[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) › 9.22 # 法苑珠林 9.22 法苑珠林 9.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.9.22) 如瑞應經云。太子初生之時。是時大王即嚴四兵。共諸臣等入園。見太子奇瑞如是。一喜一懼。合掌禮諸天神。前抱太子置於七寶象輿之上。與諸群臣婇女。諸天作伎隨從入城。王未識三寶。即將太子往詣天寺。太子即入。梵天形像皆從坐起禮太子足。而語王言。大王當知。今此太子天人中尊。虛空天神皆悉禮敬。大王豈不見如是相耶。云何而令來此禮我。白淨王及諸大臣等。歎未曾有。即將太子出於天寺還入後宮。普曜經云。太子至寺說偈言。 > As the Auspicious Response Sūtra says: When the Prince was first born, the Great King immediately deployed the fourfold army and entered the garden together with his ministers. Seeing such marvelous omens of the Prince, he was at once joyful and fearful. Folding his hands, he paid homage to the heavenly deities. Stepping forward, he took the Prince in his arms, placed him upon an elephant carriage made of the seven treasures, and together with his ministers and court ladies, accompanied by the devas making music, entered the city. Because the King did not yet know the Three Jewels, he took the Prince to the deva temple. When the Prince entered, the statues of the Brahmā devas all rose from their seats and bowed to the Prince's feet, saying to the King: “Great King, you should know that this Prince is the most revered among devas and humans; the deities in the sky all pay homage to him. Does the Great King not see such signs? How could you have him come here to bow to us?” King Śuddhodana and his ministers marvelled at this unprecedented event. They immediately took the Prince out of the deva temple and returned to the inner palace. The Lalitavistara says: When the Prince reached the temple, he spoke a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.9.21) - [Next: 9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.9.23) - [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.9.22) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [過去現在因果經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.atitapratyutpannahetuphalasutra*zh-gunabhadra.1.43) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.9.22) · Pramāṇa