大花嚴長者問佛那羅延力經
Flower Adornment Elder Asks Buddha About Narayana's Strength Sutra
罽賓國三藏般若共利言譯
Translation by Tripitaka Master Prajñā and Liyan of Jibin Kingdom
如是我聞：
This is what I heard:
一時，薄伽梵在室羅筏悉底國逝多林給孤獨園。時大花嚴長者，從坐而起整理衣服，長跪合掌而白佛言：「大德世尊！一切有情施飲食者，當得何報？」
Once, the Bhagavan was in the city of Śrāvastī, in the Jeta Grove of Anāthapiṇḍada's Garden. At that time, the elder Mahāvyūha rose from his seat, adjusted his robes, knelt respectfully with palms together, and addressed the Buddha, saying: "Venerable World-Honored One! What reward does one receive for giving food and drink to all sentient beings?"
爾時，薄伽梵告長者言：「若施食者，得如來力。」
At that time, the Blessed One said to the elder: "Those who offer food will gain the power of the Tathagata."
時大長者復白佛言：「世尊！其如來力，頗有譬喻而能宣說，令我聞不？」
佛告長者言：「有，善男子！不可以少因緣而能說之。」復告長者：「如十凡牛力等一犎牛力，十犎牛力等一犀牛力，十犀牛力等一凡象力，十凡象力等一設臘婆力(形如䴥，面似犀牛身，有八脚四在背上、四踞地行，下足若困翻上憩，令上足下履地而行，力能負象)，十設臘婆力等一鬪戰象力，十鬪戰象力等一醉象力，十醉象力等一野象力，十野象力等一羯嚟耨迦象力，十羯嚟耨迦象力等一拘牟頭花象力，十拘牟頭花象力等一嗢鉢羅花象力，十嗢鉢羅花象力等一寧盧鉢羅象力，十寧盧鉢羅象力等一大香象力，十大香象力等一五色師子王力，十師子王力等一人中力士力，十力士力等一諾拘羅力，十諾拘羅力等一遏主那力，十遏主那力等一毘摩細那力，十毘摩細那力等一那羅延力，六百六十三那羅延力等佛世尊一毛孔力，八萬四千毛孔之中一一皆具如是那羅延力，八萬四千毛孔之力等薄伽梵一節之力。」
The Buddha said to the elder, "Yes, good man! It is not something that can be explained with just a few words." He then told the elder, "The strength of ten ordinary oxen equals that of one humped ox; the strength of ten humped oxen equals that of one rhinoceros; the strength of ten rhinoceroses equals that of one ordinary elephant; the strength of ten ordinary elephants equals that of one *śarabha*(a creature shaped like a deer, with a face like a rhinoceros, having eight legs—four on its back and four on the ground. When its lower legs tire, it flips over to rest, letting the upper legs walk on the ground. It has the strength to carry an elephant.); the strength of ten *śarabha* equals that of one war elephant; the strength of ten war elephants equals that of one intoxicated elephant; the strength of ten intoxicated elephants equals that of one wild elephant; the strength of ten wild elephants equals that of one *karinuka* elephant; the strength of ten *karinuka* elephants equals that of one *kumuda* flower elephant; the strength of ten *kumuda* flower elephants equals that of one *utpala* flower elephant; the strength of ten *utpala* flower elephants equals that of one *nilotpala* elephant; the strength of ten *nilotpala* elephants equals that of one great fragrant elephant; the strength of ten great fragrant elephants equals that of one five-colored lion king; the strength of ten lion kings equals that of one human champion; the strength of ten human champions equals that of one *Nakula*; the strength of ten *Nakula* equals that of one *Aśvina*; the strength of ten *Aśvina* equals that of one *Vimāsina*; the strength of ten *Vimāsina* equals that of one *Nārāyaṇa*. Six hundred and sixty-three *Nārāyaṇa* strengths equal the strength of a single pore of the Buddha, the World-Honored One. Each of his eighty-four thousand pores possesses such *Nārāyaṇa* strength, and the combined strength of all eighty-four thousand pores equals the strength of a single joint of the Bhagavān."
佛告長者：「以是當知，諸佛如來一一節中，皆具八萬四千六百六十三種那羅延力。」
佛說此經已，大花嚴長者聞佛所說，歡喜奉行。
大花嚴長者問佛那羅延力經