法苑珠林 65.13

65.13

又十誦律云。佛言。過去世時近雪山下有鹿王。名曰威德。作五百鹿王。時有獵師安穀施羂。鹿王前行右脚墮毛羂中。鹿王心念。若我現相則諸鹿不敢食穀。須噉穀盡爾乃現脚相。時諸鹿皆去。唯一女鹿住。便說偈言。

Furthermore, the Daśabhāṇavāra Vinaya says: The Buddha said: In a past life, near the foot of the snowy mountains, there was a deer king named Majestic Virtue (Tejovanta), who was the king of five hundred deer. At that time, a hunter set out grain and laid a snare. The deer king stepped forward and his right foot fell into the hair snare. The deer king thought: “If I show any sign, then the deer will not dare to eat the grain. I must wait until they finish eating the grain, and only then reveal the condition of my foot.” At that time, all the deer departed; only a female deer remained, and she spoke a verse: