[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) › [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131) › 2.229 # 翻譯名義集 2.229 翻譯名義集 2.229 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.229](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.229) 【摩竭】或摩伽羅，此云鯨魚。雄曰鯨，雌曰鯢，大者長十餘里。《大論》云：「五百賈客入海採寶，值摩竭魚王開口，船去甚疾。船師問樓上人，何所見耶？答曰：『見三日及大白山，水流奔趣，如入大坑。』船師云：『三日者，一是實日，二是魚目。白山是魚齒，水奔是入魚口，我曹死矣！』時船中人各稱所事，都無所驗。中有優婆塞語眾人言：『吾等當共稱佛名字，佛為無上救苦厄者。』眾人一心共稱南無佛。是魚先世，曾受五戒，得宿命智，聞佛名字，即自悔責。魚便合口，眾人命存。」《莊子》云：「吞舟之魚失水，則螻蟻而能制之。」 > 【Makara】 Or makara; this translates as whale. The male is called jīng, and the female is called ní; the large ones are over ten li long. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says: "Five hundred merchants entered the sea to gather jewels and encountered the Makara Fish King opening its mouth. The ship moved exceedingly fast. The shipmaster asked the lookout in the tower, 'What do you see?' He replied: 'I see three suns and a great white mountain, and the water is rushing as if pouring into a great pit.' The shipmaster said: 'As for the three suns, one is the real sun, and two are the fish's eyes. The white mountain is the fish's teeth, and the rushing water is entering the fish's mouth; we are about to die!' At that time, the people in the ship each called upon the deities they served, but there was no efficacy at all. Among them, an upāsaka said to the crowd: 'We should together recite the Buddha's name; the Buddha is the unsurpassed savior from suffering and adversity.' The people single-mindedly recited 'Homage to the Buddha' together. In a previous life, this fish had received the five precepts and attained knowledge of past lives; hearing the Buddha's name, it immediately felt remorse and reproached itself. The fish then closed its mouth, and the people's lives were saved." The Zhuangzi says: "When a fish that can swallow a boat loses water, even crickets and ants can master it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.228](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.228) - [Next: 2.230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.230) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131~en-mt.2.229) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.229](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.229) · Pramāṇa