佛說觀佛三昧海經 8.5

8.5

佛告阿難：「汝未出家，時摩偷羅王有一乳母名頭牟婆，乳養彼王經十五載。王既長大，合掌長跪從王求願，白言大王：『我雖卑賤，乳養大王勤劬歷年，伏惟大王乞賜一願！』王白：『乳母欲求何等？』乳母即言：『在王宮中如功德天，一切無乏，唯闕一事，所謂女人情願所幸。』王白乳母：『當以乳母配一大臣義同伉儷。』乳母不願，白言大王：『貴人多事非我所樂，願勅國內一切男子，十五已上三十已還皆悉從我。若能來者，我施彼人一大金錢；形醜陋者當施銀錢。』時彼國王，報乳母恩造一高樓，宣令國內勅諸男子：『如上所願皆悉來集。』經歷年歲乳母衰老，多招諸女遂有五百，一一女人復買諸婢，種種莊飾數滿八千。

The Buddha told Ānanda: “Before you went forth from the household, the King of Mathurā had a wet-nurse named Dhūmapā, who nursed that king for fifteen years. When the king had grown up, she joined her palms, knelt long, and sought a boon from the king, saying to the Great King: ‘Though I am lowly, I have labored to nurse the Great King for years on end. I prostrate and beg the Great King to grant me a boon!’ The king asked: ‘What does my wet-nurse desire?’ The wet-nurse then said: ‘In the king’s palace, I am like the Goddess of Fortune (Śrīmahādevī), lacking nothing at all; I lack only one thing, namely, what a woman desires to enjoy.’ The king said to the wet-nurse: ‘I shall match my wet-nurse with a great minister to be husband and wife.’ The wet-nurse did not wish this, and said to the Great King: ‘Noble men are full of affairs; that is not what I enjoy. I wish an order to be given to all the men in the country, from fifteen and older to thirty and younger, that all submit to me. If any can come, I will bestow on that person a large gold coin; if one is ugly, I will bestow a silver coin.’ Then that king, to repay the nurse's kindness, built a high tower and proclaimed an order throughout the country commanding the men: ‘Gather together according to her wish as stated above.’ As years passed, the wet-nurse grew old and feeble. She recruited many women, eventually numbering five hundred. Each woman furthermore bought female servants, adorned in various ways, numbering a full eight thousand.