諸經要集 7.39

7.39

又佛說長者子懊惱三處經云。爾時舍衛城。有大富長者。財寶無數。家無親子。恐終後沒官。夫婦禱祠。歸命三寶精勤不懈。便得懷軀。婦人黠者有五事應知。一知夫婿意。二知夫婿念不念。三知所因懷軀。四別知男女。五別知善惡。是婦報長者言。我已懷軀。長者歡喜。月滿生男。加五乳母。供養抱持。長大索得好婦。其兒夫婦行園林中。有樹名曰無憂。華色鮮白。絮弱緋色。婦語夫言。欲得此華。夫便上樹。為取此華。樹枝細劣。即時摧折。兒便墮死。父母聞之。奔趣抱頭。摩抄占視。永絕不蘇。父母悲哀。五內摧傷。眾客見之亦代哀痛。佛與阿難。因入城見。愍獨一子而墮樹死。佛告長者。人生有死。物成有敗。對至命盡不可避藏。捐去憂念勿復憂慼。佛語長者。此兒本從忉利天上壽盡。來生卿家。卿家壽盡便生龍中。金翅鳥王即取噉之。三處父母。一時共啼哭。為是誰子。佛即說偈言。

Also, the Fo shuo zhangzhezi aonao sanchu jing says: At that time in the city of Śrāvastī there was a very wealthy elder with countless treasures. His family had no son of his own, and he feared that after his death his property would be confiscated by the state. The husband and wife prayed and sacrificed, taking refuge in the Triratna with unremitting diligence, and then she became pregnant. A clever woman should know five things: first, knowing her husband's intentions; second, knowing whether her husband cares for her or not; third, knowing the reason for her pregnancy; fourth, distinguishing whether it is male or female; fifth, distinguishing good from bad. This woman informed the elder, saying: ‘I am already pregnant.’ The elder rejoiced. When the months were fulfilled, she gave birth to a boy. They engaged five wet nurses to provide for him and hold him in their arms. When he grew up, they found him a fine wife. The son and his wife went walking in a grove, where there was a tree called ‘Aśoka’ whose blossoms were pure white and whose soft fibers were crimson. The wife said to her husband: ‘I want this blossom.’ The husband then climbed the tree to pick this blossom for her. The branch was weak and frail, and immediately snapped; the boy fell to his death. Hearing this, the parents rushed over, embraced his head, caressed him, and observed him, but he had breathed his last and did not revive. The parents were overwhelmed with grief, their five viscera torn with pain; the many guests who saw it also grieved for them. The Buddha and Ānanda, on entering the city, saw this and pitied their only son dying by falling from the tree. The Buddha said to the elder: ‘For human life there is death; for things formed there is destruction. When the retribution arrives and life is exhausted, it cannot be avoided or hidden. Cast away your sorrowful thoughts; do not grieve any longer.’ The Buddha told the elder: ‘This boy originally had his lifespan exhausted in the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven, and came to be born in your household. When his lifespan in your household ended, he was born among the nāgas, and the king of the garuḍas seized and devoured him. His parents in three places weep together at the same time: whose son is he?’ The Buddha then spoke a gāthā: