欲益品·第41篇 洛萨卡本生注释
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第41篇 洛萨卡本生注释
[41] 1. Losakajātakavaṇṇanā
“为利益爱者”这一句,是导师住在祇园精舍时,针对一位名叫洛萨卡帝沙的长老所说的。那么,这位洛萨卡帝沙长老又是谁呢?他是憍萨罗国一个毁灭自族的渔夫之子,一位得不到利养的比丘。据说,他从过去投生的地方死后,投生在憍萨罗国一个住着上千户人家的渔村里,入了一位渔夫妻子的腹中。就在他入胎的那一天,那上千户人家手里拿着渔网,到河里、池塘等处捕鱼,却连一条小鱼也没捕到。从那时起,那些渔夫就一路衰败下去。因为他在母胎里,他们的村庄就被火烧了七次,被国王惩罚了七次,就这样一步步陷入穷困。他们心想:“以前我们从来没有过这种事,现在却一直衰败,我们中间一定有个灾星,分成两派吧。”于是每五百家合为一派。结果他父母所在的那一派仍然衰败,另一派却兴旺起来。他们又把那一派分成两半,再分成两半……一直分到只剩他父母那一家。大家知道灾星就是这一户,便打了一顿,把他们赶了出去。
Yoatthakāmassāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto losakatissattheraṃ nāma ārabbha kathesi. Ko panesa losakatissatthero nāmāti? Kosalaraṭṭhe eko attano kulanāsako kevaṭṭaputtako alābhī bhikkhu. So kira nibbattaṭṭhānetā cavitvā kosalaraṭṭhe ekasmiṃ kulasahassavāse kevaṭṭagāme ekissā kevaṭṭiyā kucchismiṃ paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhi. Tassa paṭisandhiggahaṇadivase taṃ kulasahassaṃ jālahatthaṃ nadiyañca taḷākādīsu ca macche pariyesantaṃ ekaṃ khuddakamacchampi nālattha. Tato paṭṭhāya ca te kevaṭṭā parihāyantiyeva. Tasmiñhi kucchigateyeva nesaṃ gāmo satta vāre agginā daḍḍho, satta vāre raññā daṇḍito. Evaṃ anukkamena duggatā jātā. Te cintayiṃsu ‘‘pubbe amhākaṃ evarūpaṃ natthi, idāni pana parihāyāma, amhākaṃ antare ekāya kāḷakaṇṇiyā bhavitabbaṃ, dve bhāgā homā’’ti pañca pañca kulasatāni ekato ahesuṃ. Tato yattha tassa mātāpitaro, sova koṭṭhāso parihāyati, itaro vaḍḍhati. Te tampi koṭṭhāsaṃ dvidhā, tampi dvidhāti evaṃ yāva tameva kulaṃ ekaṃ ahosi, tāva vibhajitvā tesaṃ kāḷakaṇṇibhāvaṃ ñatvā pothetvā nikkaḍḍhiṃsu.
他的母亲艰难地过日子,怀胎足月后,在一个地方生下了他。最后一生投生的有情是毁不掉的:他心中那资助他证得阿拉汉的因,就像瓮中的灯一样,一直在燃烧。母亲抚养这个男孩,等到他能到处跑动的时候,把一只破碗塞到他手里,说:“孩子,进这间屋子去。”然后就逃走了。从那时起,他就独自一人,到处乞讨,随处睡觉,不洗澡,也不打理身体,像食尘鬼一样艰难地维持着生命。他渐渐长到七岁,在一户人家门口倒洗锅水的地方,像乌鸦一样一粒一粒地捡饭渣吃。
Athassa mātā kicchena jīvamānā paripakke gabbhe ekasmiṃ ṭhāne vijāyi. Pacchimabhavikasattaṃ na sakkā nāsetuṃ, antoghaṭe padīpo viya tassa hadaye arahattassa upanissayo jalati. Sā taṃ dārakaṃ paṭijaggitvā ādhāvitvā paridhāvitvā vicaraṇakāle ekamassa kapālakaṃ hatthe datvā ‘‘putta, etaṃ gharaṃ pavisā’’ti pesetvā palātā. So tato paṭṭhāya ekakova hutvā tattha tattha bhikkhaṃ pariyesitvā ekasmiṃ ṭhāne sayati, na nhāyati, na sarīraṃ paṭijaggati, paṃsupisācako viya kicchena jīvikaṃ kappeti. So anukkamena sattavassiko hutvā ekasmiṃ gehadvāre ukkhalidhovanassa chaḍḍitaṭṭhāne kāko viya ekekaṃ bhattasitthaṃ uccinitvā khādati.
那时,法将舍利弗尊者在舍卫城托钵乞食时看见了他,心想:“这个众生已经落到极其凄惨的地步,不知是哪个村子的人?”于是对他生起慈心,说道:“喂,你过来。”他走过来,顶礼长老后站在一旁。长老问他:“你是哪个村子的人?你的父母在哪里?”他说:“尊者,我无依无靠,父母靠我养活,却说‘我们累坏了’,丢下我就跑了。”“那你愿意出家吗?”“尊者,我当然愿意出家,可像我这样可怜的人,谁会给我出家呢?”“我给你出家。”“好的,尊者,请您给我出家吧。”长老给了他一些嚼食和啖食,带他回精舍,亲手给他沐浴,让他出家,等他的戒腊满了以后,又给他授了具足戒。他年老时,人们称他为“洛萨卡帝沙长老”,是个福薄利少的人。据说,即使碰上再丰盛的布施,他也从没吃饱过,只能勉强维持生命。因为只要往他钵里倒一杓粥,钵看起来就好像满了一样,人们以为“他的钵满了”,就不再往下倒。甚至还有人说:往他钵里倒粥的时候,施主容器里的粥会凭空消失。各种硬食等吃食也都是这样。
Atha naṃ dhammasenāpati sāvatthiyaṃ piṇḍāya caramāno disvā ‘‘ayaṃ satto atikāruññappatto , kataragāmavāsiko nu kho’’ti tasmiṃ mettacittaṃ vaḍḍhetvā ‘‘ehi, re’’ti āha. So āgantvā theraṃ vanditvā aṭṭhāsi. Atha naṃ thero ‘‘kataragāmavāsikosi, kahaṃ vā te mātāpitaro’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Ahaṃ, bhante, nippaccayo, mayhaṃ mātāpitaro maṃ nissāya ‘kilantamhā’ti maṃ chaḍḍetvā palātā’’ti. ‘‘Api pana pabbajissasī’’ti. ‘‘Bhante, ahaṃ tāva pabbajeyyaṃ, mādisaṃ pana kapaṇaṃ ko pabbājessasī’’ti? ‘‘Ahaṃ pabbājessāmī’’ti. ‘‘Sādhu, bhante, pabbājethā’’ti. Thero tassa khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ datvā taṃ vihāraṃ netvā sahattheneva nhāpetvā pabbājetvā paripuṇṇavassaṃ upasampādesi. So mahallakakāle ‘‘losakatissatthero’’ti paññāyittha appapuñño appalābho. Tena kira asadisadānepi kucchipūro na laddhapubbo, jīvitaghaṭanamattameva labhati. Tassa hi patte ekasmiṃyeva yāguuḷuṅke dinne patto samatittiko viya hutvā paññāyati. Atha manussā ‘‘imassa patto pūro’’ti heṭṭhā yāguṃ denti. Tassa patte yāguṃ dānakāle manussānaṃ bhājane yāgu antaradhāyatītipi vadanti. Khajjakādīsupi eseva nayo.
后来,他通过不断增长观智,证得了最高的果位——阿拉汉果,但仍然是利养很少的人。之后,他的寿命行逐渐耗尽,到了般涅槃的那一天。法将舍利弗尊者以定观察,知道了他即将般涅槃,心想:“这位洛萨卡帝沙长老今天就要般涅槃了,今天我应该让他吃饱。”于是带着他进入舍卫城托钵。尊者依靠着他,在人口稠密的舍卫城里伸出手,连一个合掌致敬的人都没得到。于是尊者打发他说:“朋友,你先到斋堂去坐着。”尊者自己就走了。他一到斋堂,人们就说:“圣者来了!”请他坐下并供养食物。舍利弗尊者得到食物后,派人送去,说:“把这个给洛萨卡长老。”送食物的人拿到后,却忘了洛萨卡帝沙长老,自己吃掉了。尊者起身回精舍时,洛萨卡帝沙长老前来顶礼。尊者转过身,站着问他:“朋友,你得到食物了吗?”他说:“得到了,尊者。”尊者心生警觉,观察时辰,发现已经过了日中。尊者说:“好吧,朋友,你就坐在这里。”让洛萨卡长老坐在斋堂里,自己去了憍萨罗国王的住处。国王接过尊者的钵,说:“现在不是用餐的时候了。”便让人装满一钵四种甜食。尊者拿着它回去,说:“来吧,提舍朋友,把这四种甜食吃了。”说完拿着钵站着。洛萨卡长老因为对尊者的恭敬而不好意思吃。于是尊者对他说:“来吧,提舍朋友,我拿着钵站着,你坐下来吃。如果我放下钵,就不会有了。”于是,当上首弟子、法将尊者拿着钵站着时,具寿洛萨卡帝沙长老吃了四种甜食。由于尊者的圣神通之力,那些食物没有耗尽。那时,洛萨卡帝沙长老吃饱了肚子,就在那一天,以无余依涅槃界般涅槃了。正自觉者站在旁边,让人安置了他的遗体,收取舍利,建了塔。
So aparena samayena vipassanaṃ vaḍḍhetvā aggaphale arahatte patiṭṭhitopi appalābhova ahosi. Athassa anupubbena āyusaṅkhāresu parihīnesu parinibbānadivaso sampāpuṇi. Dhammasenāpati āvajjento tassa parinibbānabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘ayaṃ losakatissatthero ajja parinibbāyissati, ajja mayā etassa yāvadatthaṃ āhāraṃ dātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti taṃ ādāya sāvatthiṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi. Thero taṃ nissāya tāva bahumanussāya sāvatthiyā hatthaṃ pasāretvā vandanamattampi nālattha. Atha naṃ thero ‘‘gacchāvuso, āsanasālāya nisīdā’’ti uyyojetvā gato. Taṃ āgatameva manussā ‘‘ayyo, āgato’’ti āsane nisīdāpetvā bhojesi. Theropi ‘‘imaṃ losakassa dethā’’ti laddhāhāraṃ pesesi. Taṃ gahetvā gatā losakatissattheraṃ asaritvā sayameva bhuñjiṃsu. Atha therassa uṭṭhāya vihāraṃ gamanakāle losakatissatthero āgantvā theraṃ vandi, thero nivattitvā ṭhitakova ‘‘laddhaṃ te, āvuso, bhatta’’nti pucchi. Labhissāma no, bhanteti. Thero saṃvegapatto kālaṃ olokesi, kālo atikkanto. Thero ‘‘hotāvuso, idheva nisīdā’’ti losakattheraṃ āsanasālāyaṃ nisīdāpetvā kosalarañño nivesanaṃ agamāsi. Rājā therassa pattaṃ gāhāpetvā ‘‘bhattassa akālo’’ti pattapūraṃ catumadhuraṃ dāpesi. Thero taṃ ādāya gantvā ‘‘ehāvuso, tissa imaṃ catumadhuraṃ bhuñjā’’ti vatvā pattaṃ gahetvā aṭṭhāsi. So there gāravena lajjanto na paribhuñjati. Atha naṃ thero ‘‘ehāvuso tissa, ahaṃ imaṃ pattaṃ gahetvāva ṭhassāmi, tvaṃ nisīditvā paribhuñja. Sace ahaṃ pattaṃ hatthato muñceyyaṃ, kiñci na bhaveyyā’’ti āha. Athāyasmā losakatissatthero aggasāvake dhammasenāpatimhi pattaṃ gahetvā ṭhite catumadhuraṃ paribhuñji. Taṃ therassa ariyiddhibalena parikkhayaṃ na agamāsi. Tadā losakatissatthero yāvadatthaṃ udarapūraṃ katvā paribhuñji, taṃ divasaṃyeva ca anupādisesāya nibbānadhātuyā parinibbāyi. Sammāsambuddho santike ṭhatvā sarīranikkhepaṃ kāresi, dhātuyo gahetvā cetiyaṃ kariṃsu.
那时,比丘们聚集在法堂里,坐着议论说:“贤友啊,这位洛萨卡帝沙长老真是福薄利少,像这样福薄利少的人,怎么还能证得圣法呢?”世尊来到法堂,问道:“比丘们,你们现在聚在一起谈论什么?”他们禀告说:“世尊,我们谈的就是这件事。”世尊说:“比丘们,这位比丘得不到利养,以及证得圣法,都是他自己造成的。他过去障碍别人获得利养,所以变得利养微少;又因为精勤修观“无常、苦、无我”的力量,而证得了圣法。”说完,世尊便引出了过去的故事。
Tadā bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ sannipatitvā ‘‘āvuso, aho losakatissatthero appapuñño appalābhī, evarūpena nāma appapuññena appalābhinā kathaṃ ariyadhammo laddho’’ti kathentā nisīdiṃsu. Satthā dhammasabhaṃ gantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchi. Te ‘‘imāya nāma, bhante’’ti ārocayiṃsu. Satthā ‘‘bhikkhave, eso bhikkhu attano alābhibhāvañca ariyadhammalābhibhāvañca attanāva akāsi. Ayañhi pubbe paresaṃ lābhantarāyaṃ katvā appalābhī jāto, ‘‘aniccaṃ, dukkhaṃ, anattā’’ti vipassanāya yuttabhāvassa balena ariyadhammalābhī jāto’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
据说在过去迦叶正等正觉佛的时代,有一位比丘依止一户人家,住在村边的住处。他行为端正,持戒清净,专心投入观禅的修习。那时,有一位已断尽烦恼的上座比丘,过着平等修行的生活,次第游化,来到了那位比丘的护持居士所住的村庄。居士一见到上座的威仪就生起了信心,接过他的钵,请进家中,恭敬地供养饮食,听了一小段法谈后,顶礼上座说:“尊者,请您就到我们常住的寺院去吧,傍晚我们会过去拜见您。”上座到了寺院,顶礼原住的比丘,向他告辞后,坐在一边。那位比丘也和他互相问候,然后问:“贤友,你得到食物了吗?”答:“是的,得到了。”“在哪里得到的?”“在你们常住的村子里,一位居士家中。”说完这些,他问明上座的住处,帮忙整理好,收拾好钵和衣,然后坐下来,以禅那之乐和果定之乐度过时光。
Atīte kira kassapasammāsambuddhakāle aññataro bhikkhu ekaṃ kuṭumbikaṃ nissāya gāmakāvāse vasati pakatatto sīlavā vipassanāya yuttappayutto. Atheko khīṇāsavatthero samavattavāsaṃ vasamāno anupubbena tassa bhikkhuno upaṭṭhākakuṭumbikassa vasanagāmaṃ sampatto. Kuṭumbiko therassa iriyāpatheyeva pasīditvā pattaṃ ādāya gharaṃ pavesetvā sakkaccaṃ bhojetvā thokaṃ dhammakathaṃ sutvā theraṃ vanditvā ‘‘bhante, amhākaṃ dhuravihārameva gacchatha, mayaṃ sāyanhasamaye āgantvā passissāmā’’ti āha. Thero vihāraṃ gantvā nevāsikattheraṃ vanditvā āpucchitvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Sopi tena saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ katvā ‘‘laddho te, āvuso, bhikkhāhāro’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Āma, laddho’’ti. ‘‘Kahaṃ laddho’’ti? ‘‘Tumhākaṃ dhuragāme kuṭumbikaghare’’ti. Evañca pana vatvā attano senāsanaṃ pucchitvā paṭijaggitvā pattacīvaraṃ paṭisāmetvā jhānasukhena phalasukhena ca vītināmento nisīdi.
那位居士也在傍晚时,让人带上香、花和灯油,来到精舍,顶礼了原住上座,问道:“尊者,有一位客比丘来了吗?”回答说:“是的,来了。”他又问:“现在在哪里?”回答说:“在某某住处。”居士便到那位上座那里,顶礼后退坐一边,听了法谈。到了凉爽的时候,他供养了塔和菩提树,点了灯,邀请两位比丘,然后就回去了。原住上座却想:“这位居士变心了。如果这个比丘住在这座精舍里,他根本不会把我放在眼里。”于是对那位上座心生不满,盘算着:“我得想办法让他不能住在这座精舍里。”所以,当上座在应受供养的时候来到时,他什么话也没跟上座说。那位漏尽上座知道他的心思,心想:“这位上座不知道我对家庭和徒众都没有牵挂。”于是回到自己的住处,以禅那之乐和果定之乐度过时光。
Sopi kuṭumbiko sāyanhe gandhamālañceva padīpeyyañca gāhāpetvā vihāraṃ gantvā nevāsikattheraṃ vanditvā ‘‘bhante, eko āgantukatthero atthi, āgato nu kho’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Āma, āgato’’ti. ‘‘Idāni kaha’’nti. ‘‘Asukasenāsane nāmā’’ti. So tassa santikaṃ gantvā vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisinno dhammakathaṃ sutvā sītalavelāya cetiyañca bodhiñca pūjetvā dīpe jāletvā ubhopi jane nimantetvā gato. Nevāsikattheropi kho ‘‘ayaṃ kuṭumbiko paribhinno, sacāyaṃ bhikkhu imasmiṃ vihāre vasissati, na maṃ esa kismiñci gaṇayissatī’’ti there anattamanataṃ āpajjitvā ‘‘imasmiṃ vihāre etassa avasanākāro mayā kātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti tena upaṭṭhānavelāya āgatena saddhiṃ kiñci na kathesi. Khīṇāsavatthero tassa ajjhāsayaṃ jānitvā ‘‘ayaṃ thero mama kule vā gaṇe vā apalibuddhabhāvaṃ na jānātī’’ti attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā jhānasukhena phalasukhena vītināmesi.
第二天,那位常住的比丘又用指甲背敲了集众板,用指甲敲了敲门,然后去了居士家。居士接过他的钵,请他坐在准备好的座位上,问道:“尊者,那位客比丘上座在哪里?”他回答说:“我不知道你那位常来亲近的比丘怎么样了。我敲集众板也好,敲门也好,都没能把他叫醒。他昨天在你家吃了那么精美的食物,消化不了,现在大概正睡得沉呢。你倒是净信这样的人物啊!”那位漏尽的上座自己察觉到乞食的时间到了,整理好身体,拿起钵和衣,腾空而起,去了别处。那位居士用酥油、蜂蜜和糖熬成乳粥,供养那位常住的比丘,又把他的钵用香粉擦净,重新盛满,交给他,说:“尊者,那位上座一路劳累,请把这个带给他。”那位比丘没有推辞,接过来就走了。他一边走一边想:“如果那个比丘喝了这乳粥,就算抓住他的脖子往外拽,他也不会走了。可是,如果我把这乳粥给别人看见,我的行为就暴露了。要是倒进水里,水面上会浮起酥油。要是倒在地上,乌鸦聚过来,也会暴露。到底该倒在哪里呢?”他盘算着,看见一块烧过的田地,就拨开炭火,把乳粥倒进去,再用炭火盖上,然后回到寺院。他没看见那位比丘,心想:“那位比丘一定是漏尽者,知道了我的心思,所以去了别处。唉,我为了口腹之欲做了不该做的事。”他当下生起了极大的忧恼。从那时起,他就变成了人形饿鬼,不久便命终,投生到地狱中。
Nevāsikopi punadivase nakhapiṭṭhena gaṇḍiṃ paharitvā nakhena dvāraṃ ākoṭetvā kuṭumbikassa gehaṃ agamāsi. So tassa pattaṃ gahetvā paññattāsane nisīdāpetvā ‘‘āgantukatthero kahaṃ, bhante’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Nāhaṃ tava kulūpakassa pavattiṃ jānāmi, gaṇḍiṃ paharantopi dvāraṃ ākoṭentopi pabodhetuṃ nāsakkhiṃ, hiyyo tava gehe paṇītabhojanaṃ bhuñjitvā jīrāpetuṃ asakkonto idāni niddaṃ okkantoyeva bhavissati, tvaṃ pasīdamāno evarūpesuyeva ṭhānesu pasīdasī’’ti āha – ‘‘khīṇāsavattheropi attano bhikkhācāravelaṃ sallakkhetvā sarīraṃ paṭijaggitvā pattacīvaramādāya ākāse uppatitvā aññattha agamāsi. So kuṭumbiko nevāsikattheraṃ sappimadhusakkharābhisaṅkhataṃ pāyāsaṃ pāyetvā pattaṃ gandhacuṇṇehi ubbaṭṭetvā puna pūretvā ‘‘bhante, so thero maggakilanto bhavissati, idamassa harathā’’ti adāsi. Itaro apaṭikkhipitvāva gahetvā gacchanto ‘‘sace so bhikkhu imaṃ pāyāsaṃ pivissati, gīvāyaṃ gahetvā nikkaḍḍhiyamānopi na gamissati. Sace panāhaṃ imaṃ pāyāsaṃ manussānaṃ dassāmi, pākaṭaṃ me kammaṃ bhavissati. Sace udake opilāpessāmi, udakapiṭṭhe sappi paññāyissati . Sace bhūmiyaṃ chaḍḍessāmi, kākasannipātena paññāyissati. Kattha nu kho imaṃ chaḍḍeyya’’nti upadhārento ekaṃ jhāmakkhettaṃ disvā aṅgāre viyūhitvā tattha pakkhipitvā upari aṅgārehi paṭicchādetvā vihāraṃ gato taṃ bhikkhuṃ adisvā cintesi ‘‘addhā so bhikkhu khīṇāsavo mama ajjhāsayaṃ viditvā aññattha gato bhavissati, aho mayā udarahetu ayuttaṃ kata’’nti tāvadevassa mahantaṃ domanassaṃ udapādi. Tato paṭṭhāyeva ca manussapeto hutvā na cirasseva kālaṃ katvā niraye nibbatti.
他在地狱里被烧煮了许许多多个十万年,剩下的业报还没受完,又接连五百世投生为夜叉,连一天都没能得到填饱肚子的食物。只有一天,他得到满腹的胎垢当食物。之后又接连五百世投生为狗,那时也只得到过一次满腹的呕吐物来填饱肚子,其余时候从来不曾得到过能填饱肚子的食物。从狗道死后,他投生在迦尸国一个村庄的穷苦人家。从他出生起,那户人家就变得极其穷困,出生以后连一点酸粥水都喝不到。他的名字叫“米塔文达卡”。父母受不了饥饿的痛苦,一边打他一边骂“滚,你这灾星”,把他赶了出去。他无依无靠,四处流浪,来到了波罗奈城。那时,菩萨在波罗奈是一位名闻四方的大师,教导五百个年轻人技艺。当时波罗奈的居民会资助穷苦的人,让他们学习技艺。这个米塔文达卡也在菩萨座前学习技艺。可他性情粗暴,受不了教导,动不动就打人,即使菩萨劝诫他,他也不听。因为他的缘故,菩萨的收入也变少了。
So bahūni vassasatasahassāni niraye paccitvā pakkāvasesena paṭipāṭiyā pañcajātisatesu yakkho hutvā ekadivasampi udarapūraṃ āhāraṃ na labhi. Ekadivasaṃ pana gabbhamalaṃ udarapūraṃ labhi. Puna pañcajātisatesu sunakho ahosi. Tadāpi ekadivasaṃ bhattavamanaṃ udarapūraṃ labhi, sesakāle pana tena udarapūro āhāro nāma na laddhapubbo. Sunakhayonito pana cavitvā kāsiraṭṭhe ekasmiṃ gāme duggatakule nibbatti. Tassa nibbattito paṭṭhāya taṃ kulaṃ paramaduggatameva jātaṃ, jātito uddhaṃ udakakañjikāmattampi na labhi. Tassa pana ‘‘mittavindako’’ti nāmaṃ ahosi. Mātāpitaro chātakadukkhaṃ adhivāsetuṃ asakkontā ‘‘gaccha kāḷakaṇṇī’’ti taṃ pothetvā nīhariṃsu. So apaṭisaraṇo vicaranto bārāṇasiṃ agamāsi. Tadā bodhisatto bārāṇasiyaṃ disāpāmokkho ācariyo hutvā pañca māṇavakasatāni sippaṃ vāceti. Tadā bārāṇasivāsino duggatānaṃ paribbayaṃ datvā sippaṃ sikkhāpenti. Ayampi mittavindako bodhisattassa santike sippaṃ sikkhati. So pharuso anovādakkhamo taṃ taṃ paharanto vicarati, bodhisattena ovadiyamānopi ovādaṃ na gaṇhāti. Taṃ nissāya āyopissa mando jāto.
于是他和那些年轻人吵了一架,又不肯接受劝告,就从那里逃走了。他四处流浪,来到一个边远村庄,靠给人做工过活。在那里,他跟一个穷苦女人同居,那女人靠着他生了两个男孩。村里人给米塔文达卡工钱,让他在村口的小屋里住下,并对他说:“你要把我们的教导和违背教导的事报告给我们。”可是,自从米塔文达卡来了以后,那个边远村庄的村民七次受到国王的惩罚,七次房屋被烧,七次水池决口。他们心想:“以前米塔文达卡没来的时候,从没发生过这种事;现在自从他来了以后,我们就不断遭殃。”于是把他痛打一顿,赶了出去。
Atha so māṇavakehi saddhiṃ bhaṇḍitvā ovādaṃ aggaṇhanto tato palāyitvā āhiṇḍanto ekaṃ paccantagāmaṃ patvā bhatiṃ katvā jīvati. So tattha ekāya duggatitthiyā saddhiṃ saṃvāsaṃ kappesi. Sā taṃ nissāya dve dārake vijāyi. Gāmavāsino ‘‘amhākaṃ susāsanaṃ dussāsanaṃ āroceyyāsī’’ti mittavindakassa bhatiṃ datvā taṃ gāmadvāre kuṭikāya vasāpesuṃ. Taṃ pana mittavindakaṃ nissāya te paccantagāmavāsino sattakkhattuṃ rājadaṇḍaṃ agamaṃsu, sattakkhattuṃ nesaṃ gehāni jhāyiṃsu, sattakkhattuṃ taḷākaṃ bhijji. Te cintayiṃsu ‘‘amhākaṃ pubbe imassa mittavindakassa anāgamanakāle evarūpaṃ natthi, idāni panassa āgatakālato paṭṭhāya parihāyāmā’’ti taṃ pothetvā nīhariṃsu.
他带着自己的孩子往别处走,进入了一片被非人占据的森林。在那里,非人杀了他的妻子和孩子,吃了他们的肉。他从那里逃出来,四处流浪,辗转漂泊,正好在船出海那天来到一个叫“甚深”的港口村。他当了雇工,上了船。船在海上走了七天,到第七天,就在大海中间像被钉住一样停在那里不动了。大家开始抽签找那个带来厄运的人,结果连续七次都抽到米塔文达卡。人们给了他一个竹捆,让他抓住,把他扔进了海里。他刚一被扔下去,船就动了。米塔文达卡趴在竹捆上,在海上漂着走。因为他在迦叶正自觉佛时代持戒的果报,他在海上的一座水晶宫殿里得到了四位天女,在她们身边享受快乐,住了七天。不过,那些宫殿里的天女是享受七天快乐、再受七天苦的。轮到她们去受七天苦的时候,她们对他说:“在我们回来之前,你就待在这里别动。”说完就走了。
So attano dārake gahetvā aññattha gacchanto ekaṃ amanussapariggahaṃ aṭaviṃ pāvisi. Tatthassa amanussā dārake ca bhariyañca māretvā maṃsaṃ khādiṃsu. So tato palāyitvā tato tato āhiṇḍanto ekaṃ gambhīraṃ nāma paṭṭanagāmaṃ nāvāvissajjanadivaseyeva patvā kammakārako hutvā nāvaṃ abhiruhi. Nāvā samuddapiṭṭhe sattāhaṃ gantvā sattame divase samuddamajjhe ākoṭetvā ṭhapitā viya aṭṭhāsi. Te kāḷakaṇṇisalākaṃ cāresuṃ, sattakkhattuṃ mittavindakasseva pāpuṇi. Manussā tassekaṃ veḷukalāpaṃ datvā hatthe gahetvā samuddapiṭṭhe khipiṃsu, tasmiṃ khittamatte nāvā agamāsi. Mittavindako veḷukalāpe nipajjitvā samuddapiṭṭhe gacchanto kassapasammāsambuddhakāle rakkhitasīlassa phalena samuddapiṭṭhe ekasmiṃ phalikavimāne catasso devadhītaro paṭilabhitvā tāsaṃ santike sukhaṃ anubhavamāno sattāhaṃ vasi. Tā pana vimānapetiyo sattāhaṃ sukhaṃ anubhavanti, sattāhaṃ dukkhaṃ. Sattāhaṃ dukkhaṃ anubhavituṃ gacchamānā ‘‘yāva mayaṃ āgacchāma, tāva idheva hohī’’ti vatvā agamaṃsu.
米塔文达卡在她们离开的时候,趴在竹捆上继续往前漂,在银宫里得到了八位天女。再从那里往前,在宝石宫里得到了十六位,在金宫里得到了三十二位天女。他还是不听那些天女的话,继续往前漂,在一座岛与岛之间看见了一座夜叉城。那里有一个女夜叉,化作母山羊的样子在走动。米塔文达卡不知道她是女夜叉,心想“我要吃山羊肉”,就抓住了她的脚。那女夜叉用夜叉的神力把他举起来扔了出去。他被扔出去后,越过海面,落到波罗奈护城河岸边一丛荆棘的顶上,翻滚着掉到地上。就在那时,国王的母羊正在那护城河岸边吃草,有盗贼来偷羊。牧羊人想“我们要抓住盗贼”,就躲在一旁等着。米塔文达卡滚落在地站住后,看见那些母羊,心想:“我在海里的一个岛上抓住一只母羊的脚,被她扔到这里。如果我现在再抓住一只母羊的脚,她就会把我扔回海上天女宫殿那边去。”他这样不如理地作意后,就抓住了一只母羊的脚。那羊刚一被抓住就咩咩叫起来。牧羊人从四面八方跑过来,把他抓住,说:“这么久以来在王宫里偷吃羊的,就是这个贼!”于是把他痛打一顿,捆起来,带到国王面前。
Mittavindako tāsaṃ gatakāle veḷukalāpe nipajjitvā purato gacchanto rajatavimāne aṭṭha devadhītaro labhi. Tatopi paraṃ gacchanto maṇivimāne soḷasa, kanakavimāne dvattiṃsa devadhītaro labhi. Tāsampi vacanaṃ akatvā parato gacchanto antaradīpake ekaṃ yakkhanagaraṃ addasa. Tatthekā yakkhinī ajarūpena vicarati. Mittavindako tassā yakkhinibhāvaṃ ajānanto ‘‘ajamaṃsaṃ khādissāmī’’ti taṃ pāde aggahesi, sā yakkhānubhāvena taṃ ukkhipitvā khipi. So tāya khitto samuddamatthakena gantvā bārāṇasiyaṃ parikhāpiṭṭhe ekasmiṃ kaṇṭakagumbamatthake patitvā pavaṭṭamāno bhūmiyaṃ patiṭṭhāsi. Tasmiñca samaye tasmiṃ parikhāpiṭṭhe rañño ajikā caramānā corā haranti. Ajikagopakā ‘‘core gaṇhissāmā’’ti ekamantaṃ nilīnā aṭṭhaṃsu. Mittavindako pavaṭṭitvā bhūmiyaṃ ṭhito tā ajikā disvā cintesi ‘‘ahaṃ samudde ekasmiṃ dīpake ajikaṃ pāde gahetvā tāya khitto idha patito. Sace idāni ekaṃ ajikaṃ pāde gahessāmi, sā maṃ parato samuddapiṭṭhe vimānadevatānaṃ santike khipissatī’’ti. So evaṃ ayoniso manasikaritvā ajikaṃ pāde gaṇhi, sā gahitamattā viravi. Ajikagopakā ito cito ca āgantvā taṃ gahetvā ‘‘ettakaṃ kālaṃ rājakule ajikakhādako esa coro’’ti taṃ koṭṭetvā bandhitvā rañño santikaṃ nenti.
那时,菩萨被五百个青年围着,从城里出来,正要去洗澡。他看见米塔文达卡,认出了他,就对那些人说:“各位,这是我们的弟子,你们为什么抓他?”他们说:“尊者,他是个偷羊贼,抓住了一只母羊的脚,所以被抓了。”菩萨说:“那就把他交给我们当奴隶吧,他会靠我们活命。”他们说:“好的,尊者。”就放了他,走了。于是菩萨问米塔文达卡:“米塔文达卡,这么长时间你住在哪里?”他就把自己做过的事全都说了。菩萨说:“不听想利益自己的人的话,就会这样受苦。”然后说了这首偈颂:
Tasmiṃ khaṇe bodhisatto pañcasatamāṇavakaparivuto nagarā nikkhamma nhāyituṃ gacchanto mittavindakaṃ disvā sañjānitvā te manusse āha – ‘‘tātā, ayaṃ amhākaṃ antevāsiko, kasmā naṃ gaṇhathā’’ti? ‘‘Ajikacorako, ayya, ekaṃ ajikaṃ pāde gaṇhi, tasmā gahito’’ti. ‘‘Tena hetaṃ amhākaṃ dāsaṃ katvā detha, amhe nissāya jīvissatī’’ti. Te, ‘‘sādhu ayyā’’ti taṃ vissajjetvā agamaṃsu. Atha naṃ bodhisatto ‘‘mittavindaka, tvaṃ ettakaṃ kālaṃ kahaṃ vasī’’ti pucchi. So sabbaṃ attanā katakammaṃ ārocesi. Bodhisatto ‘‘atthakāmānaṃ vacanaṃ akaronto evaṃ dukkhaṃ pāpuṇātī’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
“凡欲利他、悲悯劝诫者,彼不奉其教诲;
如攀山羊之足,彼悲叹如挚友。”
‘‘Yo atthakāmassa hitānukampino, ovajjamāno na karoti sāsanaṃ; Ajiyā pādamolamba, mittako viya socatī’’ti.
这里,“希望利益的人”是指希望他成长进步的人。“以利益悲悯者”是指以利益之心悲悯他人的人。“被忠告时”是指当他被以柔和、利益之心忠告时。“不依教诫而行”是指不照着教导去做,成为难以劝导、不接受教诫的人。“犹如密陀迦般受苦”是说:就像这个密陀迦,抓住母羊的脚而痛苦、疲惫一样,他也会这样恒常受苦。菩萨以这首偈颂开示法义。
Tattha atthakāmassāti vuḍḍhiṃ icchantassa. Hitānukampinoti hitena anukampamānassa. Ovajjamānoti mudukena hitacittena ovadiyamāno. Na karoti sāsananti anusiṭṭhaṃ na karoti, dubbaco anovādako hoti. Mittako viya socatīti yathāyaṃ mittavindako ajikāya pādaṃ gahetvā socati kilamati, evaṃ niccakālaṃ socatīti imāya gāthāya bodhisatto dhammaṃ desesi.
这位长老在这么长的时间里,只在这三个有身中曾经吃饱过肚子:做夜叉时,有一天吃到了胎秽;做狗时,有一天吃到了呕吐出来的饭食;而在般涅槃那天,靠法将的威力,得到了四种甘美食物。由此应当知道,障碍别人获得利益,过失极其重大。当时,那位老师以及密陀文达卡也随自己的业报而去了。
Evaṃ tena therena ettake addhāne tīsuyeva attabhāvesu kucchipūro laddhapubbo. Yakkhena hutvā ekadivasaṃ gabbhamalaṃ laddhaṃ, sunakhena hutvā ekadivasaṃ bhattavamanaṃ, parinibbānadivase dhammasenāpatissānubhāvena catumadhuraṃ laddhaṃ. Evaṃ parassa lābhantarāyakaraṇaṃ nāma mahādosanti veditabbaṃ. Tasmiṃ pana kāle sopi ācariyo mittavindakopi yathākammaṃ gato.
导师引出这段法教:“比丘们,这个人自己就是这样,既让自己少得利养,又让自己证得圣法。”接着把前后义理连接起来,归结本生故事:“那时的米塔文达卡就是洛萨卡帝沙长老,而那位诸方首席老师,就是我。”
Satthā ‘‘evaṃ, bhikkhave, attano appalābhibhāvañca ariyadhammalābhibhāvañca sayameva esa akāsī’’ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā mittavindako losakatissatthero ahosi, disāpāmokkhācariyo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
2. 鸽本生注释
[42] 2. Kapotajātakavaṇṇanā
“求利益者”这个标题,是导师住在祇园精舍时,针对一位贪心的比丘讲的。这位比丘贪心的经过,会在第九篇《乌鸦本生》里说明。当时,比丘们向导师报告:“尊者,这位比丘很贪心。”导师就问他:“比丘,听说你很贪心,是真的吗?”“是的,尊者。”导师说:“比丘,你过去世也因为贪心而丢了性命,当时的智者们也因为依靠你,失去了自己的住处。”说完,就讲起了过去世的事。
Yo atthakāmassāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ lolabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tassa lolabhāvo navakanipāte kākajātake āvi bhavissati. Tadā pana taṃ bhikkhū ‘‘ayaṃ, bhante, bhikkhu lolo’’ti satthu ārocesuṃ. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ bhikkhu lolosī’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Āma, bhante’’ti. Satthā ‘‘pubbepi tvaṃ bhikkhu lolo lolakāraṇā jīvitakkhayaṃ patto, paṇḍitāpi taṃ nissāya attano vasanaṭṭhānā parihīnā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
过去,在波罗奈城梵授王治理国家的时候,菩萨投生为鸽子。那时,波罗奈的居民为了求福,到处悬挂谷糠筐,让鸟儿们能安乐地居住。波罗奈一位长者的厨师也在自己的大厨房里挂了一个谷糠筐,菩萨就住在那里。它每天清早飞出去觅食,傍晚回来,就在那里住着过日子。有一天,一只乌鸦飞过大厨房上方,闻到各种酸味、鲜味的鱼肉香气,起了贪心,心想:“我到底该靠谁才能吃到这些鱼肉呢?”于是它在不远处停下来观察。傍晚时,它看见菩萨飞回大厨房,心想:“我靠这只鸽子就能吃到鱼肉。”第二天清早它就来了,菩萨出去觅食时,它便紧紧跟在后面。菩萨问它:“朋友,你为什么跟我们走在一起?”乌鸦说:“主人,我很喜欢你们的做法,从今以后我来侍奉你们。”菩萨说:“朋友,你们觅食的地方和我们不同,你们要侍奉我们很难。”乌鸦说:“主人,你们觅食的时候,我也自己去觅食,跟你们一起走就是了。”菩萨说:“好吧,只是你不能放逸。”菩萨这样告诫乌鸦之后,就自己去觅食,吃草籽之类的东西。可是菩萨觅食的时候,乌鸦却跑去把牛粪团拨开,吃里面的虫子,填饱肚子后才回到菩萨身边,说:“主人,你们走得太久了,吃太多可不好。”说完,它跟着菩萨一起觅食,傍晚又跟着菩萨一起进了大厨房。厨师心想:“我们家的鸽子还带了另一只鸟回来。”于是也给乌鸦挂了一个筐。从那时起,它们两个就住在一起了。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto pārāvatayoniyaṃ nibbatti. Tadā bārāṇasivāsino puññakāmatāya tasmiṃ tasmiṃ ṭhāne sakuṇānaṃ sukhavasanatthāya thusapacchiyo olambenti. Bārāṇasiseṭṭhinopi bhattakārako attano mahānase ekaṃ thusapacchiṃ olambetvā ṭhapesi, bodhisatto tattha vāsaṃ kappesi. So pātova nikkhamitvā gocare caritvā sāyaṃ āgantvā tattha vasanto kālaṃ khepesi. Athekadivasaṃ eko kāko mahānasamatthakena gacchanto ambilānambilamacchamaṃsānaṃ dhūpanavāsaṃ ghāyitvā lobhaṃ uppādetvā ‘‘kaṃ nu kho nissāya imaṃ macchamaṃsaṃ labhissāmī’’ti avidūre nisīditvā pariggaṇhanto sāyaṃ bodhisattaṃ āgantvā mahānasaṃ pavisantaṃ disvā ‘‘imaṃ pārāvataṃ nissāya macchamaṃsaṃ labhissāmī’’ti punadivase pātova āgantvā bodhisattassa nikkhamitvā gocaratthāya gamanakāle piṭṭhito piṭṭhito agamāsi. Atha naṃ bodhisatto ‘‘kasmā tvaṃ, samma, amhehi saddhiṃ carasī’’ti āha. ‘‘Sāmi, tumhāhaṃ kiriyā mayhaṃ ruccati, ito paṭṭhāya tumhe upaṭṭhahissāmī’’ti. ‘‘Samma, tumhe aññagocarā, mayaṃ aññagocarā, tumhehi amhākaṃ upaṭṭhānaṃ dukkara’’nti. ‘‘Sāmi, tumhākaṃ gocaraggahaṇakāle ahampi gocaraṃ gahetvā tumhehi saddhiṃyeva gamissāmī’’ti. ‘‘Sādhu, kevalaṃ te appamattena bhavitabba’’nti evaṃ bodhisatto kākaṃ ovaditvā gocaraṃ caranto tiṇabījādīni khādati. Bodhisattassa pana gocaraggahaṇakāle kāko gantvā gomayapiṇḍaṃ apanetvā pāṇake khāditvā udaraṃ pūretvā bodhisattassa santikaṃ āgantvā ‘‘sāmi, tumhe ativelaṃ caratha, atibahubhakkhena nāma bhavituṃ na vaṭṭatī’’ti vatvā bodhisattena gocaraṃ gahetvā sāyaṃ āgacchantena saddhiṃyeva mahānasaṃ pāvisi. Bhattakārako ‘‘amhākaṃ kapoto aññampi gahetvā āgato’’ti kākassapi pacchiṃ ṭhapesi. Tato paṭṭhāya dve janā vasanti.
有一天,长者家送来了很多鱼肉。厨师拿过来后,把它们挂在厨房的各处。乌鸦看见后,生起了贪心,心想:“明天我不去觅食的地方了,我一定要把这些鱼肉吃掉。”那天夜里,它呻吟着躺在那里。第二天,菩萨要去觅食时,叫它说:“来吧,朋友,乌鸦。”它说:“主人,你们去吧,我肚子疼。”菩萨说:“朋友,乌鸦从来就没有什么肚子疼这回事。你们在夜里的三个时辰中,每个时辰都会昏睡过去,只有在吞下灯芯的时候才有一瞬间的满足感。你其实是想吃这些鱼肉吧。来吧,人类的食物对你们来说很难消化,别做这种事,跟我一起去觅食吧。”它说:“主人,我去不了。”菩萨就说:“既然如此,你会因为自己的行为而暴露自己。不要被贪欲控制,要保持不放逸。”这样告诫它之后,菩萨就去觅食了。
Athekadivasaṃ seṭṭhissa bahuṃ macchamaṃsaṃ āhariṃsu. Taṃ ādāya bhattakārako mahānase tattha tattha olambesi. Kāko taṃ disvā lobhaṃ uppādetvā ‘‘sve gocarabhūmiṃ agantvā mayā idameva khāditabba’’nti rattiṃ nitthunanto nipajji. Punadivase bodhisatto gocarāya gacchanto ‘‘ehi, samma, kākā’’ti āha. ‘‘Sāmi, tumhe gacchatha, mayhaṃ kucchirogo atthī’’ti. ‘‘Samma, kākānaṃ kucchirogo nāma na kadāci bhūtapubbo, rattiṃ tīsu yāmesu ekekasmiṃ yāme mucchitā honti, dīpavaṭṭiṃ gilitakāle pana nesaṃ muhuttaṃ titti hoti, tvaṃ imaṃ macchamaṃsaṃ khāditukāmo bhavissasi, ehi manussaparibhogo nāma tumhākaṃ dupparibhuñjiyo, mā evarūpaṃ akāsi, mayā saddhiṃyeva gocarāya gacchāhī’’ti. ‘‘Na sakkomi, sāmī’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi paññāyissasi sakena kammena, lobhavasaṃ agantvā appamatto hohī’’ti taṃ ovaditvā bodhisatto gocarāya gato.
厨师把各种鱼肉菜肴做好,为了让热气散出去,把锅盖稍微掀开一点,又把滤汁的瓦瓢搁在锅沿上,然后走到外面,站着擦汗。就在这时,乌鸦从筐里探出头来,朝厨房张望,知道厨师已经出去了,心想:“现在正是我如愿以偿、大快朵颐的时候。我该吃大块肉,还是碎肉呢?”接着又想:“碎肉没法很快填饱肚子。不如叼一大块肉,放进筐里,躺着慢慢吃。”于是它从筐里飞起来,落在滤汁的瓦瓢上。瓦瓢“吱”地响了一声。厨师听到响声,心想:“这是什么声音?”就走进来,看见乌鸦,心想:“这只坏乌鸦想吃长者的熟肉。我可是靠长者过活的,这蠢东西不配,它与我何干?”于是他关上门,抓住乌鸦,把它全身的羽毛拔光,又把生姜、盐、孜然等香料捣碎,用酸酪拌好,涂遍乌鸦全身,然后把它扔回筐里。乌鸦被剧烈的痛苦压倒,哀叫着倒在那里。
Bhattakārako nānappakāraṃ macchamaṃsavikatiṃ sampādetvā usumanikkhamanatthaṃ bhājanāni thokaṃ vivaritvā rasaparissāvanakaroṭiṃ bhājanamatthake ṭhapetvā bahi nikkhamitvā sedaṃ puñchamāno aṭṭhāsi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe kāko pacchito sīsaṃ ukkhipitvā bhattagehaṃ olokento tassa nikkhantabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘ayaṃdāni mayhaṃ manorathaṃ pūretvā maṃsaṃ khādituṃ kālo, kiṃ nu kho mahāmaṃsaṃ khādāmi, udāhu cuṇṇikamaṃsa’’nti cintetvā ‘‘cuṇṇikamaṃsena nāma khippaṃ kucchiṃ pūretuṃ na sakkā, mahantaṃ maṃsakhaṇḍaṃ āharitvā pacchiyaṃ nikkhipitvā khādamāno nipajjissāmī’’ti pacchito uppatitvā rasakaroṭiyaṃ nilīyi. Sā ‘‘kirī’’ti saddamakāsi. Bhattakārako taṃ saddaṃ sutvā ‘‘kiṃ nu kho eta’’nti paviṭṭho kākaṃ disvā ‘‘ayaṃ duṭṭhakāko mahāseṭṭhino pakkamaṃsaṃ khāditukāmo, ahaṃ kho pana seṭṭhiṃ nissāya jīvāmi, na imaṃ bālaṃ, kiṃ me iminā’’ti dvāraṃ pidhāya kākaṃ gahetvā sakalasarīre pattāni luñcitvā allasiṅgīveraloṇajīrakādayo koṭṭetvā ambilatakkena āloḷetvā tenassa sakalasarīraṃ makkhetvā taṃ kākaṃ pacchiyaṃ khipi. So adhimattavedanābhibhūto nitthunanto nipajji.
菩萨傍晚回来,看见乌鸦已经落得这般凄惨,就对它说:“贪吃的乌鸦啊,你不听我的话,因为贪心,才遭了这么大的苦。”说完,念出下面这首偈颂——
Bodhisatto sāyaṃ āgantvā taṃ byasanappattaṃ disvā ‘‘lolakāka, mama vacanaṃ akatvā tava lobhaṃ nissāya mahādukkhaṃ pattosī’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
“有人出于善意想利益你、怜悯你,好心劝告你,你却不听从他的教导;
不听鸽子的劝告,就会像落入敌手一样躺下。”
‘‘Yo atthakāmassa hitānukampino, ovajjamāno na karoti sāsanaṃ; Kapotakassa vacanaṃ akatvā, amittahatthatthagatova setī’’ti.
这里,“没有听从鸽子的话”是指没有听从鸽子那番有益的教导。“像落入敌人手中一样躺着”是说,就像那只乌鸦落入那些不怀好意、给人制造痛苦的敌人手里,落到他们掌控之中,这个人遭遇了巨大的灾祸,躺倒在那里悔恨哀叹。
Tattha kapotakassa vacanaṃ akatvāti pārāvatassa hitānusāsanavacanaṃ akatvā. Amittahatthatthagatova setīti amittānaṃ anatthakārakānaṃ dukkhuppādakapuggalānaṃ hatthatthaṃ hatthapathaṃ gato ayaṃ kāko viya so puggalo mahantaṃ byasanaṃ patvā anusocamāno setīti.
菩萨说完这首偈子后,心想:“现在我没法再待在这个地方了”,就去了别处。那只乌鸦也就在原地丢了性命。之后,做饭的人把它连篮子一起拿起来,扔到了垃圾堆里。
Bodhisatto imaṃ gāthaṃ vatvā ‘‘idāni mayā ca imasmiṃ ṭhāne na sakkā vasitu’’nti aññattha gato. Kākopi tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ patto. Atha naṃ bhattakārako saddhiṃ pacchiyā gahetvā saṅkāraṭṭhāne chaḍḍesi.
世尊也引出这段法教,说道:“比丘,你不只是现在才贪,过去也一样贪。而且正是因为你贪,连有智慧的人也失去了自己的住处。”接着开示四谛,谛理讲完时,那位比丘证得了不来果。世尊把前后因缘连接起来,归纳本生故事说:“那时的乌鸦就是这位贪心的比丘,而鸽子就是我。”
Satthāpi ‘‘na tvaṃ bhikkhu idāneva lolo, pubbepi loloyeva, tañca pana te lolyaṃ nissāya paṇḍitāpi sakāvāsā parihīnā’’ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsesi, saccapariyosāne so bhikkhu anāgāmiphalaṃ patto. Satthā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā kāko lolabhikkhu ahosi, pārāvato pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
[43] 3. 韦卢咖本生注释
[43] 3. Veḷukajātakavaṇṇanā
“那希求义利者”这句话,是导师住在祇园时,针对一位不受教的比丘说的。世尊问他:“比丘,听说你不受教,是真的吗?”那位比丘回答:“是真的,尊者。”世尊就说:“比丘,你不只是现在不受教,过去也不受教。正是因为不受教、不听从智者们的话,你才在蛇口下丢了性命。”说完,世尊便讲起了过去的事。
Yoatthakāmassāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ dubbacabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tañhi bhagavā ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ bhikkhu dubbacosī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘saccaṃ, bhante’’ti vutte ‘‘na tvaṃ bhikkhu idāneva dubbaco, pubbepi dubbacoyeva, dubbacattāyeva ca paṇḍitānaṃ vacanaṃ akatvā sappamukhe jīvitakkhayaṃ patto’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治的时候,菩萨出生在迦尸国一个非常富有的家族里。他长大成人后,看清了各种欲乐的过患,也看到了出离的功德,于是舍弃欲乐,进入雪山,出家做了仙人。他修习遍业处,证得五神通和八等至,平时以禅那的快乐过日子。后来,他有了很多随从,五百位苦行者跟随着他,他成了这群人的导师,就住在那里。那时,有一条小毒蛇按自己的习性四处游走,来到了一位苦行者的住处。那位苦行者对它生起了像对亲生儿子一样的疼爱,把它放在一个竹筒里,细心照料。因为它睡在竹筒里,大家就给它取名叫“竹蛇”。又因为那位苦行者像疼爱儿子一样照料它,大家就称他为“竹蛇父”。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsiraṭṭhe mahābhogakule nibbatto viññutaṃ patvā kāmesu ādīnavaṃ nekkhamme cānisaṃsaṃ disvā kāme pahāya himavantaṃ pavisitvā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā kasiṇaparikammaṃ katvā pañcābhiññā aṭṭha samāpattiyo ca uppādetvā jhānasukhena vītināmento aparabhāge mahāparivāro pañcahi tāpasasatehi parivuto gaṇassa satthā hutvā vihāsi. Atheko āsivisapotako attano dhammatāya caranto aññatarassa tāpasassa assamapadaṃ patto. Tāpaso tasmiṃ puttasinehaṃ uppādetvā taṃ ekasmiṃ veḷupabbe sayāpetvā paṭijaggati. Tassa veḷupabbe sayanato ‘‘veḷuko’’tveva nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Taṃ puttasinehena paṭijagganato tāpasassa ‘‘veḷukapitā’’tveva nāmaṃ akaṃsu.
那时,菩萨听说“有个苦行者独自养着一条毒蛇”,就派人把他叫来,问他说:“你真的在养一条毒蛇吗?”那人回答:“是真的。”菩萨就说:“跟毒蛇之间根本谈不上什么信任,别再这样养下去了。”那人说:“老师,它是我的儿子,我没法离开它生活。”菩萨说:“既然如此,你一定会因为它而丧命。”那个苦行者不肯接受菩萨的话,也舍不得丢下那条毒蛇。没过几天,所有苦行者都出去采集各种果实,到了地方发现那里果实很容易得到,就在那里住了两三天。竹蛇父也跟着他们一起去,他把毒蛇放在竹筒里,盖好后便离开了。过了两三天,他和别的苦行者一起回来,心想“该给竹蛇喂食了”,就打开竹筒,伸出手说:“来吧,孩子,你饿坏了吧。”那条毒蛇因为两三天没吃东西,发了怒,一口咬住他伸出的手,当场就要了那苦行者的命,然后逃进森林。其他苦行者看到这一幕,就去告诉菩萨。菩萨为他办了丧事,坐在仙人们中间,以教导这些仙人的方式说了这首偈颂:
Tadā bodhisatto ‘‘eko kira tāpaso āsivisaṃ paṭijaggatī’’ti sutvā taṃ pakkosāpetvā ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ āsivisaṃ paṭijaggasī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘sacca’’nti vutte ‘‘āsivisena saddhiṃ vissāso nāma natthi, mā evaṃ jaggāhī’’ti āha. ‘‘So me ācariya putto, nāhaṃ tena vinā vattituṃ sakkhissāmī’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi etasseva santikā jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇissasī’’ti. Tāpaso bodhisattassa vacanaṃ na gaṇhi, āsivisampi jahituṃ nāsakkhi. Tato katipāhaccayeneva sabbe tāpasā phalāphalatthāya gantvā gataṭṭhāne phalāphalassa sulabhabhāvaṃ disvā dve tayo divase tattheva vasiṃsu, veḷukapitāpi tehi saddhiṃ gacchanto āsivisaṃ veḷupabbeyeva sayāpetvā pidahitvā gato. So puna tāpasehi saddhiṃ dvīhatīhaccayena āgantvā ‘‘veḷukassa gocaraṃ dassāmī’’ti veḷupabbaṃ ugghāṭetvā ‘‘ehi, puttaka, chātakosī’’ti hatthaṃ pasāresi. Āsiviso dvīhatīhaṃ nirāhāratāya kujjhitvā pasāritahatthaṃ ḍaṃsitvā tāpasaṃ tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā araññaṃ pāvisi. Tāpasā taṃ disvā bodhisattassa ārocesuṃ. Bodhisatto tassa sarīrakiccaṃ kāretvā isigaṇassa majjhe nisīditvā isīnaṃ ovādavasena imaṃ gāthamāha –
“凡被愿其得利、心怀悲悯者教诫,却不奉行其教法;
他便如是倒毙,犹如竹蛇之父。”
‘‘Yo atthakāmassa hitānukampino, ovajjamāno na karoti sāsanaṃ; Evaṃ so nihato seti, veḷukassa yathā pitā’’ti.
在这里,所谓“他就这样被打倒而躺下”,意思是:凡是不能接受仙人们教诫的人,就会像这位苦行者一样,在毒蛇口中腐烂丧命、倒下而死;同样,他会遭遇极大的毁灭而倒下死去。菩萨这样教诫了那群仙人之后,修习了四梵住,在寿命终结时投生到梵天界。
Tattha evaṃ so nihato setīti yo hi isīnaṃ ovādaṃ na gaṇhāti, so yathā esa tāpaso āsivisamukhe pūtibhāvaṃ patvā nihato seti, evaṃ mahāvināsaṃ patvā nihato setīti attho. Evaṃ bodhisatto isigaṇaṃ ovaditvā cattāro brahmavihāre bhāvetvā āyupariyosāne brahmaloke uppajji.
导师说出“比丘,你并非现在才难调教,从前也一样难调教,正因难调教的性格才在毒蛇口中腐烂”这段法,把前后的因缘连接起来,然后总结本生故事说:“那时候的竹蛇父,就是现在这个难以教化的比丘;当时其余的随从大众,就是现在的佛陀随从大众;而那群人的导师,就是我。”
Satthā ‘‘na tvaṃ bhikkhu idāneva dubbaco, pubbepi dubbacoyeva, dubbacabhāveneva ca āsivisamukhe pūtibhāvaṃ patto’’ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā veḷukapitā dubbacabhikkhu ahosi, sesaparisā buddhaparisā, gaṇasatthā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
[44] 4. 玛咖萨本生注释
[44] 4. Makasajātakavaṇṇanā
宁愿有敌人这段话,是导师在摩揭陀国游化时,针对某个村子里那些愚昧的村人说的。据说,有一次,如来从舍卫城前往摩揭陀国,一路游化,来到一个小村庄。这个村子住的大多都是愚昧无知的人。有一天,那些愚昧的人聚在一起商量:“喂,我们进林子干活的时候,被蚊子叮,因为这样,我们的活就被打断了。不如我们全都带上弓箭和武器,去跟蚊子打一仗,把蚊子统统射死、砍死!”商量完,他们就进了森林,嘴里喊着“射蚊子”,结果互相射来砍去,把自己弄得痛苦不堪。回来后,这些人就躺在村子里、村子中间和村口。
Seyyo amittoti idaṃ satthā magadhesu cārikaṃ caramāno aññatarasmiṃ gāmake bālagāmikamanusse ārabbha kathesi. Tathāgato kira ekasmiṃ samaye sāvatthito magadharaṭṭhaṃ gantvā tattha cārikaṃ caramāno aññataraṃ gāmakaṃ sampāpuṇi. So ca gāmako yebhuyyena andhabālamanussehiyeva ussanno. Tatthekadivasaṃ te andhabālamanussā sannipatitvā ‘‘bho, amhe araññaṃ pavisitvā kammaṃ karonte makasā khādanti, tappaccayā amhākaṃ kammacchedo hoti, sabbeva dhanūni ceva āvudhāni ca ādāya gantvā makasehi saddhiṃ yujjhitvā sabbamakase vijjhitvā chinditvā ca māressāmā’’ti mantayitvā araññaṃ gantvā ‘‘makase vijjhissāmā’’ti aññamaññaṃ vijjhitvā ca paharitvā ca dukkhappattā āgantvā antogāme ca gāmamajjhe ca gāmadvāre ca nipajjiṃsu.
导师由比丘僧团陪同,进入那个村子托钵乞食。其余有智慧的人看见世尊来了,就在村口搭起帐棚,向以佛陀为首的比丘僧团做了盛大的布施,顶礼导师之后,坐在一边。导师看见各处倒在地上的那些人,就问那些近事男:“怎么有这么多病人?他们是怎么回事?”他们说:“尊者,这些人想着‘我们要去打蚊子’,就去了,结果互相射击,把自己弄病了。”导师说:“这些愚痴的人不是现在才为了打蚊子而伤害自己,过去世也有为了打蚊子而伤害别人的人。”说完,应那些人的请求,导师讲了过去的事。
Satthā bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto taṃ gāmaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi. Avasesā paṇḍitamanussā bhagavantaṃ disvā gāmadvāre maṇḍapaṃ kāretvā buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa mahādānaṃ datvā satthāraṃ vanditvā nisīdiṃsu. Satthā tasmiṃ tasmiṃ ṭhāne patitamanusse disvā te upāsake pucchi ‘‘bahū ime gilānā manussā, kiṃ etehi kata’’nti? ‘‘Bhante, ete manussā ‘makasayuddhaṃ karissāmā’ti gantvā aññamaññaṃ vijjhitvā sayaṃ gilānā jātā’’ti. Satthā ‘‘na idāneva andhabālamanussā ‘makase paharissāmā’ti attānaṃ paharanti, pubbepi ‘makasaṃ paharissāmā’ti paraṃ paharaṇakamanussā ahesuṃyevā’’ti vatvā tehi manussehi yācito atītaṃ āhari.
过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治的时候,菩萨靠经商维持生活。那时,迦尸国一个边地村子里住着很多木匠。其中有个跛脚木匠正在削木头,这时一只蚊子落在他那像铜盘背面一样光亮的头上,用嘴上的尖针刺他,就像用矛刺一样。他就对坐在自己身边的儿子说:“孩子,有只蚊子像用矛刺一样在刺我的头,你把它赶走。”儿子说:“父亲,您忍一下,我一下就把它打死。”就在那时,菩萨为了寻找货物来到那个村子,正坐在那个木匠的工棚里。于是木匠又对儿子说:“孩子,把这只蚊子赶走。”儿子说:“我这就赶走它,父亲。”他举起一把锋利的大斧,站到父亲背后,心里想着“我要打蚊子”,结果一斧把父亲的头顶劈成了两半,木匠当场就死了。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto vaṇijjāya jīvikaṃ kappeti. Tadā kāsiraṭṭhe ekasmiṃ paccantagāme bahū vaḍḍhakī vasanti. Tattheko khalitavaḍḍhakī rukkhaṃ tacchati, athassa eko makaso tambalohathālakapiṭṭhisadise sīse nisīditvā sattiyā paharanto viya sīsaṃ mukhatuṇḍakena vijjhi. So attano santike nisinnaṃ puttaṃ āha – ‘‘tāta, mayhaṃ sīsaṃ makaso sattiyā paharanto viya vijjhati, vārehi na’’nti. ‘‘Tāta, adhivāsehi, ekappahāreneva taṃ māressāmī’’ti. Tasmiṃ samaye bodhisattopi attano bhaṇḍaṃ pariyesamāno taṃ gāmaṃ patvā tassā vaḍḍhakisālāya nisinno hoti. Atha so vaḍḍhakī puttaṃ āha – ‘‘tāta, imaṃ makasaṃ vārehī’’ti. So ‘‘vāressāmi, tātā’’ti tikhiṇaṃ mahāpharasuṃ ukkhipitvā pitu piṭṭhipasse ṭhatvā ‘‘makasaṃ paharissāmī’’ti pitu matthakaṃ dvidhā bhindi, vaḍḍhakī tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ patto.
菩萨看到他的这个行为后,心想:“就算是敌人,只要是有智慧的人,也还是更好一些。因为他哪怕只是因为害怕刑罚,也不会去杀人。”这样想过之后,说出了下面这首偈颂——
Bodhisatto tassa taṃ kammaṃ disvā ‘‘paccāmittopi paṇḍitova seyyo. So hi daṇḍabhayenapi manusse na māressatī’’ti cintetvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
“宁可要一个有智慧的敌人,也绝不要一个没智慧的朋友。
‘为了打蚊子’,那个流着口水的傻子儿子,竟然把父亲的头顶劈成了两半。”
‘‘Seyyo amitto matiyā upeto, na tveva mitto mativippahīno; ‘Makasaṃ vadhissa’nti hi eḷamūgo, putto pitu abbhidā uttamaṅga’’nti.
这里,“殊胜”是指最上等、最尊贵的。“具足智慧”是指具有智慧。“流口水愚人”是指淌着口水、愚痴的人。“儿子劈开父亲的头顶”是说,他因为自己愚痴,虽然身为儿子,却喊着“我要打蚊子”,把父亲的头顶劈成了两半。所以,比起愚痴的朋友,有智慧的敌人反而更好。菩萨说完这首偈颂后,就起身照常去做自己的事。那位木匠的亲属们则为他料理了后事。
Tattha seyyoti pavaro uttamo. Matiyā upetoti paññāya samannāgato. Eḷamūgoti lālāmukho bālo. Putto pitu abbhidā uttamaṅganti attano bālatāya puttopi hutvā pitu uttamaṅgaṃ matthakaṃ ‘‘makasaṃ paharissāmī’’ti dvidhā bhindi. Tasmā bālamittato paṇḍitaamittova seyyoti imaṃ gāthaṃ vatvā bodhisatto uṭṭhāya yathākammaṃ gato. Vaḍḍhakissapi ñātakā sarīrakiccaṃ akaṃsu.
导师讲完这段法后,把前后因缘连接起来,归结出这个本生故事:“各位近事男,过去生中,那些人口里喊着‘我要打蚊子’,其实正是在伤害他人。”接着又说:“那时说完偈颂就离开的那位聪明商人,其实就是我。”
Satthā ‘‘evaṃ upāsakā pubbepi ‘makasaṃ paharissāmā’ti paraṃ paharaṇakamanussā ahesuṃyevā’’ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi ‘‘tadā gāthaṃ vatvā pakkanto paṇḍitavāṇijo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
5. 罗希尼本生注释
[45] 5. Rohiṇijātakavaṇṇanā
“善友胜过非友”这个说法,是导师住在祇园精舍时,因为给孤独长者的一位婢女而讲的。据说,给孤独长者家有个叫罗希尼的婢女。她年老的母亲来到打谷场躺下,苍蝇围着她叮咬,像用针扎一样。她对女儿说:“女儿啊,苍蝇在咬我,你赶赶它们。”女儿说:“母亲,我来赶。”就举起木杵,心想:“我要把母亲身上的苍蝇打死,消灭它们。”结果一杵打在母亲身上,把她打死了。她看到这情景,就哭起来:“我母亲死了!”人们把这件事报告给长者。长者料理了她的后事,然后去精舍,把整件事告诉了导师。导师说:“居士,她不是现在才为了‘要打死母亲身上的苍蝇’而用木杵打死了母亲,过去她也一样打死过母亲。”长者请求后,导师就讲了过去的事。
Seyyoamittotiidaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ anāthapiṇḍikaseṭṭhino dāsiṃ ārabbha kathesi. Anāthapiṇḍikassa kira ekā rohiṇī nāma dāsī ahosi. Tassā vīhipaharaṇaṭṭhāne āgantvā mahallikā mātā nipajji, taṃ makkhikā parivāretvā sūciyāvijjhamānā viya khādanti. Sā dhītaraṃ āha – ‘‘amma, makkhikā maṃ khādanti, etā vārehī’’ti. Sā ‘‘vāressāmi, ammā’’ti musalaṃ ukkhipitvā ‘‘mātu sarīre makkhikā māretvā vināsaṃ pāpessāmī’’ti mātaraṃ musalena paharitvā jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpesi. Taṃ disvā ‘‘mātā me matā’’ti rodituṃ ārabhi. Taṃ pavattiṃ seṭṭhissa ārocesuṃ. Seṭṭhi tassā sarīrakiccaṃ kāretvā vihāraṃ gantvā sabbaṃ taṃ pavattiṃ satthu ārocesi. Satthā ‘‘na kho, gahapati, esā ‘mātu sarīre makkhikā māressāmī’ti idāneva musalena paharitvā mātaraṃ māresi, pubbepi māresiyevā’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
过去,在波罗奈梵授王执政时,菩萨投生到一个长者家里,父亲去世后,他继承了长者的家业。他家也有一个叫罗希尼的女奴。她也来到自己打谷的地方,躺着的母亲对她说:“女儿,帮我赶走苍蝇。”她照样用木杵打下去,把母亲打死了,然后开始哭。菩萨听说这件事后,心想:“在这世上,即使是对头,有智慧也更好。”于是说了这首偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto seṭṭhikule nibbattitvā pituaccayena seṭṭhiṭṭhānaṃ pāpuṇi. Tassāpi rohiṇīyeva nāma dāsī ahosi. Sāpi attano vīhipaharaṇaṭṭhānaṃ āgantvā nipannaṃ mātaraṃ ‘‘makkhikā me, amma, vārehī’’ti vuttā evameva musalena paharitvā mātaraṃ jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā rodituṃ ārabhi. Bodhisatto taṃ pavattiṃ sutvā ‘‘amittopi hi imasmiṃ loke paṇḍitova seyyo’’ti cintetvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
“智者宁为敌,胜作怜愚者;
且看罗希尼贱女,弑母之后空悲泣。”
‘‘Seyyo amitto medhāvī, yañce bālānukampako; Passa rohiṇikaṃ jammiṃ, mātaraṃ hantvāna socatī’’ti.
在这里,“有智慧的人”就是指聪明、有智慧、能分辨的人。而在“若对愚者怀有怜悯”这一句里,“若”是性变的用法,“若”是表示名词意义的不变词。意思是:一个人纵然是名叫愚人、怀有怜悯之心的愚者,有智慧的人仍胜过他百倍、千倍;因此,有智慧的人即便成了敌人,也还是更殊胜。另一种理解是,“若”表示否定,意思是不对愚者怀有怜悯。“卑劣的”指低劣、迟钝的人。“杀害母亲后悲叹”:心里想着“我要打死苍蝇”,却因此杀了母亲,如今这个愚人自己反倒哭泣、悲叹。因为这个缘故,在这个世间,有智慧的人即便身为敌人,也更为可贵。菩萨赞叹有智慧的人,用这首偈颂宣说了法。
Tattha medhāvīti paṇḍito ñāṇī vibhāvī. Yañce bālānukampakoti ettha yanti liṅgavipallāso kato, ceti nāmatthe nipāto. Yo nāma bālo anukampako, tato sataguṇena sahassaguṇena paṇḍito amitto hontopi seyyoyevāti attho. Atha vā yanti paṭisedhanatthe nipāto, no ce bālānukampakoti attho. Jamminti lāmikaṃ dandhaṃ. Mātaraṃ hantvāna socatīti ‘‘makkhikā māressāmī’’ti mātaraṃ hantvā idāni ayaṃ bālā sayameva rodati paridevati. Iminā kāraṇena imasmiṃ loke amittopi paṇḍito seyyoti bodhisatto paṇḍitaṃ pasaṃsanto imāya gāthāya dhammaṃ desesi.
导师说:“居士,她并不是现在才为了‘我要打死苍蝇’而杀害母亲,过去世她也杀过。”于是引出这段教法,连接前后因缘,总结本生:“那时的母亲就是现在的母亲,那时的女儿就是现在的女儿,而那位大富长者就是我。”
Satthā ‘‘na kho, gahapati, esā idāneva ‘makkhikā māressāmī’ti mātaraṃ ghātesi, pubbepi ghātesiyevā’’ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā mātāyeva mātā ahosi, dhītāyeva dhītā, mahāseṭṭhi pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
第46篇 第6章 毁园者本生注释
[46] 6. Ārāmadūsakajātakavaṇṇanā
并非由对无益之事善巧的人……这句话,是导师住在憍萨罗国某个村庄时,围绕一个毁坏园林的人讲的。据说,导师在憍萨罗国游化时,来到一个小村庄。那里有一位家主邀请如来,请他在自己的园林里坐下,向以佛陀为首的僧众做了大布施之后,说:“尊者,请随意在这座园林里走走。”比丘们起身,带着园丁在园林里游览,看到一处空地,就问园丁:“近事男,这座园林别处都有浓密的树荫,唯独这个地方连一棵树或灌木都没有,这是什么原因?”园丁回答:“尊者,当初种这座园林的时候,有个村童在浇水时,把这里的树苗连根拔起,然后按根的大小来浇水。那些树苗就干枯死掉了。因为这个缘故,这里就变成了空地。”比丘们走到导师那里,把这件事告诉了他。导师说:“比丘们,那个村童不只是现在才毁坏园林,过去他也一样是毁坏园林的人。”于是讲了过去的事。
Na ve anatthakusalenāti idaṃ satthā aññatarasmiṃ kosalagāmake viharanto uyyānadūsakaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Satthā kira kosalesu cārikaṃ caramāno aññataraṃ gāmakaṃ sampāpuṇi. Tattheko kuṭumbiko tathāgataṃ nimantetvā attano uyyāne nisīdāpetvā buddhappamukhassa saṅghassa mahādānaṃ datvā ‘‘bhante, yathāruciyā imasmiṃ uyyāne vicarathā’’ti āha. Bhikkhū uṭṭhāya uyyānapālaṃ gahetvā uyyāne vicarantā ekaṃ aṅgaṇaṭṭhānaṃ disvā uyyānapālaṃ pucchiṃsu ‘‘upāsaka, imaṃ uyyānaṃ aññattha sandacchāyaṃ, imasmiṃ pana ṭhāne na koci rukkho vā gaccho vā atthi, kiṃ nu kho kāraṇa’’nti? ‘‘Bhante, imassa uyyānassa ropanakāle eko gāmadārako udakaṃ siñcanto imasmiṃ ṭhāne rukkhapotake ummūlaṃ katvā mūlappamāṇena udakaṃ siñci . Te rukkhapotakā milāyitvā matā. Iminā kāraṇena idaṃ ṭhānaṃ aṅgaṇaṃ jāta’’nti. Bhikkhū satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, so gāmadārako idāneva ārāmadūsako, pubbepi ārāmadūsakoyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
过去,在波罗奈城,梵授王治理国家的时候,波罗奈宣布了星宿节的庆典。从听到星宿节鼓声的那一刻起,全城居民都开始沉浸在星宿节的氛围中,到处走动游玩。那时,国王的园林里住着许多猴子。园丁心想:“城里已经宣布星宿节了,我让这些猴子去浇水,自己就能去参加星宿节的庆祝了。”于是他走到猴王面前,问道:“朋友,猴王啊,这座园林对你们也很有好处,你们在这里吃花、果和嫩叶。城里宣布了星宿节,我要去参加庆祝。在我回来之前,你们能不能给园里的树苗浇水?”猴王回答:“好的,我们会浇。”园丁说:“那就请你们不要马虎。”说完,把浇水的皮桶和木桶交给它们,就走了。猴子们拿起皮桶和木桶,给树苗浇水。这时,猴王对它们这样说:“诸位猴子,水可是要节省着用的。你们给树苗浇水的时候,要把树苗拔起来,看看根扎得有多深。根扎得深的就多浇些水,根扎得浅的就少浇些。不然以后我们的水会不够用的。”猴子们答应道:“好的。”然后就照那样做了。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bārāṇasiyaṃ nakkhattaṃ ghosayiṃsu. Nakkhattabherisaddasavanakālato paṭṭhāya sakalanagaravāsino nakkhattanissitakā hutvā vicaranti. Tadā rañño uyyāne bahū makkaṭā vasanti. Uyyānapālo cintesi ‘‘nagare nakkhattaṃ ghuṭṭhaṃ, ime vānare ‘udakaṃ siñcathā’ti vatvā ahaṃ nakkhattaṃ kīḷissāmī’’ti jeṭṭhakavānaraṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘samma vānarajeṭṭhaka, imaṃ uyyānaṃ tumhākampi bahūpakāraṃ, tumhe ettha pupphaphalapallavāni khādatha, nagare nakkhattaṃ ghuṭṭhaṃ, ahaṃ nakkhattaṃ kīḷissāmi. Yāvāhaṃ āgacchāmi, tāva imasmiṃ uyyāne rukkhapotakesu udakaṃ siñcituṃ sakkhissathā’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Sādhu, siñcissāmī’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi appamattā hothā’’ti udakasiñcanatthāya tesaṃ cammakuṭe ca dārukuṭe ca datvā gato. Vānarā cammakuṭe ceva dārukuṭe ca gahetvā rukkhapotakesu udakaṃ siñcanti. Atha ne vānarajeṭṭhako evamāha ‘‘bhonto vānarā, udakaṃ nāma rakkhitabbaṃ, tumhe rukkhapotakesu udakaṃ siñcantā uppāṭetvā uppāṭetvā mūlaṃ oloketvā gambhīragatesu mūlesu bahuṃ udakaṃ siñcatha, agambhīragatesu appaṃ, pacchā amhākaṃ udakaṃ dullabhaṃ bhavissatī’’ti. Te ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchitvā tathā akaṃsu.
那时,一位聪明人来到国王的园林,看见那些猴子那样做,就问道:“尊敬的猴子们,你们为什么把树苗一棵棵拔起来,按根的大小来浇水呢?”它们回答:“我们的猴王是这样教我们的。”他听了这话,心想:“唉,这些愚痴无智的家伙,本想着‘我们要做有益的事’,却偏偏做无益的事。”于是说了下面这首偈颂:
Tasmiṃ samaye eko paṇḍitapuriso rājuyyāne te vānare tathā karonte disvā evamāha ‘‘bhonto vānarā, kasmā tumhe rukkhapotake uppāṭetvā uppāṭetvā mūlappamāṇena udakaṃ siñcathā’’ti? Te ‘‘evaṃ no vānarajeṭṭhako ovadatī’’ti āhaṃsu. So taṃ vacanaṃ sutvā ‘‘aho vata bho bālā apaṇḍitā, ‘atthaṃ karissāmā’ti anatthameva karontī’’ti cintetvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
“不善巧于利益的人,行利之行确实不会带来安乐。
愚笨的人只会损害自己的利益,就像那只守园的猴子一样。”
‘‘Na ve anatthakusalena, atthacariyā sukhāvahā; Hāpeti atthaṃ dummedho, kapi ārāmiko yathā’’ti.
