[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) › 9.124 # 法苑珠林 9.124 法苑珠林 9.124 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.9.124) 爾時諸天說此偈已。將諸種種天華散太子上。於虛空中隱身不現。時淨飯王知其太子所有技能。皆悉勝彼一切諸人。自既眼見踊躍喜歡。勅喚白象瓔珞莊飾。令太子乘。將入城內。從城門出。是時提婆城外而入。見此白象而問人言。此象誰許。欲將何處。其人報言。欲將出城。擬悉達乘欲入城內。提婆達以妬嫉故。便以左手執於象鼻。右手築額一下倒地。宛轉三匝遂即命終。白象臥地塞彼城門。眾人往來不通出入。道路填塞。不能得行。復有童子。名曰難陀。相續而來。問知事已。即以右手執彼象尾。牽取離門可行七步許。太子復問。誰牽離門。眾人言。難陀。太子言。善哉難陀。作事善也。太子思惟。彼等二人雖能示現其自氣力。但此象身甚太麁壯。於後壞爛臭熏此城門。以左手舉象。以右手承。從於空中擲置城外。越七重牆度七重塹。既擲過已。離城可有一拘盧奢。而象墮地即成大坑。乃至今者諸人相傳。名於此處為象墮坑。即此是也。爾時無量百千眾生。一時唱言。希有奇特。未曾聞見。而說偈言。 > At that time, after the deities spoke this verse, they scattered various heavenly flowers upon the prince and concealed their bodies in the sky, disappearing. Then King Śuddhodana learned that all the skills possessed by his prince surpassed all those of other people. Having seen it with his own eyes, he leaped for joy and ordered a white elephant to be adorned with necklaces, commanding the prince to ride it and enter the city through the city gate. At that time, Devadatta entered from outside the city, saw this white elephant, and asked the people, "Whose elephant is this? Where is it being taken?" The people replied, "It is to be led outside the city for Siddhārtha to ride and enter the city." Out of jealousy, Devadatta seized the elephant's trunk with his left hand and struck its forehead once with his right hand; it fell to the ground, rolled around three times, and immediately died. The white elephant lay on the ground blocking the city gate, so that people coming and going could not enter or exit; the road was blocked, and they could not pass. There was also a boy named Nanda, who came up behind; learning of the matter, he seized the elephant's tail with his right hand and dragged it away from the gate about seven paces. The prince asked again, "Who dragged it away from the gate?" The people said, "Nanda." The prince said, "Well done, Nanda! You have done a good deed." The prince considered, "Though the two of them were able to display their own strength, this elephant's body is exceedingly huge; later it will rot, and the stench will foul this city gate." Lifting the elephant with his left hand and supporting it with his right hand, he hurled it from the air outside the city, over seven walls and seven moats. Having been hurled past, it landed about one krośa away from the city, and where the elephant fell to the ground, it immediately formed a great pit. Down to the present day, people hand down the name of this place as the Elephant-Fall Pit; this is indeed that place. At that time, immeasurable hundreds of thousands of sentient beings raised their voices in unison, saying, "Rare and extraordinary! Never seen or heard before!" and spoke a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.9.123) - [Next: 9.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.9.125) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.9.124) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛本行集經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.abhiniskramanasutra-t190*zh-jnanagupta.13.16) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.9.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.9.124) · Pramāṇa