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1礼敬彼世尊、阿拉汉、正自觉者
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa
2《本生经注》
Jātaka-aṭṭhakathā
1(第二分)
(Dutiyo bhāgo)
42. 二集
2. Dukanipāto
21. 坚固品
1. Daḷhavaggo
3[151] 1. 王训本生注释
[151] 1. Rājovādajātakavaṇṇanā
4「Daḷhaṃdaḷhassa khipatīti」:这是世尊住在祇园时,以国王的训诫为缘由而讲述的。这个故事将在《鹌鹑本生》中出现。不过,有一天,憍萨罗王判决了一件走入邪途、颠倒不公的案件。他吃过早饭,手还是湿的,就坐上装饰华美的车辇,来到世尊面前,在如同盛开的莲花般庄严的双足前顶礼世尊,然后坐在一旁。于是世尊对他说:“喂,大王,你大白天从哪里来?”“尊者,今天我在判决一件走入邪途、颠倒不公的案件,迟迟找不到头绪,刚刚处理完,用完餐,手还没擦干就赶来拜见您了。”世尊说:“大王,依照正法、平和公正地审理案件,才称得上善,这是通往天界的道路。话说回来,你们从我这样的全知佛陀这里领受教诲,能依法公正判案,这件事倒并不出奇。真正难得的是,过去的国王们,即使不是全知者,只不过听闻了智者的教示,便能依法公正审理案件,避开四种落入邪途的偏私,从不违背十种王法,以正法治理国家,最后都往生天界,使天宫充盈。”世尊这样说完后,应那位国王的请求,开示了过去的事情。
Daḷhaṃdaḷhassa khipatīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto rājovādaṃ ārabbha kathesi. So tesakuṇajātake (jā. 2.17.1 ādayo) āvi bhavissati. Ekasmiṃ pana divase kosalarājā ekaṃ agatigataṃ dubbinicchayaṃ aḍḍaṃ vinicchinitvā bhuttapātarāso allahatthova alaṅkatarathaṃ abhiruyha satthu santikaṃ gantvā phullapadumasassirikesu pādesu nipatitvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Atha naṃ satthā etadavoca – ‘‘handa kuto nu tvaṃ, mahārāja, āgacchasi divā divassā’’ti. ‘‘Bhante, ajja ekaṃ agatigataṃ dubbinicchayaṃ aḍḍaṃ vinicchinanto okāsaṃ alabhitvā idāni taṃ tīretvā bhuñjitvā allahatthova tumhākaṃ upaṭṭhānaṃ āgatomhī’’ti. Satthā ‘‘mahārāja, dhammena samena aḍḍavinicchayaṃ nāma kusalaṃ, saggamaggo esa. Anacchariyaṃ kho panetaṃ, yaṃ tumhe mādisassa sabbaññubuddhassa santikā ovādaṃ labhamānā dhammena samena aḍḍaṃ vinicchineyyātha. Etadeva acchariyaṃ, yaṃ pubbe rājāno asabbaññūnampi paṇḍitānaṃ vacanaṃ sutvā dhammena samena aḍḍaṃ vinicchinantā cattāri agatigamanāni vajjetvā dasa rājadhamme akopetvā dhammena rajjaṃ kāretvā saggapuraṃ pūrayamānā agamiṃsū’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
5过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治的时期,菩萨在第一王妃的母胎中结生,获得孕期应有的保护,安好地从母胎出生。在取名字的日子,人们为他取名“梵授王子”。他随着年岁渐长,到了十六岁时,前往塔迦尸喇学习,精通了一切技艺。父王去世后,他登上王位,以正法、平和地治理国家,从不凭贪欲等行事,而是遵照法律作出判决。当菩萨这样依法治国时,大臣们也都依法处理民众的诉讼。由于诉讼都能得到公正的裁决,那些伪造假案的人便自然消失了。没有这些人,王宫门前请求裁决的喧嚷声也就断绝了。大臣们整天坐在裁决处,却看不到一个来请求裁决的人,于是纷纷起身离去,那裁决处几乎成了可以废弃的地方。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto tassa aggamahesiyā kucchismiṃ paṭisandhiṃ gahetvā laddhagabbhaparihāro sotthinā mātukucchimhā nikkhami. Nāmaggahaṇadivase panassa ‘‘brahmadattakumāro’’tveva nāmaṃ akaṃsu. So anupubbena vayappatto soḷasavassakāle takkasilaṃ gantvā sabbasippesu nipphattiṃ patvā pitu accayena rajje patiṭṭhāya dhammena samena rajjaṃ kāresi, chandādivasena agantvā vinicchayaṃ anusāsi. Tasmiṃ evaṃ dhammena rajjaṃ kārente amaccāpi dhammeneva vohāraṃ vinicchiniṃsu. Vohāresu dhammena vinicchayamānesu kūṭaḍḍakārakā nāma nāhesuṃ, tesaṃ abhāvā aḍḍatthāya rājaṅgaṇe uparavo pacchijji. Amaccā divasampi vinicchayaṭṭhāne nisīditvā kañci vinicchayatthāya āgacchantaṃ adisvā uṭṭhāya pakkamanti, vinicchayaṭṭhānaṃ chaḍḍetabbabhāvaṃ pāpuṇi.
6菩萨心想:“在我依法治理国家的时候,竟没有人来裁决处了,喧嚷声断绝,裁决处也快被废弃不用。现在,我应该好好探寻自己的过失,一旦听到‘他有这样的过失’,就把它去除,让自己只安住在善德上。”从那时开始,他就留心观察:「有没有人批评我的过失呢?」他先在身边的侍从中间寻找,却没有发现任何批评他过失的人,听到的全是赞美。他心想:“这些人恐怕是因为畏惧我,才不肯说我的过失,只说优点吧。”于是,他又去观察宫廷外的随行人员,在那里同样没有找到批评者。他又到城内去寻找,再到城外四个城门附近的四个村落去寻找。在那些地方,仍然找不到任何批评他过失的人,他听到的依然全是赞美。他又想:“我要到更远的地方去考察。”于是把国家托付给大臣们,自己登上车,只带着车夫,扮成不为人知的模样出了王城。他一路考察各个地方,一直走到边境地区,还是没有发现任何批评他过失的人,听到的都是赞颂。于是,他从边境边上的大道掉转车头,面向都城的方向回返。
Bodhisatto cintesi – ‘‘mayi dhammena rajjaṃ kārente vinicchayaṭṭhānaṃ āgacchantā nāma natthi, uparavo pacchijji, vinicchayaṭṭhānaṃ chaḍḍetabbabhāvaṃ pattaṃ, idāni mayā attano aguṇaṃ pariyesituṃ vaṭṭati ‘ayaṃ nāma me aguṇo’ti sutvā taṃ pahāya guṇesuyeva vattissāmī’’ti. Tato paṭṭhāya ‘‘atthi nu kho me koci aguṇavādī’’ti pariggaṇhanto antovaḷañjakānaṃ antare kañci aguṇavādiṃ adisvā attano guṇakathameva sutvā ‘‘ete mayhaṃ bhayenāpi aguṇaṃ avatvā guṇameva vadeyyu’’nti bahivaḷañjanake pariggaṇhanto tatthāpi adisvā antonagare pariggaṇhi. Bahinagare catūsu dvāresu catugāmake pariggaṇhi. Tatthāpi kañci aguṇavādiṃ adisvā attano guṇakathameva sutvā ‘‘janapadaṃ pariggaṇhissāmī’’ti amacce rajjaṃ paṭicchāpetvā rathaṃ āruyha sārathimeva gahetvā aññātakavesena nagarā nikkhamitvā janapadaṃ pariggaṇhamāno yāva paccantabhūmiṃ gantvā kañci aguṇavādiṃ adisvā attano guṇakathameva sutvā paccantasīmato mahāmaggena nagarābhimukhoyeva nivatti.
7那时,有一位名叫巴利伽的憍萨罗王,同样依法治国。他四处寻找批评自己过失的话,但在宫内的侍从等人当中,根本没有看到说他缺点的人,听到的只有赞美。于是,他在巡视各地时,来到了那个地方。这两位的车在一处低洼地的车道上迎面相遇,根本没有办法让车错开。于是,巴利伽王的御者对波罗奈王的御者说:‘把你的车退让开!’那位御者也说:‘喂,御者,把你的车退让开!这辆车上坐的是波罗奈国的君主梵授大王。’另一位御者同样地说:‘喂,御者,这辆车上坐的是憍萨罗国的君主巴利伽大王,把你的车退让开,给我们国王的车让出地方来。’波罗奈王的御者心想:‘看来那位也是国王,这该怎么办呢?’他思索着:‘有一个办法。’便询问对方的年龄,心想:‘让年轻人的车退让,给年长者让出地方。’这样决定了以后,他就去问憍萨罗王的御者,详细了解情况,结果得知两人的年龄一样大。他又进一步询问国土的大小、军力、财富、名誉、出身、种姓、家族所在地等所有方面,知道了‘这两位都是统领三百由旬国土的君主,军力、财富、名誉、出身、种姓、家族所在地全都相同’,于是又想:‘那就应该为持戒的人让出地方。’便问道:‘喂,御者,你们国王的戒行与品德是怎样的?’那位御者便把自己的国王的缺点当做优点来宣扬,说出了第一首偈颂:
Tasmiṃ pana kāle balliko nāma kosalarājāpi dhammena rajjaṃ kārento aguṇakathaṃ gavesanto hutvā antovaḷañjakādīsu aguṇavādiṃ adisvā attano guṇakathameva sutvā janapadaṃ pariggaṇhanto taṃ padesaṃ agamāsi. Te ubhopi ekasmiṃ ninnaṭṭhāne sakaṭamagge abhimukhā ahesuṃ, rathassa ukkamanaṭṭhānaṃ natthi. Atha ballikarañño sārathi bārāṇasirañño sārathiṃ ‘‘tava rathaṃ ukkamāpehī’’ti āha. Sopi ‘‘ambho sārathi, tava rathaṃ ukkamāpehi, imasmiṃ rathe bārāṇasirajjasāmiko brahmadattamahārājā nisinno’’ti āha. Itaropi naṃ ‘‘ambho sārathi, imasmiṃ rathe kosalarajjasāmiko ballikamahārājā nisinno, tava rathaṃ ukkamāpetvā amhākaṃ rañño rathassa okāsaṃ dehī’’ti āha. Bārāṇasirañño sārathi ‘‘ayampi kira rājāyeva, kiṃ nu kho kātabba’’nti cintento ‘‘attheso upāyo’’ti vayaṃ pucchitvā ‘‘daharassa rathaṃ ukkamāpetvā mahallakassa okāsaṃ dāpessāmī’’ti sanniṭṭhānaṃ katvā taṃ sārathiṃ kosalarañño vayaṃ pucchitvā pariggaṇhanto ubhinnampi samānavayabhāvaṃ ñatvā rajjaparimāṇaṃ balaṃ dhanaṃ yasaṃ jātiṃ gottaṃ kulapadesanti sabbaṃ pucchitvā ‘‘ubhopi tiyojanasatikassa rajjassa sāmino samānabaladhanayasajātigottakulapadesā’’ti ñatvā ‘‘sīlavantassa okāsaṃ dassāmī’’ti cintetvā ‘‘bho sārathi, tumhākaṃ rañño sīlācāro kīdiso’’ti pucchi. So ‘‘ayañca ayañca amhākaṃ rañño sīlācāro’’ti attano rañño aguṇameva guṇato pakāsento paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
1一。
1.
9“他以强硬对付强硬者,巴利伽以柔和对付柔和者;”
‘‘Daḷhaṃ daḷhassa khipati, balliko mudunā muduṃ;
10善人以善胜,不善者以不善胜;
Sādhumpi sādhunā jeti, asādhumpi asādhunā;
11我们的国王就是如此,御者啊,请让开道路。
Etādiso ayaṃ rājā, maggā uyyāhi sārathī’’ti.
12在此,“他以坚对坚抛掷”的意思是:对于那应该用强有力的打击或言辞才能战胜的强硬者,他就给予强硬的打击或言辞;这是显示他以刚强的方式去征服对方。“巴利伽”是那位国王的名字。“以柔对柔”:对于柔和的人,他自己也变得柔和,然后用柔和的方法去战胜。“善人以善胜”:那些善人、善士,自己保持善,便以善的方法去战胜。“不善者以不善胜”:至于那些不善的人,他自己便成为不善之人,以不善的方法去战胜;这是表明这种意思。“我们的国王就是如此”:我们这位憍萨罗王,就戒行与品德来说也是如此。“御者啊,请让开道路”:是说,你把你的车从路上赶开,驶到路边去,为我们国王让出道路来。
Tattha daḷhaṃ daḷhassa khipatīti yo daḷho hoti balavadaḷhena pahārena vā vacanena vā jinitabbo, tassa daḷhameva pahāraṃ vā vacanaṃ vā khipati. Evaṃ daḷhova hutvā taṃ jinātīti dasseti. Ballikoti tassa rañño nāmaṃ. Mudunā mudunti mudupuggalaṃ sayampi mudu hutvā mudunāva upāyena jināti. Sādhumpi sādhunā jetīti ye sādhū sappurisā, te sayampi sādhu hutvā sādhunāva upāyena jināti. Asādhumpi asādhunāti ye pana asādhū, te sayampi asādhu hutvā asādhunāva upāyena jinātīti dasseti. Etādiso ayaṃ rājāti ayaṃ amhākaṃ kosalarājā sīlācārena evarūpo. Maggā uyyāhi sārathīti attano rathaṃ maggā ukkamāpetvā uyyāhi, uppathena yāhi, amhākaṃ rañño maggaṃ dehīti vadati.
13这时,波罗奈王的御者便问他:‘喂,你这是在讲自己国王的优点吗?’听到对方回答‘是的’,他便说:‘如果你说这些是优点,那缺点又是什么样呢?’当对方说‘这些姑且算是缺点,那么你们国王的优点又是什么?’时,巴利伽王的御者便说:‘那你听好了!’并诵出了第二首偈颂——
Atha naṃ bārāṇasirañño sārathi ‘‘ambho, kiṃ pana tayā attano rañño guṇakathā kathitā’’ti vatvā ‘‘āmā’’ti vutte ‘‘yadi pana ete guṇāti vadasi, aguṇā pana kīdisī’’ti vatvā ‘‘ete tāva aguṇā hontu, tumhākaṃ pana rañño kīdiso guṇo’’ti vutte ‘‘tena hi suṇāhī’’ti dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
2二。
2.
15应以无嗔胜嗔怒,以善胜不善;
‘‘Akkodhena jine kodhaṃ, asādhuṃ sādhunā jine;
16应以布施胜悭吝,以真实胜妄语者。
Jine kadariyaṃ dānena, saccenālikavādinaṃ;
17我们的国王就是如此,御者啊,请让开道路。
Etādiso ayaṃ rājā, maggā uyyāhi sārathī’’ti.
18在此,“这样的”是指具足了上面“应以无嗔胜嗔怒”等偈颂所说这些功德的人。也就是,对于有嗔怒的人,他自己保持无嗔,用无嗔去战胜;对于不善的人,他自己保持善,就用善的方法去战胜;对于悭吝者,也就是固执悭吝的人,他自己成为施主,用布施去战胜。“以真实胜妄语者”的意思是:对于说妄语的人,他自己说真实语,用真实去战胜。“御者啊,请让开道路”:意思就是,喂,御者,请从路上移开。对于具有这种戒行与功德的我们国王,请你让出道路,我们国王才适合走这条路。
Tattha etādisoti etehi ‘‘akkodhena jine kodha’’ntiādivasena vuttehi guṇehi samannāgato. Ayañhi kuddhaṃ puggalaṃ sayaṃ akkodho hutvā akkodhena jināti, asādhuṃ pana sayaṃ sādhu hutvā sādhunāva upāyena jināti, kadariyaṃ thaddhamacchariṃ sayaṃ dāyako hutvā dānena jināti. Saccenālikavādinanti musāvādiṃ sayaṃ saccavādī hutvā saccena jināti. Maggā uyyāhi sārathīti, samma sārathi, maggato apagaccha. Evaṃvidhasīlācāraguṇayuttassa amhākaṃ rañño maggaṃ dehi, amhākaṃ rājā maggassa anucchavikoti.
19这样说之后,巴利伽王和御者两人都下了车,解开马匹,移开车辆,给波罗奈王让出了道路。波罗奈王教导巴利伽王说:“作为国王,这些和那些事情都应该做。”然后便前往波罗奈城,做了布施等种种福德善行,在生命结束后往生天宫。巴利伽王也接受了他的教导,巡视地方之后,没有看到任何说自己过失的人,便回到自己的城市,做了布施等种种福德善行,在生命结束后也同样往生天宫。
Evaṃ vutte ballikarājā ca sārathi ca ubhopi rathā otaritvā asse mocetvā rathaṃ apanetvā bārāṇasirañño maggaṃ adaṃsu. Bārāṇasirājā ballikarañño ‘‘raññā nāma idañcidañca kātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti ovādaṃ datvā bārāṇasiṃ gantvā dānādīni puññāni katvā jīvitapariyosāne saggapuraṃ pūresi. Ballikarājāpi tassa ovādaṃ gahetvā janapadaṃ pariggahetvā attano aguṇavādiṃ adisvāva sakanagaraṃ gantvā dānādīni puññāni katvā jīvitapariyosāne saggapurameva pūresi.
20导师为了教导憍萨罗王而引出这次说法后,把本生故事连接起来说:“那时,巴利伽王的御者就是目犍连,巴利伽王是阿难,波罗奈王的御者是舍利弗,而波罗奈王就是我本人。”
Satthā kosalarājassa ovādatthāya imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā ballikarañño sārathi moggallāno ahosi, ballikarājā ānando, bārāṇasirañño sārathi sāriputto, bārāṇasirājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
24《王训本生》的注释第一。
Rājovādajātakavaṇṇanā paṭhamā.
21[152] 2. 《豺本生》的注释
[152] 2. Siṅgālajātakavaṇṇanā
22“未审察业处者”——这是导师住在重阁讲堂时,针对一位毘舍离的理发师之子所说。据说那位理发师之子的父亲,为国王、王后、王子、王女们做刮脸、理发、修剪指甲等一切事务。他具信心、很净信,已归依三宝,受持五戒,经常听闻导师说法而过日子。有一天,他去王宫干活时,带着儿子一同前往。儿子在那里见到一位装饰得像天女般华丽的离车族少女,因为烦恼的力量而心生爱着。他跟着父亲走出王宫后,便说:‘如果能得到这位少女,我就活下去;如果得不到,我宁愿就死在这里。’于是绝食,紧抱着床铺躺下。
Asamekkhitakammantanti idaṃ satthā kūṭāgārasālāyaṃ viharanto vesālivāsikaṃ ekaṃ nhāpitaputtaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tassa kira pitā rājūnaṃ rājorodhānaṃ rājakumārānaṃ rājakumārikānañca massukaraṇakesasaṇṭhapanaaṭṭhapadaṭṭhapanādīni sabbakiccāni karoti saddho pasanno tisaraṇagato samādinnapañcasīlo, antarantare satthu dhammaṃ suṇanto kālaṃ vītināmeti. So ekasmiṃ divase rājanivesane kammaṃ kātuṃ gacchanto attano puttaṃ gahetvā gato. So tattha ekaṃ devaccharāpaṭibhāgaṃ alaṅkatapaṭiyattaṃ licchavikumārikaṃ disvā kilesavasena paṭibaddhacitto hutvā pitarā saddhiṃ rājanivesanā nikkhamitvā ‘‘etaṃ kumārikaṃ labhamāno jīvissāmi, alabhamānassa me ettheva maraṇa’’nti āhārupacchedaṃ katvā mañcakaṃ parissajitvā nipajji.
23于是父亲来到他身边说:‘儿子啊,不要对不适当的对象生起欲贪。你出身卑贱,是理发师的儿子;离车族少女是刹帝利之女,种姓高贵,她与你并不相配。我会为你找一个在出身、种姓上都与你相配的少女。’儿子却不肯听父亲的话。随后,母亲、兄弟、姊妹、叔父、婶母等所有亲属,以及朋友、知交都前来劝说,但都无法说服他。他就那样日渐消瘦、死命枯槁,终于死去。父亲为他办完后事,心里带着轻微的忧伤,想:‘我应去顶礼导师。’便带了很多香、花鬘与涂香,前往大林,供养礼拜导师后,在一旁坐下。导师问:‘近事男,怎么好多天没见到你?’他便禀告了此事。导师说:‘近事男,你的儿子并非现在才对不适当的对象生起欲贪而遭到毁灭,过去世他也曾这样。’应他的请求,导师开示了过去世。
Atha naṃ pitā upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘tāta, avatthumhi chandarāgaṃ mā kari, hīnajacco tvaṃ nhāpitaputto, licchavikumārikā khattiyadhītā jātisampannā, na sā tuyhaṃ anucchavikā, aññaṃ te jātigottehi sadisaṃ kumārikaṃ ānessāmī’’ti āha. So pitu kathaṃ na gaṇhi. Atha naṃ mātā bhātā bhaginī cūḷapitā cūḷamātāti sabbepi ñātakā ceva mittasuhajjā ca sannipatitvā saññāpentāpi saññāpetuṃ nāsakkhiṃsu. So tattheva sussitvā parisussitvā jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇi. Athassa pitā sarīrakiccapetakiccāni katvā tanusoko ‘‘satthāraṃ vandissāmī’’ti bahuṃ gandhamālāvilepanaṃ gahetvā mahāvanaṃ gantvā satthāraṃ pūjetvā vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisinno ‘‘kiṃ nu kho, upāsaka, bahūni divasāni na dissasī’’ti vutte tamatthaṃ ārocesi. Satthā ‘‘na kho, upāsaka, idāneva tava putto avatthusmiṃ chandarāgaṃ uppādetvā vināsaṃ pāpuṇi, pubbepi pattoyevā’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
24过去世,波罗奈由梵授王统治时,菩萨在雪山地区投生于狮子母胎。他有六个弟弟和一个妹妹,全都住在金窟里。离那金窟不远,银山上有处水晶窟,里面住着一只豺。后来,狮子们的父母去世了。他们把妹妹——那只母狮崽——安置在金窟中,外出觅食,带回肉来给她吃。那豺见到这只母狮崽,便心生爱著。先前她父母在世时,豺无机可乘。等到这七只狮子都外出觅食时,豺便从水晶窟下来,走到金窟门口,当着母狮崽的面,说出这样一番与世间利养相关的悄悄话:‘母狮崽啊,我也是四足,你也是四足;你做我的妻吧,我做你的夫。我俩和合相处,愉快地一起生活。从今以后,你就以烦恼欲来接纳我吧。’她听了这些话后心想:‘这只豺在四足当中是低贱、遭人厌恶的,就像旃陀罗一样;而我们则被尊为高贵的王族。它竟对我说这样卑鄙、不相称的话。我听到这种话,活着还有什么意义?不如闭住呼吸死掉算了。’接着她又想:‘我就这样死去并不妥当,还是等我的哥哥们回来,告诉他们之后再死吧。’那豺没得到她的回应,心想:‘现在她一定是生我的气了。’满怀忧愁,回到水晶窟里躺下。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto himavantapadese sīhayoniyaṃ nibbatti. Tassa cha kaniṭṭhabhātaro ekā ca bhaginī ahosi, sabbepi kañcanaguhāyaṃ vasanti. Tassā pana guhāya avidūre rajatapabbate ekā phalikaguhā atthi, tattheko siṅgālo vasati. Aparabhāge sīhānaṃ mātāpitaro kālamakaṃsu. Te bhaginiṃ sīhapotikaṃ kañcanaguhāyaṃ ṭhapetvā gocarāya pakkamitvā maṃsaṃ āharitvā tassā denti. So siṅgālo taṃ sīhapotikaṃ disvā paṭibaddhacitto ahosi. Tassā pana mātāpitūnaṃ dharamānakāle okāsaṃ nālattha, so sattannampi tesaṃ gocarāya pakkantakāle phalikaguhāya otaritvā kañcanaguhāya dvāraṃ gantvā sīhapotikāya purato lokāmisapaṭisaṃyuttaṃ evarūpaṃ rahassakathaṃ kathesi – ‘‘sīhapotike, ahampi catuppado, tvampi catuppadā, tvaṃ me pajāpatī hohi, ahaṃ te pati bhavissāmi, te mayaṃ samaggā sammodamānā vasissāma, tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya maṃ kilesavasena saṅgaṇhāhī’’ti. Sā tassa vacanaṃ sutvā cintesi – ‘‘ayaṃ siṅgālo catuppadānaṃ antare hīno paṭikuṭṭho caṇḍālasadiso, mayaṃ uttamarājakulasammatā, esa kho mayā saddhiṃ asabbhiṃ ananucchavikaṃ kathaṃ katheti, ahaṃ evarūpaṃ kathaṃ sutvā jīvitena kiṃ karissāmi, nāsāvātaṃ sannirujjhitvā marissāmī’’ti. Athassā etadahosi – ‘‘mayhaṃ evameva maraṇaṃ ayuttaṃ, bhātikā tāva me āgacchantu, tesaṃ kathetvā marissāmī’’ti. Siṅgālopi tassā santikā paṭivacanaṃ alabhitvā ‘‘idāni esā mayhaṃ kujjhatī’’ti domanassappatto phalikaguhāyaṃ pavisitvā nipajji.
25那时,有一头幼狮杀死一头水牛或大象等猎物,吃完肉后,带回一份给妹妹,说:‘妹妹,吃肉吧。’她说:‘兄长,我不吃,我要死了。’‘是什么原因呢?’她便把事情的经过说了。当问到‘那豺现在在哪儿?’时,她把卧在水晶窟里的豺误认为‘卧在半空中’,便说:‘兄长,你没看见吗?它就躺在那银山上,在半空中呢。’这头幼狮不知道豺是卧在水晶窟里,以为真的是‘卧在半空中’,心里想:‘我要杀了它!’便以狮子的猛劲扑过去,胸膛撞在水晶窟上。心脏破裂,当场死亡,跌落到山脚下。随后又一个哥哥回来,她也同样告知了此事,那头狮子也像前一头一样行事,心脏破裂而死,跌落在山脚下。
Atheko sīhapotako mahiṃsavāraṇādīsu aññataraṃ vadhitvā maṃsaṃ khāditvā bhaginiyā bhāgaṃ āharitvā ‘‘amma, maṃsaṃ khādassū’’ti āha. ‘‘Bhātika, nāhaṃ maṃsaṃ khādāmi, marissāmī’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ kāraṇā’’ti? Sā taṃ pavattiṃ ācikkhi. ‘‘Idāni kahaṃ so siṅgālo’’ti ca vutte phalikaguhāyaṃ nipannaṃ siṅgālaṃ ‘‘ākāse nipanno’’ti maññamānā ‘‘bhātika, kiṃ na passasi, eso rajatapabbate ākāse nipanno’’ti. Sīhapotako tassa phalikaguhāyaṃ nipannabhāvaṃ ajānanto ‘‘ākāse nipanno’’ti saññī hutvā ‘‘māressāmi na’’nti sīhavegena pakkhanditvā phalikaguhaṃ hadayeneva pahari. So hadayena phalitena tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ patvā pabbatapāde pati. Athāparo āgacchi, sā tassapi tatheva kathesi. Sopi tatheva katvā jīvitakkhayaṃ patvā pabbatapāde pati.
26就这样,当六位哥哥全都死后,菩萨最后回来。她也对他说明了经过。当问‘那豺现在在哪儿?’时,她说:‘它就躺在那银山顶上,在半空中。’菩萨思惟:‘豺绝不可能在半空中立足,它应该是卧在水晶窟里。’他下到山脚,见到六位哥哥的尸体,说道:‘这些兄弟因为自己愚痴,缺乏审察的智慧,不知道那里是水晶窟,用胸膛猛撞而死。凡是不经审察、过于急躁行事的人,他的所作所为结果就是这样。’于是说出第一首偈颂:
Evaṃ chasupi bhātikesu matesu sabbapacchā bodhisatto āgacchi. Sā tassapi taṃ kāraṇaṃ ārocetvā ‘‘idāni so kuhi’’nti vutte ‘‘eso rajatapabbatamatthake ākāse nipanno’’ti āha. Bodhisatto cintesi – ‘‘siṅgālānaṃ ākāse patiṭṭhā nāma natthi, phalikaguhāyaṃ nipannako bhavissatī’’ti. So pabbatapādaṃ otaritvā cha bhātike mate disvā ‘‘ime attano bālatāya pariggaṇhanapaññāya abhāvena phalikaguhabhāvaṃ ajānitvā hadayena paharitvā matā bhavissanti, asamekkhitvā atituritaṃ karontānaṃ kammaṃ nāma evarūpaṃ hotī’’ti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
3三。
3.
28“那未经审察就急躁冒进的人,
‘‘Asamekkhitakammantaṃ, turitābhinipātinaṃ;
29他的那些业行会反过来折磨他,就像吞下滚烫的食物在嘴里一样。”
Sāni kammāni tappenti, uṇhaṃvajjhohitaṃ mukhe’’ti.
30这里的「未审察业处、急躁鲁莽者」,是指一个补特伽罗想要做某件事时,不审察、不考虑其中的过失,便匆忙、快速地投身进去、冲入进去、着手去干。对于这样未审察业处、急躁鲁莽的补特伽罗,那些业就会折磨他,使他焦虑、让他疲惫。就像什么一样呢?正如偈颂所说‘如同吞下滚烫食物于口中’。好比一个人在吃东西时,不加分别‘这是凉的,这是热的’,就把滚烫的食物塞进嘴里吞下去,结果烫伤、刺痛、折磨嘴巴、喉咙和腹部一样,同样地,那样的人就会被他自己做的业所折磨。
Tattha asamekkhitakammantaṃ, turitābhinipātinanti yo puggalo yaṃ kammaṃ kattukāmo hoti, tattha dosaṃ asamekkhitvā anupadhāretvā turito hutvā vegeneva taṃ kammaṃ kātuṃ abhinipatati pakkhandati paṭipajjati, taṃ asamekkhitakammantaṃ turitābhinipātinaṃ evaṃ sāni kammāni tappenti, socenti kilamenti. Yathā kiṃ? Uṇhaṃvajjhohitaṃ mukheti, yathā bhuñjantena ‘‘idaṃ sītalaṃ idaṃ uṇha’’nti anupadhāretvā uṇhaṃ ajjhoharaṇīyaṃ mukhe ajjhoharitaṃ ṭhapitaṃ mukhampi kaṇṭhampi kucchimpi dahati soceti kilameti, evaṃ tathārūpaṃ puggalaṃ sāni kammāni tappenti.
31就这样,狮子说了这首偈颂后,心想:‘我的兄弟们因为不善巧方便,一心想着“我们要杀了豺”,过于急躁地扑上去而丧了命。我可不会那样做,我要像对付躺在水晶洞窟里的豺一样,直接让它心脏碎裂。’于是,他仔细察看了豺上山下山的路线,然后面朝那边,三次发出狮子吼,大地和天空一时响彻同一种声音。那只豺正躺在水晶洞窟里,冷得瑟瑟发抖,心脏一下就破裂了,当场就断了气。
Iti so sīho imaṃ gāthaṃ vatvā ‘‘mama bhātikā anupāyakusalatāya ‘siṅgālaṃ māressāmā’ti ativegena pakkhanditvā sayaṃ matā, ahaṃ pana evarūpaṃ akatvā siṅgālassa phalikaguhāyaṃ nipannasseva hadayaṃ phālessāmī’’ti siṅgālassa ārohanaorohanamaggaṃ sallakkhetvā tadabhimukho hutvā tikkhattuṃ sīhanādaṃ nadi, pathaviyā saddhiṃ ākāsaṃ ekaninnādaṃ ahosi. Siṅgālassa phalikaguhāyaṃ nipannasseva sītatasitassa hadayaṃ phali, so tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇi.
32导师讲完‘那只豺就是这样听到狮子吼后毙命的’之后,已证得正觉,便诵出第二首偈颂:
Satthā ‘‘evaṃ so siṅgālo sīhanādaṃ sutvā jīvitakkhayaṃ patto’’ti vatvā abhisambuddho hutvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
4四。
4.
34狮子用狮子吼,使达达拉山发出回响;
‘‘Sīho ca sīhanādena, daddaraṃ abhinādayi;
35住在达达拉山的豺,听到狮子的吼声,
Sutvā sīhassa nigghosaṃ, siṅgālo daddare vasaṃ;
36便恐惧惊慌,吓得心脏破裂了。”
Bhīto santāsamāpādi, hadayañcassa apphalī’’ti.
37「狮子」:有四种狮子——草狮子、黄狮子、黑狮子、手足赤红而有鬣毛的狮子。其中,这里指的是鬣毛狮子。「使达达拉山回荡」:他用那如同霹雳般、极为恐怖的狮子吼,让那座银山回荡,使之成为一片轰鸣。「住在达达拉山」:指住在掺杂着水晶的银山上。「恐惧惊慌」:因为害怕死亡而恐惧,内心生出惊惧。「它的心脏破裂」:由于害怕,它的心脏破裂了。
Tattha sīhoti cattāro sīhā – tiṇasīho, paṇḍusīho, kāḷasīho, surattahatthapādo kesarasīhoti. Tesu kesarasīho idha adhippeto. Daddaraṃ abhinādayīti tena asanipātasaddasadisena bheravatarena sīhanādena taṃ rajatapabbataṃ abhinādayi ekaninnādaṃ akāsi. Daddare vasanti phalikamissake rajatapabbate vasanto. Bhīto santāsamāpādīti maraṇabhayena bhīto cittutrāsaṃ āpādi. Hadayañcassa apphalīti tena cassa bhayena hadayaṃ phalīti.
38就这样,狮子让豺丢了性命以后,把兄弟们藏在一个地方,然后告诉妹妹他们都已经死了。他安慰了妹妹,而后终生住在金洞窟中,最后随业而去。
Evaṃ sīho siṅgālaṃ jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā bhātaro ekasmiṃ ṭhāne paṭicchādetvā tesaṃ matabhāvaṃ bhaginiyā ācikkhitvā taṃ samassāsetvā yāvajīvaṃ kañcanaguhāyaṃ vasitvā yathākammaṃ gato.
39世尊开示了这个法门,阐明了真理,并将本生故事联结起来。在真理开示结束时,那位优婆塞证得了入流果。‘当时,那只豺是理发师的儿子,小母狮是离车族少女,那六个弟弟是某几位长老比丘,而兄长狮子就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne upāsako sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā siṅgālo nhāpitaputto ahosi, sīhapotikā licchavikumārikā, cha kaniṭṭhabhātaro aññataratherā ahesuṃ, jeṭṭhabhātikasīho pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
44豺本生注释第二 终。
Siṅgālajātakavaṇṇanā dutiyā.
40[153] 第三 野猪本生注释
[153] 3. Sūkarajātakavaṇṇanā
41「我是四足者,朋友」这部教导,是世尊住在祇园精舍时,针对一位长老比丘而说的。一天夜里,正在听闻佛法的时候,世尊站在香室门旁那宜人的阶梯石板上,给予比丘僧团善逝的教诫后,便进入了香室。法将舍利弗礼敬世尊之后,回到自己的住所。大目犍连也回到住所,休息了片刻,然后来到舍利弗长老身边提问。舍利弗如同在天空中升起满月一般,对每一个问题都作了明彻的解答。当时四众弟子正坐着听法。其中有一位长老比丘心里盘算:‘如果我在这大众之中阻挠舍利弗提问,这些人就会知道“此人多闻”,从而对我生起恭敬和尊重。’于是他站起身来,走到舍利弗长老跟前,立于一旁,说道:‘贤友舍利弗,我也想问你一个问题,请你也给我机会,为我决断——这究竟是穿刺性的、洞察性的、抑止的、策励的、殊胜的,还是反殊胜的?’舍利弗长老看了看他,心想:‘这位长老陷于欲望的邪行,空虚无知,根本什么都不懂。’于是便没有理睬他。舍利弗感到羞耻,便放下扇子,从座位上下来,走回了自己的精舍。目犍连长老也回到了自己的精舍。
Catuppado ahaṃ, sammāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ mahallakattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekasmiñhi divase rattiṃ dhammassavane vattamāne satthari gandhakuṭidvāre ramaṇīye sopānaphalake ṭhatvā bhikkhusaṅghassa sugatovādaṃ datvā gandhakuṭiṃ paviṭṭhe dhammasenāpati satthāraṃ vanditvā attano pariveṇaṃ agamāsi. Mahāmoggallānopi pariveṇameva gantvā muhuttaṃ vissamitvā therassa santikaṃ āgantvā pañhaṃ pucchi, pucchitapucchitaṃ dhammasenāpati gaganatale puṇṇacandaṃ uṭṭhāpento viya vissajjetvā pākaṭamakāsi. Catassopi parisā dhammaṃ suṇamānā nisīdiṃsu. Tattheko mahallakatthero cintesi – ‘‘sacāhaṃ imissā parisāya majjhe sāriputtaṃ āluḷento pañhaṃ pucchissāmi, ayaṃ me parisā ‘bahussuto aya’nti ñatvā sakkārasammānaṃ karissatī’’ti parisantarā uṭṭhāya theraṃ upasaṅkamitvā ekamantaṃ ṭhatvā ‘‘āvuso sāriputta, mayampi taṃ ekaṃ pañhaṃ pucchāma, amhākampi okāsaṃ karohi, dehi me vinicchayaṃ āvedhikāya vā nivedhikāya vā niggahe vā paggahe vā visese vā paṭivisese vā’’ti āha. Thero taṃ oloketvā ‘‘ayaṃ mahallako icchācāre ṭhito tuccho na kiñci jānātī’’ti tena saddhiṃ akathetvāva lajjamāno bījaniṃ ṭhapetvā āsanā otaritvā pariveṇaṃ pāvisi, moggallānattheropi attano pariveṇameva agamāsi.
42人们便站起来喊道:‘抓住这个无聊的长老,他不让我们听这甘甜的佛法!’大家追赶他,他逃跑时,在寺院边上一个破损的厕所里掉进了粪坑,沾了一身的粪。人们见此情景,心生懊悔,就来到了世尊跟前。世尊看到他们,问道:‘诸位优婆塞,你们怎么在不适当的时间来了?’人们禀告了此事。世尊说:‘优婆塞们啊,这位长老如今自高自大,不知自身力量,去和强大者较量而落得满身秽污,这并非只是今生的事;过去生他也曾自高自大,不知自身力量,去和强大者较量而沾了一身粪。’应他们请求,世尊便讲述了过去的故事。
Manussā uṭṭhāya ‘‘gaṇhathetaṃ tucchamahallakaṃ, madhuradhammassavanaṃ no sotuṃ na adāsī’’ti anubandhiṃsu. So palāyanto vihārapaccante bhinnapadarāya vaccakuṭiyā patitvā gūthamakkhito aṭṭhāsi. Manussā taṃ disvā vippaṭisārino hutvā satthu santikaṃ agamaṃsu. Satthā te disvā ‘‘kiṃ upāsakā avelāya āgatatthā’’ti pucchi, manussā tamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Satthā ‘‘na kho upāsakā idānevesa mahallako uppilāvito hutvā attano balaṃ ajānitvā mahābalehi saddhiṃ payojetvā gūthamakkhito jāto, pubbepesa uppilāvito hutvā attano balaṃ ajānitvā mahābalehi saddhiṃ payojetvā gūthamakkhito ahosī’’ti vatvā tehi yācito atītaṃ āhari.
43过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治时,菩萨投生为狮子,住在雪山地区的一个山洞里。离此不远有一片湖,许多野猪依湖而居。同样依着这片湖,还有苦行者在草舍中居住。有一天,狮子杀死了一头水牛或大象等猎物,足量吃过肉后,便下到湖中喝水,然后上岸。就在这时,一头大肥猪正依着湖在觅食。狮子看见它,心想:‘改天再来吃它吧,不过它要是看见我,以后可能就不敢再来了。’因为怕它不再出现,狮子从湖里上岸后,便朝一边走开。野猪看见了,心想:‘这家伙看见我,因为害怕不敢靠近,吓得要逃跑。今天我可要和这狮子较量一番。’于是它抬起头,向狮子挑战,准备打斗,并说了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto sīho hutvā himavantapadese pabbataguhāya vāsaṃ kappesi. Tassā avidūre ekaṃ saraṃ nissāya bahū sūkarā nivāsaṃ kappesuṃ. Tameva saraṃ nissāya tāpasāpi paṇṇasālāsu vāsaṃ kappesuṃ. Athekadivasaṃ sīho mahiṃsavāraṇādīsu aññataraṃ vadhitvā yāvadatthaṃ maṃsaṃ khāditvā taṃ saraṃ otaritvā pānīyaṃ pivitvā uttari. Tasmiṃ khaṇe eko thūlasūkaro taṃ saraṃ nissāya gocaraṃ gaṇhāti. Sīho taṃ disvā ‘‘aññaṃ ekadivasaṃ imaṃ khādissāmi, maṃ kho pana disvā puna na āgaccheyyā’’ti tassa anāgamanabhayena sarato uttaritvā ekena passena gantuṃ ārabhi. Sūkaro oloketvā ‘‘esa maṃ disvā mama bhayena upagantuṃ asakkonto bhayena palāyati, ajja mayā iminā sīhena saddhiṃ payojetuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti sīsaṃ ukkhipitvā taṃ yuddhatthāya avhayanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
5五。
5.
45我是四足众生,朋友,你也是四足众生;
‘‘Catuppado ahaṃ samma, tvampi samma catuppado;
46来吧,朋友,你转回来吧,你为什么害怕而逃跑呢?
Ehi samma nivattassu, kiṃ nu bhīto palāyasī’’ti.
47狮子听了它的话,说:‘猪朋友,今天我和你并没有战斗,但从今天起第七天,就在这个地方,让我们有一场战斗吧。’说完便离开了。猪非常高兴,把这事告诉了亲戚们。他们听了它的话,恐惧颤抖地说:‘现在你会使我们大家都毁灭,你不知道自己的力量,竟想与狮子战斗。狮子来了会把我们所有人都杀死。不要做这种鲁莽的事。’猪也恐惧颤抖,问:‘那我该怎么办?’群猪说:‘朋友,你到那些苦行者的粪便之地,在腐臭的粪中翻滚身体七天,让身体干涸,第七天用露水沾湿身体,在狮子到来之前先到,了解风向,站在上风处。本性爱干净的狮子闻到你的身味,就会把胜利让给你,然后离去。’猪照做了,第七天站在那里。狮子闻到它的身味,知道它沾满了粪,说:‘猪朋友,你想的计策很好。如果你没有沾满粪,我就在这里结束你的生命。但现在你的身体既不能用嘴咬,也不能用脚击打,我把胜利让给你。’然后说了第二首偈颂:
Sīho tassa kathaṃ sutvā ‘‘samma sūkara, ajja amhākaṃ tayā saddhiṃ saṅgāmo natthi, ito pana sattame divase imasmiṃyeva ṭhāne saṅgāmo hotū’’ti vatvā pakkāmi. Sūkaro ‘‘sīhena saddhiṃ saṅgāmessāmī’’ti haṭṭhapahaṭṭho taṃ pavattiṃ ñātakānaṃ ārocesi. Te tassa kathaṃ sutvā bhītatasitā ‘‘idāni tvaṃ sabbepi amhe nāsessasi, attano balaṃ ajānitvā sīhena saddhiṃ saṅgāmaṃ kattukāmoti, sīho āgantvā sabbepi amhe jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpessati, sāhasikakammaṃ mā karī’’ti āhaṃsu. Sopi bhītatasito ‘‘idāni kiṃ karomī’’ti pucchi. Sūkarā ‘‘samma, tvaṃ etesaṃ tāpasānaṃ uccārabhūmiṃ gantvā pūtigūthe satta divasāni sarīraṃ parivaṭṭetvā sukkhāpetvā sattame divase sarīraṃ ussāvabindūhi temetvā sīhassa āgamanato purimataraṃ gantvā vātayogaṃ ñatvā uparivāte tiṭṭha, sucijātiko sīho tava sarīragandhaṃ ghāyitvā tuyhaṃ jayaṃ datvā gamissatī’’ti āhaṃsu. So tathā katvā sattame divase tattha aṭṭhāsi. Sīho tassa sarīragandhaṃ ghāyitvā gūthamakkhitabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘samma sūkara, sundaro te leso cintito, sace tvaṃ gūthamakkhito nābhavissa, idheva taṃ jīvitakkhayaṃ apāpessaṃ, idāni pana te sarīraṃ neva mukhena ḍaṃsituṃ, na pādena paharituṃ sakkā, jayaṃ te dammī’’ti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
6六。
6.
49你是不净的,毛腐臭,你散发出恶臭,猪啊;
‘‘Asuci pūtilomosi, duggandho vāsi sūkara;
50如果你想战斗,朋友,我把胜利让给你。
Sace yujjitukāmosi, jayaṃ samma dadāmi te’’ti.
51在这里,‘毛腐臭’:因为沾满了粪,所以毛有恶臭。‘你散发恶臭’:你散发出不可意、卑鄙、不净的气味。‘朋友,我把胜利让给你’:意思是‘我把胜利让给你,我失败了,你走吧。’狮子说完,便从那里转身离开,去觅食,然后在湖中饮水,回到了山洞。猪也对亲戚们说:‘我打败了狮子。’那些猪恐惧颤抖地说:‘哪天狮子再来,会把我们全部杀死。’于是它们逃跑去了别处。
Tattha pūtilomoti mīḷhamakkhitattā duggandhalomo. Duggandho vāsīti aniṭṭhajegucchapaṭikūlagandho hutvā vāyasi. Jayaṃ, samma, dadāmi teti ‘‘tuyhaṃ jayaṃ demi, ahaṃ parājito, gaccha tva’’nti vatvā sīho tatova nivattitvā gocaraṃ gahetvā sare pānīyaṃ pivitvā pabbataguhameva gato. Sūkaropi ‘‘sīho me jito’’ti ñātakānaṃ ārocesi . Te bhītatasitā ‘‘puna ekadivasaṃ āgacchanto sīho sabbeva amhe jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpessatī’’ti palāyitvā aññattha agamaṃsu.
52导师讲完这个法开示后,总结本生:‘那时的猪就是这位长老,而狮子正是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā sūkaro mahallako ahosi, sīho pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
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Sūkarajātakavaṇṇanā tatiyā.
53[154] 4. 蛇本生注
[154] 4. Uragajātakavaṇṇanā
54“此处蛇中最胜者进入了……”这桩事是世尊住在祇园时,针对两群人的纷争所开示的。据说,憍萨罗国王有两位以塞尼为首的大臣,只要彼此碰面就会争吵,他们的怨仇遍传全城。国王和亲友们都没能让他们和合。一天清晨时分,世尊在观察可以引导的众生时,见到这两人都有证入流道的因缘。第二天,世尊便独自一人进入舍卫城乞食,站在其中一人的家门。那人出来接过钵,请世尊进入住所,铺好座位请他就坐。世尊坐下后,为他说了修习慈心的功德,知道他的心已经柔软之后,便为他开示了四圣谛,他在谛说结束时就证得了入流果。
Idhūragānaṃ pavaro paviṭṭhoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto seṇibhaṇḍanaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Kosalarañño kira sevakā seṇipamukhā dve mahāmattā aññamaññaṃ diṭṭhaṭṭhāne kalahaṃ karonti, tesaṃ veribhāvo sakalanagare pākaṭo jāto. Te neva rājā, na ñātimittā samagge kātuṃ sakkhiṃsu. Athekadivasaṃ satthā paccūsasamaye bodhaneyyabandhave olokento tesaṃ ubhinnampi sotāpattimaggassa upanissayaṃ disvā punadivase ekakova sāvatthiyaṃ piṇḍāya pavisitvā tesu ekassa gehadvāre aṭṭhāsi. So nikkhamitvā pattaṃ gahetvā satthāraṃ antonivesanaṃ pavesetvā āsanaṃ paññapetvā nisīdāpesi. Satthā nisīditvā tassa mettābhāvanāya ānisaṃsaṃ kathetvā kallacittataṃ ñatvā saccāni pakāsesi, so saccapariyosāne sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi.
55世尊知道他已成为入流者,就让他拿着钵,起身前往另一位大臣的家。那位大臣也出来礼敬世尊,说道:“请进,大德。”将世尊请入屋内并请他坐下。前一人也拿着钵,与世尊一同进入。世尊为那位大臣赞叹了修习慈心的十一种功德,知道他的心已柔软后,便为他开示了四圣谛。谛说结束时,他也证得了入流果。就这样,两人都成为入流者,互相坦白了过错,请求原谅,从此和合同心,融洽相处。就在那一天,他们一起在世尊面前用餐。世尊用完饭食之后便返回精舍。他们带了许多花鬘、香、涂香以及酥油、蜂蜜、糖浆等,随世尊一同出城。世尊对比丘僧团做了指示,下达了善逝的教诫后,便进入了香舍。
Satthā tassa sotāpannabhāvaṃ ñatvā tameva pattaṃ gāhāpetvā uṭṭhāya itarassa gehadvāraṃ agamāsi. Sopi nikkhamitvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ‘‘pavisatha, bhante’’ti gharaṃ pavesetvā nisīdāpesi. Itaropi pattaṃ gahetvā satthārā saddhiṃyeva pāvisi. Satthā tassa ekādasa mettānisaṃse vaṇṇetvā kallacittataṃ ñatvā saccāni pakāsesi, saccapariyosāne sopi sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. Iti te ubhopi sotāpannā hutvā aññamaññaṃ accayaṃ dassetvā khamāpetvā samaggā sammodamānā ekajjhāsayā ahesuṃ. Taṃ divasaññeva ca bhagavato sammukhāva ekato bhuñjiṃsu. Satthā bhattakiccaṃ niṭṭhāpetvā vihāraṃ agamāsi. Te bahūni mālāgandhavilepanāni ceva sappimadhuphāṇitādīni ca ādāya satthārā saddhiṃyeva nikkhamiṃsu. Satthā bhikkhusaṅghena vatte dassite sugatovādaṃ datvā gandhakuṭiṃ pāvisi.
56比丘们在傍晚时分,在法堂中生起了关于世尊德行的议论:“贤友们,世尊真是能调伏未调伏者的人。那两位大臣,国王费了那么久的努力都无法使他们和合,亲友等也不行,他们却在一天之内就被如来调伏了。”世尊前来问道:“比丘们,你们现在聚在一起议论什么?”听他们回答后,世尊说:“比丘们,并不是现在我才令这两人和合,过去我也曾使他们和合。”接着便讲起了过去的故事。
Bhikkhū sāyanhasamaye dhammasabhāyaṃ satthu guṇakathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ ‘‘āvuso, satthā adantadamako, ye nāma dve mahāmatte ciraṃ vāyamamānopi neva rājā samagge kātuṃ sakkhi, na ñātimittādayo sakkhiṃsu, te ekadivaseneva tathāgatena damitā’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idānevāhaṃ ime dve jane samagge akāsiṃ, pubbepete mayā samaggā katāyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
57过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治时,波罗奈宣布举办节日,举行了一场大集会。许多人类,以及天、龙、金翅鸟等,都聚集起来观看集会。在那里,有一条龙和一只金翅鸟站在一起看集会。龙不知道对方是金翅鸟,把鼻子搭在金翅鸟的肩膀上。金翅鸟心想:‘是谁把鼻子搭在我肩上?’回头一看,认出了那是龙。龙也回头看,认出了金翅鸟,因害怕死亡,便离开城邑,沿着河岸逃跑。金翅鸟紧随其后,心想:‘我要抓住他。’当时,菩萨是一位出家人,住在那条河岸边的叶屋中。为了平息白日的疲劳,他穿着浴衣,把树皮衣放在外面,下河洗澡。龙心想:‘依靠这位出家人,我就能活命。’便舍弃原本的形态,化作一条宝石色的龙,钻进了树皮衣里。金翅鸟追赶而来,看到他躲在那里,因为对树皮衣怀有尊重,没有去抓,而是对菩萨说:‘大德,我很饿,请把你的树皮衣拿走,我要吃掉这条龙。’为了说明这个意思,他说了第一首偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bārāṇasiyaṃ ussave ghosite mahāsamajjaṃ ahosi. Bahū manussā ceva devanāgasupaṇṇādayo ca samajjadassanatthaṃ sannipatiṃsu. Tatrekasmiṃ ṭhāne eko nāgo ca supaṇṇo ca samajjaṃ passamānā ekato aṭṭhaṃsu. Nāgo supaṇṇassa supaṇṇabhāvaṃ ajānanto aṃse hatthaṃ ṭhapesi. Supaṇṇo ‘‘kena me aṃse hattho ṭhapito’’ti nivattitvā olokento nāgaṃ sañjāni. Nāgopi olokento supaṇṇaṃ sañjānitvā maraṇabhayatajjito nagarā nikkhamitvā nadīpiṭṭhena palāyi. Supaṇṇopi ‘‘taṃ gahessāmī’’ti anubandhi. Tasmiṃ samaye bodhisatto tāpaso hutvā tassā nadiyā tīre paṇṇasālāya vasamāno divā darathapaṭippassambhanatthaṃ udakasāṭikaṃ nivāsetvā vakkalaṃ bahi ṭhapetvā nadiṃ otaritvā nhāyati. Nāgo ‘‘imaṃ pabbajitaṃ nissāya jīvitaṃ labhissāmī’’ti pakativaṇṇaṃ vijahitvā maṇikkhandhavaṇṇaṃ māpetvā vakkalantaraṃ pāvisi. Supaṇṇo anubandhamāno taṃ tattha paviṭṭhaṃ disvā vakkale garubhāvena aggahetvā bodhisattaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘bhante, ahaṃ chāto, tumhākaṃ vakkalaṃ gaṇhatha, imaṃ nāgaṃ khādissāmī’’ti imamatthaṃ pakāsetuṃ paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
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59“此处蛇中最胜者进来了,以宝石之色寻求从我这里解脱;”
‘‘Idhūragānaṃ pavaro paviṭṭho, selassa vaṇṇena pamokkhamicchaṃ;
60而我因为敬重您的梵行之色,虽然饥饿,却不能下口吃掉。”
Brahmañca vaṇṇaṃ apacāyamāno, bubhukkhito no vitarāmi bhottu’’nti.
61其中,「此处蛇中最胜者进来了」:指在这件树皮衣里,蛇类中最胜的龙王钻进去了。「以宝石之色」:指以宝石的色彩,也就是化作宝石堆的样子钻进去的意思。「寻求解脱」:指想从我这里得到解脱。「而我敬重梵行之色」:指我则尊重您的梵行之色,这种最胜之色,怀着礼敬尊重之心。「虽然饥饿,却不能下口吃掉」:意思是尽管饥饿,也无法吞吃这钻入树皮衣中的龙。
Tattha idhūragānaṃ pavaro paviṭṭhoti imasmiṃ vakkale uragānaṃ pavaro nāgarājā paviṭṭho. Selassa vaṇṇenāti maṇivaṇṇena, maṇikkhandho hutvā paviṭṭhoti attho. Pamokkhamicchanti mama santikā mokkhaṃ icchamāno. Brahmañca vaṇṇaṃ apacāyamānoti ahaṃ pana tumhākaṃ brahmavaṇṇaṃ seṭṭhavaṇṇaṃ pūjento garuṃ karonto. Bubhukkhito no vitarāmi bhottunti etaṃ nāgaṃ vakkalantaraṃ paviṭṭhaṃ chātopi samāno bhakkhituṃ na sakkomīti.
62菩萨就站在水中,先对金翅鸟王称赞了一番,然后说了第二首偈颂——
Bodhisatto udake ṭhitoyeva supaṇṇarājassa thutiṃ katvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
8八。
8.
64“愿你受到梵天的守护,长久存活,并得到天界的美食;
‘‘So brahmagutto cirameva jīva, dibyā ca te pātubhavantu bhakkhā;
65你恭敬具有梵天之德者,饥饿之时也不放弃供养饮食。”
Yo brahmavaṇṇaṃ apacāyamāno, bubhukkhito no vitarāsi bhottu’’nti.
66在此,“那受梵天守护者”(so brahmagutto)的意思是:你受到梵天的保护、梵天的守护。“愿天界的美食为你显现”(dibyā ca te pātubhavantu bhakkhā)的意思是:愿诸天所享用、受用的精美饮食为你显现,不要因为杀生而成为吃龙肉者。
Tattha so brahmaguttoti so tvaṃ brahmagopito brahmarakkhito hutvā. Dibyā ca te pātubhavantu bhakkhāti devatānaṃ paribhogārahā bhakkhā ca tava pātubhavantu, mā pāṇātipātaṃ katvā nāgamaṃsakhādako ahosi.
67就这样,菩萨站在水中随喜之后,上岸穿好树皮衣,带着他们两人回到苦行处,宣说修习慈心的功德,使两人彼此和睦。从那以后,他们和好相处,喜悦而住,过着安乐的生活。
Iti bodhisatto udake ṭhitova anumodanaṃ katvā uttaritvā vakkalaṃ nivāsetvā te ubhopi gahetvā assamapadaṃ gantvā mettābhāvanāya vaṇṇaṃ kathetvā dvepi jane samagge akāsi. Te tato paṭṭhāya samaggā sammodamānā sukhaṃ vasiṃsu.
68世尊开示了这个法之后,将本生故事连接起来,说:“那时的龙和金翅鸟,就是现在的这两位大臣,而那位苦行者即是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā nāgo ca supaṇṇo ca ime dve mahāmattā ahesuṃ, tāpaso pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
75第四 蛇本生注释至此结束。
Uragajātakavaṇṇanā catutthā.
69[155] 第五 婆伽族本生注释
[155] 5. Bhaggajātakavaṇṇanā
70“愿活百岁,婆伽族”(Jīva vassasataṃ bhaggā)——这是世尊住在祇园附近憍萨罗王波斯匿所建造的王园时,针对自己打喷嚏的事而宣说的。有一天,世尊在王园里,坐在四众弟子当中说法,打了个喷嚏。比丘们便大声高喊:“愿世尊长寿!愿善逝长寿!” 由于这喧哗的声音,说法受到了干扰。于是世尊问比丘们:“比丘们,当有人打喷嚏时,对他说‘活命’,他会因为这个缘故而真的活命或者死去吗?” “世尊,不会的。” “比丘们,不应该在别人打喷嚏时说‘活命’,如果比丘这样说,就犯突吉罗罪。” 然而,那时人们对比丘打喷嚏时说:“大德,愿您长寿。” 比丘们由于担心犯戒,心里不安,不敢回应。人们就讥嫌道:“怎么这些释迦子沙门,我们对他们说‘愿您长寿’,他们竟然不回应!” 比丘们把这件事禀告了世尊。世尊说:“比丘们,在家人喜爱吉祥。比丘们,我允许,当在家人对你们说‘愿您长寿’时,可以回应说‘愿您长久安住’。” 比丘们问世尊:“世尊,这种‘长命回应’是什么时候出现的呢?” 世尊说:“比丘们,长命回应在远古时就已经有了。” 于是讲起了过去的事。
Jīvavassasataṃ bhaggāti idaṃ satthā jetavanasamīpe pasenadikosalena raññā kārite rājakārāme viharanto attano khipitakaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekasmiñhi divase satthā rājakārāme catuparisamajjhe nisīditvā dhammaṃ desento khipi. Bhikkhū ‘‘jīvatu, bhante bhagavā, jīvatu, sugato’’ti uccāsaddaṃ mahāsaddaṃ akaṃsu, tena saddena dhammakathāya antarāyo ahosi. Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi – ‘‘api nu kho, bhikkhave, khipite ‘jīvā’ti vutto tappaccayā jīveyya vā mareyya vā’’ti? ‘‘No hetaṃ bhante’’ti. ‘‘Na, bhikkhave, khipite ‘jīvā’ti vattabbo, yo vadeyya āpatti dukkaṭassā’’ti (cūḷava. 288). Tena kho pana samayena manussā bhikkhūnaṃ khipite ‘‘jīvatha, bhante’’ti vadanti, bhikkhū kukkuccāyantā nālapanti. Manussā ujjhāyanti – ‘‘kathañhi nāma samaṇā sakyaputtiyā ‘jīvatha, bhante’ti vuccamānā nālapissantī’’ti. Bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Gihī, bhikkhave, maṅgalikā, anujānāmi, bhikkhave, gihīnaṃ ‘‘jīvatha, bhante’’ti vuccamānena ‘‘ciraṃ jīvā’’ti vattunti. Bhikkhū bhagavantaṃ pucchiṃsu – ‘‘bhante, jīvapaṭijīvaṃ nāma kadā uppanna’’nti? Satthā ‘‘bhikkhave, jīvapaṭijīvaṃ nāma porāṇakāle uppanna’’nti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
71过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治时,菩萨出生在迦尸国的一个婆罗门家庭。他的父亲靠经商维持生计。菩萨年满十六岁时,父亲让他挑起珠宝货物,往来于村落、城镇之间,来到了波罗奈城。他们在守门人的家里煮了饭,吃过之后,找不到住宿的地方,便问:“在不适当的时间到来的旅客住在哪里?”人们告诉他们:“城郊有一座大厅,但那座大厅被非人占据了。如果你们愿意,可以住在那里。”菩萨说:“来,父亲,我们去吧。不要害怕夜叉,我会调伏它,让它拜倒在您的脚下。”于是带着父亲到了那里。父亲躺在木板上休息,菩萨则坐着为父亲按摩双脚。住在那个厅里的夜叉,曾在多闻天王跟前侍奉了十二年,得到了那座大厅,并获得许可:“进入这座大厅的人中,如果有人在别人打喷嚏时说‘活命’,或者在被人说‘活命’时回应说‘应活’,除了这两个说‘活命’和‘回应活命’的人之外,你可以吃掉其余的人。”夜叉就住在屋脊的柱子上。它心想:“我要让菩萨的父亲打喷嚏。”于是用神通力放出细粉末,粉末飞进父亲的鼻孔。父亲躺在木板上,打了个喷嚏。菩萨没有说“活命”。夜叉为了吃掉他,从柱子上下来。菩萨看见夜叉下来,心想:“一定是这个夜叉让我父亲打喷嚏,它就是那个在打喷嚏时不说‘活命’的人就吃掉的夜叉。”于是为了父亲,说出第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsiraṭṭhe ekasmiṃ brāhmaṇakule nibbatti. Tassa pitā vohāraṃ katvā jīvikaṃ kappeti, so soḷasavassuddesikaṃ bodhisattaṃ maṇikabhaṇḍaṃ ukkhipāpetvā gāmanigamādīsu caranto bārāṇasiṃ patvā dovārikassa ghare bhattaṃ pacāpetvā bhuñjitvā nivāsaṭṭhānaṃ alabhanto ‘‘avelāya āgatā āgantukā kattha vasantī’’ti pucchi. Atha naṃ manussā ‘‘bahinagare ekā sālā atthi, sā pana amanussapariggahitā. Sace icchatha, tattha vasathā’’ti āhaṃsu. Bodhisatto ‘‘etha, tāta, gacchāma, mā yakkhassa bhāyittha, ahaṃ taṃ dametvā tumhākaṃ pādesu pātessāmī’’ti pitaraṃ gahetvā tattha gato. Athassa pitā phalake nipajji, sayaṃ pitu pāde sambāhanto nisīdi. Tattha adhivattho yakkho dvādasa vassāni vessavaṇaṃ upaṭṭhahitvā taṃ sālaṃ labhanto ‘‘imaṃ sālaṃ paviṭṭhamanussesu yo khipite ‘jīvā’ti vadati, yo ca ‘jīvā’ti vutte ‘paṭijīvā’ti vadati, te jīvapaṭijīvabhāṇino ṭhapetvā avasese khādeyyāsī’’ti labhi. So piṭṭhivaṃsathūṇāya vasati. So ‘‘bodhisattassa pitaraṃ khipāpessāmī’’ti attano ānubhāvena sukhumacuṇṇaṃ vissajjesi, cuṇṇo āgantvā tassa nāsapuṭe pāvisi. So phalake nipannakova khipi, bodhisatto na ‘‘jīvā’’ti āha. Yakkho taṃ khādituṃ thūṇāya otarati. Bodhisatto taṃ otarantaṃ disvā ‘‘iminā me pitā khipāpito bhavissati, ayaṃ so khipite ‘jīvā’ti avadantaṃ khādakayakkho bhavissatī’’ti pitaraṃ ārabbha paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
9九。
9.
73“愿你活一百岁,婆伽啊,再活二十年;
‘‘Jīva vassasataṃ bhagga, aparāni ca vīsatiṃ;
74夜叉们不要吃我,愿你活到百岁。”
Mā maṃ pisācā khādantu, jīva tvaṃ saradosata’’nti.
75其中,「婆伽」是指用名字称呼父亲。「另外二十年」意思是“请再活二十年”。「不要让我被夜叉吃掉」意思是“愿夜叉不要吃我”。「愿你活到百岁」则指活一百二十年。因为「saradosata」计算起来正好是一百年,此处与前面的二十年相加,就是指一百二十年。
Tattha bhaggāti pitaraṃ nāmenālapati. Aparāni ca vīsatinti aparāni ca vīsati vassāni jīva. Mā maṃ pisācā khādantūti maṃ pisācā mā khādantu. Jīva tvaṃ saradosatanti tvaṃ pana vīsuttaraṃ vassasataṃ jīvāti. Saradosatañhi gaṇiyamānaṃ vassasatameva hoti, taṃ purimehi vīsāya saddhiṃ vīsuttaraṃ idha adhippetaṃ.
76夜叉听到菩萨的话后,心想:“这个年轻人因为说了‘愿你活’,所以我不能吃他,但我可以吃掉他的父亲。”于是走向父亲那里。父亲看见夜叉过来,心想:“这个夜叉就是专门吃掉那些不说‘应活’话的人吧,我倒要回应一句‘应活’。”于是针对儿子诵出了第二首偈颂——
Yakkho bodhisattassa vacanaṃ sutvā ‘‘imaṃ tāva māṇavaṃ ‘jīvā’ti vuttattā khādituṃ na sakkā, pitaraṃ panassa khādissāmī’’ti pitu santikaṃ agamāsi. So taṃ āgacchantaṃ disvā cintesi – ‘‘ayaṃ so ‘paṭijīvā’ti abhaṇantānaṃ khādakayakkho bhavissati, paṭijīvaṃ karissāmī’’ti. So puttaṃ ārabbha dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
10十。
10.
78你也要活一百岁,另外再活二十年;
‘‘Tvampi vassasataṃ jīvaṃ, aparāni ca vīsatiṃ;
79让夜叉吃毒药,愿你活到百岁。”
Visaṃ pisācā khādantu, jīva tvaṃ saradosata’’nti.
80这里,「让夜叉吃毒药」意为让夜叉吃剧毒。
Tattha visaṃ pisācā khādantūti pisācā halāhalavisaṃ khādantu.
81夜叉听了他的话后,心想“这两个人我都不能吃了”,便转身离去。于是菩萨问他:“夜叉啊,你为什么吃掉进入这间大厅的人呢?”夜叉回答:“因为我侍奉多闻天王十二年,获得了这样的许可。”菩萨问:“那你就可以随便吃所有人吗?”夜叉答:“除了说‘活命’和‘应活’的人之外,其余的人我都能吃。”菩萨说:“夜叉啊,你过去世也造下了不善业,因此投生为性情粗暴、言语粗恶、专门伤害他人的这类众生。如果现在又造同样的业,未来就会从黑暗走向更黑暗的归宿。所以,从今以后你应当远离杀生等恶行。”菩萨这样调伏了夜叉,以地狱的可怕来警示他,让他安住在五戒中,然后就让夜叉像跑腿的仆人一样供他差遣。
Yakkho tassa vacanaṃ sutvā ‘‘ubhopi me na sakkā khāditu’’nti paṭinivatti. Atha naṃ bodhisatto pucchi – ‘‘bho yakkha, kasmā tvaṃ imaṃ sālaṃ paviṭṭhamanusse khādasī’’ti? ‘‘Dvādasa vassāni vessavaṇaṃ upaṭṭhahitvā laddhattā’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ pana sabbeva khādituṃ labhasī’’ti? ‘‘Jīvapaṭijīvabhāṇino ṭhapetvā avasese khādāmī’’ti. ‘‘Yakkha, tvaṃ pubbepi akusalaṃ katvā kakkhaḷo pharuso paravihiṃsako hutvā nibbatto, idānipi tādisaṃ kammaṃ katvā tamo tamaparāyaṇo bhavissati, tasmā ito paṭṭhāya pāṇātipātādīhi viramassū’’ti taṃ yakkhaṃ dametvā nirayabhayena tajjetvā pañcasu sīlesu patiṭṭhāpetvā yakkhaṃ pesanakārakaṃ viya akāsi.
82第二天,来往的人们看到了夜叉,并且知道夜叉已经被菩萨调伏,就去禀告国王:“大王,有一位青年调伏了那个夜叉,像使唤仆人一样使唤他。”国王召来菩萨,安置他担任将军的职位,又赐予他的父亲极大的荣耀。菩萨则让那个夜叉负责接受供养,夜叉遵从菩萨的教导,做布施等各种善业功德,最终圆满投生天界。
Punadivase sañcarantā manussā yakkhaṃ disvā bodhisattena cassa damitabhāvaṃ ñatvā rañño ārocesuṃ – ‘‘deva, eko māṇavo taṃ yakkhaṃ dametvā pesanakārakaṃ viya katvā ṭhito’’ti. Rājā bodhisattaṃ pakkosāpetvā senāpatiṭṭhāne ṭhapesi, pitu cassa mahantaṃ yasaṃ adāsi. So yakkhaṃ balipaṭiggāhakaṃ katvā bodhisattassa ovāde ṭhatvā dānādīni puññāni katvā saggapuraṃ pūresi.
83世尊开示这个法之后,说:“所谓的‘活命与应活’就是在那个时候产生的。”接着把本生连接起来:“当时的夜叉是央掘魔罗,国王是阿难,父亲是迦叶,而那个儿子就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā ‘‘jīvapaṭijīvaṃ nāma tasmiṃ kāle uppanna’’nti vatvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā yakkho aṅgulimālo ahosi, rājā ānando, pitā kassapo, putto pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
91《婆伽本生注》第五。
Bhaggajātakavaṇṇanā pañcamā.
84无怠心本生注
[156] 6. Alīnacittajātakavaṇṇanā
85「依于无怠心」这一句,是世尊在祇园居住时,针对一位放弃精进的比丘而说的。这个故事的详情,将在第十一集的《抑制本生》中说明。当世尊问那位比丘:“比丘,听说你真的放弃了精进,是真的吗?”他答道:“是真的,世尊。”于是世尊对他说:“比丘,你过去没有放弃精进,还帮助过一个瘦弱得像肉片一样的小男孩,取得了方圆十二由旬的波罗奈城的王位,如今在这样殊胜的教法中出家,为什么却放弃精进呢?”说完,便引出了过去的故事。
Alīnacittaṃ nissāyāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ ossaṭṭhavīriyaṃ bhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu ekādasanipāte saṃvarajātake (jā. 1.11.97 ādayo) āvibhavissati. So pana bhikkhu satthārā ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, bhikkhu, vīriyaṃ ossajī’’ti vutte ‘‘saccaṃ, bhagavā’’ti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘nanu tvaṃ, bhikkhu, pubbe vīriyaṃ avissajjetvā maṃsapesisadisassa daharakumārassa dvādasayojanike bārāṇasinagare rajjaṃ gahetvā adāsi, idāni kasmā evarūpe sāsane pabbajitvā vīriyaṃ ossajasī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
86过去,在波罗奈梵授王统治时,离波罗奈不远有一个木匠村,有五百位木匠住在那里。他们乘船逆流而上,到森林里砍伐建房用的木材,当场就准备好单层、双层等各类房屋的构件,从柱子开始在所有木料上做好标记,运到河边装船,顺流返回城中。无论谁想要什么样的房子,他们就按要求建造,收取金币后,再次回到原处运来房屋构件。他们就这样维持生计。有一次,他们在扎营砍伐木材时,不远处有头大象踩到了一根金合欢树桩。树桩刺穿了它的脚,引起剧烈疼痛,脚肿了起来并化脓。大象疼痛难忍,听到他们砍木的声音,心想:‘依靠这些木匠,我也许能得救。’于是它用三只脚走到他们附近,躺了下来。木匠们看到它肿胀的脚,走近检查,发现脚上扎了树桩,便用锋利的凿子绕着树桩切开一个范围,再用绳子绑住树桩,用力拉拽,将树桩拔出,挤出脓液,用温水清洗,然后敷上合适的药,没过多久伤口就痊愈了。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bārāṇasito avidūre vaḍḍhakīgāmo ahosi, tattha pañcasatā vaḍḍhakī vasanti. Te nāvāya uparisotaṃ gantvā araññe gehasambhāradārūni koṭṭetvā tattheva ekabhūmikadvibhūmikādibhede gehasambhāre sajjetvā thambhato paṭṭhāya sabbadārūsu saññaṃ katvā nadītīraṃ netvā nāvaṃ āropetvā anusotena nagaraṃ āgantvā ye yādisāni gehāni ākaṅkhanti, tesaṃ tādisāni katvā kahāpaṇe gahetvā puna tattheva gantvā gehasambhāre āharanti. Evaṃ tesaṃ jīvikaṃ kappentānaṃ ekasmiṃ kāle khandhāvāraṃ bandhitvā dārūni koṭṭentānaṃ avidūre eko hatthī khadirakhāṇukaṃ akkami. Tassa so khāṇuko pādaṃ vijjhi, balavavedanā vattanti, pādo uddhumāyitvā pubbaṃ gaṇhi. So vedanāppatto tesaṃ dārukoṭṭanasaddaṃ sutvā ‘‘ime vaḍḍhakī nissāya mayhaṃ sotthi bhavissatī’’ti maññamāno tīhi pādehi tesaṃ santikaṃ gantvā avidūre nipajji, vaḍḍhakī taṃ uddhumātapādaṃ disvā upasaṅkamitvā pāde khāṇukaṃ disvā tikhiṇavāsiyā khāṇukassa samantato odhiṃ datvā rajjuyā bandhitvā ākaḍḍhantā khāṇuṃ nīharitvā pubbaṃ mocetvā uṇhodakena dhovitvā tadanurūpehi bhesajjehi makkhetvā nacirasseva vaṇaṃ phāsukaṃ kariṃsu.
87大象痊愈后心想:‘我是依仗这些木匠才活了命,现在应该为他们做些事情来报答。’从那以后,它就帮着木匠们搬运树木,在他们刨削木料时帮忙翻转,递送凿子等工具,还用鼻子卷起墨线盒的尖端来牵线。每到吃饭时,木匠们每人给它一个饭团,总共得到五百个饭团。这头大象有个儿子,是一头全身纯白、血统优良的幼象。老象心想:‘我现在年老了,应该留下儿子为这些木匠干活,然后自己离开。’于是,它没有告诉木匠们,就独自走进森林,把儿子带了回来,说:‘这小象是我的儿子。你们救了我的命,我把它给你们,权当是医药费。从今以后,就由它来为你们干活。’然后它教导儿子:‘孩子,从今以后,我以前做的那些活儿,都由你来做。’把儿子交给了木匠们之后,自己就进森林里去了。
Hatthī arogo hutvā cintesi – ‘‘mayā ime vaḍḍhakī nissāya jīvitaṃ laddhaṃ, idāni tesaṃ mayā upakāraṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti. So tato paṭṭhāya vaḍḍhakīhi saddhiṃ rukkhe nīharati, tacchentānaṃ parivattetvā deti, vāsiādīni upasaṃharati, soṇḍāya veṭhetvā kāḷasuttakoṭiyaṃ gaṇhāti. Vaḍḍhakīpissa bhojanavelāya ekekaṃ piṇḍaṃ dentā pañca piṇḍasatāni denti. Tassa pana hatthissa putto sabbaseto hatthājānīyapotako atthi, tenassa etadahosi – ‘‘ahaṃ etarahi mahallako. Idāni mayā imesaṃ vaḍḍhakīnaṃ kammakaraṇattāya puttaṃ datvā gantuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti. So vaḍḍhakīnaṃ anācikkhitvāva araññaṃ pavisitvā puttaṃ ānetvā ‘‘ayaṃ hatthipotako mama putto, tumhehi mayhaṃ jīvitaṃ dinnaṃ, ahaṃ vo vejjavetanatthāya imaṃ dammi, ayaṃ tumhākaṃ ito paṭṭhāya kammāni karissatī’’ti vatvā ‘‘ito paṭṭhāya, puttaka, yaṃ mayā kattabbaṃ kammaṃ, taṃ tvaṃ karohī’’ti puttaṃ ovaditvā vaḍḍhakīnaṃ datvā sayaṃ araññaṃ pāvisi.
88从那时起,小象就听从木匠们的话,温顺受教,承担了所有的工作。木匠们也仍以五百个饭团喂养它。它干完活后,就到河里洗澡、嬉戏,然后回来。木匠们的孩子也拉着它的鼻子,在水中和岸上跟它一起玩耍。不过,凡是良种象、良种马,以及高尚的人,都不在水中大小便,所以这头象也从不在水里排便,只到河岸边解决。有一天,上游下了一场雨,干燥的象粪被水冲进河里,顺流而下,漂到了波罗奈城的河埠头,挂在了一丛灌木上。当时,国王的象夫们正带着五百头象,准备给它们洗澡。象群闻到这种良种象粪的气味,竟然没有一头敢下水,全都竖起尾巴,开始逃跑。象夫们连忙报告了驯象师。驯象师们判断‘水里恐怕有蹊跷’,便让人清理河道,发现了那丛灌木上的良种象粪,这才明白原因。他们让人拿来一个罐子,装满水,把那象粪在水里揉碎,然后洒在象群身上,象身顿时变得芳香,这时象群才肯下河洗澡。
Tato paṭṭhāya hatthipotako vaḍḍhakīnaṃ vacanakaro ovādakkhamo hutvā sabbakiccāni karoti. Tepi taṃ pañcahi piṇḍasatehi posenti, so kammaṃ katvā nadiṃ otaritvā nhatvā kīḷitvā āgacchati, vaḍḍhakīdārakāpi taṃ soṇḍādīsu gahetvā udakepi thalepi tena saddhiṃ kīḷanti. Ājānīyā pana hatthinopi assāpi purisāpi udake uccāraṃ vā passāvaṃ vā na karonti, tasmā sopi udake uccārapassāvaṃ akatvā bahinadītīreyeva karoti. Athekasmiṃ divase uparinadiyā devo vassi, atha sukkhaṃ hatthilaṇḍaṃ udakena nadiṃ otaritvā gacchantaṃ bārāṇasīnagaratitthe ekasmiṃ gumbe laggetvā aṭṭhāsi. Atha rañño hatthigopakā ‘‘hatthī nhāpessāmā’’ti pañca hatthisatāni nayiṃsu. Ājānīyalaṇḍassa gandhaṃ ghāyitvā ekopi hatthī nadiṃ otarituṃ na ussahi. Sabbepi naṅguṭṭhaṃ ukkhipitvā palāyituṃ ārabhiṃsu, hatthigopakā hatthācariyānaṃ ārocesuṃ. Te ‘‘udake paripanthena bhavitabba’’nti udakaṃ sodhāpetvā tasmiṃ gumbe taṃ ājānīyalaṇḍaṃ disvā ‘‘idamettha kāraṇa’’nti ñatvā cāṭiṃ āharāpetvā udakassa pūretvā taṃ tattha madditvā hatthīnaṃ sarīre siñcāpesuṃ, sarīrāni sugandhāni ahesuṃ. Tasmiṃ kāle te nadiṃ otaritvā nhāyiṃsu.
89驯象师将这件事禀告国王,并说:‘大王!应该去搜寻那头良种象,把它带来。’于是,国王乘着竹筏,逆流而上,来到了木匠们居住的地方。小象正在河中玩耍,听到大鼓声,就回到木匠们身边站着。木匠们出来迎接国王,说道:‘大王,如果您需要木材,何必亲自前来?派人来运不就行了吗?’国王说:‘我不是为了木材而来,我是为了这头象来的。’木匠们说:‘那您就把它带走吧,大王。’可是小象却不愿意走。大家便问:‘这头象想要什么呢?’木匠们回答:‘大王,它想要给木匠们的抚养费。’国王说:‘好。’于是下令,在象的四只脚旁、鼻子旁和尾巴旁,各放置十万金币。即便如此,象还是不肯走。直到国王又给每位木匠都赐了衣服,给木匠的妻子们赐了衣裙,还给那些和它一起玩耍的孩子们赐了抚养费之后,象才回头看了看木匠们、妇女们和孩子们,然后跟着国王走了。
Hatthācariyā rañño taṃ pavattiṃ ārocetvā ‘‘taṃ hatthājānīyaṃ pariyesitvā ānetuṃ vaṭṭati, devā’’ti āhaṃsu. Rājā nāvāsaṅghāṭehi nadiṃ pakkhanditvā uddhaṃgāmīhi nāvāsaṅghāṭehi vaḍḍhakīnaṃ vasanaṭṭhānaṃ sampāpuṇi. Hatthipotako nadiyaṃ kīḷanto bherisaddaṃ sutvā gantvā vaḍḍhakīnaṃ santike aṭṭhāsi. Vaḍḍhakī rañño paccuggamanaṃ katvā ‘‘deva, sace dārūhi attho, kiṃ kāraṇā āgatattha, kiṃ pesetvā āharāpetuṃ na vaṭṭatī’’ti āhaṃsu. ‘‘Nāhaṃ, bhaṇe, dārūnaṃ atthāya āgato, imassa pana hatthissa atthāya āgatomhī’’ti. ‘‘Gāhāpetvā gacchatha, devā’’ti. Hatthipotako gantuṃ na icchi. ‘‘Kiṃ kārāpeti, bhaṇe, hatthī’’ti? ‘‘Vaḍḍhakīnaṃ posāvanikaṃ āharāpeti, devā’’ti. ‘‘Sādhu, bhaṇe’’ti rājā hatthissa catunnaṃ pādānaṃ soṇḍāya naṅguṭṭhassa ca santike satasahassasatasahassakahāpaṇe ṭhapāpesi. Hatthī ettakenāpi agantvā sabbavaḍḍhakīnaṃ dussayugesu vaḍḍhakībhariyānaṃ nivāsanasāṭakesu dinnesu saddhiṃkīḷitānaṃ dārakānañca dārakaparihāre kate nivattitvā vaḍḍhakī ca itthiyo ca dārake ca oloketvā raññā saddhiṃ agamāsi.
90国王带着那头象回到都城,让人将都城和象厩装饰一新,让象右绕都城后进入象厩,用一切装饰品将它装扮起来,为它举行灌顶,将它作为国王的坐骑,置于自己盟友的地位,将一半王国赐给象,给予它与自己同等的待遇。自从象到来之时起,整个阎浮提洲的王权便尽归国王掌握。时光如此流逝,菩萨投生于那位国王的正后腹中结生。当王后怀胎期满时,国王去世了。然而,如果象知道国王去世的消息,恐怕当场就会心碎而死,因此侍从们不让象知道国王去世的消息,继续照料它。邻国憍萨罗王听说国王去世,心想‘这个王国这下空虚了’,便率领大军前来,包围了都城。城中居民关闭城门,派人向憍萨罗王传话:‘我们国王的正后已经怀胎足月,占相师说:“据说再过七天就会生下一个王子。”如果她生下王子,我们就在第七天与你交战,而不会交出王国。请等待这几天。’憍萨罗王回答:‘好。’便答应了。
Rājā taṃ ādāya nagaraṃ gantvā nagarañca hatthisālañca alaṅkārāpetvā hatthiṃ nagaraṃ padakkhiṇaṃ kāretvā hatthisālaṃ pavesetvā sabbālaṅkārehi alaṅkaritvā abhisekaṃ datvā opavayhaṃ katvā attano sahāyaṭṭhāne ṭhapetvā upaḍḍharajjaṃ hatthissa datvā attanā samānaparihāraṃ akāsi. Hatthissa āgatakālato paṭṭhāya rañño sakalajambudīpe rajjaṃ hatthagatameva ahosi. Evaṃ kāle gacchante bodhisatto tassa rañño aggamahesiyā kucchimhi paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhi. Tassā gabbhaparipākakāle rājā kālamakāsi. Hatthī pana sace rañño kālakatabhāvaṃ jāneyya, tatthevassa hadayaṃ phaleyya, tasmā hatthiṃ rañño kālakatabhāvaṃ ajānāpetvāva upaṭṭhahiṃsu. Rañño pana kālakatabhāvaṃ sutvā ‘‘tucchaṃ kira rajja’’nti anantarasāmantakosalarājā mahatiyā senāya āgantvā nagaraṃ parivāresi. Nagaravāsino dvārāni pidahitvā kosalarañño sāsanaṃ pahiṇiṃsu – ‘‘amhākaṃ rañño aggamahesī paripuṇṇagabbhā ‘ito kira sattame divase puttaṃ vijāyissatī’ti aṅgavijjāpāṭhakā āhaṃsu. Sace sā puttaṃ vijāyissati, mayaṃ sattame divase yuddhaṃ dassāma, na rajjaṃ, ettakaṃ kālaṃ āgamethā’’ti. Rājā ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchi.
91王后在第七天生下了一个王子。在命名的那天,因为他出生时令大众生起不怯懦的心,所以大家为他取名‘不怯懦心王子’。从他出生那天起,城中军民便开始与憍萨罗王作战。但由于军队没有统帅,虽然兵力雄厚,在战斗中却渐渐不支,缓缓后退。大臣们将此事报告王后,并问道:‘我们担心这样退却下去会导致战败。但是,国王去世、王子降生,以及憍萨罗王前来攻城这些事,国王的盟友吉祥象都还不知道。我们是否应该让它知晓?’王后说:‘好。’便答应了。她将王子打扮好,用白细布襁褓包住,让他躺下,然后走下宫殿,由众大臣簇拥着,来到象厩,将菩萨放在象的脚边,说道:‘主人,你的盟友已经去世了,我们因为怕你心碎,之前没有告诉你。这是你盟友的儿子。现在憍萨罗王包围了我们的都城,正与你的儿子交战,我们的军队正在败退。你的儿子,你要么自己杀死他,要么就为他夺取王位交给他!’
Devī sattame divase puttaṃ vijāyi. Tassa nāmaggahaṇadivase pana mahājanassa alīnacittaṃ paggaṇhanto jātoti ‘‘alīnacittakumāro’’tvevassa nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Jātadivasatoyeva panassa paṭṭhāya nāgarā kosalaraññā saddhiṃ yujjhiṃsu. Ninnāyakattā saṅgāmassa mahantampi balaṃ yujjhamānaṃ thokaṃ thokaṃ osakkati. Amaccā deviyā tamatthaṃ ārocetvā ‘‘mayaṃ evaṃ osakkamāne bale parājayabhāvassa bhāyāma, amhākaṃ pana rañño kālakatabhāvaṃ, puttassa jātabhāvaṃ, kosalarañño āgantvā yujjhānabhāvañca rañño sahāyako maṅgalahatthī na jānāti, jānāpema na’’nti pucchiṃsu. Sā ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchitvā puttaṃ alaṅkaritvā dukūlacumbaṭake nipajjāpetvā pāsādā oruyha amaccagaṇaparivutā hatthisālaṃ gantvā bodhisattaṃ hatthissa pādamūle nipajjāpetvā ‘‘sāmi, sahāyo te kālakato, mayaṃ tuyhaṃ hadayaphālanabhayena nārocayimha, ayaṃ te sahāyassa putto, kosalarājā āgantvā nagara ṃ parivāretvā tava puttena saddhiṃ yujjhati, balaṃ osakkati, tava puttaṃ tvaññeva vā mārehi, rajjaṃ vāssa gaṇhitvā dehī’’ti āha.
92那时,那头象用鼻子碰触菩萨,将他举起放在自己的额顶上,悲泣之后,又将菩萨放下来,交到王后的手中,说:‘我要去抓住憍萨罗王。’说完便从象厩走了出来。大臣们给它穿上铠甲,将它装扮起来,打开城门,簇拥着它出了城。象出城后,发出一声高亢的吼叫,吓得大批民众四散奔逃,它冲破了军营,抓住憍萨罗王的发髻,把他带到菩萨脚下,让他躺在地上。当有人起身要杀国王时,象阻止说:‘从今以后,你要小心谨慎,不要有“王子还年幼”这样的想法。’这样告诫一番后,便放他走了。从此以后,整个阎浮提的王权都归于菩萨掌握,再没有任何敌人能够兴起作乱。菩萨在七岁时登基,成为名为‘不怯懦心王’的国王,以正法治理国家,在生命结束后,往生天界。
Tasmiṃ kāle hatthī bodhisattaṃ soṇḍāya parāmasitvā ukkhipitvā kumbhe ṭhapetvā roditvā bodhisattaṃ otāretvā deviyā hatthe nipajjāpetvā ‘‘kosalarājaṃ gaṇhissāmī’’ti hatthisālato nikkhami. Athassa amaccā vammaṃ paṭimuñcitvā alaṅkaritvā nagaradvāraṃ avāpuritvā taṃ parivāretvā nikkhamiṃsu. Hatthī nagarā nikkhamitvā koñcanādaṃ katvā mahājanaṃ santāsetvā palāpetvā balakoṭṭhakaṃ bhinditvā kosalarājānaṃ cūḷāya gahetvā ānetvā bodhisattassa pādamūle nipajjāpetvā māraṇatthāyassa uṭṭhite vāretvā ‘‘ito paṭṭhāya appamatto hohi, ‘kumāro daharo’ti saññaṃ mā karī’’ti ovaditvā uyyojesi. Tato paṭṭhāya sakalajambudīpe rajjaṃ bodhisattassa hatthagatameva jātaṃ, añño paṭisattu nāma uṭṭhahituṃ samattho nāhosi. Bodhisatto sattavassikakāle abhisekaṃ katvā alīnacittarājā nāma hutvā dhammena rajjaṃ kāretvā jīvitapariyosāne saggapuraṃ pūresi.
93世尊引出了这段过去的故事后,以已正觉者的身份,说出了以下这组偈颂:
Satthā imaṃ atītaṃ āharitvā abhisambuddho hutvā imaṃ gāthādvayamāha –
11第十一偈。
11.
95依靠那不怯懦心,欢喜踊跃的大军,
‘‘Alīnacittaṃ nissāya, pahaṭṭhā mahatī camū;
96活捉了那个对自己的军队不满的憍萨罗王。
Kosalaṃ senāsantuṭṭhaṃ, jīvaggāhaṃ agāhayi.
12第十二偈。
12.
98这样,具足依止的比丘,精进努力;
‘‘Evaṃ nissayasampanno, bhikkhu āraddhavīriyo;
99修习善法,为了证得瑜伽安稳;
Bhāvayaṃ kusalaṃ dhammaṃ, yogakkhemassa pattiyā;
100渐次证得一切结的灭尽。
Pāpuṇe anupubbena, sabbasaṃyojanakkhaya’’nti.
101这里,‘依止不怯懦心’:就是指依止那位称为‘不怯懦心’的王子。‘大军欢喜踊跃’:指因为没有见到传统的王权,而欢喜踊跃的大军。‘于军不满的憍萨罗’:指憍萨罗王,他对自己的军队和王权不满,因贪求别国而来。‘被活捉’:指那支军队没有杀死这位国王,而是用大象把他活捉了。‘正如这样,具足依止’等:就像那支大军一样,其他善男子也如此具足依止,得到善知识,也就是佛陀或佛的声闻弟子作为依止。‘比丘’:这是‘清净’的别名。‘勤精进者’:指已经策励精进,具足远离四种过患的精进。‘修习善法’:指修习善的、没有过失的、被称为三十七菩提分法的法。‘为达瑜伽安稳’:指为了达到脱离四种轭的安稳涅槃,而修习这个法。‘渐次证得一切结灭尽’:这样,从观开始修习这个善法,这位具足善知识依止的比丘,逐步证得观智以及较低的道果,最终,在十种结全部灭尽的时候,证得称为‘一切结灭尽’的阿拉汉果。又或者,因为依靠涅槃一切结都会灭尽,所以涅槃也被称为一切结灭尽;如此,渐次证得那称为涅槃的一切结灭尽。
Tattha alīnacittaṃ nissāyāti alīnacittaṃ rājakumāraṃ nissāya. Pahaṭṭhā mahatī camūti ‘‘paveṇīrajjaṃ no diṭṭha’’nti haṭṭhatuṭṭhā hutvā mahatī senā. Kosalaṃ senāsantuṭṭhanti kosalarājānaṃ sena rajjena asantuṭṭhaṃ pararajjalobhena āgataṃ. Jīvaggāhaṃ agāhayīti amāretvāva sā camū taṃ rājānaṃ hatthinā jīvaggāhaṃ gaṇhāpesi. Evaṃ nissayasampannoti yathā sā camū, evaṃ aññopi kulaputto nissayasampanno kalyāṇamittaṃ buddhaṃ vā buddhasāvakaṃ vā nissayaṃ labhitvā. Bhikkhūti parisuddhādhivacanametaṃ. Āraddhavīriyoti paggahitavīriyo catudosāpagatena vīriyena samannāgato. Bhāvayaṃ kusalaṃ dhammanti kusalaṃ niravajjaṃ sattatiṃsabodhipakkhiyasaṅkhātaṃ dhammaṃ bhāvento. Yogakkhemassa pattiyāti catūhi yogehi khemassa nibbānassa pāpuṇanatthāya taṃ dhammaṃ bhāvento. Pāpuṇe anupubbena, sabbasaṃyojanakkhayanti evaṃ vipassanato paṭṭhāya imaṃ kusalaṃ dhammaṃ bhāvento so kalyāṇamittupanissayasampanno bhikkhu anupubbena vipassanāñāṇāni ca heṭṭhimamaggaphalāni ca pāpuṇanto pariyosāne dasannampi saṃyojanānaṃ khayante uppannattā sabbasaṃyojanakkhayasaṅkhātaṃ arahattaṃ pāpuṇāti. Yasmā vā nibbānaṃ āgamma sabbasaṃyojanāni khīyanti, tasmā tampi sabbasaṃyojanakkhayameva, evaṃ anupubbena nibbānasaṅkhātaṃ sabbasaṃyojanakkhayaṃ pāpuṇātīti attho.
102如此,世尊以不死大涅槃作为说法之顶,又开示了诸谛,把本生连接起来;在谛说结束时,那位放弃精进的比丘安住于阿拉汉果。“那时,母亲是摩诃摩耶,父亲是净饭大王;得到王位而得到大象的,就是这位放弃精进的比丘;象的父亲是舍利弗;边界憍萨罗王是目犍连;而不萎靡心王子就是我。”
Iti bhagavā amatamahānibbānena dhammadesanāya kūṭaṃ gahetvā uttaripi saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne ossaṭṭhavīriyo bhikkhu arahatte patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā mātā mahāmāyā, pitā suddhodanamahārājā ahosi, rajjaṃ gahetvā dinnahatthī ayaṃ ossaṭṭhavīriyo bhikkhu, hatthissa pitā sāriputto, sāmantakosalarājā moggallāno, alīnacittakumāro pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
111不萎靡心本生注 第六。
Alīnacittajātakavaṇṇanā chaṭṭhā.
103[157] 7. 功德本生注
[157] 7. Guṇajātakavaṇṇanā
104“他以像调伏欲乐……”这是世尊住在祇园精舍时,针对阿难尊者获得千件衣的事情而宣说的。长老在憍萨罗王后宫说法的事迹,在之前的《大薪本生》中已经讲过。当长老在国王后宫说法时,国王让人拿来了价值千金的千件衣服。国王从中拿出五百件衣服,分给了五百位王妃。所有这些王妃都把这些衣服存放起来,第二天把它们送给了阿难尊者,而她们自己仍然穿着旧衣服,前往国王用早餐的地方。
Yena kāmaṃ paṇāmetīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ānandattherassa sāṭakasahassalābhaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Therassa kosalarañño antepure dhammavācanavatthu heṭṭhā mahāsārajātake (jā. 1.1.92) āgatameva. Iti there rañño antepure dhammaṃ vācente rañño sahassagghanikānaṃ sāṭakānaṃ sahassaṃ āhariyittha. Rājā tato pañca sāṭakasatāni pañcannaṃ devīsatānaṃ adāsi. Tā sabbāpi te sāṭake ṭhapetvā punadivase ānandattherassa datvā sayaṃ purāṇasāṭakeyeva pārupitvā rañño pātarāsaṭṭhānaṃ agamaṃsu.
105国王问道:“我让人给了你们价值千金的衣袍,你们为什么不穿那些衣袍就来了?”她们禀报:“大王,我们把那些衣袍供养给阿难长老了。”国王问:“阿难长老全都收下了吗?”“是的,大王。”国王心想:“正自觉者只允许有三衣,阿难长老这恐怕是要做布匹买卖了,他收下的衣袍实在太多了。”他对长老生起了嗔怒。用完早餐后,他来到寺院,走进长老的寮房,礼敬长老,在一边坐下后问道:“尊者,我家的女眷们是否在您跟前学习正法或听闻正法?”长老回答:“是的,大王,她们学习应该学的法,听闻应该听的法。”国王问:“她们只是听闻,还是也会供养您下衣或上衣呢?”长老说:“大王,今天她们供养了五百件价值千金的衣袍。”国王问:“尊者,您都收下了吗?”“是的,大王。”国王说:“尊者,难道大师不是只允许有三衣吗?”“是的,大王。世尊是从‘受用’的角度,允许一位比丘拥有三衣,但对于‘接受’布施并没有禁止。因此,我收下那些衣袍,也是为了把它们布施给其他穿着破旧衣服的比丘。”国王问:“那么,那些比丘从您这儿得到衣袍后,他们的旧衣服会怎么处理呢?”长老答:“会把旧的僧伽帝改做成郁多罗僧。”问:“旧的郁多罗僧改做什么?”“改做成安陀会。”问:“旧的安陀会改做什么?”“改做成坐具。”问:“旧的坐具改做什么?”“改做成地垫。”问:“旧的地垫改做什么?”“改做成擦脚布。”问:“旧的擦脚布又改做什么?”长老答:“大王,所谓‘信施’,是信众出于信心所布施的东西,是不可以随便丢弃或糟蹋的。因此,会把旧的擦脚布用刀剁碎,和上泥土,用来涂抹住所的地面。”国王感叹说:“尊者,供养给您的物品,连一块擦脚布都不能白白浪费掉吗?”“是的,大王,我们不应糟蹋任何供养物,只是让它持续发挥受用的价值而已。”
Rājā ‘‘mayā tumhākaṃ sahassagghanikā sāṭakā dāpitā, kasmā tumhe te apārupitvāva āgatā’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Deva, amhehi te ānandattherassa dinnā’’ti. ‘‘Ānandattherena sabbe gahitā’’ti? ‘‘Āma, devā’’ti. ‘‘Sammāsambuddhena ticīvaraṃ anuññātaṃ, ānandatthero dussavaṇijjaṃ maññe karissati, atibahū tena sāṭakā gahitā’’ti therassa kujjhitvā bhuttapātarāso vihāraṃ gantvā therassa pariveṇaṃ pavisitvā theraṃ vanditvā nisinno pucchi – ‘‘api, bhante, amhākaṃ ghare itthiyo tumhākaṃ santike dhammaṃ uggaṇhanti vā suṇanti vā’’ti? ‘‘Āma, mahārāja, gahetabbayuttakaṃ gaṇhanti, sotabbayuttakaṃ suṇantī’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ tā suṇantiyeva, udāhu tumhākaṃ nivāsanaṃ vā pārupanaṃ vā dadantī’’ti? ‘‘Tā ajja, mahārāja, sahassagghanikāni pañca sāṭakasatāni adaṃsū’’ti. ‘‘Tumhehi gahitāni tāni, bhante’’ti? ‘‘Āma, mahārājā’’ti. ‘‘Nanu, bhante, satthārā ticīvarameva anuññāta’’nti? ‘‘Āma, mahārāja, bhagavatā ekassa bhikkhuno ticīvarameva paribhogasīsena anuññātaṃ, paṭiggahaṇaṃ pana avāritaṃ, tasmā mayāpi aññesaṃ jiṇṇacīvarikānaṃ dātuṃ te sāṭakā paṭiggahitā’’ti. ‘‘Te pana bhikkhū tumhākaṃ santikā sāṭake labhitvā porāṇacīvarāni kiṃ karissantī’’ti? ‘‘Porāṇasaṅghāṭiṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karissantī’’ti? ‘‘Porāṇauttarāsaṅgaṃ kiṃ karissantī’’ti? ‘‘Antaravāsakaṃ karissantī’’ti. ‘‘Porāṇaantaravāsakaṃ kiṃ karissantī’’ti? ‘‘Paccattharaṇaṃ karissantī’’ti. ‘‘Porāṇapaccattharaṇaṃ kiṃ karissantī’’ti? ‘‘Bhummattharaṇaṃ karissantī’’ti. ‘‘Porāṇabhummattharaṇaṃ kiṃ karissantī’’ti? ‘‘Pādapuñchanaṃ karissantī’’ti. ‘‘Porāṇapādapuñchanaṃ kiṃ karissantī’’ti? ‘‘Mahārāja, saddhādeyyaṃ nāma vinipātetuṃ na labbhati, tasmā porāṇapādapuñchanaṃ vāsiyā koṭṭetvā mattikāya makkhetvā senāsanesu mattikālepanaṃ karissantī’’ti. ‘‘Bhante, tumhākaṃ dinnaṃ yāva pādapuñchanāpi nassituṃ na labbhatī’’ti? ‘‘Āma, mahārāja, amhākaṃ dinnaṃ nassituṃ na labbhati, paribhogameva hotī’’ti.
106国王听了非常欢喜,心中充满喜悦,又让人把放在家中的另外五百件衣袍拿来,供养给长老。听完长老的随喜祝愿后,国王礼敬长老,右绕作礼后便离开了。长老把最初得到的那五百件衣袍,布施给了穿着破旧衣服的比丘们。长老大约有五百位同住比丘,其中有一位年轻比丘对长老有很大的帮助:他打扫寮房,准备饮用水和洗漱水,提供齿木、漱口水和洗澡水,照管厕所、浴室和住所,还做手部按摩、脚部按摩、背部按摩等服务。长老把后来得到的五百件衣袍,基于“这位比丘对我有极大帮助”的相应理由,全部只给了他一个人。那位年轻比丘也把所有这些衣袍都分给了与他同一位亲教师的比丘们。
Rājā tuṭṭho somanassappatto hutvā itarānipi gehe ṭhapitāni pañca sāṭakasatāni āharāpetvā therassa datvā anumodanaṃ sutvā theraṃ vanditvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi. Thero paṭhamaladdhāni pañca sāṭakasatāni jiṇṇacīvarikānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ adāsi. Therassa pana pañcamattāni saddhivihārikasatāni , tesu eko daharabhikkhu therassa bahūpakāro pariveṇaṃ sammajjati, pānīyaparibhojanīyaṃ upaṭṭhapeti, dantakaṭṭhaṃ mukhodakaṃ nhānodakaṃ deti, vaccakuṭijantāgharasenāsanāni paṭijaggati, hatthaparikammapādaparikammapiṭṭhiparikammādīni karoti. Thero pacchā laddhāni pañca sāṭakasatāni ‘‘ayaṃ me bahūpakāro’’ti yuttavasena sabbāni tasseva adāsi. Sopi sabbe te sāṭake bhājetvā attano samānupajjhāyānaṃ adāsi.
107就这样,所有得到衣袍的比丘们,都把衣袍裁剪、染色,穿上了颜色如咖尼咖拉花般金黄的袈裟。他们来到世尊面前,礼敬后坐在一边,这样问道:“世尊,对一位入流者圣弟子来说,存在看人脸色、凭亲疏关系而作布施这种事吗?”世尊说:“比丘们,对于圣弟子们来说,并不存在所谓看人脸色作布施这种事。”比丘们说:“世尊,我们的亲教师法库长老,把五百件价值千金的衣袍,只给了一位年轻比丘。而那位年轻比丘把自己得到的衣袍分给了我们。”世尊说:“比丘们,阿难并非看人脸色而给布施。只是那位比丘对他有很大的帮助,因此,他是出于对恩人的回报、基于对方的德行、基于相称的因缘,心想:‘对于有恩的人,理应给予回报。’他是以知恩、感恩的心而给的。过去的智者们,也同样是回报对自己有恩的人。”说完,世尊应比丘们的请求,讲起了过去的故事。
Evaṃ sabbepi te laddhasāṭakā bhikkhū sāṭake chinditvā rajitvā kaṇikārapupphavaṇṇāni kāsāyāni nivāsetvā ca pārupitvā ca satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīditvā evamāhaṃsu – ‘‘bhante, sotāpannassa ariyasāvakassa mukholokanadānaṃ nāma atthī’’ti. ‘‘Na, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakānaṃ mukholokanadānaṃ nāma atthī’’ti. ‘‘Bhante, amhākaṃ upajjhāyena dhammabhaṇḍāgārikattherena sahassagghanikānaṃ sāṭakānaṃ pañca satāni ekasseva daharabhikkhuno dinnāni, so pana attanā laddhe bhājetvā amhākaṃ adāsī’’ti. ‘‘Na, bhikkhave, ānando mukholokanabhikkhaṃ deti , so panassa bhikkhu bahūpakāro, tasmā attano upakārassa upakāravasena guṇavasena yuttavasena ‘upakārassa nāma paccupakāro kātuṃ vaṭṭatī’ti kataññukatavedibhāvena adāsi. Porāṇakapaṇḍitāpi hi attano upakārānaññeva paccupakāraṃ kariṃsū’’ti vatvā tehi yācito atītaṃ āhari.
108过去,在波罗奈国梵授王统治的时期,菩萨投生为一头狮子,住在一个山洞里。有一天它走出洞窟,眺望山脚。那座山脚被一个大湖环绕着。在湖中一处凸起的高地上,有一片表面干硬的泥沼,上面长着柔软的青草。兔子、鹿等体态轻盈的动物,在泥沼表面走动,吃着那些草。那天,也有一头鹿一边吃草一边到处走动。狮子心想:‘我要捉住那头鹿。’于是从山顶一跃而起,以狮子的速度猛扑过去。那鹿怕死,吓得大声叫着逃跑了。狮子控制不住冲劲,直接跌落在泥沼上,陷了进去,再也出不来了,四条腿像柱子一样深深陷入泥中,整整七天没有进食。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto sīho hutvā pabbataguhāyaṃ vasati. So ekadivasaṃ guhāya nikkhamitvā pabbatapādaṃ olokesi, taṃ pana pabbatapādaṃ parikkhipitvā mahāsaro ahosi. Tassa ekasmiṃ unnataṭṭhāne uparithaddhakaddamapiṭṭhe mudūni haritatiṇāni jāyiṃsu. Sasakā ceva hariṇādayo ca sallahukamigā kaddamamatthake vicarantā tāni khādanti. Taṃ divasampi eko migo tāni khādanto vicarati. Sīho ‘‘taṃ migaṃ gaṇhissāmī’’ti pabbatamatthakā uppatitvā sīhavegena pakkhandi, migo maraṇabhayatajjito viravanto palāyi. Sīho vegaṃ sandhāretuṃ asakkonto kalalapiṭṭhe nipatitvā osīditvā uggantuṃ asakkonto cattāro pādā thambhā viya osīditvā sattāhaṃ nirāhāro aṭṭhāsi.
109那时,一只正在寻找食物的豺看见了狮子,吓得转身就逃。狮子把它叫住,说:‘喂,豺!不要跑。我困在泥沼里了,救我一命吧。’豺来到狮子身边说:‘我可以帮你脱身,可是我害怕你出来后吃掉我。’狮子说:‘别怕,我不会吃你,还会给你大恩惠。你想个办法把我弄出来吧。’豺得到狮子的承诺后,先把狮子四条腿周围的泥巴清除掉,然后从四足处开挖了四条引水的小沟,让水流向泥沼,水灌进来后,泥巴就变软了。这时,豺把自己的头伸到狮子的腹部底下,一边高声叫着:‘用力啊,主人!’一边用头向上顶狮子的肚子。狮子猛然发力,从泥沼中挣脱出来,跳到了干地上。它休息了一会儿,下到湖里洗净身上的泥巴,洗了个澡,消除疲劳后,猎杀了一头大野牛,用牙撕开,把肉剔出来,放在豺面前说:‘朋友,吃吧!’等豺吃过之后,它自己才吃。接着,豺又叼起一片肉拿在嘴里。狮子问:‘朋友,这又是干什么?’豺回答:‘您有位婢女,这是她应得的一份。’狮子说:‘拿着吧。’自己也带了一份肉给母狮子,又说:‘来,朋友,我们到我们住的山顶上去,到友情所维系的地方去。’到了那里,让母狮子吃了肉,又安慰了豺和母豺,说:‘从今以后,我来照顾你们。’然后把他们带到自己的住处,让他们住在洞口旁的另一处洞窟里。从那以后,它们外出觅食时,就把母狮子和母豺留下,狮子同豺一起出去,猎杀各种鹿,就在原地一起吃肉,然后再带肉回去给那两位吃。
Atha naṃ eko siṅgālo gocarappasuto taṃ disvā bhayena palāyi. Sīho taṃ pakkositvā ‘‘bho siṅgāla, mā palāyi, ahaṃ kalale laggo, jīvitaṃ me dehī’’ti āha. Siṅgālo tassa santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘ahaṃ taṃ uddhareyyaṃ, uddhaṭo pana maṃ khādeyyāsīti bhāyāmī’’ti āha. ‘‘Mā bhāyi, nāhaṃ taṃ khādissāmi, mahantaṃ pana te guṇaṃ karissāmi, ekenupāyena maṃ uddharāhī’’ti. Siṅgālo tassa paṭiññaṃ gahetvā catunnaṃ pādānaṃ samantā kalale apanetvā catunnampi pādānaṃ catasso mātikā khaṇitvā udakābhimukhaṃ akāsi, udakaṃ pavisitvā kalalaṃ muduṃ akāsi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe siṅgālo sīhassa udarantaraṃ attano sīsaṃ pavesetvā ‘‘vāyāmaṃ karohi, sāmī’’ti uccāsaddaṃ karonto sīsena udaraṃ pahari. Sīho vegaṃ janetvā kalalā uggantvā pakkhanditvā thale aṭṭhāsi. So muhuttaṃ vissamitvā saraṃ oruyha kaddamaṃ dhovitvā nhāyitvā darathaṃ paṭippassambhetvā ekaṃ mahiṃsaṃ vadhitvā dāṭhāhi ovijjhitvā maṃsaṃ ubbattetvā ‘‘khāda, sammā’’ti siṅgālassa purato ṭhapetvā tena khādite pacchā attanā khādi. Puna siṅgālo ekaṃ maṃsapesiṃ ḍaṃsitvā gaṇhi. ‘‘Idaṃ kimatthāya, sammā’’ti ca vutte ‘‘tumhākaṃ dāsī atthi, tassā bhāgo bhavissatī’’ti āha. Sīho ‘‘gaṇhāhī’’ti vatvā sayampi sīhiyā atthāya maṃsaṃ gaṇhitvā ‘‘ehi, samma, amhākaṃ pabbatamuddhani ṭhatvā sakhiyā vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gamissāmā’’ti vatvā tattha gantvā maṃsaṃ khādāpetvā siṅgālañca siṅgāliñca assāsetvā ‘‘ito paṭṭhāya idāni ahaṃ tumhe paṭijaggissāmī’’ti attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃ netvā guhāya dvāre aññissā guhāya vasāpesi. Te tato paṭṭhāya gocarāya gacchantā sīhiñca siṅgāliñca ṭhapetvā siṅgālena saddhiṃ gantvā nānāmige vadhitvā ubhopi tattheva maṃsaṃ khāditvā itarāsampi dvinnaṃ āharitvā denti.
110就这样过了一段时间,母狮子生了两只幼崽,母豺也生了两只崽。他们全都和睦地生活在一起。可是有一天,母狮子心里生起了这样的念头:‘这头狮子对豺、母豺和豺崽们特别偏爱,它肯定跟母豺有亲密关系,所以才这么亲热。我应该去刁难、威吓他们,把他们从这里赶走。’于是,趁狮子带着豺外出觅食的时候,母狮子就去欺负、威吓母豺说:‘你凭什么住在这里?还不快滚!’她的幼崽也照样威吓豺崽。母豺把这事告诉了豺,说道:‘不知道是不是狮子授意她这么做的。我们在这儿住了这么久,她恐怕是容不下我们了。我们回我们自己的住处去吧。’豺听了她的话,来到狮子面前说道:‘主人,我们在您身边住了很长时间了。但住得太久的人往往会变得令人讨厌。每当我们外出觅食时,母狮子就欺负母豺,威吓说:“你们为什么住在这里,快逃走吧!”狮子崽也威吓豺崽。一个人如果不喜欢别人跟自己住在一起,应该直接说“你走吧”让他离开就是了,何必要这样欺负呢?’接着,便说了第一首偈颂:
Evaṃ kāle gacchante sīhī dve putte vijāyi, siṅgālīpi dve putte vijāyi. Te sabbepi samaggavāsaṃ vasiṃsu. Athekadivasaṃ sīhiyā etadahosi – ‘‘ayaṃ sīho siṅgālañca siṅgāliñca siṅgālapotake ca ativiya piyāyati, nūnamassa siṅgāliyā saddhiṃ santhavo atthi, tasmā evaṃ sinehaṃ karoti, yaṃnūnāhaṃ imaṃ pīḷetvā tajjetvā ito palāpeyya’’nti . Sā sīhassa siṅgālaṃ gahetvā gocarāya gatakāle siṅgāliṃ pīḷesi tajjesi ‘‘kiṃkāraṇā imasmiṃ ṭhāne vasati , na palāyasī’’ti? Puttāpissā siṅgāliputte tatheva tajjayiṃsu. Siṅgālī tamatthaṃ siṅgālassa kathetvā ‘‘sīhassa vacanena etāya evaṃ katabhāvampi na jānāma, ciraṃ vasimhā, nāsāpeyyāpi no, amhākaṃ vasanaṭṭhānameva gacchāmā’’ti āha. Siṅgālo tassā vacanaṃ sutvā sīhaṃ upasaṅkamitvā āha – ‘‘sāmi, ciraṃ amhehi tumhākaṃ santike nivutthaṃ, aticiraṃ vasantā nāma appiyā honti, amhākaṃ gocarāya pakkantakāle sīhī siṅgāliṃ viheṭheti ‘imasmiṃ ṭhāne kasmā vasatha, palāyathā’ti tajjeti, sīhapotakāpi siṅgālapotake tajjenti. Yo nāma yassa attano santike vāsaṃ na roceti, tena so ‘yāhī’ti nīharitabbova, viheṭhanaṃ nāma kimatthiya’’nti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
13十三。
13.
112「随心所欲把人赶走,本就是有力者的法;」
‘‘Yena kāmaṃ paṇāmeti, dhammo balavataṃ migī;
113「大牙的母狮子!你要知道,从归依处已经生起了恐惧。」
Unnadantī vijānāhi, jātaṃ saraṇato bhaya’’nti.
114在这里,「凭势力随心把人赶,本是有力者的法」的意思是:所谓有力者,即主宰者,他对自己使唤的人,想往哪个方向赶,就往哪个方向赶,把人撵走。这就是有力者的法,也就是主宰者的本性、代代相传的规矩。所以,他是想表明:“要是你们不乐意我们住在这儿,干脆直说把我们赶走好了,何必欺负人呢?”因此才这么说。「母狮子」(migī)是对母狮的称呼,因为狮子被称为兽王(migārājā),所以雌兽就叫母狮子。「大牙的」(unnadantī)同样是对它的称呼,因为它的牙齿高耸隆起(unnata-danta),所以叫“大牙的”。也有版本作“高牙的”(unnatadantī)。「你当知悉」:“你应当知道,这就是主宰者的规矩”。「从归依处已生恐惧」:我们以你们为依靠的归依处,恐惧却从你们这儿生起,所以我们还是回自己住处去吧。这是表达这个意思。
Tattha yena kāmaṃ paṇāmeti, dhammo balavatanti balavā nāma issaro attano sevakaṃ yena disābhāgena icchati, tena disābhāgena so paṇāmeti nīharati. Esa dhammo balavataṃ ayaṃ issarānaṃ sabhāvo paveṇidhammova, tasmā sace amhākaṃ vāsaṃ na rocetha, ujukameva no nīharatha , viheṭhanena ko atthoti dīpento evamāha. Migīti sīhaṃ ālapati. So hi migarājatāya migā assa atthīti migī. Unnadantītipi tameva ālapati. So hi unnatānaṃ dantānaṃ atthitāya unnatā dantā assa atthīti unnadantī. ‘‘Unnatadantī’’tipi pāṭhoyeva. Vijānāhīti ‘‘esa issarānaṃ dhammo’’ti evaṃ jānāhi. Jātaṃ saraṇato bhayanti amhākaṃ tumhe patiṭṭhānaṭṭhena saraṇaṃ, tumhākaññeva santikā bhayaṃ jātaṃ, tasmā attano vasanaṭṭhānameva gamissāmāti dīpeti.
115另一种解释:你的母鹿、母狮,咆哮着恐吓我的妻儿,随心所欲地驱赶、欺辱他们,想用什么方式就用什么方式。你要明白这点,我们又能做什么呢?“这是有力者的法”,这是强者的本性。如今我们要走了,为什么?因为从归依处已经生起了恐惧。
Aparo nayo – tava migī sīhī unnadantīmama puttadāraṃ tajjentī yena kāmaṃ paṇāmeti, yena yenākārena icchati, tena paṇāmeti pavattati, viheṭhetipi palāpetipi, evaṃ tvaṃ vijānāhi, tattha kiṃ sakkā amhehi kātuṃ. Dhammo balavataṃ esa balavantānaṃ sabhāvo, idāni mayaṃ gamissāma. Kasmā? Jātaṃ saraṇato bhayanti.
116听了这话,狮子便对母狮说道:‘贤妻,你可记得,有一次我为了觅食外出,在第七天时,是和这只豺以及这只母豺一起回来的吗?’她回答:‘是的,我记得。’狮子又问:‘那你知道我为什么七天没有回来吗?’她说:‘我不知道,夫君。’狮子说:‘贤妻,我本想捉一头鹿,却失手陷进了泥沼,无法脱身,整整七天没有任何食物。正是靠这只豺,我才得以活命,他是我的救命恩人,是我的朋友。能够安住于朋友法中的朋友,绝不会有弱小这回事。从今以后,对我的朋友、他的妻子以及他们的孩子,都不得再有这样的轻慢。’说完,狮子便诵出了第二首偈颂——
Tassa vacanaṃ sutvā sīho sīhiṃ āha – ‘‘bhadde, asukasmiṃ nāma kāle mama gocaratthāya gantvā sattame divase iminā siṅgālena imāya ca siṅgāliyā saddhiṃ āgatabhāvaṃ sarasī’’ti. ‘‘Āma, sarāmī’’ti. ‘‘Jānāsi pana mayhaṃ sattāhaṃ anāgamanassa kāraṇa’’nti? ‘‘Na jānāmi, sāmī’’ti. ‘‘Bhadde, ahaṃ ‘ekaṃ migaṃ gaṇhissāmī’ti virajjhitvā kalale laggo, tato nikkhamituṃ asakkonto sattāhaṃ nirāhāro aṭṭhāsiṃ, svāhaṃ imaṃ siṅgālaṃ nissāya jīvitaṃ labhiṃ, ayaṃ me jīvitadāyako sahāyo. Mittadhamme ṭhātuṃ samattho hi mitto dubbalo nāma natthi, ito paṭṭhāya mayhaṃ sahāyassa ca sahāyikāya ca puttakānañca evarūpaṃ avamānaṃ mā akāsī’’ti vatvā sīho dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
14十四。
14.
118「即使朋友是弱者,只要他坚守朋友之道,」
‘‘Api cepi dubbalo mitto, mittadhammesu tiṭṭhati;
119「他就是我的亲戚,就是我的眷属,就是我的朋友,就是我的同伴;」
So ñātako ca bandhu ca, so mitto so ca me sakhā;
120长着尖牙的母狮啊,你不可轻视,这只豺是我的救命恩人。
Dāṭhini mātimaññittho, siṅgālo mama pāṇado’’ti.
121在此偈中,「api cepi」(即使)包含两个“api”字,一个表示“即使”,一个表示“认可”。结合起来的意思是:即使朋友弱小,只要他能安住于朋友之法中,若他能安住,那么他就是亲戚、就是眷属;由于他具有慈心,所以是朋友;而就同伴的意义来说,他也是我的同伴。至于「Dāṭhini mātimaññittho」,意思是“有牙的母狮啊,你不要轻慢”,也就是说:贤德的妻子,你这位有牙的母狮,不可轻慢我的朋友或朋友的妻子,因为这只豺是我的救命恩人。
Tattha api cepīti eko apisaddo anuggahattho, eko sambhāvanattho. Tatrāyaṃ yojanā – dubbalopi ce mitto mittadhammesu api tiṭṭhati, sace ṭhātuṃ sakkoti, so ñātako ca bandhu ca, so mettacittatāya mitto, so ca me sahāyaṭṭhena sakhā. Dāṭhini mātimaññitthoti, bhadde, dāṭhāsampanne sīhi mā mayhaṃ sahāyaṃ vā sahāyiṃ vā atimaññi, ayañhi siṅgālo mama pāṇadoti.
122母狮听了这番话后,便向母豺请求原谅。从此以后,她带着幼狮,与母豺一家和合共住。幼狮们也同幼豺们一起嬉戏、和睦相处,即使在父母过世后,也没有破坏这份友谊,继续和睦共住。据说,他们之间的慈爱历经七代家族而不曾破裂。
Sā tassa vacanaṃ sutvā siṅgāliṃ khamāpetvā tato paṭṭhāya saputtāya tāya saddhiṃ samaggavāsaṃ vasi. Sīhapotakāpi siṅgālapotakehi saddhiṃ kīḷamānā sammodamānā mātāpitūnaṃ atikkantakālepi mittabhāvaṃ abhinditvā sammodamānā vasiṃsu. Tesaṃ kira sattakulaparivaṭṭe abhijjamānā metti agamāsi.
123导师开示此法后,揭示了诸圣谛,并连结了本生故事:说法结束时,有些人成为入流者,有些人成为一来者,有些人成为不来者,有些人成为阿拉汉。‘当时的豺是阿难,而狮子就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – saccapariyosāne keci sotāpannā, keci sakadāgāmino, keci anāgāmino, keci arahanto ahesuṃ. ‘‘Tadā siṅgālo ānando ahosi, sīho pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
133《功德本生经》注释(第七)
Guṇajātakavaṇṇanā sattamā.
124[158] 第八《善颊本生经》注释
[158] 8. Suhanujātakavaṇṇanā
125「Nayidaṃvisamasīlenāti」(这不因品性不同而发生……)这部经是导师住在祇园时,因两位性格粗暴的比丘而说。那时,在祇园有一位比丘,在地方上也有一位比丘,两人都性格粗暴、言语粗鲁、行事专横。有一天,地方比丘因事来到祇园。沙弥们和年轻比丘们知道两人都粗暴,出于‘看看这两个粗暴之人争吵’的好奇心,便把地方比丘带到祇园那位比丘的住处。这两位粗暴比丘一见面,反而变得融洽和谐,互相为对方按摩手脚、背脊,做种种友善的事。在法堂集会时,比丘们议论说:‘贤友们,这些粗暴比丘对别人严厉、粗鲁、专横,但他们两人彼此之间却和合、友善、融洽。’导师到来后问:‘比丘们,你们现在在谈论什么?’他们答:‘在谈论这件事。’导师说:‘比丘们,他们并不是现在才这样,过去他们对别人也粗暴、粗鲁、专横,但他们彼此之间却是和合、友善、融洽的。’于是导师开示了过去世的因缘。
Nayidaṃvisamasīlenāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto dve caṇḍabhikkhū ārabbha kathesi. Tasmiñhi samaye jetavanepi eko bhikkhu caṇḍo ahosi pharuso sāhasiko janapadepi. Athekadivasaṃ jānapado bhikkhu kenacideva karaṇīyena jetavanaṃ agamāsi, sāmaṇerā ceva daharabhikkhū ca tassa caṇḍabhāvaṃ jānanti. ‘‘Tesaṃ dvinnaṃ caṇḍānaṃ kalahaṃ passissāmā’’ti kutūhalena taṃ bhikkhuṃ jetavanavāsikassa pariveṇaṃ pahiṇiṃsu. Te ubhopi caṇḍā aññamaññaṃ disvāva piyasaṃvāsaṃ saṃsandiṃsu samiṃsu, hatthapādapiṭṭhisambāhanādīni akaṃsu. Dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, caṇḍā bhikkhū aññesaṃ upari caṇḍā pharusā sāhasikā, aññamaññaṃ pana ubhopi samaggā sammodamānā piyasaṃvāsā jātā’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva, pubbepete aññesaṃ caṇḍā pharusā sāhasikā, aññamaññaṃ pana samaggā sammodamānā piyasaṃvāsā ca ahesu’’nti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
126过去,在波罗奈,梵授王治理国家时,菩萨是他的大臣,效力于一切事务,是利益和法的教导者。不过那位国王有些贪财,他有一匹名叫‘大苏那’的劣马。那时,北方商路的马商带来了五百匹马,并将马匹到来的消息报告给国王。在这之前,菩萨曾为马估价,并在不让本金亏损的情况下让人支付了价款。国王觉得那回有点亏损,便召来另一位大臣说:‘朋友,你去给马估价。估价时,先放出大苏那,让它混入马群中,咬伤那些马,造成创伤,等到它们虚弱时,再压低价钱估价。’那位大臣答应:‘善哉!’就照做了。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto tassa sabbatthasādhako atthadhammānusāsako amacco ahosi. So pana rājā thokaṃ dhanalobhapakatiko, tassa mahāsoṇo nāma kūṭaasso atthi. Atha uttarāpathakā assavāṇijā pañca assasatāni ānesuṃ, assānaṃ āgatabhāvaṃ rañño ārocesuṃ. Tato pubbe pana bodhisatto asse agghāpetvā mūlaṃ aparihāpetvā dāpesi. Rājā taṃ parihāyamāno aññaṃ amaccaṃ pakkosāpetvā ‘‘tāta, asse agghāpehi, agghāpento ca paṭhamaṃ mahāsoṇaṃ yathā tesaṃ assānaṃ antaraṃ pavisati, tathā vissajjetvā asse ḍaṃsāpetvā vaṇite kārāpetvā dubbalakāle mūlaṃ hāpetvā asse agghāpeyyāsī’’ti āha. So ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchitvā tathā akāsi.
127马商们对此很不满,便将那位大臣所做的事禀告了菩萨。菩萨问:‘难道你们城里没有劣马吗?’他们答:‘有的,主人,有一匹名叫苏哈努的劣马,凶恶而粗暴。’菩萨说:‘那么,下次再来时,把那匹马带来。’他们答应:‘好的!’下次来的时候,就让人牵上那匹劣马一同前来。国王听说‘马商来了’,便打开狮窗观看马匹,并命人放出大苏那。马商们看见大苏那过来,也放出了苏哈努。两匹马相遇之后,互相舔舐身体,和睦地站在一起。国王问菩萨:‘你看见这两匹劣马了吗?它们对其他马凶恶、粗暴、暴戾,咬伤别的马使它们生病。现在它们却互相舔身,和睦相处,这是怎么回事?’菩萨说:‘大王,它们并非品性不同,而是品性相同,界也相同。’说完,便诵出了以下两首偈颂。
Assavāṇijā anattamanā hutvā tena katakiriyaṃ bodhisattassa ārocesuṃ. Bodhisatto ‘‘kiṃ pana tumhākaṃ nagare kūṭaasso natthī’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Atthi sāmi, suhanu nāma kūṭaasso caṇḍo pharuso’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi puna āgacchantā taṃ assaṃ āneyyāthā’’ti. Te ‘‘sādhū’’ti paṭissuṇitvā puna āgacchantā taṃ kūṭassaṃ gāhāpetvā āgacchiṃsu. Rājā ‘‘assavāṇijā āgatā’’ti sutvā sīhapañjaraṃ ugghāṭetvā asse oloketvā mahāsoṇaṃ vissajjāpesi. Assavāṇijāpi mahāsoṇaṃ āgacchantaṃ disvā suhanuṃ vissajjāpesuṃ. Te aññamaññaṃ patvā sarīrāni lehantā sammodamānā aṭṭhaṃsu. Rājā bodhisattaṃ pucchi – ‘‘passasi ime dve kūṭassā aññesaṃ caṇḍā pharusā sāhasikā, aññe asse ḍaṃsitvā gelaññaṃ pāpenti, idāni aññamaññaṃ pana sarīraṃ lehantā sammodamānā aṭṭhaṃsu, kiṃ nāmeta’’nti? Bodhisatto ‘‘nayime, mahārāja, visamasīlā, samasīlā samadhātukā ca ete’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthādvayamāha –
15十五。
15.
129苏哈努与苏那亲近,并非因为品性不同;
‘‘Nayidaṃ visamasīlena, soṇena suhanū saha;
130苏哈努也正是如此,与苏那有着相同的行境。
Suhanūpi tādisoyeva, yo soṇassa sagocaro.
16十六。
16.
132与喜欢闯入、鲁莽、永远啃咬缰绳者相处,
‘‘Pakkhandinā pagabbhena, niccaṃ sandānakhādinā;
133恶与恶相聚,不善者与不善者相聚。
Sameti pāpaṃ pāpena, sameti asatā asa’’nti.
134在这里,“苏哈努与苏那亲近,并非因为品性不同”的意思是:这匹劣马苏哈努与大苏那相亲相爱,并不是因为与自己品性不同,而是因为与自己品性相同才互相亲近。这两匹马都因自身的不正行和无戒行,具有相同的品性、相同的界。“苏哈努也正是如此,与苏那有着相同的行境”的意思是:大苏那是什么样的,苏哈努就是什么样的;苏那以什么为行境,苏哈努也以什么为行境。正如大苏那以马为行境,通过咬马来活动,苏哈努也是如此。以此来指出它们具有相同的行境。
Tattha nayidaṃ visamasīlena, soṇena suhanū sahāti yaṃ idaṃ suhanu kūṭasso soṇena saddhiṃ pemaṃ karoti, idaṃ na attano visamasīlena, atha kho attano samasīleneva saddhiṃ karoti. Ubhopi hete attano anācāratāya dussīlatāya samasīlā samadhātukā. Suhanūpi tādisoyeva, yo soṇassa sagocaroti yādiso soṇo, suhanupi tādisoyeva, yo soṇassa sagocaro yaṃgocaro soṇo, sopi taṃgocaroyeva. Yatheva hi soṇo assagocaro asse ḍaṃsentova carati, tathā suhanupi. Iminā nesaṃ samānagocarataṃ dasseti.
135为了将它们的威仪和行境合在一起说明,才说了“与喜欢闯入的……”等语。其中,「喜欢闯入」(pakkhandinā) 指具有喜欢闯入其他马身上这种行为行境的马。「鲁莽」(pagabbhena) 指具有身体粗暴等表现的无戒行之马。「永远啃咬缰绳」(niccaṃ sandānakhādinā) 指具有总是啃咬自己束缚的绳索这种习性,并以啃咬为行境的马。「恶与恶相聚」意思是:这些当中,一种具有无戒行的恶与另一种恶相聚。「不善者与不善者相聚」意思是:这些当中,一种具备了不正行与行境的不善者,与另一种不善的恶行相聚。就像粪便与粪便那样,它们融合在一起,类似的东西变得完全相同,毫无差别。
Te pana ācāragocare ekato katvā dassetuṃ ‘‘pakkhandinā’’tiādi vuttaṃ. Tattha pakkhandināti assānaṃ upari pakkhandanasīlena pakkhandanagocarena. Pagabbhenāti kāyapāgabbhiyādisamannāgatena dussīlena. Niccaṃ sandānakhādināti sadā attano bandhanayottaṃ khādanasīlena khādanagocarena ca. Sameti pāpaṃ pāpenāti etesu aññatarena pāpena saddhiṃ aññatarassa pāpaṃ dussīlyaṃ sameti. Asatā asanti etesu aññatarena asatā anācāragocarasampannena saha itarassa asaṃ asādhukammaṃ sameti, gūthādīni viya gūthādīhi ekato saṃsandati sadisaṃ nibbisesameva hotīti.
136菩萨这样说了之后,又教导国王说:“大王,作为国王,不应该太贪心。毁坏别人的所有物是不对的。”然后他让人给马匹估价,按真实的价格付了本钱。马商们按公道价格得到了本钱,欢欢喜喜地离去了。国王也听从菩萨的教诲,后来随自己的业去世了。
Evaṃ vatvā ca pana bodhisatto ‘‘mahārāja, raññā nāma atiluddhena na bhavitabbaṃ, parassa santakaṃ nāma nāsetuṃ na vaṭṭatī’’ti rājānaṃ ovaditvā asse agghāpetvā bhūtameva mūlaṃ dāpesi. Assavāṇijā yathāsabhāvameva mūlaṃ labhitvā haṭṭhatuṭṭhā agamaṃsu. Rājāpi bodhisattassa ovāde ṭhatvā yathākammaṃ gato.
137世尊宣说了这个法开示后,总结本生故事说:“那两匹马就是现在这两位行为恶劣的比丘,国王是阿难,而那位贤明的大臣就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā dve assā ime dve duṭṭhabhikkhū ahesuṃ, rājā ānando, paṇḍitāmacco pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
148须哈奴本生注第八。
Suhanujātakavaṇṇanā aṭṭhamā.
138[159] 孔雀本生注第九。
[159] 9. Morajātakavaṇṇanā
139“升起了,这有眼者,唯一之王……”这个故事是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位生起厌烦心的比丘而宣说的。那位比丘被比丘们带到世尊面前,世尊问:“比丘,听说你心生厌烦,是真的吗?”他回答:“是的,大德。”世尊又问:“你见到了什么?”他回答:“我看到一位穿着打扮、姿容美妙的女人。”于是世尊对他说:“比丘,女人为什么不会扰动你这样的人的心呢?古代的智者,仅仅听到女人的声音,七百年没有生起的烦恼,刹那之间就生起了。即使是本来清净的众生也会被染污,拥有最高名声的人也会招致耻辱,更何况原本就不清净的呢?”说完,世尊引出了过去的故事。
Udetayaṃcakkhumā ekarājāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. So hi bhikkhu bhikkhūhi satthu santikaṃ nīto ‘‘saccaṃ kira, tvaṃ bhikkhu, ukkaṇṭhito’’ti vutte ‘‘saccaṃ, bhante’’ti vatvā ‘‘kiṃ disvā’’ti vutte ‘‘ekaṃ alaṅkatapaṭiyattasarīraṃ mātugāmaṃ oloketvā’’ti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘bhikkhu mātugāmo nāma kasmā tumhādisānaṃ cittaṃ nāluḷessati, porāṇakapaṇḍitānampi hi mātugāmassa saddaṃ sutvā satta vassasatāni asamudāciṇṇakilesā okāsaṃ labhitvā khaṇeneva samudācariṃsu. Visuddhāpi sattā saṃkilissanti, uttamayasasamaṅginopi āyasakyaṃ pāpuṇanti, pageva aparisuddhā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
140过去世,在波罗奈由梵授王统治的时期,菩萨在孔雀的胎中结生。还在蛋里的时候,蛋壳就有着翅子树花蕾那样的颜色;破壳而出时,身体是金色的,非常美丽,令人赏心悦目,翅膀之间还点缀着极红的条纹。他保护着自己的生命,翻过三座山脉,在第四座山脉中一座叫杖金山的山脚下安住。天亮的时候,他登上山顶,看见太阳升起来,为了守护自己的觅食区域,诵出梵咒:“udetayaṃ”等。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto morayoniyaṃ paṭisandhiṃ gahetvā aṇḍakālepi kaṇikāramakuḷavaṇṇaaṇḍakoso hutvā aṇḍaṃ bhinditvā nikkhanto suvaṇṇavaṇṇo ahosi dassanīyo pāsādiko pakkhānaṃ antare surattarājivirājito, so attano jīvitaṃ rakkhanto tisso pabbatarājiyo atikkamma catutthāya pabbatarājiyā ekasmiṃ daṇḍakahiraññapabbatatale vāsaṃ kappesi. So pabhātāya rattiyā pabbatamatthake nisinno sūriyaṃ uggacchantaṃ oloketvā attano gocarabhūmiyaṃ rakkhāvaraṇatthāya brahmamantaṃ bandhanto ‘‘udetaya’’ntiādimāha.
17十七。
17.
142“升起了,这有眼者,唯一之王,”
‘‘Udetayaṃ cakkhumā ekarājā,
143拥有金色的色泽,是照耀大地的光辉;
Harissavaṇṇo pathavippabhāso;
144我礼敬那金色光辉、照耀大地者,
Taṃ taṃ namassāmi harissavaṇṇaṃ pathavippabhāsaṃ,
145今天,由你守护,我们将安度一日。
Tayājja guttā viharemu divasa’’nti.
146其中,「升起了」是指从东方的世界界升起。「有眼者」:因为他消除了整个轮围界众生的黑暗,令他们获得眼目,以这样赐予他们的眼,所以称为有眼者。「唯一之王」:在一切轮围界中能带来光明者当中,由于他是最殊胜、最卓越的,所以称为唯一之王。「金色光辉」:意思是颜色如同金色,也就是金色。「照耀大地」:指大地的光辉。「我礼敬那……」:因此,我礼敬、恭敬具有这样形相的大德。「今天,由你守护,我们将安度一日」:今天,由于你的守护和照护,我们可以以四种威仪(行、住、坐、卧)的安住,安乐地度过这一天。
Tattha udetīti pācīnalokadhātuto uggacchati. Cakkhumāti sakalacakkavāḷavāsīnaṃ andhakāraṃ vidhamitvā cakkhupaṭilābhakaraṇena yaṃ tena tesaṃ dinnaṃ cakkhu, tena cakkhunā cakkhumā. Ekarājāti sakalacakkavāḷe ālokakarānaṃ antare seṭṭhavisiṭṭhaṭṭhena ekarājā. Harissavaṇṇoti harisamānavaṇṇo, suvaṇṇavaṇṇoti attho. Pathavippabhāsoti pathaviyā pabhāso. Taṃ taṃ namassāmīti tasmā taṃ evarūpaṃ bhavantaṃ namassāmi vandāmi. Tayājja guttā viharemu divasanti tayā ajja rakkhitā gopitā hutvā imaṃ divasaṃ catuiriyāpathavihārena sukhaṃ vihareyyāma.
147这样,菩萨以这首偈颂礼敬了太阳之后,又用第二首偈颂礼敬了过去已般涅槃的诸佛,以及佛的功德。
Evaṃ bodhisatto imāya gāthāya sūriyaṃ namassitvā dutiyagāthāya atīte parinibbute buddhe ceva buddhaguṇe ca namassati.
148那些于一切法成为极智者的婆罗门,我礼敬他们,愿他们守护我;
‘‘Ye brāhmaṇā vedagū sabbadhamme, te me namo te ca maṃ pālayantu;
149礼敬诸佛,礼敬觉悟,礼敬解脱者,礼敬解脱;
Namatthu buddhānaṃ namatthu bodhiyā, namo vimuttānaṃ namo vimuttiyā;
150那孔雀作了这个护卫之后,便去觅食。
Imaṃ so parittaṃ katvā, moro carati esanā’’ti.
151其中,「那些婆罗门」指已经断除诸恶、清净的婆罗门。「极智者」:通常既指已经到达诸明彼岸的人,也指通过诸明而到达彼岸的人。但在本经中,是指对于一切有为法和无为法,都以智慧完全了知、彻底通达而到达涅槃的人,所以称为极智者。因此经文说「于一切法」。也就是说,对于一切蕴、处、界等法,通过自相和共相的观察,使自己的智慧彻底了知它们而到达彼岸;或者是指已经摧伏三魔,震动了十千世界界,在菩提树下证得正等正觉而超越轮回的人。这就是它的意思。「我礼敬他们」:请他们接受我的这份礼敬。「愿他们守护我」:因此,我所礼敬的诸位世尊,愿他们保护我、守护我、卫护我。「礼敬诸佛,礼敬觉悟,礼敬解脱者,礼敬解脱」:这份礼敬献给过去已般涅槃的诸佛,也献给那些佛在四道、四果中被称为智的觉悟;同样,献给那些佛以阿拉汉果而解脱的圣者,也献给他们的五种解脱——彼分解脱、镇伏解脱、正断解脱、止息解脱和出离解脱。我的这份礼敬也献给那些佛的这五种解脱。「那孔雀做了这个护卫后,为了寻求而行」:这两句是世尊成等正觉后所说。意思是:比丘们,那只孔雀做完了这个护卫、这个守护之后,在自己的活动地域内,为了寻找花、果等,而进行种种寻觅。
Tattha ye brāhmaṇāti ye bāhitapāpā visuddhibrāhmaṇā. Vedagūti vedānaṃ pāraṃ gatātipi vedagū, vedehi pāraṃ gatātipi vedagū. Idha pana sabbe saṅkhatāsaṅkhatadhamme vidite pākaṭe katvā gatāti vedagū. Tenevāha ‘‘sabbadhamme’’ti. Sabbe khandhāyatanadhātudhamme salakkhaṇasāmaññalakkhaṇavasena attano ñāṇassa vidite pākaṭe katvā gatā, tiṇṇaṃ mārānaṃ matthakaṃ madditvā dasasahassilokadhātuṃ unnādetvā bodhitale sammāsambodhiṃ patvā saṃsāraṃ vā atikkantāti attho. Te me namoti te mama imaṃ namakkāraṃ paṭicchantu. Te ca maṃ pālayantūti evaṃ mayā namassitā ca te bhagavanto maṃ pālentu rakkhantu gopentu. Namatthu buddhānaṃ namatthu bodhiyā, namo vimuttānaṃ namo vimuttiyāti ayaṃ mama namakkāro atītānaṃ parinibbutānaṃ buddhānaṃ atthu, tesaññeva catūsu ca maggesu catūsu phalesu ñāṇasaṅkhātāya bodhiyā atthu, tathā tesaññeva arahattaphalavimuttiyā vimuttānaṃ atthu, yā ca nesaṃ tadaṅgavimutti vikkhambhanavimutti samucchedavimutti paṭippassaddhivimutti nissaraṇavimuttīti pañcavidhā vimutti, tassā nesaṃ vimuttiyāpi ayaṃ mayhaṃ namakkāro atthūti. ‘‘Imaṃ so parittaṃ katvā, moro carati esanā’’ti idaṃ pana padadvayaṃ satthā abhisambuddho hutvā āha. Tassattho – bhikkhave, so moro imaṃ parittaṃ imaṃ rakkhaṃ katvā attano gocarabhūmiyaṃ pupphaphalādīnaṃ atthāya nānappakārāya esanāya carati.
152就这样,白天活动结束后,傍晚坐在山顶上,望着落山的太阳,忆念佛的功德,为了给自己的住处设立守护屏障,再次念诵梵咒,说道「已离去此……」等。
Evaṃ divasaṃ caritvā sāyaṃ pabbatamatthake nisīditvā atthaṅgataṃ sūriyaṃ olokento buddhaguṇe āvajjetvā nivāsaṭṭhāne rakkhāvaraṇatthāya puna brahmamantaṃ bandhanto ‘‘apetaya’’ntiādimāha.
18十八。
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154这位具眼者、唯一之王已离去,他身色金黄,光明普照大地;
‘‘Apetayaṃ cakkhumā ekarājā, harissavaṇṇo pathavippabhāso;
155我礼敬那位金色身、光照大地的圣者;依靠你的守护,我们今夜得以安然住下。
Taṃ taṃ namassāmi harissavaṇṇaṃ pathavippabhāsaṃ, tayājja guttā viharemu rattiṃ.
156对于那些于一切法都成为极智者的婆罗门,我礼敬他们,祈愿他们守护我;
‘‘Ye brāhmaṇā vedagū sabbadhamme, te me namo te ca maṃ pālayantu;
157礼敬诸佛,礼敬觉悟,礼敬解脱者,礼敬解脱;
Namatthu buddhānaṃ namatthu bodhiyā, namo vimuttānaṃ namo vimuttiyā;
158那孔雀做完这个护卫后,便安顿了住处。
Imaṃ so parittaṃ katvā, moro vāsamakappayī’’ti.
159其中,「apeti」意思是「离去」,也就是走向灭尽。「那孔雀做了这个护卫后,便安顿了住处」:这也是世尊成等正觉后所说。它的意思是:比丘们,那只孔雀做了这个护卫、这个守护之后,在自己的住处决定住下;在那期间,无论夜晚或白天,依靠这首护卫偈的威力,他既没有恐惧,也没有毛发竖立。
Tattha apetīti apayāti atthaṃ gacchati. Imaṃ so parittaṃ katvā, moro vāsamakappayīti idampi abhisambuddho hutvā āha. Tassattho – bhikkhave , so moro imaṃ parittaṃ imaṃ rakkhaṃ katvā attano nivāsaṭṭhāne vāsaṃ kappayittha, tassa rattiṃ vā divā vā imassa parittassānubhāvena neva bhayaṃ, na lomahaṃso ahosi.
160那时,在波罗奈城附近的一个猎人村中住着一位猎人,他在雪山地区游荡,看见了坐在藤杖金山顶上的菩萨,回来后告诉了他的儿子。有一天,波罗奈国王的王后名叫克玛,在梦中见到一只金色孔雀正在说法,醒来后她对国王说:「大王,我想听闻金色孔雀的法。」国王便询问大臣。大臣们说:「婆罗门会知道。」婆罗门听到后说:「确实有名叫金色孔雀的。」当被问「在哪里」时,他们说:「猎人们会知道。」国王便召集猎人来问。于是那位猎人之子说:「是的,大王,有座山名叫藤杖金山,那里住着一只金色孔雀。」「既然如此,你不要杀死那只孔雀,把它活着绑来给我。」猎人去了,在孔雀的觅食地布下套索。但即使是孔雀踩过的地方,套索也不起作用。猎人无法捕捉,游荡了七年,就在那里去世了。克玛王后也因为没能得到所求而去世。
Atheko bārāṇasiyā avidūre nesādagāmavāsī nesādo himavantapadese vicaranto tasmiṃ daṇḍakahiraññapabbatamatthake nisinnaṃ bodhisattaṃ disvā āgantvā puttassa ārocesi. Athekadivasaṃ khemā nāma bārāṇasirañño devī supinena suvaṇṇavaṇṇaṃ moraṃ dhammaṃ desentaṃ disvā pabuddhakāle rañño ārocesi – ‘‘ahaṃ, deva, suvaṇṇavaṇṇassa morassa dhammaṃ sotukāmā’’ti. Rājā amacce pucchi. Amaccā ‘‘brāhmaṇā jānissantī’’ti āhaṃsu. Brāhmaṇā taṃ sutvā ‘‘suvaṇṇavaṇṇā morā nāma hontī’’ti vatvā ‘‘kattha hontī’’ti vutte ‘‘nesādā jānissantī’’ti āhaṃsu. Rājā nesāde sannipātetvā pucchi. Atha so nesādaputto ‘‘āma, mahārāja, daṇḍakahiraññapabbato nāma atthi, tattha suvaṇṇavaṇṇo moro vasatī’’ti āha. ‘‘Tena hi taṃ moraṃ amāretvā bandhitvāva ānehī’’ti. Nesādo gantvā tassa gocarabhūmiyaṃ pāse oḍḍesi. Morena akkantaṭṭhānepi pāso na sañcarati. Nesādo gaṇhituṃ asakkonto satta vassāni vicaritvā tattheva kālamakāsi. Khemāpi devī patthitaṃ alabhamānā kālamakāsi.
161国王因为王后为了孔雀而死,心生愤怒,说道:“在雪山地区有座名叫藤杖金山的地方,那里住着一只金色孔雀。凡是吃它的肉的人,可以不老不死。”便将这些文字刻在金板上,把金板放入箱中。他去世后,另一位国王继承王位,读诵金板后想:“我将不老不死。”便派了另一位猎人去。那位猎人去了也无法捕捉菩萨,就在那里去世了。就这样,六代国王接连这样过世。接着第七代国王登基后,又派了一位猎人。那猎人前往,发现即使菩萨踩过的地方套索也不起作用,又知道菩萨是先念护卫偈然后才去觅食地。他便到边境去,捉来一只母孔雀,训练她,使她听到拍手声就跳舞,听到弹指声就鸣叫。他带着她前去,在孔雀还未念护卫偈的清晨,就插下套索杆,布下套索,然后让母孔雀鸣叫。孔雀听到不相宜的女人声音,被烦恼所烧,无法念诵护卫偈,前去觅食时被套索套住了。于是猎人捉住他,带去献给波罗奈国王。
Rājā ‘‘moraṃ me nissāya devī kālakatā’’ti kujjhitvā ‘‘himavantapadese daṇḍakahiraññapabbato nāma atthi, tattha suvaṇṇavaṇṇo moro vasati, ye tassa maṃsaṃ khādanti, te ajarā amarā hontī’’ti akkharaṃ suvaṇṇapaṭṭe likhāpetvā suvaṇṇapaṭṭaṃ mañjūsāya nikkhipāpesi. Tasmiṃ kālakate añño rājā rajjaṃ patvā suvaṇṇapaṭṭaṃ vācetvā ‘‘ajaro amaro bhavissāmī’’ti aññaṃ nesādaṃ pesesi. Sopi gantvā bodhisattaṃ gahetuṃ asakkonto tattheva kālamakāsi. Eteneva niyāmena cha rājaparivaṭṭā gatā. Atha sattamo rājā rajjaṃ patvā ekaṃ nesādaṃ pahiṇi. So gantvā bodhisattena akkantaṭṭhānepi pāsassa asañcaraṇabhāvaṃ, attano parittaṃ katvā gocarabhūmigamanabhāvañcassa ñatvā paccantaṃ otaritvā ekaṃ moriṃ gahetvā yathā hatthatāḷasaddena naccati, accharāsaddena ca vassati, evaṃ sikkhāpetvā taṃ ādāya gantvā morena paritte akate pātoyeva pāsayaṭṭhiyo ropetvā pāse oḍḍetvā moriṃ vassāpesi. Moro visabhāgaṃ mātugāmasaddaṃ sutvā kilesāturo hutvā parittaṃ kātuṃ asakkuṇitvā gantvā pāse bajjhi. Atha naṃ nesādo gahetvā gantvā bārāṇasirañño adāsi.
162国王见到孔雀形相圆满,心生欢喜,便赐予座位。菩萨坐在铺好的座位上,问道:“大王,为何让人捕捉我?”国王说:“据说凡是吃你肉的人,都能不老不死。所以我想吃你的肉,期望不老不死,才叫人捉你。”菩萨说:“大王,暂且不论吃我肉的人是否不老不死,我自身会死吗?”“是的,你会死。”“那么,在我死后,他们只吃我的肉,又怎能不死呢?”“你是金色的,因此据说吃你肉的人会不老不死。”“大王,我并非无缘无故生为金色。从前,就在这座城中,我曾为转轮王,不仅自己守护五戒,还令整个轮围界的众生也守护五戒。我命终后投生到忉利天,在那里住满应有的寿命。从那里死后,因为其他不善业的残余,我投生到孔雀胎中,但由于过去持戒的力量,我生为金色。”“你说‘你曾为转轮王,守戒而由戒的果报生为金色’,我们怎么能相信?有证人吗?”“有,大王。”“是谁?”“大王,当我为转轮王时,曾乘坐珍宝所造的车子游行空中。那辆车被我下令埋藏在吉祥池塘下的地中。你令人从吉祥池塘中取出它,它将成为我的证人。”
Rājā tassa rūpasampattiṃ disvā tuṭṭhamānaso āsanaṃ dāpesi. Bodhisatto paññattāsane nisīditvā ‘‘mahārāja, kasmā maṃ gaṇhāpesī’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Ye kira tava maṃsaṃ khādanti, te ajarā amarā honti, svāhaṃ tava maṃsaṃ khāditvā ajaro amaro hotukāmo taṃ gaṇhāpesi’’nti. ‘‘Mahārāja, mama tāva maṃsaṃ khādantā ajarā amarā hontu, ahaṃ pana marissāmī’’ti ? ‘‘Āma, marissasī’’ti. ‘‘Mayi marante pana mama maṃsameva khāditvā kinti katvā na marissantī’’ti? ‘‘Tvaṃ suvaṇṇavaṇṇo, tasmā kira tava maṃsaṃ khādakā ajarā amarā bhavissantī’’ti. ‘‘Mahārāja, ahaṃ pana na akāraṇā suvaṇṇavaṇṇo jāto, pubbe panāhaṃ imasmiṃyeva nagare cakkavattī rājā hutvā sayampi pañca sīlāni rakkhiṃ, sakalacakkavāḷavāsinopi rakkhāpesiṃ, svāhaṃ kālaṃ karitvā tāvatiṃsabhavane nibbatto, tattha yāvatāyukaṃ ṭhatvā tato cuto aññassa akusalassa nissandena morayoniyaṃ nibbattitvāpi porāṇasīlānubhāvena suvaṇṇavaṇṇo jāto’’ti. ‘‘‘Tvaṃ cakkavattī rājā hutvā sīlaṃ rakkhitvā sīlaphalena suvaṇṇavaṇṇo jāto’ti kathamidaṃ amhehi saddhātabbaṃ. Atthi no koci sakkhī’’ti ? ‘‘Atthi, mahārājā’’ti. ‘‘Ko nāmā’’ti? ‘‘Mahārāja, ahaṃ cakkavattikāle ratanamaye rathe nisīditvā ākāse vicariṃ, so me ratho maṅgalapokkharaṇiyā antobhūmiyaṃ nidahāpito, taṃ maṅgalapokkharaṇito ukkhipāpehi, so me sakkhi bhavissatī’’ti.
163国王应允说:“好的。”他令人排干池塘的水,取出宝车,从而相信了菩萨。菩萨对国王说法:“大王,除了不死的大涅槃之外,其余一切皆是有为法,必定消失,无常,是灭尽坏灭之法。”并令国王安住于五戒。国王生起净信,以王国供养菩萨,做了广大的崇敬。菩萨又将王国交还给他,住了几天,教导他说:“大王,要常保不放逸。”然后跃入空中,飞回藤杖金山。国王也遵循菩萨的教导,行布施等福德,随业而去。
Rājā ‘‘sādhū’’ti paṭissuṇitvā pokkharaṇito udakaṃ harāpetvā rathaṃ nīharāpetvā bodhisattassa saddahi. Bodhisatto ‘‘mahārāja, ṭhapetvā amatamahānibbānaṃ avasesā sabbe saṅkhatadhammā hutvā abhāvino aniccā khayavayadhammāyevā’’ti rañño dhammaṃ desetvā rājānaṃ pañcasu sīlesu patiṭṭhāpesi. Rājā pasanno bodhisattaṃ rajjena pūjetvā mahantaṃ sakkāraṃ akāsi. So rajjaṃ tasseva paṭiniyyādetvā katipāhaṃ vasitvā ‘‘appamatto hohi, mahārājā’’ti ovaditvā ākāse uppatitvā daṇḍakahiraññapabbatameva agamāsi. Rājāpi bodhisattassa ovāde ṭhatvā dānādīni puññāni katvā yathākammaṃ gato.
164导师开示此法后,揭示真理,并归纳本生故事。在真理开示结束时,那位心生厌倦的比丘证得了阿拉汉果。导师说道:“那时,国王是阿难,金色孔雀则是我自己。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhu arahatte patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā rājā ānando ahosi, suvaṇṇamoro pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
176孔雀本生注释第九。
Morajātakavaṇṇanā navamā.
165[160] 十. 青颈本生注释
[160] 10. Vinīlajātakavaṇṇanā
166世尊住在竹林精舍时,针对提婆达多模仿善逝卧姿的事,讲述了这个故事。当时,提婆达多向前往象头山的两位上首弟子展示善逝的卧姿后躺下。两位长老说法后,带着自己的随众回到了竹林精舍。世尊问他们:“舍利弗,提婆达多看见你们后做了什么?”他们回答:“尊者,他展示善逝卧姿后,就遭到了大毁灭。”世尊说:“舍利弗,提婆达多不只是现在才因模仿我而毁灭,过去世他也曾这样毁灭过。”应长老们的请求,世尊讲起了过去的事。
Evameva nūna rājānanti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto devadattassa sugatālayaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Devadatte hi gayāsīsagatānaṃ dvinnaṃ aggasāvakānaṃ sugatālayaṃ dassetvā nipanne ubhopi therā dhammaṃ desetvā attano nissitake ādāya veḷuvanaṃ agamiṃsu. Te satthārā ‘‘sāriputta, devadatto tumhe disvā kiṃ akāsī’’ti puṭṭhā ‘‘bhante, sugatālayaṃ dassetvā mahāvināsaṃ pāpuṇī’’ti ārocesuṃ. Satthā ‘‘na kho, sāriputta, devadatto idāneva mama anukiriyaṃ karonto vināsaṃ patto, pubbepi pāpuṇiyevā’’ti vatvā therehi yācito atītaṃ āhari.
167过去,在毗提诃国,当毗提诃王在弥体喇城治理国家时,菩萨投生在他正妃的胎中。菩萨长大后,在塔迦尸喇学习了一切技艺,父亲去世后登上了王位。那时,有一只金天鹅王在他的觅食地,与一只雌鸦交合。雌鸦生下了一只幼鸟,既不像母亲,也不像父亲。因为它有青黑色的肤色,就被取名为“青颈”。天鹅王常常去看望这个儿子。后来,他又有了两只幼天鹅儿子。它们见父亲经常飞到有人类出没的地方,就问:“父亲,您为什么常常到有人类的地方去呢?”“孩子啊,我和一只雌鸦交合,生下了一个儿子,名叫‘青颈’。我去看望他。”“他们住在哪里呢?”“在毗提诃国,弥体喇城附近一个地方,住在一棵棕榈树的树顶上。”“父亲,人类出没的地方充满了危险和恐惧,您不要去了,我们去把他带来。”于是,两只幼天鹅按照父亲指示的地方找到了那里,让青颈坐在一根杆子上,用嘴衔住杆端,飞过弥体喇城的上空。就在这时,毗提诃王正坐在由四匹全白色的信度马拉着的华美车乘上,沿城右绕巡行。青颈看见后心想:“我和毗提诃王有什么不同?他坐着四匹信度马拉的车在城中巡游,而我也坐着天鹅拉的车在空中飞行啊。”于是,他飞在空中,说出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte videharaṭṭhe mithilāyaṃ videharāje rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto tassa aggamahesiyā kucchimhi nibbatti. So vayappatto takkasilāyaṃ sabbasippāni uggaṇhitvā pitu accayena rajje patiṭṭhāsi. Tadā ekassa suvaṇṇahaṃsarājassa gocarabhūmiyaṃ kākiyā saddhiṃ saṃvāso ahosi. Sā puttaṃ vijāyi. So neva mātupatirūpako ahosi, na pitu. Athassa vinīlakadhātukattā ‘‘vinīlako’’tveva nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Haṃsarājā abhiṇhaṃ gantvā puttaṃ passati. Apare panassa dve haṃsapotakā puttā ahesuṃ. Te pitaraṃ abhiṇhaṃ manussapathaṃ gacchantaṃ disvā pucchiṃsu – ‘‘tāta, tumhe kasmā abhiṇhaṃ manussapathaṃ gacchathā’’ti? ‘‘Tātā, ekāya me kākiyā saddhiṃ saṃvāsamanvāya eko putto jāto, ‘vinīlako’tissa nāmaṃ, tamahaṃ daṭṭhuṃ gacchāmī’’ti. ‘‘Kahaṃ panete vasantī’’ti? ‘‘Videharaṭṭhe mithilāya avidūre asukasmiṃ nāma ṭhāne ekasmiṃ tālagge vasantī’’ti. ‘‘Tāta, manussapatho nāma sāsaṅko sappaṭibhayo, tumhe mā gacchatha, mayaṃ gantvā taṃ ānessāmā’’ti dve haṃsapotakā pitarā ācikkhitasaññāya tattha gantvā taṃ vinīlakaṃ ekasmiṃ daṇḍake nisīdāpetvā mukhatuṇḍakena daṇḍakoṭiyaṃ ḍaṃsitvā mithilānagaramatthakena pāyiṃsu. Tasmiṃ khaṇe videharājā sabbasetacatusindhavayuttarathavare nisīditvā nagaraṃ padakkhiṇaṃ karoti. Vinīlako taṃ disvā cintesi – ‘‘mayhaṃ videharaññā kiṃ nānākāraṇaṃ, esa catusindhavayuttarathe nisīditvā nagaraṃ anusañcarati, ahaṃ pana haṃsayuttarathe nisīditvā gacchāmī’’ti. So ākāsena gacchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
19十九。
19.
169“确实是这样,毫无疑问:毗提诃王,拥有弥体喇城的人;
‘‘Evameva nūna rājānaṃ, vedehaṃ mithilaggahaṃ;
170良种的马承载着他,就像天鹅们承载我青颈一样。”
Assā vahanti ājaññā, yathā haṃsā vinīlaka’’nti.
171这里,「evameva」就是“evaṃ eva”,意思是“确实就是这样”。「nūna」是一个表示推想、思虑的虚词,在这里也表示确定无疑的意思。「Vedehaṃ」指毗提诃国的君主。「Mithilaggahaṃ」指弥体喇的住处,意思是住在弥体喇城中、拥有家宅的人。「Ājaññā」指能知道什么事情该做、什么事情不该做的良马。「Yathā haṃsā vinīlakaṃ」意思是:就像这些天鹅承载着我青颈一样,同样地,那些良马也承载着国王。
Tattha evamevāti evaṃ eva, nūnāti parivitakke nipāto. Ekaṃsepi vaṭṭatiyeva. Vedehanti videharaṭṭhasāmikaṃ. Mithilaggahanti mithilagehaṃ, mithilāyaṃ gharaṃ pariggahetvā vasamānanti attho. Ājaññāti kāraṇākāraṇājānanakā. Yathā haṃsā vinīlakanti yathā ime haṃsā maṃ vinīlakaṃ vahanti, evameva vahantīti.
172幼天鹅们听了青颈的话,非常生气,心想:“我们就在这里把它扔下去,然后走吧!”但转念又想:“这样做的话,父亲会怎么说我们呢?”因为害怕被责备,它们就把它带到了父亲那里,并把它的所作所为报告了父亲。父亲听后非常生气,斥责道:“你难道比我的这些儿子更优越吗?你竟敢凌驾于我的儿子们之上,把他们当成套在车上的马一样使唤。你太不知道自己的身份了!这个地方不是你能待的地方,滚回你母亲那里去吧!”这样斥责之后,天鹅王说出了第二首偈颂——
Haṃsapotakā tassa vacanaṃ sutvā kujjhitvā ‘‘idheva naṃ pātetvā gamissāmā’’ti cittaṃ uppādetvāpi ‘‘evaṃ kate pitā no kiṃ vakkhatī’’ti garahabhayena pitu santikaṃ netvā tena katakiriyaṃ pitu ācikkhiṃsu. Atha naṃ pitā kujjhitvā ‘‘kiṃ tvaṃ mama puttehi adhikatarosi, yo mama putte abhibhavitvā rathe yuttasindhave viya karosi, attano pamāṇaṃ na jānāsi. Imaṃ ṭhānaṃ tava agocaro, attano mātu vasanaṭṭhānameva gacchāhī’’ti tajjetvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
20二十。
20.
174“青颈啊,你亲近险难的地方,孩子啊,你依止这不合适之地;
‘‘Vinīla duggaṃ bhajasi, abhūmiṃ tāta sevasi;
175你应该亲近村落边缘,那里才是你母亲的家。”
Gāmantakāni sevassu, etaṃ mātālayaṃ tavā’’ti.
176这里,‘Vinīla’(青颈)是叫它的名字。‘Duggaṃ bhajasi’(亲近险难处)意思是:由于这些原因,你亲近山间的险难处。‘Abhūmiṃ, tāta, sevasi’(孩子啊,你依止非地):孩子,所谓山岳不平坦的地方,对你来说是不适宜之地,你依止它、接近它。‘Etaṃ mātālayaṃ tavā’(那是你母亲的家):这个村落边缘,也就是垃圾堆和露天坟地,是你母亲的住处、家宅、生活的地方,你应该去那里。这样斥责之后,他就命令儿子们说:‘去吧,就在弥体喇城的粪堆地带把它丢下再回来。’它们照他的话做了。
Tattha vinīlāti taṃ nāmenālapati. Duggaṃ bhajasīti imesaṃ vasena giriduggaṃ bhajasi. Abhūmiṃ, tāta, sevasīti, tāta, girivisamaṃ nāma tava abhūmi , taṃ sevasi upagacchasi. Etaṃ mātālayaṃ tavāti etaṃ gāmantaṃ ukkāraṭṭhānaṃ āmakasusānaṭṭhānañca tava mātu ālayaṃ gehaṃ vasanaṭṭhānaṃ, tattha gacchāhīti. Evaṃ taṃ tajjetvā ‘‘gacchatha, naṃ mithilanagarassa ukkārabhūmiyaññeva otāretvā ethā’’ti putte āṇāpesi, te tathā akaṃsu.
177世尊讲述了这个法的教示后,把本生故事联系起来总结说:‘当时,青颈就是迭瓦达德,两只幼天鹅是两位上首弟子,父亲是阿难,而毗提诃王就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā vinīlako devadatto ahosi, dve haṃsapotakā dve aggasāvakā ahesuṃ, pitā ānando ahosi, videharājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
190《青颈本生》注释 第十。
Vinīlajātakavaṇṇanā dasamā.
191坚固品 第一。
Daḷhavaggo paṭhamo.
178其摄颂(总结偈):
Tassuddānaṃ –
179《王教》、《豺》、《猪》、《蛇》、《婆祇》;
Rājovādañca siṅgālaṃ, sūkaraṃ uragaṃ bhaggaṃ;
180「无倦心」(Alīnacitta)、「功德」(Guṇa)、「善颚」(Suhanu)、「孔雀」(Mora)、「青色」(Vinīla)。
Alīnacittaguṇañca, suhanu moravinīlaṃ.
1812.「交往品」(Santhavavaggo)
2. Santhavavaggo
182[161] 1. 对「因陀沙马那族姓」(Indasamānagotta)本生的注释。
[161] 1. Indasamānagottajātakavaṇṇanā
183“不应与卑劣之人交往”(Na santhavaṃ kāpurisena kayirā)这一句,是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位很难教的比丘而说的。那位比丘的故事将在《九集·秃鹫本生》(jā. 1.9.1 等)中详细展开。世尊对那位比丘说:“比丘,你过去生也因为难教的性格,不肯听从智者的话,被发狂的象用脚踩得粉碎。”随后便引出了过去世的本生。
Nasanthavaṃ kāpurisena kayirāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ dubbacajātikaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tassa vatthu navakanipāte gijjhajātake (jā. 1.9.1 ādayo) āvibhavissati. Satthā pana taṃ bhikkhuṃ ‘‘pubbepi tvaṃ, bhikkhu, dubbacatāya paṇḍitānaṃ vacanaṃ akatvā mattahatthipādehi sañcuṇṇito’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
184过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治时,菩萨出生在婆罗门家庭,长大之后舍弃了居家生活,出家为仙人,并成为五百位仙人的导师,住在雪山地方。那时,那些苦行者中有一位名叫因陀沙马那族姓的苦行者,他性格难教,不听劝告。他养了一头小象。菩萨听说后,把他叫来问道:「听说你养了一头小象,是真的吗?」他回答:「是真的,老师,我养了一头死了母亲的小象。」菩萨说:「象这种动物,长大后会杀死饲养它的人,不要养它。」「没有它我活不下去,老师。」菩萨说:「既然如此,你以后就会明白的。」后来,那头象在他的饲养下,长得非常庞大。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vuḍḍhippatto gharāvāsaṃ pahāya isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā pañcannaṃ isisatānaṃ gaṇasatthā hutvā himavantapadese vāsaṃ kappesi. Tadā tesu tāpasesu indasamānagotto nāmeko tāpaso ahosi dubbaco anovādako. So ekaṃ hatthipotakaṃ posesi. Bodhisatto sutvā taṃ pakkositvā ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ hatthipotakaṃ posesī’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Saccaṃ, ācariya, matamātikaṃ ekaṃ hatthipotakaṃ posemī’’ti. ‘‘Hatthino nāma vuḍḍhippattā posakeyeva mārenti, mā taṃ posehī’’ti. ‘‘Tena vinā vattituṃ na sakkomi ācariyā’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi paññāyissasī’’ti. So tena posiyamāno aparabhāge mahāsarīro ahosi.
185后来有一次,那些仙人为了采集树根果实远行,在那里住了几天。那头象在顺南风时发了情,捣毁了他的草屋,打破水瓶,扔掷石板,扯下挂板,心想「杀了那个苦行者再走」,便进入一处密林,守望着他归来的路。因陀沙马那族姓苦行者带着它觅食所得的「行境」,走在所有人前面。他看见象之后,还像往常一样,以「平常想」走近它。于是那头象从密林中冲出,用象鼻将他卷起摔倒在地,用脚踩碎他的头,结束了他的生命,又加以践踏,发出鹤鸣般的叫声,随后走进了森林。其余的苦行者将此事报告给菩萨。菩萨说:「确实不应与卑劣之人亲近往来。」然后说了以下的偈颂——
Athekasmiṃ kāle te isayo vanamūlaphalāphalatthāya dūraṃ gantvā tattheva katipāhaṃ vasiṃsu. Hatthīpi aggadakkhiṇavāte pabhinnamado hutvā tassa paṇṇasālaṃ viddhaṃsetvā pānīyaghaṭaṃ bhinditvā pāsāṇaphalakaṃ khipitvā ālambanaphalakaṃ luñcitvā ‘‘taṃ tāpasaṃ māretvāva gamissāmī’’ti ekaṃ gahanaṭṭhānaṃ pavisitvā tassa āgamanamaggaṃ olokento aṭṭhāsi. Indasamānagotto tassa gocaraṃ gahetvā sabbesaṃ puratova āgacchanto taṃ disvā pakatisaññāyevassa santikaṃ agamāsi. Atha naṃ so hatthī gahanaṭṭhānā nikkhamitvā soṇḍāya parāmasitvā bhūmiyaṃ pātetvā sīsaṃ pādena akkamitvā jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā madditvā koñcanādaṃ katvā araññaṃ pāvisi. Sesatāpasā taṃ pavattiṃ bodhisattassa ārocesuṃ . Bodhisatto ‘‘kāpurisehi nāma saddhiṃ saṃsaggo na kātabbo’’ti vatvā imā gāthā āha –
21二十一。
21.
187「Na santhavaṃ kāpurisena kayirā, ariyo anariyena pajānamatthaṃ;
‘‘Na santhavaṃ kāpurisena kayirā, ariyo anariyena pajānamatthaṃ;
188「Cirānuvutthopi karoti pāpaṃ, gajo yathā indasamānagottaṃ。」
Cirānuvutthopi karoti pāpaṃ, gajo yathā indasamānagottaṃ.
22二十二。
22.
190若知道有人「这人与我相等」,凭借戒、智慧与多闻来看;
‘‘Yaṃ tveva jaññā sadiso mamanti, sīlena paññāya sutena cāpi;
191因此,应当与那人结交友谊,与善士相伴相处确实是快乐的。
Teneva mettiṃ kayirātha saddhiṃ, sukho have sappurisena saṅgamo’’ti.
192在这里,「勿与恶人亲近」的意思是:不应该和卑贱的人、嗔怒的人建立贪爱上的亲近或者朋友上的亲近。「圣者在无圣者中了知义利」:所谓「圣者」,有四种圣者——行为上的圣者、特征上的圣者、见解上的圣者、证悟上的圣者。在这里指的是行为上的圣者。那位圣者「了知义利」,也就是善于分辨什么是真实的利益、什么不是真实的利益,安住在正行中的圣补特伽罗,不应该与无圣品、无惭无愧、道德败坏的补特伽罗亲近。这是什么原因呢?「即使长久同住,他也会作恶」:因为无圣者即使长时间与人同住一处,也根本不会顾念这份同居之谊,依然一定会造作恶行、做低劣的事情。如同什么呢?「如同那象对待名为因达沙曼那果得的人一样」:意思是,就像那头象杀死了名叫因达沙曼那果得的人,造作了恶业。至于「若知道有人『这人与我相等』」等经文,意思是:如果知道某个补特伽罗「这个人在戒行等方面和我相当」,就应当与那个人结下友谊,与善士的相伴相处是能带来安乐的。
Tattha na santhavaṃ kāpurisena kayirāti kucchitena kodhapurisena saddhiṃ taṇhāsanthavaṃ vā mittasanthavaṃ vā na kayirātha. Ariyo anariyena pajānamatthanti ariyoti cattāro ariyā ācāraariyo liṅgaariyo dassanaariyo paṭivedhaariyoti. Tesu ācāraariyo idha adhippeto. So pajānamatthaṃ atthaṃ pajānanto atthānatthakusalo ācāre ṭhito ariyapuggalo anariyena nillajjena dussīlena saddhiṃ santhavaṃ na kareyyāti attho. Kiṃ kāraṇā? Cirānuvutthopi karoti pāpanti, yasmā anariyo ciraṃ ekato anuvutthopi taṃ ekato nivāsaṃ agaṇetvā karoti pāpaṃ lāmakakammaṃ karotiyeva. Yathā kiṃ? Gajo yathā indasamānagottanti, yathā so gajo indasamānagottaṃ mārento pāpaṃ akāsīti attho. Yaṃ tveva jaññā sadiso mamantiādīsu yaṃ tveva puggalaṃ ‘‘ayaṃ mama sīlādīhi sadiso’’ti jāneyya, teneva saddhiṃ mettiṃ kayirātha, sappurisena saddhiṃ samāgamo sukhāvahoti.
193如此,菩萨教导仙人众说:「人不应该做一个缺乏教导者,而应该做一个善于修学的人。」随后为因达沙曼那果得办理身后之事,培育梵住,命终之后投生到了梵天界。
Evaṃ bodhisatto ‘‘anovādakena nāma na bhavitabbaṃ, susikkhitena bhavituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti isigaṇaṃ ovaditvā indasamānagottassa sarīrakiccaṃ kāretvā brahmavihāre bhāvetvā brahmalokūpago ahosi.
194世尊开示了这个法之后,将本生故事串联起来说:「那时的那位因达沙曼那果得,就是现在这个难以调伏的人;而那位大众的导师,则正是我自己。」
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā indasamānagotto ayaṃ dubbaco ahosi, gaṇasatthā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
209因达沙曼那果得本生注 第一。
Indasamānagottajātakavaṇṇanā paṭhamā.
195亲近本生注
[162] 2. Santhavajātakavaṇṇanā
196世尊住在祇园时,以火供的事为缘,说了“没有比亲近恶人更坏的……”这首偈颂。这事与前面《纳恩古塔本生》中所说的类似。比丘们看见那些举行火供的人,问世尊:“大德,那些结发者做种种错误的苦行,这里面真的有增长吗?”世尊说:“比丘们,这当中毫无所谓的增长。过去的智者也以为火供中有增长,长时间供奉火,后来在那个业中一点增长也没见到,就用水扑灭了火,用枝条抽打,之后转身离去,连看都不看一眼。”于是世尊讲述了过去的因缘。
Nasanthavasmā paramatthi pāpiyoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aggijuhanaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu heṭṭhā naṅguṭṭhajātake (jā. 1.1.144 ādayo) kathitasadisameva. Bhikkhū te aggiṃ juhante disvā ‘‘bhante, jaṭilā nānappakāraṃ micchātapaṃ karonti, atthi nu kho ettha vuḍḍhī’’ti bhagavantaṃ pucchiṃsu. ‘‘Na, bhikkhave, etthakāci vuḍḍhi nāma atthi, porāṇakapaṇḍitāpi aggijuhane vuḍḍhi atthīti saññāya ciraṃ aggiṃ juhitvā tasmiṃ kamme avuḍḍhimeva disvā aggiṃ udakena nibbāpetvā sākhādīhi pothetvā puna nivattitvāpi na olokesu’’nti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
197过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治时,菩萨出生在一个婆罗门家。父母为他保留了火种,在他十六岁时问他:‘孩子,你是要带着火种去森林中侍奉火,还是学习三部吠陀,置办家业,过居家生活?’他回答:‘我不需要居家生活,我要到森林中侍奉火,成为往生梵天世界的人。’于是他带着火种,辞别父母,进入森林,搭了一间叶屋住下,便侍奉火。有一天,他到一个受邀请的地方,得到了加了酥油的乳粥。他想:‘我要把这乳粥供养给大梵天。’于是取来乳粥,点着火,说:‘尊敬的尊者火神,我用酥油调和的乳粥供养您。’说着就把乳粥倒进火里。乳粥里酥油很多,一投进去,火焰顿时猛烈升腾,把叶屋烧毁了。婆罗门大惊失色,逃到外面,站着说:‘真的不该与恶人亲近啊!如今我辛辛苦苦盖起的叶屋竟被这火烧了!’于是说出第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto brāhmaṇakule nibbatti. Mātāpitaro tassa jātaggiṃ gahetvā taṃ soḷasavassuddese ṭhitaṃ āhaṃsu – ‘‘kiṃ, tāta, jātaggiṃ gahetvā araññe aggiṃ paricarissasi, udāhu tayo vede uggaṇhitvā kuṭumbaṃ saṇṭhapetvā gharāvāsaṃ vasissasī’’ti. So ‘‘na me gharāvāsena attho, araññe aggiṃ paricaritvā brahmalokaparāyaṇo bhavissāmī’’ti jātaggiṃ gahetvā mātāpitaro vanditvā araññaṃ pavisitvā paṇṇasālāya vāsaṃ kappetvā aggiṃ paricari. So ekadivasaṃ nimantitaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā sappinā pāyāsaṃ labhitvā ‘‘imaṃ pāyāsaṃ mahābrahmuno yajissāmī’’ti taṃ pāyāsaṃ āharitvā aggiṃ jāletvā ‘‘aggiṃ tāva bhavantaṃ sappiyuttaṃ pāyāsaṃ pāyemī’’ti pāyāsaṃ aggimhi pakkhipi. Bahusinehe pāyāse aggimhi pakkhittamatteyeva aggi jalitvā paccuggatāhi accīhi paṇṇasālaṃ jhāpesi. Brāhmaṇo bhītatasito palāyitvā bahi ṭhatvā ‘‘kāpurisehi nāma santhavo na kātabbo, idāni me iminā agginā kicchena katā paṇṇasālā jhāpitā’’ti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
23二十三。
23.
199没有比与恶人的亲近更坏的了;
‘‘Na santhavasmā paramatthi pāpiyo, yo santhavo kāpurisena hoti;
200用酥油和乳粥精心供养它,它却烧毁了我辛苦建起的叶屋。
Santappito sappinā pāyasena, kicchākataṃ paṇṇakuṭiṃ adayhī’’ti.
201其中,「na santhavasmā」:指“没有比这种交往更坏的了”。无论是渴爱的交往还是朋友的交往,这两种交往中,没有比这更卑劣、更下贱的了,即没有更邪恶的了。「与恶人交往」(yo santhavo kāpurisenāti):指与那个邪恶的恶人的两种交往,没有比这更邪恶的了。为什么呢?因为「被酥油……烧毁」(Santappito…pe…adayhīti):意思是这火虽被我用酥油和乳粥精心供养,却烧毁了我辛辛苦苦建造的叶屋。
Tattha na santhavasmāti taṇhāsanthavāpi ca mittasanthavāpi cāti duvidhāpi etasmā santhavā paraṃ uttari aññaṃ pāpataraṃ natthi, lāmakataraṃ nāma natthīti attho. Yo santhavo kāpurisenāti yo pāpakena kāpurisena saddhiṃ duvidhopi santhavo, tato pāpataraṃ aññaṃ natthi. Kasmā? Santappito…pe…adayhīti, yasmā sappinā ca pāyāsena ca santappitopi ayaṃ aggi mayā kicchena kataṃ paṇṇasālaṃ jhāpesīti attho.
202他这样说完,说:“我不要像你这种背叛朋友的东西。”便用水扑灭那火,用枝条抽打,然后进入雪山深处。在那里,他看到一只名叫萨玛的母鹿正在舔狮子、老虎和豹子的嘴,心想:“与善人交往,没有比这更好的了。”于是说出第二首偈颂:
So evaṃ vatvā ‘‘na me tayā mittadubbhinā attho’’ti taṃ aggiṃ udakena nibbāpetvā sākhāhi pothetvā antohimavantaṃ pavisitvā ekaṃ sāmamigiṃ sīhassa ca byagghassa ca dīpino ca mukhaṃ lehantiṃ disvā ‘‘sappurisehi saddhiṃ santhavā paraṃ seyyo nāma natthī’’ti cintetvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
24二十四。
24.
204没有比与善士交往更好的了;
‘‘Na santhavasmā paramatthi seyyo, yo santhavo sappurisena hoti;
205狮子、老虎和豹子,萨玛靠着交往去舔它们的嘴。
Sīhassa byagghassa ca dīpino ca, sāmā mukhaṃ lehati santhavenā’’ti.
206这里,「萨玛以交往舔嘴」的意思是:有一头名叫萨玛的母鹿,因为与这三者的交往和友爱,所以会舔它们的嘴。
Tattha sāmā mukhaṃ lehati santhavenāti sāmā nāma migī imesaṃ tiṇṇaṃ janānaṃ santhavena sinehena mukhaṃ lehatīti.
207菩萨说完这些话,就进入了雪山地区,出家修习仙人道,成就了神通与禅那;在生命结束时,往生到了梵天界。
Evaṃ vatvā bodhisatto antohimavantaṃ pavisitvā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā jīvitapariyosāne brahmalokūpago ahosi.
208导师开示了这段法义后,将本生故事连结起来说:“那时的仙人就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tena samayena tāpaso ahameva ahosi’’nti.
224交往本生注释第二。
Santhavajātakavaṇṇanā dutiyā.
209[163] 3. 须深本生注释
[163] 3. Susīmajātakavaṇṇanā
210「这些黑兽有白牙,是你的」这句偈颂,是导师住在祇园精舍时,就着舍卫城人们筹集“欲施”的事情而宣说的。在舍卫城,有时只有一户人家向以佛陀为首的比丘僧团布施,有时向外道们布施,有时许多人结成团体一起布施,有时按街道区域布施,有时全城的居民汇集了“欲施”来进行布施。但在那次,全城居民汇集了“欲施”,准备了全部资具的布施,分成了两派:一部分人说:“我们将这份全部资具的布施供给外道们”;另一部分人说:“给与以佛陀为首的比丘僧团”。这样反复争论时,外道的弟子们只能主张“给外道们”,佛陀的弟子们则主张“给以佛陀为首的比丘僧团”。当说到“我们要争取多数”的时候,主张“布施给以佛陀为首的比丘僧团”的人越来越多,只有他们的意见最终成立。外道弟子们没能对应当施予佛陀的布施制造障碍。城民们邀请以佛陀为首的比丘僧团,进行了七天的大布施,在第七天供给了全部资具。导师作了随喜开示,以道果觉悟了大众之后,便回到祇园精舍。在比丘僧团完成了日常义务后,他站在香室前,给出了善逝的教诫,然后进入香室。
Kāḷā migā setadantā tavīmeti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto chandakadānaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Sāvatthiyañhi kadāci ekameva kulaṃ buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa dānaṃ deti, kadāci aññatitthiyānaṃ deti, kadāci gaṇabandhanena bahū ekato hutvā denti, kadāci vīthisabhāgena, kadāci sakalanagaravāsino chandakaṃ saṃharitvā dānaṃ denti. Imasmiṃ pana kāle sakalanagaravāsino chandakaṃ saṃharitvā sabbaparikkhāradānaṃ sajjetvā dve koṭṭhāsā hutvā ekacce ‘‘imaṃ sabbaparikkhāradānaṃ aññatitthiyānaṃ dassāmā’’ti āhaṃsu, ekacce ‘‘buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassā’’ti. Evaṃ punappunaṃ kathāya vattamānāya aññatitthiyasāvakehi aññatitthiyānaññeva , buddhasāvakehi ‘‘‘buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassevā’ti vutte sambahulaṃ karisāmā’’ti sambahulāya kathāya ‘‘buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa dassāmā’’ti vadantāyeva bahukā jātā, tesaññeva kathā patiṭṭhāsi . Aññatitthiyasāvakā buddhānaṃ dātabbadānassa antarāyaṃ kātuṃ nāsakkhiṃsu. Nāgarā buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ nimantetvā sattāhaṃ mahādānaṃ pavattetvā sattame divase sabbaparikkhāre adaṃsu. Satthā anumodanaṃ katvā mahājanaṃ maggaphalehi pabodhetvā jetavanavihārameva gantvā bhikkhusaṅghena vatte dassite gandhakuṭippamukhe ṭhatvā sugatovādaṃ datvā gandhakuṭiṃ pāvisi.
211傍晚时分,比丘们在法堂集会,发起了议论:“贤友们,外道的弟子们虽然努力想对应当施予佛陀的布施制造障碍,却没能造成障碍,那份全部资具的布施还是归到了佛陀的足下。啊!佛的力量真是伟大!”导师到来后,问:“比丘们,你们现在聚在一起,是在谈论什么呢?”他们回答说“在谈这件事”。导师说:“比丘们,这些外道的弟子们并非现在才想方设法阻碍应当布施给我的东西,过去他们也这样做过。但那资具在任何时候都还是归到了我的足下。”说完,他就讲起了过去的故事。
Sāyanhasamaye bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ sannipatitvā kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, aññatitthiyasāvakā buddhānaṃ dātabbadānassa antarāyakaraṇatthāya vāyamantāpi antarāyaṃ kātuṃ nāsakkhiṃsu, taṃ sabbaparikkhāradānaṃ buddhānaṃyeva pādamūlaṃ āgataṃ, aho buddhabalaṃ nāma mahanta’’nti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, ete aññatitthiyasāvakā idāneva mayhaṃ dātabbadānassa antarāyakaraṇatthāya vāyamanti, pubbepi vāyamiṃsu, so pana parikkhāro sabbakālepi mameva pādamūlaṃ āgacchatī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
212过去,在波罗奈,有位名叫苏尸摩的国王。那时,菩萨投生在他国师婆罗门的妻子腹中。当他十六岁时,父亲去世了。这位国师生前是负责国王象吉祥仪式的执行者。在举行象吉祥仪式的地方,所有供上的资具物品和象的装饰品,都由他一人获得。这样,每次吉祥仪式,他能得到大约一亿的财富。那时,又到了举行象吉祥庆典的时候。其他的婆罗门去见国王说:‘大王,象吉祥庆典的时间到了,应该举行吉祥仪式。但是国师婆罗门的儿子太年轻,既不通晓三吠陀,也不懂象论。让我们来举行象吉祥仪式吧。’国王说:‘好。’便答应了。那些婆罗门不让国师的儿子举行象吉祥仪式,他们高高兴兴地想:‘我们举行象吉祥仪式,就能得到财富了。’当时,菩萨的母亲听说‘第四天就要举行象吉祥仪式了’,悲伤哭泣道:‘这举行象吉祥仪式的职责,是我们家族传承七代的传统,如今我们的传统将要中断,财富也会失去了。’
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ susīmo nāma rājā ahosi. Tadā bodhisatto tassa purohitassa brāhmaṇiyā kucchimhi paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhi, tassa soḷasavassikakāle pitā kālamakāsi. So pana dharamānakāle rañño hatthimaṅgalakārako ahosi. Hatthīnaṃ maṅgalakaraṇaṭṭhāne ābhataupakaraṇabhaṇḍañca hatthālaṅkārañca sabbaṃ soyeva alattha. Evamassa ekekasmiṃ maṅgale koṭimattaṃ dhanaṃ uppajjati. Atha tasmiṃ kāle hatthimaṅgalachaṇo sampāpuṇi. Sesā brāhmaṇā rājānaṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘mahārāja, hatthimaṅgalachaṇo sampatto, maṅgalaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭati. Purohitabrāhmaṇassa pana putto atidaharo, neva tayo vede jānāti, na hatthisuttaṃ, mayaṃ hatthimaṅgalaṃ karissāmā’’ti āhaṃsu. Rājā ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchi. Brāhmaṇā purohitaputtassa hatthimaṅgalaṃ kātuṃ adatvā ‘‘hatthimaṅgalaṃ katvā mayaṃ dhanaṃ gaṇhissāmā’’ti haṭṭhatuṭṭhā vicaranti. Atha ‘‘catutthe divase hatthimaṅgalaṃ bhavissatī’’ti bodhisattassa mātā taṃ pavattiṃ sutvā ‘‘hatthimaṅgalakaraṇaṃ nāma yāva sattamā kulaparivaṭṭā amhākaṃ vaṃso, vaṃso ca no osakkissati, dhanā ca parihāyissāmā’’ti anusocamānā parodi.
213菩萨问:“妈妈,你为什么哭呢?”听了原因后,他说:“妈妈,难道我不能举行吉祥仪式吗?”“孩子,你既不通晓三吠陀,也不懂象论,怎么能举行吉祥仪式呢?”“妈妈,象吉祥仪式将在哪天举行呢?”“从今天算起第四天,孩子。”“妈妈,那么,精通三吠陀并且懂得象论的老师住在哪里呢?”“孩子,这样一位声名远扬的导师,就住在离这里一百由旬的健驮罗国塔迦尸喇。”“妈妈,我不会断送我们家的传统。我明天一天之内就赶到塔迦尸喇,用一夜的时间学习三吠陀和象论,后天回来,在第四天举行象吉祥仪式。不要哭了。”他这样安慰母亲。第二天,菩萨清早吃过饭,独自出发,在一天之内到达塔迦尸喇,礼拜老师后,坐在一旁。
Bodhisatto ‘‘kasmā, amma, rodasī’’ti vatvā taṃ kāraṇaṃ sutvā ‘‘nanu, amma, ahaṃ maṅgalaṃ karissāmī’’ti āha. ‘‘Tāta, tvaṃ neva tayo vede jānāsi, na hatthisuttaṃ, kathaṃ maṅgalaṃ karissasī’’ti. ‘‘Amma, kadā pana hatthimaṅgalaṃ karissatī’’ti? ‘‘Ito catutthe divase, tātā’’ti. ‘‘Amma, tayo pana vede paguṇe katvā hatthisuttaṃ jānanakaācariyo kahaṃ vasatī’’ti? ‘‘Tāta, evarūpo disāpāmokkho ācariyo ito vīsayojanasatamatthake gandhāraraṭṭhe takkasilāyaṃ vasatī’’ti. ‘‘Amma, amhākaṃ vaṃsaṃ na nāsessāmi, ahaṃ sve ekadivaseneva takkasilaṃ gantvā ekaratteneva tayo vede ca hatthisuttañca uggaṇhitvā punadivase āgantvā catutthe divase hatthimaṅgalaṃ karissāmi, mā rodī’’ti mātaraṃ samassāsetvā punadivase bodhisatto pātova bhuñjitvā ekakova nikkhamitvā ekadivaseneva takkasilaṃ gantvā ācariyaṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.
214老师问他:“孩子,你从哪里来?”“从波罗奈来,老师。”“为了什么事呢?”“为了在您座下学习三吠陀和象论。”“好,孩子,学吧。”菩萨把事情的经过全都告诉了老师,说:“老师,我的事情很紧急。我一天之内就从一百由旬远的地方赶来了。请您今天只用一夜的时间,专门教导我。从今天起第三天,象吉祥仪式就要举行。我会仅仅通过一遍诵授的方式,把一切学会。”他请求老师给他机会。等到老师吃完饭,他自己也吃了,然后洗净老师的双脚,把装有千金的钱袋放在老师面前,顶礼后坐在一旁,开始学习教典。到黎明破晓时,他已完成了三吠陀和象论的学习,问道:“老师,还有别的吗?”老师说:“没有了,孩子,一切学完了。”菩萨说:“老师,在这部著作中,有这么多词句倒置的错误,有这么多念诵中容易混淆的地方。从今以后,您应当这样教导弟子们。”他纠正了老师的学问。然后,他清早吃过饭,礼拜老师,于一天之内返回波罗奈,顶礼母亲。母亲问:“孩子,你学到技艺了吗?”他回答:“是的,妈妈。”使母亲满心欢喜。
Atha naṃ ācariyo ‘‘kuto āgatosi, tātā’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Bārāṇasito, ācariyā’’ti. ‘‘Kenatthenā’’ti? ‘‘Tumhākaṃ santike tayo vede ca hatthisuttañca uggaṇhanatthāyā’’ti. ‘‘Sādhu, tāta, uggaṇhā’’ti. Bodhisatto ‘‘ācariya, mayhaṃ kammaṃ accāyika’’nti sabbaṃ pavattiṃ ārocetvā ‘‘ahaṃ ekadivaseneva vīsayojanasataṃ āgato, ajjevekarattiṃ mayhameva okāsaṃ karotha, ito tatiyadivase hatthimaṅgalaṃ bhavissati, ahaṃ ekeneva uddesamaggena sabbaṃ uggaṇhissāmī’’ti vatvā ācariyaṃ okāsaṃ kāretvā ācariyassa bhuttakāle sayaṃ bhuñjitvā ācariyassa pāde dhovitvā sahassatthavikaṃ purato ṭhapetvā vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisinno pariyattiṃ paṭṭhapetvā aruṇe uggacchante tayo vede ca hatthisuttañca niṭṭhapetvā ‘‘aññopi atthi, ācariyā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘natthi tāta, sabbaṃ niṭṭhita’’nti vutte ‘‘ācariya, imasmiṃ ganthe ettakaṃ padapaccābhaṭṭhaṃ, ettakaṃ sajjhāyasammohaṭṭhānaṃ, ito paṭṭhāya tumhe antevāsike evaṃ vāceyyāthā’’ti ācariyassa sippaṃ sodhetvā pātova bhuñjitvā ācariyaṃ vanditvā ekadivaseneva bārāṇasiṃ paccāgantvā mātaraṃ vanditvā ‘‘uggahitaṃ te, tāta, sippa’’nti vutte ‘‘āma, ammā’’ti vatvā mātaraṃ paritosesi.
215第二天,象吉祥庆典准备就绪。上百件象鼻装饰品,都用金幢和金网覆盖装饰后安放好,王宫广场也装饰一新。众婆罗门盛装打扮,站在那里纷纷说:“我们来举行象吉祥仪式,我们来举行!”苏尸摩国王也身佩一切庄严具,令人带上资具物品,前往吉祥仪式现场。菩萨则以王子的仪仗盛装打扮,由自己的随从前呼后拥,来到国王跟前,问道:“大王,听说您真的要断送我们家族的传统和您自己的家族传统,让别的婆罗门举行象吉祥仪式,并将象饰和资具等给予他们,是吗?”说完,他诵出了第一首偈颂:
Punadivase hatthimaṅgalachaṇo paṭiyādiyittha. Satamatte hatthisoṇḍālaṅkāre ca suvaṇṇaddhaje hemajālasañchanne katvā ṭhapesuṃ, rājaṅgaṇaṃ alaṅkariṃsu. Brāhmaṇā ‘‘mayaṃ hatthimaṅgalaṃ karissāma, mayaṃ karissāmā’’ti maṇḍitapasādhitā aṭṭhaṃsu. Susīmopi rājā sabbālaṅkārapaṭimaṇḍito upakaraṇabhaṇḍaṃ gāhāpetvā maṅgalaṭṭhānaṃ agamāsi. Bodhisattopi kumāraparihārena alaṅkato attano parisāya purakkhataparivārito rañño santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘saccaṃ kira, mahārāja, tumhe amhākaṃ vaṃsañca attano vaṃsañca nāsetvā ‘aññehi brāhmaṇehi hatthimaṅgalaṃ kāretvā hatthālaṅkārañca upakaraṇāni ca tesaṃ dassāmā’ti avacutthā’’ti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
25二十五。
25.
217“这些黑兽有白牙,属于你,上百头,金网覆盖;”
‘‘Kāḷā migā setadantā tavīme, parosataṃ hemajālābhichannā;
218“苏尸摩,你说:‘我把它们给你’,你应当忆念父辈和祖辈啊。”
Te te dadāmīti susīma brūsi, anussaraṃ pettipitāmahāna’’nti.
219在这里,「苏尸摩,你说:『我把它们给你』」指的是:苏尸摩啊,听说你真的这样说——「这些属于你的大象,也就是所谓的『黑色的兽,有着白色的牙』,这样装饰着一整套庄严器具的上百头大象,我要把它们送给其他的婆罗门。」「应当忆念父辈和祖辈」的意思是:你要清楚地记得我们家族和你自己的家族中,父亲和祖父们一直遵循的传统。这句话想要表达的是:「大王啊,直到第七代家族传承,你的父辈祖辈和我们的父辈祖辈都在举行这象吉祥的仪式。而你,即使这样清楚地记得,却还要断送我们和你自己的传统,听说你竟然真的这样说。」
Tattha te te dadāmīti susīma brūsīti te ete tava santake ‘‘kāḷā migā setadantā’’ti evaṃ gate parosataṃ sabbālaṅkārapaṭimaṇḍite hatthī aññesaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ dadāmīti saccaṃ kira, bho susīma, evaṃ brūsīti attho. Anussaraṃ pettipitāmahānanti amhākañca attano ca vaṃse pitupitāmahānaṃ āciṇṇaṃ sarantoyeva. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti – mahārāja, yāva sattamakulaparivaṭṭā tumhākaṃ pettipitāmahānaṃ amhākaṃ pettipitāmahā ca hatthimaṅgalaṃ karonti, so tvaṃ evaṃ anussarantopi amhākañca attano ca vaṃsaṃ nāsetvā saccaṃ kira evaṃ brūsīti.
220苏尸摩国王听了菩萨的话后,诵出了第二首偈颂:
Susīmo rājā bodhisattassa vacanaṃ sutvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
26二十六。
26.
222“这些是我的黑身白牙象,百余头,覆盖着金网;”
‘‘Kāḷā migā setadantā mamīme, parosataṃ hemajālābhichannā;
223“年轻人,我忆念着父祖辈们而说:‘这些我给你。’”
Te te dadāmīti vadāmi māṇava, anussaraṃ pettipitāmahāna’’nti.
224在此,“这些我给你”的意思是:年轻人,我确实说“这些大象我给其他婆罗门”,但意思并非真的把大象给那些婆罗门。“忆念”的意思是:我确实忆念父祖辈们的行为,并非不忆念;然而,即使忆念着“我们的父祖辈们做象吉祥,你们的父祖辈们也做”,我仍这样说——他是以此意趣而如此说的。
Tattha te te dadāmīti te ete hatthī aññesaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ dadāmīti saccameva māṇava vadāmi, neva hatthī brāhmaṇānaṃ dadāmīti attho. Anussaranti pettipitāmahānaṃ kiriyaṃ anussarāmiyeva, no nānussarāmi, amhākaṃ pettipitāmahānaṃ hatthimaṅgalaṃ tumhākaṃ pettipitāmahā karontīti pana anussarantopi evaṃ vadāmiyevāti adhippāyenevamāha.
225于是菩萨对他这样说:“大王,我明明忆念着您我两家的世系,为何把我搁置一旁,却让其他人操办象吉祥呢?”国王说:“孩子,听说你不知道三吠陀和象经,他们这样告诉我,因此我才让其他婆罗门操办。”菩萨便说:“既然如此,大王,在这些婆罗门当中,如果有任何一位能在三吠陀或象经中,哪怕一小部分与我讨论,就请他站出来!除了我之外,连同操办象吉祥在内,通晓三吠陀和象经的人,在整个阎浮提洲也找不到第二个。”他发出了这样的狮子吼。结果没有一个婆罗门能作为对手站出来。菩萨确立了自己家族的世系,完成吉祥仪式后,带着大量财物返回了自己的住所。
Atha naṃ bodhisatto etadavoca – ‘‘mahārāja, amhākañca attano ca vaṃsaṃ anussarantoyeva kasmā maṃ ṭhapetvā aññehi hatthimaṅgalaṃ kārāpethā’’ti. ‘‘Tvaṃ kira, tāta, tayo vede hatthisuttañca na jānāsī’’ti mayhaṃ ārocesuṃ, tenāhaṃ aññehi brāhmaṇehi kārāpemīti. ‘‘Tena hi, mahārāja, ettakesu brāhmaṇesu ekabrāhmaṇopi tīsu vedesu vā hatthisuttesu vā ekadesampi yadi mayā saddhiṃ kathetuṃ samatto atthi, uṭṭhahatu, tayopi vede hatthisuttañca saddhiṃ hatthimaṅgalakaraṇena maṃ ṭhapetvā añño sakalajambudīpepi jānanto nāma natthī’’ti sīhanādaṃ nadi. Ekabrāhmaṇopi tassa paṭisattu hutvā uṭṭhātuṃ nāsakkhi. Bodhisatto attano kulavaṃsaṃ patiṭṭhāpetvā maṅgalaṃ katvā bahuṃ dhanaṃ ādāya attano nivesanaṃ agamāsi.
226导师开示此法,阐明诸谛后,将本生作了连结。在诸谛终了时,有些人成为入流者,有些人成为一来者,有些人成为不来者,有些人证得阿罗汉果。“那时的母亲是摩诃摩耶,父亲是净饭大王,须私摩王是阿难,一方导师是舍利弗,而那年轻人正是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne keci sotāpannā ahesuṃ, keci sakadāgāmino, keci anāgāmino, keci arahattaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu. ‘‘Tadā mātā mahāmāyā ahosi, pitā suddhodanamahārājā, susīmo rājā ānando, disāpāmokkho ācariyo sāriputto, māṇavo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
243《须嘶摩本生注》第三
Susīmajātakavaṇṇanā tatiyā.
227[164] 4.《秃鹫本生注》
[164] 4. Gijjhajātakavaṇṇanā
228“Yaṃ nu gijjho yojanasatanti”这段开示是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位赡养母亲的比丘宣说的。此事背景将在《沙门本生》中详明。世尊问那位比丘:“比丘,听说你在家赡养在家人,是真的吗?”回答“是真的”后,又问:“他们是你什么人?”答:“大德,是我的父母。”世尊连声说“善哉、善哉”,为他随喜,并说:“比丘们,不要非难这位比丘。古代的智者们也曾依仗德行,对非亲族的人行利益,而这位比丘赡养父母,更是理所当然的了。”接着讲述了过去的故事。
Yaṃnu gijjho yojanasatanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ mātuposakabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu sāmajātake (jā. 2.22.296 ādayo) āvibhavissati. Satthā pana taṃ bhikkhuṃ ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, bhikkhu, gihī posesī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘sacca’’nti vutte ‘‘kiṃ pana te hontī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘mātāpitaro me, bhante’’ti vutte ‘‘sādhu sādhū’’ti tassa sādhukāraṃ datvā ‘‘mā, bhikkhave, imaṃ bhikkhuṃ ujjhāyittha, porāṇakapaṇḍitāpi guṇavasena aññātakānampi upakāraṃ akaṃsu, imassa pana mātāpitūnaṃ upakārakaraṇaṃ bhāroyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
229过去,在波罗奈城梵授王治世时,菩萨投生在灵鹫山的秃鹫胎中,赡养父母。有一次,刮起了大风大雨。秃鹫们挡不住风雨,因为怕冷,飞到波罗奈城,靠近城墙和护城河坐着,冻得发抖。那时,波罗奈城的一位长者出城去沐浴,看到那些受苦的秃鹫,便把它们聚集到一处能避雨的地方,让人生火,又派人去牛尸场取来牛肉给它们吃,还安排了守护。风雨平息后,秃鹫们身体复原,回到山中。它们在山中聚集,商议道:“波罗奈长者对我们有恩。对有恩的人应当报答。所以从今以后,你们中谁如果得到任何衣物或装饰品,就应该丢在长者家中的露台上。”
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto gijjhakūṭapabbate gijjhayoniyaṃ nibbattitvā mātāpitaro poseti. Athekasmiṃ kāle mahatī vātavuṭṭhi ahosi. Gijjhā vātavuṭṭhiṃ sahituṃ asakkontā sītabhayena bārāṇasiṃ gantvā pākārasamīpe ca parikhāsamīpe ca sītena kampamānā nisīdiṃsu. Tadā bārāṇasiseṭṭhi nagarā nikkhamitvā nhāyituṃ gacchanto te gijjhe kilamante disvā ekasmiṃ anovassakaṭṭhāne sannipātetvā aggiṃ kārāpetvā gosusānaṃ pesetvā gomaṃsaṃ āharāpetvā tesaṃ dāpetvā ārakkhaṃ ṭhapesi. Gijjhā vūpasantāya vātavuṭṭhiyā kallasarīrā hutvā pabbatameva agamaṃsu. Te tattheva sannipatitvā evaṃ mantayiṃsu – ‘‘bārāṇasiseṭṭhinā amhākaṃ upakāro kato, katūpakārassa ca nāma paccupakāraṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭati, tasmā ito paṭṭhāya tumhesu yo yaṃ vatthaṃ vā ābharaṇaṃ vā labhati, tena taṃ bārāṇasiseṭṭhissa gehe ākāsaṅgaṇe pātetabba’’nti.
230从此以后,秃鹫们看见人们把衣物和饰品晒在太阳下,趁人不备,像军队迅猛抓起肉片一样,叼到波罗奈长者家的露台上丢下。长者知道那是秃鹫们带来的,就把所有物品另外存放。有人向国王报告说:“秃鹫在掠夺城市!”国王下令:“先给我捉住一只秃鹫,我要让它们全部归还。”于是到处张设活套和罗网。那只赡养父母的秃鹫落入活套,被捉住后要带去给国王看。波罗奈长者正好要去侍奉国王,看见那些人正抓着秃鹫走,便一起前往,说:“不要伤害这只秃鹫。”他们把秃鹫呈献给国王。国王问它:“你们掠夺城市,抢走衣物等,是吗?”答:“是的,大王。”问:“那些东西给了谁?”答:“给了波罗奈长者。”问:“为什么?”答:“他救过我们俩的命。对有恩的人应当报答,所以我们给他。”于是国王说:“听说秃鹫能站在一百由旬高处看见死尸,你为什么看不见为你张设的活套呢?”并说出第一偈。
Tato paṭṭhāya gijjhā manussānaṃ vatthābharaṇāni ātape sukkhāpentānaṃ pamādaṃ oloketvā senā viya maṃsapesiṃ sahasā gahetvā bārāṇasiseṭṭhissa gehe ākāsaṅgaṇe pātenti. So gijjhānaṃ āharaṇabhāvaṃ ñatvā sabbāni tāni visuṃyeva ṭhapesi. ‘‘Gijjhā nagaraṃ vilumpantī’’ti rañño ārocesuṃ. Rājā ‘‘ekaṃ gijjhampi tāva gaṇhatha, sabbaṃ āharāpessāmī’’ti tattha tattha pāse ceva jālāni ca oḍḍāpesi. Mātuposakagijjho pāse bajjhi, taṃ gahetvā ‘‘rañño dassessāmā’’ti nenti. Bārāṇasiseṭṭhi rājupaṭṭhānaṃ gacchanto te manusse gijjhaṃ gahetvā gacchante disvā ‘‘mā imaṃ gijjhaṃ bādhayiṃsū’’ti saddhiññeva agamāsi. Gijjhaṃ rañño dassesuṃ. Atha naṃ rājā pucchi – ‘‘tumhe nagaraṃ vilumpitvā vatthādīni gaṇhathā’’ti. ‘‘Āma, mahārājā’’ti. ‘‘Kassa tāni dinnānī’’ti? ‘‘Bārāṇasiseṭṭhissā’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃkāraṇā’’ti? ‘‘Amhākaṃ tena jīvitaṃ dvinnaṃ, upakārassa nāma paccupakāraṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭati, tasmā adamhā’’ti. Atha naṃ rājā ‘‘gijjhā kira yojanasatamatthake ṭhatvā kuṇapaṃ passanti, kasmā tvaṃ attano oḍḍitaṃ pāsaṃ na passasī’’ti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
27二十七。
27.
232“秃鹫能望见一百由旬外的死尸,”
‘‘Yaṃ nu gijjho yojanasataṃ, kuṇapāni avekkhati;
233为什么你已碰到网和陷阱,却不觉知呢?”
Kasmā jālañca pāsañca, āsajjāpi na bujjhasī’’ti.
234在此,yaṃ 只是一个虚词,nu 是表示“名”的虚词。所谓秃鹫,能望见超过一百由旬而存在的死尸,即“看见”的意思。Āsajjāpi 的意思是即使靠近、即使碰到。他问:“你为了自己的利益,即使遇到了张设的网和陷阱,为什么还不觉知呢?”
Tattha yanti nipātamattaṃ, nūti nāmatthe nipāto. Gijjho nāma yojanasataṃ atikkamitvā ṭhitāni kuṇapāni avekkhati, passatīti attho. Āsajjāpīti āsādetvāpi, sampāpuṇitvāpīti attho. ‘‘Tvaṃ attano atthāya oḍḍitaṃ jālañca pāsañca patvāpi kasmā na bujjhasī’’ti pucchi.
235秃鹫听了他的话,说出第二首偈颂:
Gijjho tassa vacanaṃ sutvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
28二十八。
28.
237“当一个人遭遇衰败,生命即将耗尽时,
‘‘Yadā parābhavo hoti, poso jīvitasaṅkhaye;
238那时,即使碰到网和陷阱,也不会察觉。”
Atha jālañca pāsañca, āsajjāpi na bujjhatī’’ti.
239在这里,「parābhavo」意思是消亡、毁灭;「poso」意思是有情。
Tattha parābhavoti vināso. Posoti satto.
240听了秃鹫的话,国王就问那位大财主:“大财主,听说秃鹫把衣物等东西衔到你家里,真有这回事吗?”他回答:“是真的,大王。”国王又问:“那些东西在哪里?”大财主说:“大王,我把它们全部分开放好了。哪样东西是谁的,我就交还给谁。请放了这只秃鹫吧。”于是,国王让人放了秃鹫,并让大财主把所有各自的财物都归还给了大家。
Gijjhassa vacanaṃ sutvā rājā seṭṭhiṃ pucchi – ‘‘saccaṃ kira, mahāseṭṭhi, gijjhehi tumhākaṃ gehe vatthādīni ābhatānī’’ti. ‘‘Saccaṃ, devā’’ti. ‘‘Kahaṃ tānī’’ti? ‘‘Deva, mayā tāni sabbāni visuṃ ṭhapitāni, yaṃ yesaṃ santakaṃ, taṃ tesaṃ dassāmi, imaṃ gijjhaṃ vissajjethā’’ti gijjhaṃ vissajjāpetvā mahāseṭṭhiṃ sabbesaṃ santakāni dāpesi.
241世尊讲述了这个法义开示,阐明了圣谛之后,将本生连接起来:在开示真理结束时,养母比丘证得了入流果。然后世尊说:‘那时,国王是阿难,波罗奈的财主是舍利弗,而养母秃鹫就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne mātuposakabhikkhu sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi . ‘‘Tadā rājā ānando ahosi, bārāṇasiseṭṭhi sāriputto, mātuposakagijjho pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
259《秃鹫本生注》第四。
Gijjhajātakavaṇṇanā catutthā.
242165. 5. 獴本生注释
[165] 5. Nakulajātakavaṇṇanā
243「与敌结盟」这个故事,是世尊住在祇园时,针对塞尼班达那的事情而说。这故事在前面《蛇本生》中已经讲过。当时世尊也说:‘比丘们,我并不只是现在才让这两位大臣和睦,过去我也曾使他们和睦。’然后世尊引出了过去的故事。
Saddhiṃ katvā amittenāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto seṇibhaṇḍanaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu heṭṭhā uragajātake (jā. 1.2.7-8) kathitasadisameva. Idhāpi satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, ime dve mahāmattā idāneva mayā samaggā katā, pubbepāhaṃ ime samagge akāsiṃyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
244在过去,波罗奈国由梵授王统治时,菩萨出生在一个村庄的婆罗门家庭里。他成年后,前往塔迦尸喇学习一切技艺,然后舍弃了在家生活,出家成为仙人,证得了神通和禅定。他靠捡拾落穗维生,以森林里的根和果实为食,住在雪山地区。在他的经行处尽头有一个蚁冢,里面住着一只獴;在附近的一个树洞里,住着一条蛇。这獴和蛇经常争斗。菩萨便向他们解说争斗的过患,以及修习慈心的利益,教导他们说:‘不应该争斗,应当和睦相处。’并使它们和合了。后来有一次,当蛇外出的时候,獴在经行处尽头的蚁冢洞口,伸出头,张开嘴,躺在那里呼吸着空气睡着了。菩萨看到它这样睡着,便问道:‘你是因为什么而感到恐惧呢?’然后诵出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto ekasmiṃ gāmake brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto takkasilāyaṃ sabbasippāni uggahetvā gharāvāsaṃ pahāya isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā uñchācariyāya vanamūlaphalāhāro himavantapadese vāsaṃ kappesi. Tassa caṅkamanakoṭiyaṃ ekasmiṃ vammike nakulo, tasseva santike ekasmiṃ rukkhabile sappo ca vāsaṃ kappesi. Te ubhopi ahinakulā niccakālaṃ kalahaṃ karonti. Bodhisatto tesaṃ kalahe ādīnavañca mettābhāvanāya ca ānisaṃsaṃ kathetvā ‘‘kalahaṃ nāma akatvā samaggavāsaṃ vasituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti ovaditvā ubhopi te samagge akāsi. Atha sappassa bahinikkhantakāle nakulo caṅkamanakoṭiyaṃ vammikassa biladvāre sīsaṃ nīharitvā mukhaṃ vivaritvā nipanno assasanto passasanto niddaṃ upagañchi. Bodhisatto taṃ tathā niddāyamānaṃ disvā ‘‘kiṃ nu kho te nissāya bhayaṃ uppanna’’nti pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
29二十九。
29.
246‘跟敌人结盟,一个是卵生的,一个是胎生的;
‘‘Sandhiṃ katvā amittena, aṇḍajena jalābuja;
247你张开獠牙躺卧,恐惧是从哪里来的呢?’
Vivariya dāṭhaṃ sesi, kuto te bhayamāgata’’nti.
248此处,「结盟」就是建立朋友关系。「卵生者」是从卵壳里生出来的龙(蛇)。「胎生者」指獴。因为獴是从胎中出生的,所以称为「胎生者」。「张开」就是张开着。
Tattha sandhiṃ katvāti mittabhāvaṃ karitvā. Aṇḍajenāti aṇḍakose nibbattena nāgena. Jalābujāti nakulaṃ ālapati. So hi jalābumhi jātattā ‘‘jalābujo’’ti vuccati. Vivariyāti vivaritvā.
249菩萨这样说之后,獴回答:“尊者,对于敌人切不可轻视,而应一直保持警惕。”然后诵出第二首偈颂:
Evaṃ bodhisattena vutto nakulo ‘‘ayya, paccāmitto nāma na avajānitabbo āsaṅkitabboyevā’’ti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
30三十。
30.
251“对敌人当然要怀疑,对朋友也不能完全信任;”
‘‘Saṅketheva amittasmiṃ, mittasmimpi na vissase;
252“在没有恐怖的地方,也可能产生恐怖,甚至能连根切断。”
Abhayā bhayamuppannaṃ, api mūlāni kantatī’’ti.
253此处,「从无怖处生怖」的意思是:并不是从那里对你生起怖畏,所以称为「无怖」。那指的是谁?朋友。因为如果对朋友也信赖,从朋友那里就可能产生怖畏,这种怖畏甚至能切断根本。由于了解朋友的所有弱点,所以能导致彻底的毁灭。
Tattha abhayā bhayamuppannanti na ito te bhayamuppannanti abhayo, ko so? Mitto. Yañhi mittasmimpi vissāse sati tato bhayaṃ uppajjati, taṃ mūlānipi kantati, mittassa sabbarandhānaṃ viditattā mūlaghaccāya saṃvattatīti attho.
254这时菩萨教导他说:“别怕,就像那条蛇不会伤害你一样,我也会这样做的。从今以后,你对他不要再有疑虑。”然后菩萨修习四梵住,以梵天界为归宿。那两位也按照各自的业而死去。
Atha naṃ bodhisatto ‘‘mā bhāyi, yathā sappo tayi na dubbhati, evamahaṃ karissāmi, tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya tasmiṃ āsaṅkaṃ mā karī’’ti ovaditvā cattāro brahmavihāre bhāvetvā brahmalokaparāyaṇo ahosi. Tepi yathākammaṃ gatā.
255世尊开示了这个法教之后,把本生故事联系起来总结道:“那时候的蛇和獴,就是现在的这两位大臣,而那位苦行者就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā sappo ca nakulo ca ime dve mahāmattā ahesuṃ, tāpaso pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
274鼬本生注释(第五)结束。
Nakulajātakavaṇṇanā pañcamā.
256[166] 第六 优波萨罗迦本生注释
[166] 6. Upasāḷakajātakavaṇṇanā
257「名为优波萨罗迦者」这个故事,是世尊住在竹林精舍时,针对一位名叫优波萨罗迦、执著清净墓地的婆罗门而说的。据说这婆罗门非常富有,但因为是个见行者,连对住在负重精舍的佛陀们也不曾做任何款待。他的儿子却很有智慧,知识渊博。婆罗门年老时对儿子说:“孩子,不要把我火化在别人、下贱之人用过的火葬墓地,一定要把我火化在从未使用过的清净墓地上。”儿子回答:“父亲,我不知道适合火化您的地方。恳请您带我去,亲自指定‘在这个地方火化我’吧。”婆罗门说:“好的,孩子。”便带着儿子出城,登上灵鹫峰顶,指着下面说:“孩子,这里是别人、下贱之人没用过的地方,就把我火化在这里。”说完,便和儿子一起从山上下来。
Upasāḷakanāmānīti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto ekaṃ upasāḷakaṃ nāma susānasuddhikaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ārabbha kathesi. So kira aḍḍho ahosi mahaddhano, diṭṭhigatikattā pana dhuravihāre vasantānampi buddhānaṃ saṅgahaṃ nāma na akāsi. Putto panassa paṇḍito ahosi ñāṇasampanno. So mahallakakāle puttaṃ āha – ‘‘mā kho maṃ, tāta, aññassa vasalassa jhāpitasusāne jhāpehi, ekasmiṃ pana anucchiṭṭhasusāneyeva maṃ jhāpeyyāsī’’ti. ‘‘Tāta, ahaṃ tumhākaṃ jhāpetabbayuttakaṃ ṭhānaṃ na jānāmi, sādhu vata maṃ ādāya gantvā ‘imasmiṃ ṭhāne maṃ jhāpeyyāsī’ti tumheva ācikkhathā’’ti. Brāhmaṇo ‘‘sādhu, tātā’’ti taṃ ādāya nagarā nikkhamitvā gijjhakūṭamatthakaṃ abhiruhitvā ‘‘tāta, idaṃ aññassa vasalassa ajhāpitaṭṭhānaṃ, ettha maṃ jhāpeyyāsī’’ti vatvā puttena saddhiṃ pabbatā otarituṃ ārabhi.
258那天清晨,世尊观察有缘可度的众生时,看见这对父子有证得入流道的亲依止缘。于是,世尊如同一个先找好路、预先等候的猎人一般,前往山脚下,在他们从山顶下来时等着,坐了下来。他们下来时见到了世尊。世尊与他们寒暄问候,问道:“婆罗门,你们要去哪里?”青年说明了情况。世尊说:“那么来吧,我们去你父亲所指的地方。”便带着父子俩登上山顶,问:“是哪个地方?”青年说:“大德,父亲指的是这三座山之间。”世尊说:“青年,你父亲并不是现在才执著清净墓地,过去世也执著清净墓地;也不是现在才告诉你‘把我火化在这个地方’,过去世也在这同一个地方告诉过你他被火化的情形。”应青年的请求,世尊便开示了过去的事情。
Satthā pana taṃ divasaṃ paccūsakāle bodhaneyyabandhave olokento tesaṃ pitāputtānaṃ sotāpattimaggassa upanissayaṃ addasa. Tasmā maggaṃ gahetvā ṭhitaluddako viya pabbatapādaṃ gantvā tesaṃ pabbatamatthakā otarantānaṃ āgamayamāno nisīdi, te otarantā satthāraṃ addasaṃsu. Satthā paṭisanthāraṃ karonto ‘‘kahaṃ gamissatha brāhmaṇā’’ti pucchi. Māṇavo tamatthaṃ ārocesi. Satthā ‘‘tena hi ehi, tava pitarā ācikkhitaṭṭhānaṃ gacchāmā’’ti ubho pitāputte gahetvā pabbatamatthakaṃ āruyha ‘‘kataraṃ ṭhāna’’nti pucchi. Māṇavo ‘‘imesaṃ tiṇṇaṃ pabbatānaṃ antaraṃ ācikkhi, bhante’’ti āha. Satthā ‘‘na kho, māṇava, tava pitā idāneva susānasuddhiko, pubbepi susānasuddhikova, na cesa idāneva ‘imasmiṃ ṭhāne maṃ jhāpeyyāsī’ti tava ācikkhati, pubbepi imasmiṃyeva ṭhāne attano jhāpitabhāvaṃ ācikkhī’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
259过去世就在这同一个王舍城,同样有着这位优波萨罗迦婆罗门,同样有着他的这个儿子。那时,菩萨投生在摩揭陀国的一个婆罗门家庭,学尽一切技艺后出家为仙人,证得了神通和等至,长久住在雪山地区,过着禅那之乐,后来为了受用酸粥,就住在灵鹫峰的一间草庐里。当时那个婆罗门又用同样的方式吩咐儿子,儿子说:“您就自己给我指定那样一个地方吧。”他便指示“就是这个地方”,然后和儿子一起下山。他们见到菩萨,便走到菩萨跟前。菩萨以同样的方式寒暄询问,听了青年的话后,说:“来吧,我们去弄明白你父亲所指的地方,究竟是被人用过的,还是未被用过的。”便和他们一起登上山顶。当青年说“这三座山之间就是无秽之地”时,菩萨告诉他:“青年啊,就在这个地方,被火化的人数都数不清。单单你的父亲,就在这同一个王舍城、同一个婆罗门家庭里一再出生,同样名叫优波萨罗迦,就在这同一座山腹中被火化了一万四千次。因为在大地上,想找到从未被火化过、从未作过墓地、从未安置过头骨的地方,是根本不可能的。”菩萨以宿住智决断之后,说出了下面两首偈颂:
Atīte imasmiññeva rājagahe ayameva upasāḷako brāhmaṇo ayamevassa putto ahosi. Tadā bodhisatto magadharaṭṭhe brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā paripuṇṇasippo isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā jhānakīḷaṃ kīḷanto himavantapadese ciraṃ vasitvā loṇambilasevanatthāya gijjhakūṭe paṇṇasālāyaṃ vihāsi. Tadā so brāhmaṇo imināva niyāmena puttaṃ vatvā puttena ‘‘tumheyeva me tathārūpaṃ ṭhānaṃ ācikkhathā’’ti vutte ‘‘idameva ṭhāna’’nti ācikkhitvā puttena saddhiṃ otaranto bodhisattaṃ disvā tassa santikaṃ upasaṅkami. Bodhisatto imināva niyāmena pucchitvā māṇavassa vacanaṃ sutvā ‘‘ehi, tava pitarā ācikkhitaṭṭhānassa ucchiṭṭhabhāvaṃ vā anucchiṭṭhabhāvaṃ vā jānissāmā’’ti tehi saddhiṃ pabbatamatthakaṃ āruyha ‘‘idaṃ tiṇṇaṃ pabbatānaṃ antaraṃ anucchiṭṭhaṭṭhāna’’nti māṇavena vutte ‘‘māṇava, imasmiṃyeva ṭhāne jhāpitakānaṃ pamāṇaṃ natthi, taveva pitā imasmiṃyeva rājagahe brāhmaṇakuleyeva nibbattitvā upasāḷakoyeva nāma hutvā imasmiṃyeva pabbatantare cuddasa jātisahassāni jhāpito. Pathaviyañhi ajhāpitaṭṭhānaṃ vā asusānaṭṭhānaṃ vā sīsānaṃ anivesitaṭṭhānaṃ vā laddhuṃ na sakkā’’ti pubbenivāsañāṇena paricchinditvā imaṃ gāthādvayamāha –
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261“名为优波萨罗迦的,有一万四千人,都在这个地方被火化了;世间没有一个地方是不曾死过人的。”
‘‘Upasāḷakanāmāni , sahassāni catuddasa;
262此处已被烧尽,世间无有不死之物。
Asmiṃ padese daḍḍhāni, natthi loke anāmataṃ.
32三十二
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264哪里有真实与法,有不害、自制和调伏;
‘‘Yamhi saccañca dhammo ca, ahiṃsā saṃyamo damo;
265圣者奉行这个,这在世间是不死处。
Etaṃ ariyā sevanti, etaṃ loke anāmata’’nti.
266这里,「不死处」(anāmata)指的是「死处」(mataṭṭhāna)。因为涅槃在日常用语里常被叫做「不死」(amata),为了遮止这种通俗说法,才把它说成「不死处」(anāmata)。另外也有读作「Anamata」的,意思是:世间根本不存在叫做「不死处」的坟场(asusāna)。「哪里有真实与法」(yamhi saccañca dhammo ca):在某一位补特伽罗(puggala)身上,具备了以四圣谛为基础的前行谛智(pubbabhāgasaccañāṇa),以及出世间法(lokuttaradhamma)。「不害」(ahiṃsā):就是不去损恼他人,不去逼害他人。「自制」(saṃyama):指戒律方面的自我约束(sīlasaṃyamo)。「调伏」(damo):指调伏诸根(indriyadamanam)。如果某位补特伽罗身上有这一聚功德,「诸圣者奉行此」的意思就是:圣者们——佛陀、辟支佛以及佛陀的声闻弟子们——都会奉行这功德所聚之处,也就是亲近、恭敬这样的补特伽罗。「此于世中为不死处」:这一聚功德,由于能成就「不死」的状态,所以在世间才被称为「不死处」。
Tattha anāmatanti mataṭṭhānaṃ. Tañhi upacāravasena ‘‘amata’’nti vuccati, taṃ paṭisedhento ‘‘anāmata’’nti āha. ‘‘Anamata’’ntipi pāṭho, lokasmiñhi anamataṭṭhānaṃ asusānaṃ nāma natthīti attho. Yamhi saccañca dhammo cāti yasmiṃ puggale catusaccavatthukaṃ pubbabhāgasaccañāṇañca lokuttaradhammo ca atthi. Ahiṃsāti paresaṃ avihesā aviheṭhanā. Saṃyamoti sīlasaṃyamo. Damoti indriyadamanaṃ. Idañca guṇajātaṃ yamhi puggale atthi, etaṃ ariyā sevantīti, ariyā buddhā ca paccekabuddhā ca buddhasāvakā ca etaṃ ṭhānaṃ sevanti, evarūpaṃ puggalaṃ upasaṅkamanti bhajantīti attho. Etaṃ loke anāmatanti etaṃ guṇajātaṃ loke amatabhāvasādhanato anāmataṃ nāma.
267就这样,菩萨为那对父子说法之后,修习了四梵住,命终后便往生梵天界。
Evaṃ bodhisatto pitāputtānaṃ dhammaṃ desetvā cattāro brahmavihāre bhāvetvā brahmalokaparāyaṇo ahosi.
268导师(佛陀)在讲完这个法、这个开示之后,开显了四圣谛,并连结本生说:「在四圣谛的开示结束时,父子两人都证得了入流果。那时的父子就是现在的父子,而那位苦行者就是我。」
Satthā imaṃ dhammaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne ubho pitāputtā sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahiṃsu. ‘‘Tadā pitāputtāva etarahi pitāputtā ahesuṃ, tāpaso pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
288优波萨拉咖本生注疏 第六
Upasāḷakajātakavaṇṇanā chaṭṭhā.
269[167] 7. 三弥提本生注疏(Samiddhijātakavaṇṇanā)
[167] 7. Samiddhijātakavaṇṇanā
270“比丘,你未受用而行乞”(Abhutvābhikkhasi bhikkhū)——这件事是导师住在王舍城附近的达波达园时,针对具寿三弥提而说的。据说,有一次,具寿三弥提整夜精进修行,黎明时分沐浴后,正晾干金色的身体。他穿好下衣安陀会,一只手提着上衣郁多罗僧站在那里,就像一尊精心打磨的金色雕像。正是因为他的身体如此完美,他才得到了“三弥提”(意为圆满)这个名字。当时,一位天女看见他容色光耀的身体,心生爱恋,便对长老这样说:“比丘啊,你的确年轻、青春年少、发黑如漆,具足美好的青春年华,容貌端庄、赏心悦目、庄严可爱。像你这样的人,不去享受诸欲,出家有什么意义呢?你姑且先享受欲乐,以后再出家修习沙门法吧。”于是,长老对她说:“天女,我不知道自己会在哪个年龄命终,对我来说,死时是隐秘未知的。正因为如此,我才要在年轻时修习沙门法,以终结苦。”那位天女没能从长老那里得到任何友善回应,就在原地消失不见了。长老到导师那里,禀告了这件事。导师说:“三弥提,并不是只有你现今被天女诱惑,过去天女们也曾经诱惑过出家者。”应长老的请求,导师便开示了过去的故事。
Abhutvābhikkhasi bhikkhūti idaṃ satthā rājagahaṃ upanissāya tapodārāme viharanto samiddhitheraṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekadivasañhi āyasmā samiddhi sabbarattiṃ padhānaṃ padahitvā aruṇuggamanavelāya nhatvā suvaṇṇavaṇṇaṃ attabhāvaṃ sukkhāpayamāno antaravāsakaṃ nivāsetvā uttarāsaṅgaṃ hatthena gahetvā aṭṭhāsi suparikammakatā viya suvaṇṇapaṭimā. Attabhāvasamiddhiyāyeva hissa ‘‘samiddhī’’ti nāmaṃ ahosi. Athassa sarīrasobhaggaṃ disvā ekā devadhītā paṭibaddhacittā theraṃ evamāha – ‘‘tvaṃ khosi, bhikkhu, daharo yuvā susu kāḷakeso bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko, evarūpassa tava kāme aparibhuñjitvā ko attho pabbajjāya, kāme tāva paribhuñjassu, pacchā pabbajitvā samaṇadhammaṃ karissasī’’ti. Atha naṃ thero āha – ‘‘devadhīte, ‘asukasmiṃ nāma vaye ṭhito marissāmī’ti mama maraṇakālaṃ na jānāmi, esa me kālo paṭicchanno, tasmā taruṇakāleyeva samaṇadhammaṃ katvā dukkhassantaṃ karissāmī’’ti. Sā therassa santikā paṭisanthāraṃ alabhitvā tattheva antaradhāyi. Thero satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā etamatthaṃ ārocesi. Satthā ‘‘na kho, samiddhi, tvaññeva etarahi devadhītāya palobhito, pubbepi devadhītaro pabbajite palobhiṃsuyevā’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
271过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时候,菩萨出生于迦尸国的一个婆罗门家庭。他成年后,通达一切技艺,其后出家作仙人,修成了神通与等至,住在雪山的一个天然湖附近。他整夜精进修行,黎明时分沐浴,穿好一件树皮衣,一只手拿着另一件,晾干身体。那时,一位天女看见他容色殊胜、圆满光耀的身体,心生爱恋,为了诱惑菩萨,便说了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto ekasmiṃ kāsigāmake brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto sabbasippesu nipphattiṃ patvā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā himavantapadese ekaṃ jātassaraṃ nissāya vāsaṃ kappesi. So sabbarattiṃ padhānaṃ padahitvā aruṇuggamanavelāya nhatvā ekaṃ vakkalaṃ nivāsetvā ekaṃ hatthena gahetvā sarīraṃ vodakaṃ karonto aṭṭhāsi. Athassa rūpasobhaggappattaṃ attabhāvaṃ oloketvā paṭibaddhacittā ekā devadhītā bodhisattaṃ palobhayamānā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
33三十三。
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273“比丘,你未受用而行乞,因为你并非受用之后而行乞;
‘‘Abhutvā bhikkhasi bhikkhu, na hi bhutvāna bhikkhasi;
274比丘,你应受用之后再行乞,不要让那时机错过你。”
Bhutvāna bhikkhu bhikkhassu, mā taṃ kālo upaccagā’’ti.
275在这里,「未受用而行乞,比丘」(abhutvā bhikkhasi bhikkhūti)的意思是:比丘,你在年轻时,并非以烦恼欲为因受用了所依欲之后而行乞,而是未受用就去行乞了。「因为你并非受用之后而行乞」(Na hi bhutvāna bhikkhasīti)是说:难道不是理应受用五种欲之后再去行乞吗?你竟未受用欲乐就直接走上了行乞之路。「比丘,你应受用之后再行乞」(Bhutvāna bhikkhu bhikkhassūti)是指:比丘,年轻时先受用欲乐,待到老年时你再行乞。「不要让那时机错过」(Mā taṃ kālo upaccagāti)是指:这受用欲乐的时机正是年轻时期,不要让这个时机轻易溜走。
Tattha abhutvā bhikkhasi bhikkhūti bhikkhu tvaṃ daharakāle kilesakāmavasena vatthukāme abhutvāva bhikkhāya carasi. Na hi bhutvāna bhikkhasīti nanu nāma pañca kāmaguṇe bhutvā bhikkhāya caritabbaṃ, kāme abhutvāva bhikkhācariyaṃ upagatosi. Bhutvāna bhikkhu bhikkhassūti bhikkhu daharakāle tāva kāme bhuñjitvā pacchā mahallakakāle bhikkhassu. Mā taṃ kālo upaccagāti ayaṃ kāme bhuñjanakālo daharakālo, taṃ mā atikkamatūti.
276菩萨听了天女的话,为了表明自己的心意,说出了第二首偈颂:
Bodhisatto devatāya vacanaṃ sutvā attano ajjhāsayaṃ pakāsento dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
34三十四。
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278“我不知死时,死时隐藏不显现;
‘‘Kālaṃ vohaṃ na jānāmi, channo kālo na dissati;
279因此,我未受用而行乞,不要让死时错过我。”
Tasmā abhutvā bhikkhāmi, mā maṃ kālo upaccagā’’ti.
280在这里,「我不知死时」(Kālaṃ vohaṃ na jānāmi)中的「vo」只是一个语气词。而我是这样不知道自己的死时的:“我究竟会在青年期死去,还是在中年期,或是老年期?”因为有智之人说过:
Tattha kālaṃ vohaṃ na jānāmīti voti nipātamattaṃ. Ahaṃ pana ‘‘paṭhamavaye vā mayā maritabbaṃ majjhimavaye vā pacchimavaye vā’’ti evaṃ attano maraṇakālaṃ na jānāmi. Paṇḍitena hi puggalena –
281“生命、病、死时,舍弃身体以及投生之处;
‘‘Jīvitaṃ byādhi kālo ca, dehanikkhepanaṃ gati;
282这五者在世间,无有相状,不可知。”
Pañcete jīvalokasmiṃ, animittā na nāyare’’ti.
283「死时隐藏不现」(Channo kālo na dissati)意思是:因为“我将会在称为某某的年龄阶段死去,或在冬季等季节死去”——像这样的死时对我来说也是被遮蔽而不显现的,它完全隐藏着,无法知晓。「因此,我未受用而行乞」(Tasmā abhutvā bhikkhāmi)是指:由于这个原因,未受用五种欲而行乞。「不要让死时错过我」(Mā maṃ kālo upaccagā)的意思是:愿修习沙门法的时机不要越过我。因为这个原因,我虽然还是个年轻人,就已出家修习沙门法。天女听了菩萨的话后,就在那里消失不见了。
Channo kālo na dissatīti yasmā ‘‘asukasmiṃ nāma vayakāle hemantādiutukāle vā mayā maritabba’’nti mayhampesa channo hutvā kālo na dissati, suppaṭicchanno hutvā ṭhito na paññāyati. Tasmā abhutvā bhikkhāmīti tena kāraṇena pañca kāmaguṇe abhutvā bhikkhāmi. Mā maṃ kālo upaccagāti maṃ samaṇadhammakaraṇakālo mā atikkamatūti attho. Iminā kāraṇena daharova samāno pabbajitvā samaṇadhammaṃ karomīti. Devadhītā bodhisattassa vacanaṃ sutvā tattheva antaradhāyi.
284世尊开示了这段法之后,将本生故事连贯起来说:“那时的天女就是现在的这位天女,而那时的苦行者就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā devadhītā ayaṃ devadhītā ahosi, ahameva tena samayena tāpaso ahosi’’nti.
305《三弥提本生注释》第七。
Samiddhijātakavaṇṇanā sattamā.
285第一六八·老鹰本生注释
[168] 8. Sakuṇagghijātakavaṇṇanā
286“老鹰以力俯冲”(Seno balasā patamāno):这是世尊住在祇园时,因自己的心意而讲述《鸟教诫经》(《相应部》5.372)时所开示的。有一天,世尊召集比丘们,开示《相应部·大品》中的这部经:“比丘们,你们应当在行境、自己父祖传承的领域内行持。”然后说:“你们且看,过去即使是畜生道的众生,离开自己父祖传承的领域,在不适当的行境活动,落入敌人手中,却依靠自己的慧成就和方便善巧,从敌人手中逃脱了。”接着便引述了过去的故事。
Senobalasā patamānoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto attajjhāsayaṃ sakuṇovādasuttaṃ (saṃ. ni. 5.372) ārabbha kathesi. Ekadivasañhi satthā bhikkhū āmantetvā ‘‘gocare, bhikkhave, caratha sake pettike visaye’’ti (saṃ. ni. 5.372) imaṃ saṃyuttamahāvagge suttantaṃ kathento ‘‘tumhe tāva tiṭṭhatha, pubbe tiracchānagatāpi sakaṃ pettikavisayaṃ pahāya agocare carantā paccāmittānaṃ hatthapathaṃ gantvāpi attano paññāsampattiyā upāyakosallena paccāmittānaṃ hatthā mucciṃsū’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
287过去,在波罗奈,梵授王统治时,菩萨投生于鹌鹑族类,在犁具制作处、土块之处安身。有一天,他想:“我要舍弃在自己领域内觅食,去他人领域觅食。”于是就去了密林边缘。这时,一只鹰看见他在那里觅食,便突然猛扑下来抓住了他。那鹌鹑被鹰抓着的时候,这样悲叹道:“我们真是无福,我们真是缺德,我们竟在不适当的行境、他人的领域游荡。如果我今天在自己的行境、父祖传承的领域内游荡,这只鹰就算要和我交战,也绝对胜不了我!”鹰问:“鹌鹑,什么才是你的行境、你父祖传承的领域?”他答道:“就是犁具制作处、土块之处。”于是,鹰仗着自己有力气,傲慢地放开了他,说道:“走吧,鹌鹑,就算到了那里,你也逃不出我的手心。”鹌鹑到了那里,跳上一块大土块,向鹰挑战说:“现在来吧,鹰!”鹰仗着自己有力气,收紧双翅,猛地向鹌鹑直扑而下。当鹌鹑察觉到“这只鹰已经很逼近我了”,便一个转身,躲进了那土块的缝隙里。鹰来不及收住冲势,胸膛直接撞在了土块上。就这样,她的心脏破碎,眼珠弹出,当场毙命。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto lāpasakuṇayoniyaṃ nibbattitvā naṅgalakaṭṭhakaraṇe leḍḍuṭṭhāne vāsaṃ kappesi. So ekadivasaṃ ‘‘sakavisaye gocaragahaṇaṃ pahāya paravisaye gocaraṃ gaṇhissāmī’’ti aṭavipariyantaṃ agamāsi. Atha naṃ tattha gocaraṃ gaṇhantaṃ disvā sakuṇagghi sahasā ajjhappattā aggahesi. So sakuṇagghiyā hariyamāno evaṃ paridevasi – ‘‘mayamevamha alakkhikā, mayaṃ appapuññā, ye mayaṃ agocare carimha paravisaye, sacejja mayaṃ gocare careyyāma sake pettike visaye, na myāyaṃ sakuṇagghi alaṃ abhavissa yadidaṃ yuddhāyā’’ti. ‘‘Ko pana, te lāpa, gocaro sako pettiko visayo’’ti? ‘‘Yadidaṃ naṅgalakaṭṭhakaraṇaṃ leḍḍuṭṭhāna’’nti. Atha naṃ sakuṇagghi sake bale apatthaddhā amuñci – ‘‘gaccha kho, tvaṃ lāpa, tatrapi me gantvā na mokkhasī’’ti. So tattha gantvā mahantaṃ leḍḍuṃ abhiruhitvā ‘‘ehi kho dāni sakuṇagghī’’ti senaṃ avhayanto aṭṭhāsi. Sakuṇagghi sake bale apatthaddhā ubho pakkhe sannayha lāpasakuṇaṃ sahasā ajjhappattā. Yadā pana taṃ lāpo ‘‘bahuāgatā kho myāyaṃ sakuṇagghī’’ti aññāsi, atha parivattitvā tasseva leḍḍussa antaraṃ paccāpādi. Sakuṇagghi vegaṃ sandhāretuṃ asakkontī tattheva uraṃ paccatāḷesi. Evaṃ sā bhinnena hadayena nikkhantehi akkhīhi jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇi.
288导师开示完这段过去的事,说道:“比丘们,像这样,即使是畜生道的众生,在不适当的行境游荡,也会落入敌人的手中;而在自己的行境、父祖传承的领域游荡,就能制服敌人。所以,你们也不要在不适当的行境、他人的领域游荡。比丘们,在不适当的行境、他人的领域游荡的人,魔罗就会得到机会,魔罗就会得到所缘。比丘们,什么是比丘不适当的行境、他人的领域呢?就是那五种欲。哪五种?眼所识的色……乃至……比丘们,这就是比丘不适当的行境、他人的领域。”说完这些,成为正觉者后,说出了第一首偈颂:
Satthā imaṃ atītaṃ dassetvā ‘‘evaṃ, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatāpi agocare carantā sapattahatthaṃ gacchanti, gocare pana sake pettike visaye carantā sapatte niggaṇhanti, tasmā tumhepi mā agocare caratha paravisaye. Agocare , bhikkhave, carataṃ paravisaye lacchati māro otāraṃ, lacchati māro ārammaṇaṃ. Ko ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno agocaro paravisayo? Yadidaṃ pañca kāmaguṇā. Katame pañca? Cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā…pe… ayaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno agocaro paravisayo’’ti vatvā abhisambuddho hutvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
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290“鹰仗着力气俯冲,扑向那住于行境的鹌鹑;
‘‘Seno balasā patamāno, lāpaṃ gocaraṭhāyinaṃ;
291猛然间就扑了下去,因此招来了死亡。”
Sahasā ajjhappattova, maraṇaṃ tenupāgamī’’ti.
292在这里,「以力俯冲」(balasā patamāno)的意思是:“我要捉住鹌鹑”,用力量、用体力俯冲而下。「住于行境」(gocaraṭhāyinaṃ),指离开自己的领域,为了觅食而待在密林边上。「扑下」(ajjhappatto),就是到达、接近。「因此招至死亡」(maraṇaṃ tenupāgamī),就是因为那个原因而遭遇了死亡。
Tattha balasā patamānoti ‘‘lāpaṃ gaṇhissāmī’’ti balena thāmena patamāno. Gocaraṭhāyinanti sakavisayā nikkhamitvā gocaratthāya aṭavipariyante ṭhitaṃ. Ajjhappattoti sampatto. Maraṇaṃ tenupāgamīti tena kāraṇena maraṇaṃ patto.
293当鹰死后,鹌鹑钻出来,站在它的心脏上,发出感叹:“我终于看到了仇敌的后背!”然后说出第二首偈颂。
Tasmiṃ pana maraṇaṃ patte lāpo nikkhamitvā ‘‘diṭṭhā vata me paccāmittassa piṭṭhī’’ti tassa hadaye ṭhatvā udānaṃ udānento dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
36三十六。
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295我凭借方法而成就,喜欢父祖所行的行境;
‘‘Sohaṃ nayena sampanno, pettike gocare rato;
296远离仇敌,我欢喜,看见了自身的义利。
Apetasattu modāmi, sampassaṃ atthamattano’’ti.
297其中,「方法」(nayena)指途径、手段。「自己的义利」(atthamattano)是指自己的利益,即名为无病状态的增益。
Tattha nayenāti upāyena. Atthamattanoti attano arogabhāvasaṅkhātaṃ vuḍḍhiṃ.
298导师引导此法的开示后,阐明诸谛,随后连接本生故事。在谛结束时,许多比丘证得了入流果等果位。“那时,鹰是提婆达多,而鹌鹑就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne bahū bhikkhū sotāpattiphalādīni pāpuṇiṃsu. ‘‘Tadā seno devadatto ahosi, lāpo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
320《鹰本生经》注释,第八篇。
Sakuṇagghijātakavaṇṇanā aṭṭhamā.
299[169] 9. 阿拉卡本生注释
[169] 9. Arakajātakavaṇṇanā
300“确实,若以慈心……”这一节是导师住在祇园精舍时,以《慈经》为缘起而宣说的。那时,导师对比丘们说:“比丘们,对于「慈心解脱」,如果修习、多修习、作为车乘、作为基础、安立、熟练、善加精勤,便可以预期有十一种利益。哪十一种?安稳入睡,安稳醒来,不做恶梦,受到人们喜爱,受到非人喜爱,天神守护,不被火、毒、刀所伤,心迅速得定,面色清净明澈,临终时心不迷乱,如果未证得更高,则生于梵天界。比丘们,对于「慈心解脱」,如果修习……善加精勤,这十一种利益是可预期的。”导师赞叹了具有这十一种利益的慈心修习,然后说:“比丘们,比丘应当以指名和普遍的方式,对一切众生修习慈心;对友善者应以慈心遍满,对不友善者也以慈心遍满,对中立者也以慈心遍满。同样,应以指名和普遍的方式,对一切众生修习慈心;应修习悲、喜、舍;应在四梵住上精进。如此修行者,即使未证得道与果,也必定以梵天界为归宿;古代的智者们也曾修习慈心七年,在七个坏劫与成劫中安住于梵天界。”接着,他讲起了过去的故事。
Yove mettena cittenāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto mettasuttaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekasmiñhi samaye satthā bhikkhū āmantesi – ‘‘mettāya, bhikkhave, cetovimuttiyā āsevitāya bhāvitāya bahulīkatāya yānīkatāya vatthukatāya anuṭṭhitāya paricitāya susamāraddhāya ekādasānisaṃsā pāṭikaṅkhā. Katame ekādasa? Sukhaṃ supati, sukhaṃ paṭibujjhati, na pāpakaṃ supinaṃ passati, manussānaṃ piyo hoti, amanussānaṃ piyo hoti, devatā rakkhanti, nāssa aggi vā visaṃ vā satthaṃ vā kamati, tuvaṭaṃ cittaṃ samādhiyati, mukhavaṇṇo vippasīdati, asammūḷho kālaṃ karoti, uttari appaṭivijjhanto brahmalokūpago hoti. Mettāya, bhikkhave, cetovimuttiyā āsevitāya…pe… susamāraddhāya ime ekādasānisaṃsā pāṭikaṅkhā’’ti (a. ni. 11.15). Ime ekādasānisaṃse gahetvā ṭhitaṃ mettābhāvanaṃ vaṇṇetvā ‘‘bhikkhave, bhikkhunā nāma sabbasattesu odissakānodissakavasena mettā bhāvetabbā, hitopi hitena pharitabbo, ahitopi hitena pharitabbo, majjhattopi hitena pharitabbo. Evaṃ sabbasattesu odissakānodissakavasena mettā bhāvetabbā, karuṇā muditā upekkhā bhāvetabbā, catūsu brahmavihāresu kammaṃ kātabbameva. Evaṃ karonto hi maggaṃ vā phalaṃ vā alabhantopi brahmalokaparāyaṇo ahosi, porāṇakapaṇḍitāpi satta vassāni mettaṃ bhāvetvā satta saṃvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe brahmalokasmiṃyeva vasiṃsū’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
301过去某一劫,菩萨投生于婆罗门家庭,成年后舍弃欲乐,出家为仙人,证得四梵住,成为名叫阿拉卡的导师,住在雪山地区,拥有众多眷属。他教导那些仙人说:‘出家者应当修习慈、悲、喜、舍。因为一旦「慈心」达到安止定,就能使人投生到梵天界。’然后他宣说慈的利益,讲了下面的偈颂——
Atīte ekasmiṃ kappe bodhisatto brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto kāme pahāya isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā catunnaṃ brahmavihārānaṃ lābhī arako nāma satthā hutvā himavantapadese vāsaṃ kappesi, tassa mahā parivāro ahosi. So isigaṇaṃ ovadanto ‘‘pabbajitena nāma mettā bhāvetabbā, karuṇā muditā upekkhā bhāvetabbā. Mettacittañhi nāmetaṃ appanāppattaṃ brahmalokaparāyaṇataṃ sādhetī’’ti mettāya ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsento imā gāthā āha –
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303确实,若有人以慈心,悲悯一切世间;
‘‘Yo ve mettena cittena, sabbalokānukampati;
304向上、向下以及横向,以无量之心遍满一切。
Uddhaṃ adho ca tiriyaṃ, appamāṇena sabbaso.