这里,“ve”只是个语气助词。“对无益之事善巧”的意思是:对无益之事、非正因之处善巧,或者对有益之事、正因之处不善巧。“行利益”指的是做增长福祉的事。“能带来安乐”的意思是:所谓身心之乐这一利益,若以这种对无益之事善巧的方式去行持,便不能带来安乐,也不可能带来安乐。为什么呢?因为愚人必定只会损害利益——愚人虽然想着“我要做有利益的事”,却损害了利益,做的只是无益之事。就像守园子的猴子一样:好比被安排在园中、负责看守园子的猴子,想着“我要做有利益的事”,却只做了无益之事;同样,任何对无益之事善巧的人,都无法成就带来利益的行为,他必定只会损害利益。那位智者用这首偈颂谴责了猴王之后,就带着自己的随从走出了园林。
Tattha veti nipātamattaṃ. Anatthakusalenāti anatthe anāyatane kusalena, atthe āyatane kāraṇe akusalena vāti attho. Atthacariyāti vuḍḍhikiriyā. Sukhāvahāti evarūpena anatthakusalena kāyikacetasikasukhasaṅkhātassa atthassa cariyā na sukhāvahā, na sakkā āvahitunti attho. Kiṃkāraṇā? Ekanteneva hi hāpeti atthaṃ dummedhoti, bālapuggalo ‘‘atthaṃ karissāmī’’ti atthaṃ hāpetvā anatthameva karoti. Kapi ārāmiko yathāti yathā ārāme niyutto ārāmarakkhanako makkaṭo ‘‘atthaṃ karissāmī’’ti anatthameva karoti, evaṃ yo koci anatthakusalo, tena na sakkā atthacariyaṃ āvahituṃ, so ekaṃsena atthaṃ hāpetiyevāti. Evaṃ so paṇḍito puriso imāya gāthāya vānarajeṭṭhakaṃ garahitvā attano parisaṃ ādāya uyyānā nikkhami.
世尊也为了把因缘连起来,就引出这段说法:“比丘们,这个村里的孩子不是现在才破坏园林,过去世他也一样是破坏园林的人。”然后把本生故事总结起来:“那时候的猴王,就是那个破坏园林的村童;而那位智者,就是我。”
Satthāpi ‘‘na, bhikkhave, esa gāmadārako idāneva ārāmadūsako, pubbepi ārāmadūsakoyevā’’ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā vānarajeṭṭhako ārāmadūsakagāmadārako ahosi, paṇḍitapuriso pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
7. 毁酒本生注释
[47] 7. Vāruṇidūsakajātakavaṇṇanā
“确实,对无利益之事善巧的人”这一开示,是导师住在祇园时,针对一个糟蹋酒的人讲的。据说,给孤独长者有一个朋友,是个酒商。他调好烈酒,拿来金银等物,正在售卖。大众聚集起来时,他吩咐弟子说:“孩子,你收了本钱,就把酒给他们。”然后自己就去洗澡了。弟子在给大众分酒时,看见人们时不时要盐块来嚼着吃,心想:“这酒大概不够咸,我往里面加点盐吧。”于是往酒缸里倒了一升左右的盐,再把酒分给他们。他们喝了一口就吐出来,问:“你这是干什么?”他回答说:“我看你们喝了酒,又叫人拿盐来,就用盐给你们调了。”大家骂他:“你这个蠢货,把这么好喝的酒给毁了!”骂完就纷纷起身走了。酒商回来后,一个人也没看见,就问:“喝酒的人都去哪儿了?”弟子把事情经过告诉了他。于是老师骂他说:“蠢货,你把这样的好酒给糟蹋了!”然后把这件事告诉了给孤独长者。给孤独长者心想:“这下我有个新鲜话题可以带去了。”就去祇园,礼拜导师后,把这件事禀告了他。导师说:“长者,这人不是现在才糟蹋酒的,过去也照样糟蹋酒。”经他请求,导师便讲了过去的事。
Na ve anatthakusalenāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto vāruṇidūsakaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Anāthapiṇḍikassa kira sahāyo eko vāruṇivāṇijo tikhiṇaṃ vāruṇiṃ yojetvā hiraññasuvaṇṇādīni gahetvā vikkiṇanto mahājane sannipatite ‘‘tāta, tvaṃ mūlaṃ gahetvā vāruṇiṃ dehī’’ti antevāsikaṃ āṇāpetvā sayaṃ nhāyituṃ agamāsi. Antevāsiko mahājanassa vāruṇiṃ dento manusse antarantarā loṇasakkharā āharāpetvā khādante disvā ‘‘ayaṃ surā aloṇikā bhavissati, loṇamettha pakkhipissāmī’’ti surācāṭiyaṃ nāḷimattaṃ loṇaṃ pakkhipitvā tesaṃ suraṃ adāsi. Te mukhaṃ pūretvā pūretvā chaḍḍetvā ‘‘kiṃ te kata’’nti pucchiṃsu. ‘‘Tumhe suraṃ pivitvā loṇaṃ āharāpente disvā loṇena yojesi’’nti. ‘‘Evarūpaṃ nāma manāpaṃ vāruṇiṃ nāsesi bālā’’ti taṃ garahitvā uṭṭhāyuṭṭhāya pakkantā. Vāruṇivāṇijo āgantvā ekampi adisvā ‘‘vāruṇipāyakā kahaṃ gatā’’ti pucchi, so tamatthaṃ ārocesi. Atha naṃ ācariyo ‘‘bāla, evarūpā nāma te surā nāsitā’’ti garahitvā imaṃ kāraṇaṃ anāthapiṇḍikassa ārocesi. Anāthapiṇḍiko ‘‘atthidāni me idaṃ kathāpābhata’’nti jetavanaṃ gantvā satthāraṃ vanditvā etamatthaṃ ārocesi. Satthā ‘‘na esa, gahapati, idāneva vāruṇidūsako, pubbepi vāruṇidūsakoyevā’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王治理国家的时候,菩萨是波罗奈的一位长者。有个卖酒商依靠他生活。这个酒商调好了烈酒,对弟子说:“把这些酒卖掉。”说完就去洗澡了。弟子在他刚走之后,就往酒里放了盐,就这样把酒全毁了。后来他的老师回来,知道了这件事,就去禀告长者。长者说:“愚人对于无益之事很在行,心里想着‘我们要做有利益的事’,结果却偏偏做出无益之事来。”接着便说出了这首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto bārāṇasiyaṃ seṭṭhi ahosi. Taṃ upanissāya eko vāruṇivāṇijo jīvati. So tikhiṇaṃ suraṃ yojetvā ‘‘imaṃ vikkiṇāhī’’ti antevāsikaṃ vatvā nhāyituṃ gato. Antevāsiko tasmiṃ gatamatteyeva surāya loṇaṃ pakkhipitvā imināva nayena suraṃ vināsesi. Athassa ācariyo āgantvā taṃ kāraṇaṃ ñatvā seṭṭhissa ārocesi. Seṭṭhi ‘‘anatthakusalā nāma bālā ‘atthaṃ karissāmā’ti anatthameva karontī’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
“不辨利害者,行利不带来安乐;
愚者损其利,如憍陈如毁坏酒。”
‘‘Na ve anatthakusalena, atthacariyā sukhāvahā; Hāpeti atthaṃ dummedho, koṇḍañño vāruṇiṃ yathā’’ti.
在这里,所谓“就像憍陈如对待酒一样”,意思是:就像这位名叫憍陈如的弟子,心里想着“我要做点有用的事”,却往酒里加盐,结果把酒弄少了、弄没了、毁掉了;同样,任何擅长做无益之事的人,都会把利益毁掉。菩萨就用这首偈颂来说法。
Tattha koṇḍañño vāruṇiṃ yathāti yathā ayaṃ koṇḍaññanāmako antevāsiko ‘‘atthaṃ karissāmī’’ti loṇaṃ pakkhipitvā vāruṇiṃ hāpesi parihāpesi vināsesi, evaṃ sabbopi anatthakusalo atthaṃ hāpetīti bodhisatto imāya gāthāya dhammaṃ desesi.
世尊也说:“这位居士不是现在才破坏酒的,过去世他也一样是破坏酒的人。”说完,他把前后因缘连接起来,总结本生故事:“那时的破坏酒者,就是现在的破坏酒者;而波罗奈的长者,就是我。”
Satthāpi ‘‘na esa gahapati idāneva vāruṇidūsako, pubbepi vāruṇidūsakoyevā’’ti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā vāruṇidūsako idānipi vāruṇidūsakova ahosi, bārāṇasiseṭṭhi pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
8. 韦达婆本生注释
[48] 8. Vedabbajātakavaṇṇanā
“不以方法而求利益者”:导师住在祇园时,针对一位难调伏的比丘而说了这段话。导师对那位比丘说:“比丘,你并非现在才难调伏,过去世也是如此。正因为这个原因,你不听智者的话,被利剑斩成两段,倒在路上,还因为那一个人的缘故,使一千名男子丧命。”说完,便讲述了过去的故事。
Anupāyena yo atthanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto dubbacabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tañhi bhikkhuṃ satthā ‘‘na tvaṃ bhikkhu idāneva dubbaco, pubbepi dubbacoyeva, teneva ca kāraṇena paṇḍitānaṃ vacanaṃ akatvā tiṇhena asinā dvidhā katvā chinno hutvā magge nipatittha, tañca ekakaṃ nissāya purisasahassaṃ jīvitakkhayaṃ patta’’nti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
过去,梵授王在波罗奈治国的时候,有个村子里住着一位婆罗门,他会一种叫“韦达婆”的咒语。据说这咒语无价又极其珍贵,只要赶上星宿会合的时机,念诵这咒语并仰望天空,天上就会降下七宝之雨。那时,菩萨正在这位婆罗门身边学手艺。有一天,婆罗门因为有事,带着菩萨离开自己的村子,前往支提国。半路上在一片森林里,有五百个叫“派遣贼”的强盗在那里拦路抢劫,他们抓住了菩萨和韦达婆婆罗门。为什么这些人叫“派遣贼”呢?据说他们抓到两个人后,会放一个人回去取财物,所以就叫“派遣贼”。他们要是抓到父子,就对父亲说:“你去把我们的财物拿来,再来领回儿子。”用这个办法,抓到母女就放走母亲,抓到兄弟就放走哥哥,抓到老师和弟子就放走弟子。当时,他们抓住了韦达婆婆罗门,放走了菩萨。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente ekasmiṃ gāmake aññataro brāhmaṇo vedabbaṃ nāma mantaṃ jānāti. So kira manto anaggho mahāraho, nakkhattayoge laddhe taṃ mantaṃ parivattetvā ākāse ullokite ākāsato sattaratanavassaṃ vassati. Tadā bodhisatto tassa brāhmaṇassa santike sippaṃ uggaṇhāti. Athekadivasaṃ brāhmaṇo bodhisattaṃ ādāya kenacideva karaṇīyena attano gāmā nikkhamitvā cetaraṭṭhaṃ agamāsi, antarāmagge ca ekasmiṃ araññaṭṭhāne pañcasatā pesanakacorā nāma panthaghātaṃ karonti. Te bodhisattañca vedabbabrāhmaṇañca gaṇhiṃsu. Kasmā panete ‘‘pesanakacorā’’ti vuccanti? Te kira dve jane gahetvā ekaṃ dhanāharaṇatthāya pesenti, tasmā ‘‘pesanakacorā’’tveva vuccanti. Tepi ca pitāputte gahetvā pitaraṃ ‘‘tvaṃ amhākaṃ dhanaṃ āharitvā puttaṃ gahetvā yāhī’’ti vadanti. Etenupāyena mātudhītaro gahetvā mātaraṃ vissajjenti, jeṭṭhakaniṭṭhe gahetvā jeṭṭhabhātikaṃ vissajjenti, ācariyantevāsike gahetvā antevāsikaṃ vissajjenti. Te tasmiṃ kāle vedabbabrāhmaṇaṃ gahetvā bodhisattaṃ vissajjesuṃ.
菩萨顶礼老师之后说:我过一两天就回来,你们不要害怕。不过,你们要听我的话:今天正好有能降下财宝雨的星宿会合,你们千万不要因为受不了苦,就念咒把财宝降下来。如果你们真把财宝降下来,你们自己会遭毁灭,这五百个盗贼也会遭毁灭。菩萨这样嘱咐老师之后,就为了财物离开了。太阳落山时,盗贼们把婆罗门捆起来,让他躺在地上。就在那一刻,一轮满月从东方世界升起。婆罗门观察星宿,心想:能降下财宝雨的星宿会合已经出现了,我何必白白受这份苦呢?不如念咒降下宝雨,把财物给盗贼,然后舒舒服服地离开。于是他对盗贼们说:尊敬的盗贼们,你们为什么抓我?他们说:为了财物,尊者。婆罗门说:如果你们要的是财物,就赶快把我从捆绑中解开,给我洗头,穿上干净衣服,涂上香料,戴上花环,然后把我安置好。盗贼们听了他的话,就照做了。
Bodhisatto ācariyaṃ vanditvā ‘‘ahaṃ ekāhadvīhaccayena āgamissāmi, tumhe mā bhāyittha, apica kho pana mama vacanaṃ karotha, ajja dhanavassāpanakanakkhattayogo bhavissati, mā kho tumhe dukkhaṃ asahantā mantaṃ parivattetvā dhanaṃ vassāpayittha. Sace vassāpessatha, tumhe ca vināsaṃ pāpuṇissatha, ime ca pañcasatā corā’’ti evaṃ ācariyaṃ ovaditvā dhanatthāya agamāsi. Corāpi sūriye atthaṅgate brāhmaṇaṃ bandhitvā nipajjāpesuṃ. Taṅkhaṇaññeva pācīnalokadhātuto paripuṇṇacandamaṇḍalaṃ uṭṭhahi. Brāhmaṇo nakkhattaṃ olokento ‘‘dhanavassāpanakanakkhattayogo laddho, kiṃ me dukkhena anubhūtena, mantaṃ parivattetvā ratanavassaṃ vassāpetvā corānaṃ dhanaṃ datvā yathāsukhaṃ gamissāmī’’ti cintetvā core āmantesi ‘‘bhonto corā, tumhe maṃ kimatthāya gaṇhathā’’ti? ‘‘Dhanatthāya, ayyā’’ti. ‘‘Sace vo, dhanena attho, khippaṃ maṃ bandhanā mocetvā sīsaṃ nhāpetvā ahatavatthāni acchādetvā gandhehi vilimpāpetvā pupphāni pilandhāpetvā ṭhapethā’’ti. ‘‘Corā tassa kathaṃ sutvā tathā akaṃsu’’.
婆罗门知道星宿会合的时刻到了,就念动咒语,抬头望向天空。就在那一瞬间,宝物从空中纷纷落下。盗贼们把那些财宝收拾起来,用上衣包成一包,就跑了。婆罗门也跟在他们后面走。这时,另外五百个盗贼把这伙盗贼抓住了。他们问:“你们为什么抓我们?”对方说:“为了财宝。”他们就说:“如果你们要财宝,就抓这个婆罗门。他抬头望天,就能让财宝像下雨一样落下来,我们的财宝也是他给的。”那些盗贼就放了先前那伙盗贼,转而抓住婆罗门,说:“也给我们财宝!”婆罗门说:“我可以给你们财宝,但能让财宝像雨一样落下来的星宿会合,要等到一年以后才会再有。如果你们要财宝,就耐心等着,到那时我就让财宝像雨一样落下来。”盗贼们生气了,说:“嘿,你这个坏婆罗门!刚刚还给别人降下财宝,现在却要我们等整整一年!”于是他们用锋利的剑把婆罗门砍成两段,扔在路上,然后飞快地追上前去,和那伙盗贼打了起来,把他们全都杀了。夺了财宝之后,他们又分成两伙,互相打斗,杀了二百五十人。就这样一直互相残杀,直到最后只剩下两个人。那一千个人就这样全都毁灭了。
Brāhmaṇo nakkhattayogaṃ ñatvā mantaṃ parivattetvā ākāsaṃ ullokesi, tāvadeva ākāsato ratanāni patiṃsu. Corā taṃ dhanaṃ saṅkaḍḍhitvā uttarāsaṅgesu bhaṇḍikaṃ katvā pāyiṃsu. Brāhmaṇopi tesaṃ pacchatova agamāsi. Atha te core aññe pañcasatā corā gaṇhiṃsu. ‘‘Kimatthaṃ amhe gaṇhathā’’ti ca vuttā ‘‘dhanatthāyā’’ti āhaṃsu. ‘‘Yadi vo dhanena attho, etaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ gaṇhatha, eso ākāsaṃ ulloketvā dhanaṃ vassāpesi, amhākampetaṃ eteneva dinna’’nti. Corā core vissajjetvā ‘‘amhākampi dhanaṃ dehī’’ti brāhmaṇaṃ gaṇhiṃsu. Brāhmaṇo ‘‘ahaṃ tumhākaṃ dhanaṃ dadeyyaṃ, dhanavassāpanakanakkhattayogo pana ito saṃvaccharamatthake bhavissati. Yadi vo dhanenattho, adhivāsetha, tadā dhanavassaṃ vassāpessāmī’’ti āha. Corā kujjhitvā ‘‘ambho, duṭṭhabrāhmaṇa, aññesaṃ idāneva dhanaṃ vassāpetvā amhe aññaṃ saṃvaccharaṃ adhivāsāpesī’’ti tiṇhena asinā brāhmaṇaṃ dvidhā chinditvā magge chaḍḍetvā vegena anubandhitvā tehi corehi saddhiṃ yujjhitvā te sabbepi māretvā dhanaṃ ādāya puna dve koṭṭhāsā hutvā aññamaññaṃ yujjhitvā aḍḍhateyyāni purisasatāni ghātetvā etena upāyena yāva dve janā avasiṭṭhā ahesuṃ, tāva aññamaññaṃ ghātayiṃsu. Evaṃ taṃ purisasahassaṃ vināsaṃ pattaṃ.
那两个人用计把财宝带走,藏在某个村子附近的密林里。一个人拿着剑守在那里,另一个人带着米进村,找人把饭煮好。贪欲这东西,本来就是毁灭的根源。守在财宝旁边的那个人心想:“等他回来,这些财宝就要分成两份。不如趁他刚回来,我就用剑砍死他。”于是他握好剑,盯着他回来的方向坐着等。另一个人也在想:“这些财宝要分成两份。不如我在饭里下毒,让那个人吃了送命,然后我一个人独吞财宝。”饭煮好后,他自己先吃了,把毒下在剩下的饭里,带着饭回到那里。他刚把饭放下、站在那里,另一个人就用剑把他砍成两段,扔到隐蔽的地方,然后吃了那些饭,自己也当场丧了命。就这样,为了这些财宝,他们全都走向了毁灭。
Te pana dve janā upāyena taṃ dhanaṃ āharitvā ekasmiṃ gāmasamīpe gahanaṭṭhāne dhanaṃ paṭicchādetvā eko khaggaṃ gahetvā rakkhanto nisīdi, eko taṇḍule gahetvā bhattaṃ pacāpetuṃ gāmaṃ pāvisi. Lobho ca nāmesa vināsamūlamevāti dhanasantike nisinno cintesi ‘‘tasmiṃ āgate idaṃ dhanaṃ dve koṭṭhāsā bhavissanti, yaṃnūnāhaṃ taṃ āgatamattameva khaggena paharitvā ghāteyya’’nti. So khaggaṃ sannayhitvā tassa āgamanaṃ olokento nisīdi. Itaropi cintesi ‘‘taṃ dhanaṃ dve koṭṭhāsā bhavissanti, yaṃnūnāhaṃ bhatte visaṃ pakkhipitvā taṃ purisaṃ bhojetvā jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā ekakova dhanaṃ gaṇheyya’’nti. So niṭṭhite bhatte sayaṃ bhuñjitvā sesake visaṃ pakkhipitvā taṃ ādāya tattha agamāsi. Taṃ bhattaṃ otāretvā ṭhitamattameva itaro khaggena dvidhā chinditvā taṃ paṭicchannaṭṭhāne chaḍḍetvā tañca bhattaṃ bhuñjitvā sayampi tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇi. Evañca taṃ dhanaṃ nissāya sabbeva vināsaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu.
菩萨过了一两天,带着财物回来,到了那个地方,不见老师,却看见财物散落一地,心想:“老师一定没听我的话,把财物像下雨一样撒掉了,他们所有人都该遭遇毁灭了。”于是他就沿着大路走去。走着走着,看见老师在大路上被砍成两段,心想:“老师不听我的话,已经死了。”他把木头搬来,堆成火葬堆,火化了老师,用林间的野花供养,然后继续往前走。他依次看见五百人丧命,再往前看见二百五十人,最后看见两个人也丧了命。他心想:“这一千人,只差两个就全完了。这一定是另外两个盗贼干的,他们俩也没法活下来。他们到底去了哪里呢?”他继续走,看见那两个人带着财物进入密林的路,顺着路走,看见捆扎好的财宝堆,又看见一只盖着的饭钵和死人。于是他明白了:“这一定是他们干的。”他四处寻找:“那个人到底在哪里?”又看见那具尸体被丢在隐蔽的地方。他心想:“我们的老师不听我的话,因为自己不肯受教,不但自己毁了,还让另外一千人也毁了。唉!那些不用正当方法、没有正当理由却想让自己发达的人,一定会像我们的老师一样,遭到大毁灭。”这样想后,他说了这首偈颂:
Bodhisattopi kho ekāhadvīhaccayena dhanaṃ ādāya āgato tasmiṃ ṭhāne ācariyaṃ adisvā vippakiṇṇaṃ pana dhanaṃ disvā ‘‘ācariyena mama vacanaṃ akatvā dhanaṃ vassāpitaṃ bhavissati, sabbehi vināsaṃ pattehi bhavitabba’’nti mahāmaggena pāyāsi. Gacchanto ācariyaṃ mahāmagge dvidhā chinnaṃ disvā ‘‘mama vacanaṃ akatvā mato’’ti dārūni uddharitvā citakaṃ katvā ācariyaṃ jhāpetvā vanapupphehi pūjetvā purato gacchanto jīvitakkhayaṃ patte pañcasate, purato aḍḍhateyyasateti anukkamena avasāne dve jane jīvitakkhayaṃ patte disvā cintesi ‘‘imaṃ dvīhi ūnaṃ purisasahassaṃ vināsaṃ pattaṃ, aññehi dvīhi corehi bhavitabbaṃ, tepi santhambhituṃ na sakkhissanti, kahaṃ nu kho te gatā’’ti gacchanto tesaṃ dhanaṃ ādāya gahanaṭṭhānaṃ paviṭṭhamaggaṃ disvā gacchanto bhaṇḍikabaddhassa dhanassa rāsiṃ disvā ekaṃ bhattapātiṃ avattharitvā mataṃ addasa. Tato ‘‘idaṃ nāma tehi kataṃ bhavissatī’’ti sabbaṃ ñatvā ‘‘kahaṃ nu kho so puriso’’ti vicinanto tampi paṭicchannaṭṭhāne apaviddhaṃ disvā ‘‘amhākaṃ ācariyo mama vacanaṃ akatvā attano dubbacabhāvena attanāpi vināsaṃ patto, aparampi tena purisasahassaṃ vināsitaṃ, anupāyena vata akāraṇena attano vuḍḍhiṃ patthayamānā amhākaṃ ācariyo viya mahāvināsameva pāpuṇissantī’’ti cintetvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
“想用不正当的手段得到好处的人,只会把自己搞得很痛苦。
那些车提国人杀死了韦达婆,他们全都遭遇了毁灭。”
‘‘Anupāyena yo atthaṃ, icchati so vihaññati; Cetā haniṃsu vedabbaṃ, sabbe te byasanamajjhagū’’ti.
在这里,那个人受苦:有人用不对的方法,心想“我想要自己的利益、增长和快乐”,却在时机不对的时候拼命努力,这个人就会受苦、疲惫不堪,最终遭到巨大的毁灭。那些贼,说的是车提国的盗贼。他们杀害了韦达婆:他们杀害了那位因为精通韦达婆咒而被称为“韦达婆”的婆罗门。他们都遭遇了不幸:他们那些人一个不剩地互相残杀,全都遭遇了不幸,落得了不幸的下场。
Tattha so vihaññatīti so anupāyena ‘‘attano atthaṃ vuḍḍhiṃ sukhaṃ icchāmī’’ti akāle vāyāmaṃ karonto puggalo vihaññati kilamati mahāvināsaṃ pāpuṇāti. Cetāti cetaraṭṭhavāsino corā. Haniṃsu vedabbanti vedabbamantavasena ‘‘vedabbo’’ti laddhanāmaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ haniṃsu. Sabbe te byasanamajjhagūti tepi ca anavasesā aññamaññaṃ ghātayamānā byasanaṃ adhigacchiṃsu paṭilabhiṃsūti.
菩萨这样想:“就像我们的老师,用错了方法,在不该使劲的地方硬干,结果虽然让钱财像下雨一样落下来,自己却丢了性命,还成了别人毁灭的原因。同样,以后如果有人也用错方法,想为自己谋利益而拼命努力,那这个人一定会毁了自己,也会成为别人毁灭的原因。”于是他在森林里大声宣告,天神们都纷纷叫好。他用这首偈颂说法之后,用正确的方法把那些钱财搬回自己家里,做布施等种种积福的事,活到寿命尽时,命终之后往生天界。
Evaṃ bodhisatto ‘‘yathā amhākaṃ ācariyo anupāyena aṭṭhāne parakkamaṃ karonto dhanaṃ vassāpetvā attanāpi jīvitakkhayaṃ patto, aññesañca vināsapaccayo jāto, evameva yo aññopi anupāyena attano atthaṃ icchanto vāyāmaṃ karissati, sabbo so attanā ca vinassissati, paresañca vināsapaccayo bhavissatī’’ti vanaṃ unnādento devatāsu sādhukāraṃ dadamānāsu imāya gāthāya dhammaṃ desetvā taṃ dhanaṃ upāyena attano gehaṃ āharitvā dānādīni puññāni karonto yāvatāyukaṃ ṭhatvā jīvitapariyosāne saggapathaṃ pūrayamāno agamāsi.
世尊也举出这个法门:“比丘,你并不是现在才难以教导,过去也一样难以教导,正因为难以教导,才落得个彻底毁灭。”他接着把前后因缘连接起来,总结本生故事说:“那时的韦达婆罗门,就是现在这个难以教导的比丘;而当时的那位弟子,正是我。”
Satthāpi ‘‘na tvaṃ bhikkhu idāneva dubbaco, pubbepi dubbacova, dubbacattā pana mahāvināsaṃ patto’’ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā vedabbabrāhmaṇo dubbacabhikkhu ahosi, antevāsiko pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
9. 星宿本生注释
[49] 9. Nakkhattajātakavaṇṇanā
星宿不好这件事,是导师住在祇园精舍时,因一位邪命外道而说的。据说在舍卫城,有一位良家女,乡间有个良家子想为儿子娶她,便拦住她说:“我们定在某某日迎娶。”定下日子后,到了那天,他去问自家亲近的邪命外道:“尊者,今天我们要办一件吉祥事,星宿好不好?”那外道心想:“这人先前不先来问我,自己就定了日子,现在才来问。行,我要教训教训他。”于是生气地说:“今天星宿不好,今天别办吉祥事;要是办了,会有大灾祸。”那家人信了他的话,那天就没有去。城里人把吉祥仪式都准备好了,见他们不来,就说:“他们定了今天,却没来;我们白费了这么多功夫,何必等他们,把女儿嫁给别人吧。”于是就用已经备好的吉祥仪式,把女儿嫁给了另一家。
Nakkhattaṃpatimānentanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ ājīvakaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Sāvatthiyaṃ kirekaṃ kuladhītaraṃ janapade eko kulaputto attano puttassa vāretvā ‘‘asukadivase nāma gaṇhissāmī’’ti divasaṃ ṭhapetvā tasmiṃ divase sampatte attano kulūpakaṃ ājīvakaṃ pucchi ‘‘bhante, ajja mayaṃ ekaṃ maṅgalaṃ karissāma, sobhanaṃ nu kho nakkhatta’’nti. So ‘‘ayaṃ maṃ paṭhamaṃ apucchitvāva divasaṃ ṭhapetvā idāni paṭipucchati, hotu, sikkhāpessāmi na’’nti kujjhitvā ‘‘ajja asobhanaṃ nakkhattaṃ, mā ajja maṅgalaṃ karittha, sace karissatha, mahāvināso bhavissatī’’ti āha. Tasmiṃ kule manussā tassa saddahitvā taṃ divasaṃ na gacchiṃsu. Nagaravāsino sabbaṃ maṅgalakiriyaṃ katvā tesaṃ anāgamanaṃ disvā ‘‘tehi ajja divaso ṭhapito, no ca kho āgatā, amhākampi bahu vayakammaṃ kataṃ, kiṃ no tehi, amhākaṃ dhītaraṃ aññassa dassāmā’’ti yathākateneva maṅgalena dhītaraṃ aññassa kulassa adaṃsu.
第二天,那些人又来了,说:“把女孩给我们。”舍卫城的人就骂他们:“你们这些乡下居士,真是些恶人!定好了日子,却轻慢不来,现在顺着原路回去吧,我们已经把女孩许给别人了。”他们跟舍卫城的人吵了一架,没要到女孩,只好顺着原路回去。那个邪命外道给这家人制造吉祥障碍的事,也在比丘们中间传开了。比丘们聚在法堂里,坐着谈论:“贤友,邪命外道给那家人制造了吉祥障碍。”世尊来了,问:“比丘们,你们现在聚在一起谈什么?”他们回答:“就是这件事。”世尊说:“比丘们,这个邪命外道不只是现在给那家人制造吉祥障碍,过去他也因为生气,给那些人制造过吉祥障碍。”说完,就讲起了过去的事。
Itare punadivase āgantvā ‘‘detha no dārika’’nti āhaṃsu. Atha ne sāvatthivāsino ‘‘janapadavāsino nāma tumhe gahapatikā pāpamanussā divasaṃ ṭhapetvā avaññāya na āgatā, āgatamaggeneva paṭigacchatha , amhehi aññesaṃ dārikā dinnā’’ti paribhāsiṃsu. Te tehi saddhiṃ kalahaṃ katvā dārikaṃ alabhitvā yathāgatamaggeneva gatā. Tenapi ājīvakena tesaṃ manussānaṃ maṅgalantarāyassa katabhāvo bhikkhūnaṃ antare pākaṭo jāto. Te bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ sannipatitā ‘‘āvuso, ājīvakena kulassa maṅgalantarāyo kato’’ti kathayamānā nisīdiṃsu. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchi. Te ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti kathayiṃsu. ‘‘Na, bhikkhave, idāneva ājīvako tassa kulassa maṅgalantarāyaṃ karoti, pubbepi esa tesaṃ kujjhitvā maṅgalantarāyaṃ akāsiyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
过去,在波罗奈梵授王统治的时候,城里人想娶乡下人的女儿,定好日子后,去问自己家常供养的邪命外道:“尊者,我们今天有一桩吉祥事,星宿吉利吗?”那外道心想:“这些人自己凭喜好定了日子,现在才来问我。”于是生气,又想:“今天我要坏他们的吉祥事。”就说:“今天星宿不吉利,要是办了,会遭大祸。”他们信了他的话,就没有去。乡下人见他们没来,说:“他们定了今天却没来,管他们呢,把女儿嫁别人吧。”就把女儿许给了别人。第二天城里人来了,讨要那女孩。乡下人说:“你们城里居士真是不要脸,定了日子却不来娶;因为你们没来,我们已经把女儿许给别人了。”城里人说:“我们问过邪命外道,他说星宿不吉利,所以没来,把女孩给我们吧。”乡下人说:“因为你们没来,我们已经许给别人了,已经嫁出去的女儿,怎么能再要回来?”
