[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) › 72.16 # 法苑珠林 72.16 法苑珠林 72.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [72.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.16) 又濕生金翅鳥王。欲取卵生龍。還向樹東海中取食。又濕生鳥王欲取胎生龍。即向樹南海中取食。水開四百由旬。又濕生鳥王欲取濕生龍者。即向樹西海中取之。水開八百由旬。濕生鳥王唯能取卵生胎生濕生龍等。不能取化生龍也。 > Furthermore, when a moisture-born garuḍa king desires to capture an egg-born dragon, he likewise heads to the sea east of the tree to capture and eat it. Furthermore, when a moisture-born bird king desires to capture a womb-born dragon, he heads to the sea south of the tree to capture and eat it; the waters part by four hundred yojanas. Furthermore, when a moisture-born bird king desires to capture a moisture-born dragon, he heads to the sea west of the tree to capture it; the waters part by eight hundred yojanas. A moisture-born bird king is only capable of capturing egg-born, womb-born, and moisture-born dragons and the like; he cannot capture transformation-born dragons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 72.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.15) - [Next: 72.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.17) - [Up: 72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.72.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.72.16) · Pramāṇa