[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 19.43 # 諸經要集 19.43 諸經要集 19.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.43) 長者聞得。意解忘憂。長跪白佛。此兒宿命作何罪釁。盛美之壽而便中夭。唯願說本所行罪。佛告長者。乃往昔時有一小兒。持弓箭入神樹中戲。邊有三人。亦在中看。樹上有雀。小兒欲射。三人勸言。若能中雀。世間健兒。小兒美言引弓射之。中雀即死三人共笑。助之歡喜而各自去。經歷生死數劫之中。所在相會受罪。三人中一人有福。今在天上。一人生海中。為化生龍王。一人今日長者身是。小兒者前生天上。為天作子。而終墮樹命終。即生海中。為龍王作子。即以生日。金翅鳥王而取食之。今日三處懊惱涕泣。寧可言也。以其前世助其喜故。此三人受報如此。於是世尊即說偈言。 > When the elder heard this, his mind was opened and he forgot his grief. Kneeling upright, he addressed the Buddha: 'What crime or fault did this son commit in a past life that in the flower of his prime he should meet with a premature death? We only pray that you will explain the crimes he previously committed.' > The Buddha told the elder: 'In ancient times there was a young boy who carried a bow and arrows and entered among sacred trees to play. Beside him were three men, also looking on. There was a sparrow in a tree, and the boy wanted to shoot it. The three men encouraged him, saying, "If you can hit the sparrow, you will be a brave fellow in the world!" Flattered by their fine words, the boy drew his bow and shot it. It struck the sparrow and it died at once. The three men laughed together, joined in his joy, and then each departed. Traversing samsara for several kalpas, wherever they met, they suffered the punishment for this crime. Among the three men, one possessed merit and is now in heaven; one was born in the ocean as a magically born dragon king; and one is your present person, the elder. As for the boy, he was previously born in heaven as the son of a deity, but fell from a tree at the end of that life and died. He was immediately born in the ocean as the son of the dragon king; and on the very day of his birth, the king of the garuḍas seized and ate him. Today in three places there is anguish and weeping—how could words express it? Because in their past lives they abetted his joy, these three people receive such retribution.' Thereupon the Bhagavat spoke this verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.42) - [Next: 19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.44) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.19.43) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.11) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [法句譬喻經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharmapada.udanavarga*zh-faju.4.46) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.19.43) · Pramāṇa