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente nagaravāsino janapadavāsīnaṃ dhītaraṃ vāretvā divasaṃ ṭhapetvā attano kulūpakaṃ ājīvakaṃ pucchiṃsu ‘‘bhante, ajja amhākaṃ ekā maṅgalakiriyā, sobhanaṃ nu kho nakkhatta’’nti. So ‘‘ime attano ruciyā divasaṃ ṭhapetvā idāni maṃ pucchantī’’ti kujjhitvā ‘‘ajja nesaṃ maṅgalantarāyaṃ karissāmī’’ti cintetvā ‘‘ajja asobhanaṃ nakkhattaṃ, sace karotha, mahāvināsaṃ pāpuṇissathā’’ti āha. Te tassa saddahitvā na gamiṃsu. Janapadavāsino tesaṃ anāgamanaṃ ñatvā ‘‘te ajja divasaṃ ṭhapetvāpi na āgatā, kiṃ no tehi, aññesaṃ dhītaraṃ dassāmā’’ti aññesaṃ dhītaraṃ adaṃsu. Nagaravāsino punadivase āgantvā dārikaṃ yāciṃsu. Janapadavāsino ‘‘tumhe nagaravāsino nāma chinnahirikā gahapatikā, divasaṃ ṭhapetvā dārikaṃ na gaṇhittha, mayaṃ tumhākaṃ anāgamanabhāvena aññesaṃ adamhā’’ti. Mayaṃ ājīvakaṃ paṭipucchitvā ‘‘‘nakkhattaṃ na sobhana’nti nāgatā, detha no dārika’’nti. ‘‘Amhehi tumhākaṃ anāgamanabhāvena aññesaṃ dinnā, idāni dinnadārikaṃ kathaṃ puna ānessāmā’’ti.
就在他们这样互相争吵的时候,一个住在城里的聪明人因为一件事去了乡下。他听到那些城里人说:“我们问过邪命外道,因为星宿不吉利,所以我们才没来。”听完之后,他说:“星宿有什么要紧?能娶到那个姑娘,这本身就是最好的星宿了。”说完,他说了这首偈颂:
Evaṃ tesu aññamaññaṃ kalahaṃ karontesu eko nagaravāsī paṇḍitapuriso ekena kammena janapadaṃ gato tesaṃ nagaravāsīnaṃ ‘‘mayaṃ ājīvakaṃ pucchitvā nakkhattassa asobhanabhāvena nāgatā’’ti kathentānaṃ sutvā ‘‘nakkhattena ko attho, nanu dārikāya laddhabhāvova nakkhatta’’nti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
“愚人一心等着吉星,结果错过了该办的事。
利益本身就是利益的吉星,那些星星又能做什么呢?”
‘‘Nakkhattaṃ patimānentaṃ, attho bālaṃ upaccagā; Attho atthassa nakkhattaṃ, kiṃ karissanti tārakā’’ti.
在这里,“期盼着”是指张望着,心里不断想着“现在吉时该到了吧,现在吉时该到了吧”,就这样等待着。“利益溜过了愚人”意思是:那个住在城里的愚人,错过了“得到那个女孩”这个被称为利益的好事。“利益本身即是利益的星宿”是说:一个人为了某个目标四处奔走寻找,最终得到的那份利益本身,就叫作他目标的星宿。“星星能做什么呢”是说:天上那些星星能做什么呢?它们能帮人达成哪一个目标呢?这就是这句话的意思。结果,城里的那些人吵了一通,连女孩都没得到就回去了。
Tattha patimānentanti olokentaṃ, ‘‘idāni nakkhattaṃ bhavissati, idāni nakkhattaṃ bhavissatī’’ti āgamayamānaṃ. Attho bālaṃ upaccagāti etaṃ nagaravāsikaṃ bālaṃ dārikāpaṭilābhasaṅkhāto attho atikkanto. Attho atthassa nakkhattanti yaṃ atthaṃ pariyesanto carati, so paṭiladdho atthova atthassa nakkhattaṃ nāma. Kiṃ karissanti tārakāti itare pana ākāse tārakā kiṃ karissanti, kataraṃ atthaṃ sādhessantīti attho. Nagaravāsino kalahaṃ katvā dārikaṃ alabhitvāva agamaṃsu.
导师引了这段开示说:“比丘们,这个邪命外道不是现在才给那户人家制造吉祥的障碍,过去他也曾这样做。”他把前后故事衔接起来,总结本生故事说:“那时的邪命外道就是现在的邪命外道,那些家族也就是现在的这些家族,而那位说完偈颂、站在一旁的智者,正是我。”
Satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, esa ājīvako idāneva kulassa maṅgalantarāyaṃ karoti, pubbepi akāsiyevā’’ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā ājīvako etarahi ājīvakova ahosi, tānipi kulāni etarahi kulāniyeva, gāthaṃ vatvā ṭhito paṇḍitapuriso pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
10. 愚者本生注释
[50] 10. Dummedhajātakavaṇṇanā
“愚人”这个说法,是导师住在祇园时,围绕世间利益的行为而说的。这个故事会在第十二集《大黑本生》里清楚出现。
Dummedhānanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto lokatthacariyaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Sā dvādasakanipāte mahākaṇhajātake (jā. 1.12.61 ādayo) āvi bhavissati.
过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王治理国家的时候,菩萨投生到那位国王的第一王后腹中。菩萨从母胎出生后,在命名那天,大家给他取名叫“梵授王子”。他满十六岁时,到塔迦尸喇学习技艺,通达三部吠陀,并圆满掌握了十八种学问。后来,父王给了他副王的地位。那时候,波罗奈的居民都崇奉天神,向天神致敬,宰杀许多山羊、绵羊、鸡、猪等,用各种花香和血肉来作祭祀。菩萨心想:“现在这些众生都崇奉天神,大量杀生,大多数人完全安住在非法之中。我在父王去世后得到王位,绝不会让任何人受苦,而要用善巧方便,使他们不再杀生。”有一天,他乘车出城,看见在一棵大榕树下聚集了很多人,他们正向住在那棵树上的天神祈求儿女、财富等各自想要的东西。菩萨看到后,便下车走到那棵榕树前,用香和花供养,用水灌沐,右绕榕树,装成崇奉天神的样子,向天神礼敬,然后上车回城。从那时起,他就时常按这种方式,在有空的时候到那里去,像崇奉天神的人一样作供养。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto tassa rañño aggamahesiyā kucchimhi paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhi. Tassa mātukucchito nikkhantassa nāmaggahaṇadivase ‘‘brahmadattakumāro’’ti nāmaṃ akaṃsu. So soḷasavassuddesiko hutvā takkasilāyaṃ sippaṃ uggaṇhitvā tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāraṃ gantvā aṭṭhārasannaṃ vijjaṭṭhānānaṃ nipphattiṃ pāpuṇi, athassa pitā oparajjaṃ adāsi. Tasmiṃ samaye bārāṇasivāsino devatāmaṅgalikā honti, devatā namassanti, bahū ajeḷakakukkuṭabhūkarādayo vadhitvā nānappakārehi pupphagandhehi ceva maṃsalohitehi ca balikammaṃ karonti. Bodhisatto cintesi ‘‘idāni sattā devatāmaṅgalikā, bahuṃ pāṇavadhaṃ karonti, mahājano yebhuyyena adhammasmiṃyeva niviṭṭho, ahaṃ pitu accayena rajjaṃ labhitvā ekampi akilametvā upāyeneva pāṇavadhaṃ kātuṃ na dassāmī’’ti. So ekadivasaṃ rathaṃ abhiruyha nagarā nikkhanto addasa ekasmiṃ mahante vaṭarukkhe mahājanaṃ sannipatitaṃ, tasmiṃ rukkhe nibbattadevatāya santike puttadhītuyasadhanādīsu yaṃ yaṃ icchati, taṃ taṃ patthentaṃ. So taṃ disvā rathā oruyha taṃ rukkhaṃ upasaṅkamitvā gandhapupphehi pūjetvā udakena abhisekaṃ katvā rukkhaṃ padakkhiṇaṃ katvā devatāmaṅgaliko viya hutvā devataṃ namassitvā rathaṃ abhiruyha nagaraṃ pāvisi. Tato paṭṭhāya imināva niyāmena antarantare tattha gantvā devatāmaṅgaliko viya pūjaṃ karoti.
后来,父王去世后,他登上王位,避开四种邪道,不触犯十种王法,依法治理国家。他心想:“我的心愿已经实现,我已经稳稳登上王位。我以前曾想过一件事,现在我要把它办成。”于是他把大臣、婆罗门、居士等人召集起来,对他们说:“诸位,你们知道我是因为什么原因才得到王位的吗?”“不知道,大王。”“你们见过我以前用香等供养一棵名为某某的榕树,合掌向它礼敬吗?”“见过,大王。”“那时我曾发愿说:‘如果我得到王位,我就为你举行祭祀。’我是靠那位天神的威力才得到这个王位的。现在我要为她举行祭祀,你们不要拖延,赶快为天神准备好祭品。”“大王,我们要准备些什么呢?”“诸位,我向天神祈求时是这样说的:‘在我的国土里,凡是造作以杀生为首的五种破戒业、行于十种不善业道的人,我要把他们杀掉,用他们的肠子、肚子、肉、血等来举行祭祀。’所以你们要这样击鼓宣告:‘我们的大王在做副王时就曾这样祈求:如果我得到王位,凡是在我国土里破戒的人,我要把他们全部杀掉来举行祭祀。现在大王想要杀掉一千个继续造作五种恶行、行于十种不善业道的破戒者,取出他们的心脏、肉等来为天神举行祭祀。城里的居民们都应当知道这件事。’”说完这番话后,他又宣示:“从今以后,凡行破戒业者,我杀一千人举行祭祀,以从誓愿中解脱。”为了阐明这个意思,他说出此偈:
So aparena samayena pitu accayena rajje patiṭṭhāya catasso agatiyo vajjetvā dasa rājadhamme akopento dhammena rajjaṃ kārento cintesi ‘‘mayhaṃ manoratho matthakaṃ patto, rajje patiṭṭhitomhi. Yaṃ panāhaṃ pubbe ekaṃ atthaṃ cintayiṃ, idāni taṃ matthakaṃ pāpessāmī’’ti amacce ca brāhmaṇagahapatikādayo ca sannipātāpetvā āmantesi ‘‘jānātha bho mayā kena kāraṇena rajjaṃ patta’’nti? ‘‘Na jānāma, devā’’ti. ‘‘Api vohaṃ asukaṃ nāma vaṭarukkhaṃ gandhādīhi pūjetvā añjaliṃ paggahetvā namassamāno diṭṭhapubbo’’ti. ‘‘Āma, devā’’ti. Tadāhaṃ patthanaṃ akāsiṃ ‘‘sace rajjaṃ pāpuṇissāmi, balikammaṃ te karissāmī’’ti. ‘‘Tassā me devatāya ānubhāvena idaṃ rajjaṃ laddhaṃ, idānissā balikammaṃ karissāmi, tumhe papañcaṃ akatvā khippaṃ devatāya balikammaṃ sajjethā’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ kiṃ gaṇhāma, devā’’ti? Bho ahaṃ devatāya āyācamāno ‘‘ye mayhaṃ rajje pāṇātipātādīni pañca dussīlakammāni dasa akusalakammapathe samādāya vattissanti, te ghātetvā antavaṭṭimaṃsalohitādīhi balikammaṃ karissāmī’’ti āyāciṃ. Tasmā tumhe evaṃ bheriṃ carāpetha ‘‘amhākaṃ rājā uparājakāleyeva evaṃ āyāci ‘sacāhaṃ rajjaṃ pāpuṇissāmi, ye me rajje dussīlā bhavissanti, te sabbe ghātetvā balikammaṃ karissāmī’ti, so idāni pañcavidhaṃ dussīlakammaṃ dasavidhaṃ akusalakammapathaṃ samādāya vattamānānaṃ dussīlānaṃ sahassaṃ ghātetvā tesaṃ hadayamaṃsādīni gāhāpetvā devatāya balikammaṃ kātukāmo, evaṃ nagaravāsino jānantū’’ti. Evañca pana vatvā ‘‘yedāni ito paṭṭhāya dussīlakamme vattissanti, tesaṃ sahassaṃ ghātetvā yaññaṃ yajitvā āyācanato muccissāmī’’ti etamatthaṃ pakāsento imaṃ gāthamāha –
“我曾被上千愚人乞求而许诺祭祀;
如今我将献祭,因为不守正法之人众多。”
‘‘Dummedhānaṃ sahassena, yañño me upayācito; Idāni khohaṃ yajissāmi, bahu adhammiko jano’’ti.
这里,“以千数的愚者”是指:因为不知道“这件事该做、这件事不该做”,或者因为坚持行持十种不善业道,所以他们的慧是坏的,因此叫愚者;这里说的就是算取这样一千个没有智慧、愚痴的凡夫。“我祈求的祭祀”:是我走到天神那里祈求说“我要这样祭祀”,那个祭祀就是我所祈求的。“现在我将祭祀”:因为靠这次祈求得到了王位,所以我现在就要祭祀。为什么要这样?因为现在有很多行非法的人,所以我现在就要把他们抓来作祭供。
Tattha dummedhānaṃ sahassenāti ‘‘idaṃ kammaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭati, idaṃ na vaṭṭatī’’ti ajānanabhāvena, dasasu vā pana akusalakammapathesu samādāya vattanabhāvena duṭṭhā medhā etesanti dummedhā, tesaṃ dummedhānaṃ nippaññānaṃ bālapuggalānaṃ gaṇitvā gahitena sahassena. Yañño me upayācitoti mayā devataṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘evaṃ yajissāmī’’ti yañño yācito. Idāni khohaṃ yajissāmīti so ahaṃ iminā āyācanena rajjassa paṭiladdhattā idāni yajissāmi. Kiṃkāraṇā? Idāni hi bahu adhammiko jano, tasmā idāneva naṃ gahetvā balikammaṃ karissāmīti.
大臣们听了菩萨的话,说:“善哉,大王!”随后在方圆十二由旬的波罗奈里击鼓传令。人们听到鼓令后,没有一个人还坚持做哪怕一件恶行。就这样,在菩萨治理国政的整个期间,也看不到有任何人去做五种恶行或十种恶行中的任何一种。菩萨就这样不让任何一个人受到困扰,让全国居民都守护戒律,自己也做了布施等种种善行,命终时带着自己的随众,往生并充满了天城。
Amaccā bodhisattassa vacanaṃ sutvā ‘‘sādhu, devā’’ti dvādasayojanike bārāṇasinagare bheriṃ carāpesuṃ. Bheriyā āṇaṃ sutvā ekampi dussīlakammaṃ samādāya ṭhito ekapurisopi nāhosi. Iti yāva bodhisatto rajjaṃ kāresi, tāva ekapuggalopi pañcasu dasasu vā dussīlakammesu ekampi kammaṃ karonto na paññāyittha. Evaṃ bodhisatto ekapuggalampi akilamento sakalaraṭṭhavāsino sīlaṃ rakkhāpetvā sayampi dānādīni puññāni katvā jīvitapariyosāne attano parisaṃ ādāya devanagaraṃ pūrento agamāsi.
世尊也说:“诸比丘,如来并非现在才为世间求利益,过去也一直在这样做。”说完这个法义开示后,他把前后因缘连接起来,归结到本生故事:“当时的那群听众就是佛陀的弟子众,而波罗奈的国王就是我。”
Satthāpi ‘‘na, bhikkhave, tathāgato idāneva lokassa atthaṃ carati, pubbepi cariyevā’’ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadāparisā buddhaparisā ahesuṃ, bārāṇasirājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
食残帝沙与鸽子,竹筒、蚊虫及罗希尼;
园污、酒污并韦达婆。
星宿愚者十经。
Losakatissakapota, veḷukaṃ makasampi ca; Rohiṇī ārāmadūsaṃ, vāruṇīdūsavedabbaṃ; Nakkhattaṃ dummedhaṃ dasāti.