法苑珠林 8.176

8.176

菩薩正念從兜率下。託淨飯王第一大妃摩耶夫人右脇住已。是時大妃於睡眠中。夢見有一六牙白象。其頭朱色。七肢拄地以金裝牙。乘空而下入於右脇。夫人夢已。明旦即向淨飯王言。大王當知。我於昨夜作如是夢。當入於我右脇之時。我受快樂昔所未有。從今日後我實不用世間快樂。此夢瑞相誰占夢師能為我解。時淨飯王召一宮監內侍女人。而告之言。汝速疾來至外宣勅。語我國師大那摩子。令追喚八婆羅門大占夢師。彼使依王勅。已喚得八婆羅門。八婆羅門等聞王語已。善知諸相善占夢祥。即具諮王。大王善聽。所夢瑞相我當具說。如我所見往昔諸仙諸天經於典籍所載。為說偈言。

With right mindfulness the Bodhisattva descended from Tuṣita and took lodging in the right flank of Lady Māyā, King Śuddhodana's chief queen. At that time, the chief queen while asleep dreamed that there was a white elephant with six tusks, its head vermilion, its seven limbs touching the ground, its tusks adorned with gold, which flew down from the sky and entered her right flank. After the queen dreamed this, the next morning she spoke to King Śuddhodana: "Great King, you should know that last night I had such a dream. When it entered my right flank, I experienced a joy never known before. From this day forward, I truly have no need for worldly pleasures. For the auspicious signs of this dream, what oneiromancer can interpret it for me?" King Śuddhodana then summoned a female palace attendant and instructed her, saying: "Go swiftly outside to proclaim my decree, telling my state preceptor, the son of Mahānāma, to summon eight great brahmin dream-interpreters." Following the king's decree, that messenger summoned the eight brahmins. When the eight brahmins heard the king's words, being skilled in recognizing marks and interpreting dream omens, they addressed the king in detail: "May the Great King listen well! We shall explain in full the auspicious signs of the dream, just as recorded in the classics passed down by the ṛṣis and gods of the past." For his sake they spoke a verse: