, she instantly turned into a man. The devas praised: 'You will achieve Buddhahood before long!' At that time, all diseases in the kingdom were eliminated, grains became abundant and cheap, and the people lived in peace and joy. Later, when the king died, he was appointed king. The population flourished, and the kingdom consequently prospered. The Buddha said to the king: 'The queen of that time was myself. Because I did not begrudge my body and life, I have now achieved Buddhahood.' 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