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306那颗无量、圆满、善修的利益心,
‘‘Appamāṇaṃ hitaṃ cittaṃ, paripuṇṇaṃ subhāvitaṃ;
307任何由有限量所造的业,在它之中都不会残存。
Yaṃ pamāṇakataṃ kammaṃ, na taṃ tatrāvasissatī’’ti.
308在这里,「凡是以慈心悲悯一切世间者」的意思是:无论是在刹帝利等阶层中,还是在沙门、婆罗门当中,无论是谁,用无量的慈心悲悯整个众生界。「上方」指从大地一直向上,直到非想非非想处梵天界。「下方」指大地之下最底层的大地狱。「横向」指人界,以及所有铁围山世界所涵盖的一切处所。对于在所有这些处所投生的众生,愿他们都没有怨恨、没有瞋害、没有苦恼,都能安稳快乐地生活——这样修习的慈心,就是这句话的意思。「无量」是说,所缘的众生数量是没有限量的,所缘的对象也是没有限量的,因此称为无量。「一切」是说,用一切的方式,也就是向上方、向下方、向横向,这统括了一切善趣与恶趣来说的,这是含义。
Tattha yo ve mettena cittena, sabbalokānukampatīti khattiyādīsu vā samaṇabrāhmaṇesu vā yo koci appamāṇena mettena cittena sakalaṃ sattalokaṃ anukampati. Uddhanti pathavito yāva nevasaññānāsaññāyatanabrahmalokā. Adhoti pathaviyā heṭṭhā ussade mahāniraye. Tiriyanti manussaloke, yattakāni cakkavāḷāni ca tesu sabbesu ettake ṭhāne nibbattā sabbe sattā averā hontu, abyāpajjhā anīghā, sukhī attānaṃ pariharantūti evaṃ bhāvitena mettena cittenāti attho. Appamāṇenāti appamāṇasattānaṃ appamāṇārammaṇattā appamāṇena. Sabbasoti sabbākārena, uddhaṃ adho tiriyanti evaṃ sabbasugatiduggativasenāti attho.
309「无量的利益心」是指:把利益一切众生的心,修习扩充到没有限量。「圆满」就是没有欠缺。「善修习」意思是修习得非常到位、增长得很好,这是指安止心的名称。「那有限量的业」是指像「无量、无量所缘」这类从所缘分类的角度以及从达到自在的角度来说,尚未得到增长而造下的、微小的欲界业。「那个业在那里不残留」,这当中的「那个」限量的业,也就是当所谓「无量的利益心」这种已经达到殊胜成就的色界业出现时,那个微小的业在那里便不会残留下来。打个比方:就像被大洪水淹没的一点点水,在洪流当中被冲散而无法留驻、无法保持,最终只是大洪水把它淹没并独自占据;同样地,那个微小的业在那个广大业的内部,被那个广大业所夺,变成了一个尚未取得果报机会的状态,既不留存,也保持不住,无法给出它自己的果报,最终只是那个广大业将它淹没、持续存在,并给出果报。
Appamāṇaṃ hitaṃ cittanti appamāṇaṃ katvā bhāvitaṃ sabbasattesu hitacittaṃ. Paripuṇṇanti avikalaṃ. Subhāvitanti suvaḍḍhitaṃ, appanācittassetaṃ nāmaṃ. Yaṃ pamāṇakataṃ kammanti yaṃ ‘‘appamāṇaṃ appamāṇārammaṇa’’nti evaṃ ārammaṇattikavasena ca vasībhāvappattivasena ca avaḍḍhitvā kataṃ parittaṃ kāmāvacarakammaṃ. Na taṃ tatrāvasissatīti taṃ parittaṃ kammaṃ yaṃ taṃ ‘‘appamāṇaṃ hitaṃ citta’’nti saṅkhagataṃ rūpāvacarakammaṃ, tatra na avasissati. Yathā nāma mahoghena ajjhotthaṭaṃ parittodakaṃ oghassa abbhantare tena asaṃhīramānaṃ nāvasissati na tiṭṭhati, atha kho mahoghova taṃ ajjhottharitvā tiṭṭhati, evameva taṃ parittakammaṃ tassa mahaggatakammassa abbhantare tena mahaggatakammena acchinditvā aggahitavipākokāsaṃ hutvā na avasissati na tiṭṭhati, na sakkoti attano vipākaṃ dātuṃ, atha kho mahaggatakammameva taṃ ajjhottharitvā tiṭṭhati vipākaṃ detīti.
310这样,菩萨向弟子们讲述了修习慈心的利益后,自己身为一个禅那不会退失的人,在梵天界投生,历经七个坏劫与七个成劫,都没有再回到这个世间来。
Evaṃ bodhisatto antevāsikānaṃ mettābhāvanāya ānisaṃsaṃ kathetvā aparihīnajjhāno brahmaloke nibbattitvā satta saṃvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe na imaṃ lokaṃ puna agamāsi.
311世尊作了这个法教开示之后,把本生故事对应起来说:「那时候的仙人众就是现在的佛弟子众,而阿罗迦导师就是我自己。」
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā isigaṇo buddhaparisā ahosi, arako pana satthā ahameva ahosi’’nti.
334阿罗迦本生注完毕。
Arakajātakavaṇṇanā navamā.
312第十 迦甘达迦本生注
[170] 10. Kakaṇṭakajātakavaṇṇanā
313「将不在城中高涨」这个迦甘达迦本生故事,将在《大隧道本生》中显现。
Nāyaṃpure uṇṇamatīti idaṃ kakaṇṭakajātakaṃ mahāumaṅgajātake (jā. 2.22.590 ādayo) āvibhavissati.
337迦甘达迦本生注完毕。
Kakaṇṭakajātakavaṇṇanā dasamā.
338第二《交友品》
Santhavavaggo dutiyo.
314其中的摄颂是:
Tassuddānaṃ –
315因陀罗同族姓、亲近、苏尸摩、秃鹫;
Indasamānagottañca, santhavaṃ susīmaṃ gijjhaṃ;
316纳库罗、优婆萨罗迦、三弥提和秃鹫禽;
Nakulaṃ upasāḷakaṃ, samiddhi ca sakuṇagghi;
317阿罗迦和卡坎陀迦。
Arakañca kakaṇṭakaṃ.
318第三《善法品》
3. Kalyāṇavaggo
319[171]一、善法本生经注释
[171] 1. Kalyāṇadhammajātakavaṇṇanā
320「善法」:这是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位耳背的婆婆而说的。在舍卫城,有一位具足信心和净信、归依三宝、受持五戒的长者。有一天,他带着许多酥油等药物,还有花、香、衣物等,心想“我要到祇园世尊跟前听法”,就出发了。在他前往那里时,他的岳母为了看望女儿,拿着吃的喝的来到他家。她有些耳背。她和女儿一起吃完饭,一边消解饭后的倦意,一边问女儿:“孩子,你丈夫和你相处得好吗?有没有吵架,是不是过着亲密融洽的日子?”女儿回答:“母亲,您说什么呢?像您女婿这样戒行圆满、威仪具足的人,就连出家众里都很难遇到。”那位近事女(岳母)没听清女儿的话,只抓住了“出家”这个词,就大声喊起来:“孩子,你丈夫为什么出家了?”听到这喊声,全家的人都骚动起来:“听说我们家的长者出家了!”路过门口的人听见声音,问:“这是出什么事了?”有人回答:“听说这家的长者出家了。”而那位长者刚听完十力(世尊)的教法,正从寺院出来进入城中。
Kalyāṇadhammoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ badhirasassuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Sāvatthiyañhi eko kuṭumbiko saddho pasanno tisaraṇagato pañcasīlena samannāgato. So ekadivasaṃ bahūni sappiādīni bhesajjāni ceva pupphagandhavatthādīni ca gahetvā ‘‘jetavane satthu santike dhammaṃ sossāmī’’ti agamāsi. Tassa tattha gatakāle sassu khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ gahetvā dhītaraṃ daṭṭhukāmā taṃ gehaṃ agamāsi, sā ca thokaṃ badhiradhātukā hoti. Sā dhītarā saddhiṃ bhuttabhojanā bhattasammadaṃ vinodayamānā dhītaraṃ pucchi – ‘‘kiṃ, amma, bhattā te sammodamāno avivadamāno piyasaṃvāsaṃ vasatī’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ, amma, kathetha yādiso tumhākaṃ jāmātā sīlena ceva ācārasampadāya ca, tādiso pabbajitopi dullabho’’ti. Upāsikā dhītu vacanaṃ sādhukaṃ asallakkhetvā ‘‘pabbajito’’ti padameva gahetvā ‘‘amma, kasmā te bhattā pabbajito’’ti mahāsaddaṃ akāsi. Taṃ sutvā sakalagehavāsino ‘‘amhākaṃ kira kuṭumbiko pabbajito’’ti viraviṃsu. Tesaṃ saddaṃ sutvā dvārena sañcarantā ‘‘kiṃ nāma kireta’’nti pucchiṃsu. ‘‘Imasmiṃ kira gehe kuṭumbiko pabbajito’’ti. Sopi kho kuṭumbiko dasabalassa dhammaṃ sutvā vihārā nikkhamma nagaraṃ pāvisi.
321半路上,有一个人看见他,便说:“朋友,听说你出家了,你家里的妻子儿女和眷属正悲泣着呢。”这时他心想:“这个人把并未出家的我说成是‘出家’了。既然已经生起的善妙名声不应让它消失,我正该就在今天出家。”于是他立刻从那里折返,前往世尊跟前。世尊问:“近事男,你刚刚才礼敬佛陀离去,怎么现在又回来了?”他便把事情的来由禀告世尊,说:“大德,已经生起的善妙名声不应该消失,因此我想出家,所以回来了。”他获得出家与具足戒之后,如法修行,不久便证得了阿拉汉果。据说,这件事在比丘僧团中广为人知。后来有一天,在法堂里,比丘们发起议论:“贤友,那位某长者心想‘已经生起的善妙名声不应消失’而出家,现在已证得阿拉汉果。”世尊到来后,问道:“比丘们,你们现在讨论什么话题?”众比丘回答说是这些事后,世尊说:“比丘们,古代的智者也曾经想‘已经生起的善妙名声不容错过’而出家。”接着便开示了过去之事。
Atha naṃ antarāmaggeyeva eko puriso disvā ‘‘samma, tvaṃ kira pabbajitoti tava gehe puttadāraparijano paridevatī’’ti āha. Athassa etadahosi – ‘‘ayaṃ apabbajitameva kira maṃ ‘pabbajito’ti vadati, uppanno kho pana me kalyāṇasaddo na antaradhāpetabbo, ajjeva mayā pabbajituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti tatova nivattitvā satthu santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘kiṃ nu kho, upāsaka, idāneva buddhupaṭṭhānaṃ katvā gantvā idāneva paccāgatosī’’ti vutte tamatthaṃ ārocetvā ‘‘bhante, kalyāṇasaddo nāma uppanno na antaradhāpetuṃ vaṭṭati, tasmā pabbajitukāmo hutvā āgatomhī’’ti āha. So pabbajjañca upasampadañca labhitvā sammā paṭipanno nacirasseva arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Idaṃ kira kāraṇaṃ bhikkhusaṅghe pākaṭaṃ jātaṃ. Athekadivasaṃ dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, asuko nāma kuṭumbiko ‘uppanno kalyāṇasaddo na antaradhāpetabbo’ti pabbajitvā idāni arahattaṃ patto’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘bhikkhave, porāṇakapaṇḍitāpi ‘uppanno kalyāṇasaddo virādhetuṃ na vaṭṭatī’ti pabbajiṃsuyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
322过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时代,菩萨投生于一个长者家中。成年之后,在父亲去世时,他继承了长者的地位。一天,他从住所出来,前去侍奉国王。那时,他的岳母想着“我要去看望女儿”,便来到他家。这位岳母也有点儿耳背,整个情形都和现在发生的事情相仿。当他侍奉完国王返回自己家时,有一个人看见他,便说:“听说您出家了,您家里正发出一片悲泣声。”菩萨心想:“已经生起的善妙名声不应让它消失。”于是他便从那里折返回去,去到国王面前。当国王问:“大长者,你刚刚才离去,怎么又回来了?”时,他为了说明此事,说了这些偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto seṭṭhikule nibbattitvā vayappatto pitu accayena seṭṭhiṭṭhānaṃ pāpuṇi. So ekadivasaṃ nivesanā nikkhamitvā rājupaṭṭhānaṃ agamāsi. Athassa sassu ‘‘dhītaraṃ passissāmī’’ti taṃ gehaṃ agamāsi, sā thokaṃ badhiradhātukāti sabbaṃ paccuppannavatthusadisameva. Taṃ pana rājupaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā attano gharaṃ āgacchantaṃ disvā eko puriso ‘‘tumhe kira pabbajitāti tumhākaṃ gehe mahāparidevo pavattatī’’ti āha. Bodhisatto ‘‘uppanno kalyāṇasaddo nāma na antaradhāpetuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti tatova nivattitvā rañño santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘kiṃ, mahāseṭṭhi, idāneva gantvā puna āgatosī’’ti vutte ‘‘deva, gehajano kira maṃ apabbajitameva ‘pabbajito’ti vatvā paridevati, uppanno kho pana kalyāṇasaddo na antaradhāpetabbo, pabbajissāmahaṃ, pabbajjaṃ me anujānāhī’’ti etamatthaṃ pakāsetuṃ imā gāthā āha –
41四十一。
41.
324“人主啊,当一个人在世间获得‘善法者’的称号时;
‘‘Kalyāṇadhammoti yadā janinda, loke samaññaṃ anupāpuṇāti;
325因此,有智慧的人不应退失,具惭者也会担起责任。
Tasmā na hiyyetha naro sapañño, hiriyāpi santo ghuramādiyanti.
42四十二。
42.
327“今天,我在此获得了‘善法者’的称号,人主啊;
‘‘Sāyaṃ samaññā idha majja pattā, kalyāṇadhammoti janinda loke;
328我观察那个称号之后,就将由此出家,因为我对这世间的欲乐已没有任何意欲。”
Tāhaṃ samekkhaṃ idha pabbajissaṃ, na hi matthi chando idha kāmabhoge’’ti.
329其中,“善法”指美好的法。“获得称号”是指当一位持戒者、善法出家人这样的施设名称被获得时。“因此不会退失”即因此不会从那个称号退失。“具惭者担起责任”:大王啊,善士们由于内在生起的惭和外在生起的愧而担起这出家的责任。“今天在此获得”指在今天在此由我获得。“我观察那个”指我观察并看见那由于德行而获得的称号。“没有意欲”指我并没有意欲。“对这里的欲乐享受”指对这个世间中烦恼欲与事欲的受用。
Tattha kalyāṇadhammoti sundaradhammo. Samaññaṃ anupāpuṇātīti yadā sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo pabbajitoti idaṃ paññattivohāraṃ pāpuṇāti. Tasmā na hiyyethāti tato sāmaññato na parihāyetha. Hiriyāpi santo dhuramādiyantīti, mahārāja, sappurisā nāma ajjhattasamuṭṭhitāya hiriyā bahiddhasamuṭṭhitena ottappenapi etaṃ pabbajitadhuraṃ gaṇhanti. Idha majja pattāti idha mayā ajja pattā. Tāhaṃ samekkhanti taṃ ahaṃ guṇavasena laddhasamaññaṃ samekkhanto passanto. Na hi matthi chandoti na hi me atthi chando. Idha kāmabhogeti imasmiṃ loke kilesakāmavatthukāmaparibhogehi.
330菩萨这样说了之后,请求国王允许他出家,便前往雪山地区,以仙人的方式出家修行,证得了神通与禅那,最后往生梵天界。
Bodhisatto evaṃ vatvā rājānaṃ pabbajjaṃ anujānāpetvā himavantapadesaṃ gantvā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā brahmalokaparāyaṇo ahosi.
331世尊宣说了这个法教之后,将本生故事配合起来说:“那时的那位国王是阿难,波罗奈城的长者则是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā rājā ānando ahosi, bārāṇasiseṭṭhi pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
357善良法本生经注释 第一
Kalyāṇadhammajātakavaṇṇanā paṭhamā.
3322. 达达拉本生经注释
[172] 2. Daddarajātakavaṇṇanā
333“谁发出大声音……”这句话是世尊住在祇园时,以拘迦利为缘而说的。那时候,有许多多闻比丘在矾石台上发出声音,如同年轻的狮子吼叫,又像把天河的河水倾泻下来一般,在僧团中央唱诵着诵经调。拘迦利看到那些比丘在唱诵诵经调,却不知道自己其实浅薄,只想着:“我也要唱诵诵经调。”便进入比丘们中间,还说道:“他们不让我们传扬诵经调。如果他们也让我们的传扬,我们也会唱诵的。”他不提这是比丘僧团的名义,就在各个地方到处这样说着。他的这番话在比丘僧团里传开了。比丘们心想:“我们且来试探他一下。”于是这样说:“拘迦利贤友,今天请你为僧团唱诵诵经调吧。”他不晓得自己的能力,就答应说:“好的。”还想着:“今天我要唱诵诵经调了。”于是便喝了合自己口味的粥,吃了硬食,又用了合口味的菜肴进食。
Ko nu saddena mahatāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto kokālikaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tasmiñhi kāle bahū bahussutā bhikkhū manosilātale nadamānā taruṇasīhā viya ākāsagaṅgaṃ otārentā viya saṅghamajjhe sarabhāṇaṃ bhaṇanti. Kokāliko tesu sarabhāṇaṃ bhaṇantesu attano tucchabhāvaṃ ajānitvāva ‘‘ahampi sarabhāṇaṃ bhaṇissāmī’’ti bhikkhūnaṃ antaraṃ pavisitvā ‘‘amhākaṃ sarabhāṇaṃ na pāpenti. Sace amhākampi pāpeyyuṃ, mayampi bhaṇeyyāmā’’ti bhikkhusaṅghassa nāmaṃ aggahetvāva tattha tattha kathento āhiṇḍati. Tassa sā kathā bhikkhusaṅghe pākaṭā jātā. Bhikkhū ‘‘vīmaṃsissāma tāva na’’nti saññāya evamāhaṃsu – ‘‘āvuso kokālika, ajja saṅghassa sarabhāṇaṃ bhaṇāhī’’ti. So attano balaṃ ajānitvāva ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchitvā ‘‘ajja sarabhāṇaṃ bhaṇissāmī’’ti attano sappāyaṃ yāguṃ pivi, khajjakaṃ khādi, sappāyeneva sūpena bhuñji.
334太阳下山后,到了听法的时间,一经宣布,比丘僧团便集合起来。他穿着一件颜色像有刺木黄花的下衣,披上一件颜色像迦尼迦罗花的上衣,走进僧团中间,向上座们礼敬,然后登上那装饰着珠宝的殿堂里所施设的殊胜法座,拿起彩绘扇子,坐下来,说:‘我要唱诵诵经调。’就在那时,他全身冒汗,陷入慌张,诵出起始偈颂的第一句之后,便接不下去了。他战栗着从座位下来,羞愧地离开僧团中央,回到自己的住处。另一位多闻比丘唱诵了诵经调。从此以后,比丘们就知道了他的浅薄。后来有一天,在法堂里,比丘们发起议论说:‘贤友们,以前拘迦利的浅薄还难以知道,现在他自己这么一叫唤,可就完全暴露了。’世尊来到后,问道:‘诸比丘,你们现在聚集在一起议论什么?’他们回答说:‘在议论这件事。’世尊说:‘诸比丘,拘迦利并非现在才因为叫唤而暴露,过去他也曾因为叫唤而暴露。’于是引出过去的故事。
Sūriye atthaṅgate dhammassavanakāle ghosite bhikkhusaṅgho sannipati. So kaṇṭakuraṇḍakavaṇṇaṃ kāsāvaṃ nivāsetvā kaṇikārapupphavaṇṇaṃ cīvaraṃ pārupitvā saṅghamajjhaṃ pavisitvā there vanditvā alaṅkataratanamaṇḍape paññattavaradhammāsanaṃ abhiruhitvā citrabījaniṃ gahetvā ‘‘sarabhāṇaṃ bhaṇissāmī’’ti nisīdi, tāvadevassa sarīrā sedā mucciṃsu, sārajjaṃ okkami, pubbagāthāya paṭhamaṃ padaṃ udāharitvā anantaraṃ na passi. So kampamāno āsanā oruyha lajjito saṅghamajjhato apakkamma attano pariveṇaṃ agamāsi. Añño bahussuto bhikkhu sarabhāṇaṃ bhaṇi. Tato paṭṭhāya bhikkhū tassa tucchabhāvaṃ jāniṃsu. Athekadivasaṃ dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, paṭhamaṃ kokālikassa tucchabhāvo dujjāno, idāni panesa sayaṃ naditvā pākaṭo jāto’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, kokāliko idāneva naditvā pākaṭo jāto, pubbepi naditvā pākaṭo ahosī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
335过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王治理国家的时候,菩萨投生在雪山地区的狮子胎中,成为众多狮子的王。他由许多狮子围绕着,住在一个银窟里。离他不远的一个洞窟中,住着一只豺狼。有一天,雨停了,所有的狮子聚集到狮子王的洞窟门口,发出狮子吼,玩着狮子游戏。当它们这样吼叫玩耍时,那只豺狼也跟着叫起来。狮子们听到它的声音,想着:‘这只豺狼竟和我们一起叫。’都感到羞惭,沉默下来。在它们沉默的时候,菩萨的儿子——一只小狮子问道:‘父亲,这些狮子本来是吼叫着玩狮子游戏的,一听到那个家伙的声音,就羞惭地沉默了。这个用自己的声音让人知道自己,究竟是什么东西啊?’他这样问着父亲,并说出了第一首偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto himavantapadese sīhayoniyaṃ nibbattitvā bahūnaṃ sīhānaṃ rājā ahosi. So anekasīhaparivāro rajataguhāyaṃ vāsaṃ kappesi. Tassa avidūre ekissāya guhāya eko siṅgālopi vasati. Athekadivasaṃ deve vassitvā vigate sabbe sīhā sīharājasseva guhadvāre sannipatitvā sīhanādaṃ nadantā sīhakīḷaṃ kīḷiṃsu. Tesaṃ evaṃ naditvā kīḷanakāle sopi siṅgālo nadati. Sīhā tassa saddaṃ sutvā ‘‘ayaṃ siṅgālo amhehi saddhiṃ nadatī’’ti lajjitā tuṇhī ahesuṃ. Tesaṃ tuṇhībhūtakāle bodhisattassa putto sīhapotako ‘‘tāta, ime sīhā naditvā sīhakīḷaṃ kīḷantā etassa saddaṃ sutvā lajjāya tuṇhī jātā, ko nāmesa attano saddena attānaṃ jānāpetī’’ti pitaraṃ pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
43四十三。
43.
337是谁用巨大的声音,使达达拉山回响?
‘‘Ko nu saddena mahatā, abhinādeti daddaraṃ;
338狮子们都不回应他,这位鹿王到底是谁?
Taṃ sīhā nappaṭinadanti, ko nāmeso migādhibhū’’ti.
339其中,‘使达达拉山回响’的意思是:让达达拉山,也就是那座银山,响起一片回响。‘鹿王’是对他父亲的称呼。此处的义理是:鹿王啊,鹿类中的长者,狮子王啊,我问您:‘这位是谁?’
Tattha abhinādeti daddaranti daddaraṃ rajatapabbataṃ ekanādaṃ karoti. Migādhibhūti pitaraṃ ālapati. Ayañhettha attho – migādhibhū migajeṭṭhaka sīharāja pucchāmi taṃ ‘‘ko nāmeso’’ti.
340接着,父亲听了他的话,说出第二首偈——
Athassa vacanaṃ sutvā pitā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
44四十四。
44.
342‘在鹿类中,豺狼是最卑劣的;孩子啊,那豺狼正在嚎叫;
‘‘Adhamo migajātānaṃ, siṅgālo tāta vassati;
343因为厌恶它的出身,狮子们都默不发声地坐着。’
Jātimassa jigucchantā, tuṇhī sīhā samaccare’’ti.
344这里‘samaccare’这个词,只是加上了一个前缀而已,实际意思就是‘他们坐着’,也就是‘保持沉默而坐着’。不过有些经典里写作‘samacchare’。
Tattha samaccareti santi upasaggamattaṃ, accantīti attho, tuṇhī hutvā nisīdantīti vuttaṃ hoti. Potthakesu pana ‘‘samacchare’’ti likhanti.
345世尊说:‘诸比丘,拘迦利并非现在才以自己的声音彰显自己,以前他也这样做过。’然后引出这段法教,并总结本生故事说:‘那时的豺狼是拘迦利,幼狮是罗睺罗,而狮子王就是我。’
Satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, kokāliko idāneva attano nādena attānaṃ pākaṭaṃ karoti, pubbepi akāsiyevā’’ti vatvā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā siṅgālo kokāliko ahosi, sīhapotako rāhulo, sīharājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
372达达拉本生注疏 第二。
Daddarajātakavaṇṇanā dutiyā.
346[173] 3. 猴子本生注疏
[173] 3. Makkaṭajātakavaṇṇanā
347‘那位年轻人就是这个人’这则故事,是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位骗人比丘而说的。这则故事将在《杂集篇·伍答拉咖树本生》中详细展现。当时,世尊讲述了过去的事,说:‘诸比丘,这位比丘并非现在才是个骗人者,过去世他身为猴时,就已经为了火的原故而实行欺诈了。’
Tātamāṇavako esoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ kuhakabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu pakiṇṇakanipāte uddālakajātake (jā. 1.14.62 ādayo) āvibhavissati. Tadā pana satthā ‘‘bhikkhave, nāyaṃ bhikkhu idāneva kuhako, pubbepi makkaṭo hutvā aggissa kāraṇā kohaññaṃ akāsiyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
348过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王治理王国的时候,菩萨出生在迦尸国某个村庄的一个婆罗门家族中。成年之后,他在塔迦尸喇学得了技艺,随后安定下来过着居家生活。后来,他的婆罗门妻子生下一个儿子。当儿子长到能够到处奔跑玩耍的年纪时,妻子去世了。菩萨为她办完丧事后,心想:‘居家生活对我还有什么用呢?我要带着儿子出家。’于是,他面容悲泣地舍弃了亲友圈子,带着儿子进入雪山,依止仙人行而出家,在那里以林野的根果为食,安住下来。有一天,正值雨季,天上下着雨,他燃起薪柴生了火,烤暖身体后,躺在铺着板子的地方。他的儿子,那位沙弥,则坐着为他按摩双脚。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto ekasmiṃ kāsigāmake brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto takkasilāyaṃ sippaṃ uggaṇhitvā gharāvāsaṃ saṇṭhapesi. Athassa brāhmaṇī ekaṃ puttaṃ vijāyitvā puttassa ādhāvitvā paridhāvitvā vicaraṇakāle kālamakāsi. Bodhisatto tassā petakiccaṃ katvā ‘‘kiṃ me dāni gharāvāsena, puttaṃ gahetvā pabbajissāmī’’ti assumukhaṃ ñātimittavaggaṃ pahāya puttaṃ ādāya himavantaṃ pavisitvā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā tattha vanamūlaphalāhāro vāsaṃ kappesi. So ekadivasaṃ vassānakāle deve vassante sāradārūni aggiṃ jāletvā visibbanto phalakatthare nipajji, puttopissa tāpasakumārako pitu pāde sambāhantova nisīdi.
349那时,有一只林猴正被寒冷逼迫,看到他那叶庵里的火堆后,心想:‘如果我直接进去,他们肯定会边喊‘猴子,猴子’边打我一顿,把我赶出去,我就没法烤火了。现在我有办法了,我可以扮作沙门的模样,蒙骗一番再进去。’这么想后,它穿上了某个死去沙门的树皮衣,拿起篮子和钩杖,在叶庵门口背靠着一棵棕榈树,蜷缩着站在那里。沙弥看到它,没认出是猴子,心想:‘这肯定是一位上了年纪的长老沙门,被寒冷逼迫,前来烤火的。’他便对身为沙门的父亲说了,并想:‘我们可以让他进叶庵烤烤火。’于是,他呼唤着父亲,说出了第一首偈颂——
Atheko vanamakkaṭo sītena pīḷiyamāno tassa paṇṇasālāya taṃ aggiṃ disvā ‘‘sacāhaṃ ettha pavisissāmi, ‘makkaṭo makkaṭo’ti maṃ pothetvā nīharissanti, aggiṃ visibbetuṃ na labhissāmi, atthi dāni me upāyo, tāpasavesaṃ gahetvā kohaññaṃ katvā pavisissāmī’’ti cintetvā ekassa matatāpasassa vakkalāni nivāsetvā pacchiñca aṅkusayaṭṭhiñca gahetvā paṇṇasāladvāre ekaṃ tālarukkhaṃ nissāya saṃkuṭito aṭṭhāsi. Tāpasakumārako taṃ disvā makkaṭabhāvaṃ ajānanto ‘‘eko mahallakatāpaso sītena pīḷito aggiṃ visibbetuṃ āgato bhavissatī’’ti pitu tāpasassa kathetvā ‘‘etaṃ paṇṇasālaṃ pavesetvā visibbāpessāmī’’ti cintetvā pitaraṃ ālapanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
45四十五。
45.
351‘父亲,那里有一位年轻人,背靠着棕榈树的根部;’
‘‘Tāta māṇavako eso, tālamūlaṃ apassito;
352‘我们这里正好有一间小屋,来吧,我们给他一间小屋吧。’
Agārakañcidaṃ atthi, handa demassagāraka’’nti.
353在这里,「年轻人」是众生的同义词。他以此表达:“父亲,那里有一个年轻人,一个众生,一位苦行者。”「背靠棕榈树根」指靠着棕榈树干站着。「我们这里有一间小屋」是指我们出家人住的小屋,他说的是那间叶庵。「来吧」是一个表示决意的词。「我们给他一间小屋」意思是,我们给他一间小屋,让他住在一边。
Tattha māṇavakoti sattādhivacanaṃ. Tena ‘‘tāta, eso eko māṇavako satto eko tāpaso’’ti dīpeti. Tālamūlaṃ apassitoti tālakkhandhaṃ nissāya ṭhito. Agārakañcidaṃ atthīti idañca amhākaṃ pabbajitāgāraṃ atthi, paṇṇasālaṃ sandhāya vadati. Handāti vavassaggatthe nipāto. Demassagārakanti etassa ekamante vasanatthāya agārakaṃ dema.
354菩萨听了儿子的话,站起身来,站在叶庵门口往外一看,认出那是只猴子,便说:“孩子,人可不是这种长相,那是只猴子,不该叫它进来。”接着,他说了第二首偈颂——
Bodhisatto puttassa vacanaṃ sutvā uṭṭhāya paṇṇasāladvāre ṭhatvā olokento tassa makkaṭabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘tāta, manussānaṃ nāma na evarūpaṃ mukhaṃ hoti, makkaṭo esa, nayidha pakkositabbo’’ti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
46四十六。
46.
356“我的孩子,你不要招呼它,它会弄脏我们的小屋;
‘‘Mā kho tvaṃ tāta pakkosi, dūseyya no agārakaṃ;
357“一位戒德高尚的婆罗门,绝不会有这样的容貌。”
Netādisaṃ mukhaṃ hoti, brāhmaṇassa susīlino’’ti.
358在这里,「它会弄脏我们的小屋」:因为一旦它进来,要么放火烧掉这座辛苦建成的叶庵,要么在里面大小便等,把屋子弄脏。「绝不会有这样的」:菩萨说:“戒德高尚的婆罗门绝不会有这样的容貌,这是一只猴子。”说完,他拿起一根燃烧的柴火,说:“你还站在这里干什么?”便把它丢过去,赶跑了猴子。那只猴子脱下树皮衣,爬上树,钻进了森林丛。菩萨后来修习了四梵住,最终往生梵天界。
Tattha dūseyya no agārakanti ayañhi idha paviṭṭho samāno imaṃ kicchena kataṃ paṇṇasālaṃ agginā vā jhāpento uccārādīni vā karonto dūseyya. Netādisanti ‘‘etādisaṃ brāhmaṇassa susīlino mukhaṃ na hoti, makkaṭo eso’’ti vatvā bodhisatto ekaṃ ummukaṃ gahetvā ‘‘kiṃ ettha tiṭṭhasī’’ti khipitvā taṃ palāpesi. Makkaṭo vakkalāni chaḍḍetvā rukkhaṃ abhiruhitvā vanasaṇḍaṃ pāvisi. Bodhisatto cattāro brahmavihāre bhāvetvā brahmalokūpago ahosi.
359世尊讲完这段法义之后,把故事中的人物与本生经对应起来,说道:“那时的那只猴子,就是现在这个骗人的比丘;那位苦行少年,就是罗睺罗;而那位苦行者,就是我自己。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā makkaṭo ayaṃ kuhakabhikkhu ahosi, tāpasakumāro rāhulo, tāpaso pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
387猴本生经的注释 第三
Makkaṭajātakavaṇṇanā tatiyā.
360欺友猴本生经注释
[174] 4. Dubbhiyamakkaṭajātakaṇṇanā
361“我曾给你丰富的水”这则偈颂,是世尊住在竹林精舍时,针对提婆达多而说的。有一天,比丘们在法堂里谈论提婆达多忘恩负义、背叛朋友的行为。世尊到来后说:“诸比丘,提婆达多并不是现在才这样忘恩负义、背叛朋友,过去世他就是这样的人。”随后,世尊就引出了过去的故事。
Adamhate vāri pahūtarūpanti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto devadattaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekadivasañhi dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū devadattassa akataññumittadubbhibhāvaṃ kathentā nisīdiṃsu. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, devadatto idāneva akataññū mittadubbhī, pubbepi evarūpo ahosī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
362过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治的时代,菩萨投生在迦尸国的一个村庄,出生于婆罗门家庭。长大成人后,他过起了在家生活。那时,迦尸国的一条大道旁有一口深井,牲畜根本下不去。一些想积福的过路人,用长绳和桶打上水来,灌满一个水槽,供给畜生们喝。紧挨着水井有一片大森林,里面住着许多猴子。有一回,那条路上连续两三天没有行人,畜生们也就喝不到水了。一只猴子渴得受不了,四处找水,来到了井边徘徊。菩萨有要事要办,刚好踏上那条路,来到井边,打水喝了,又洗了手脚。他站着的时候,看见了那只猴子。察觉猴子非常口渴,他便又打上水来,倒进水槽给猴子喝。给完之后,他想“我要休息一下”,就躺在一棵树下。猴子喝完水,在不远处坐下,却对着菩萨做鬼脸,恐吓他。菩萨看见它这种行为,说道:“喂,你这恶猴!你口渴疲惫的时候,我给了你很多水,现在你反倒对我做鬼脸。唉,对恶人施恩,真是毫无益处啊!”说完,便诵出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto ekasmiṃ kāsigāmake brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto gharāvāsaṃ saṇṭhapesi. Tasmiṃ pana samaye kāsiraṭṭhe vattanimahāmagge eko gambhīro udapāno hoti anotaraṇīyo tiracchānānaṃ, maggappaṭipannā puññatthikā manussā dīgharajjukena vārakena udakaṃ ussiñcitvā ekissā doṇiyā pūretvā tiracchānānaṃ pānīyaṃ denti. Tassa sāmantato mahantaṃ araññaṃ, tattha bahū makkaṭā vasanti. Atha tasmiṃ magge dve tīṇi divasāni manussasañcāro pacchijji, tiracchānā pānīyaṃ na labhiṃsu. Eko makkaṭo pipāsāturo hutvā pānīyaṃ pariyesanto udapānassa santike vicarati. Bodhisatto kenacideva karaṇīyena taṃ maggaṃ paṭipajjitvā tattha gacchanto pānīyaṃ uttāretvā pivitvā hatthapāde dhovitvā ṭhito taṃ makkaṭaṃ addasa. Athassa pipāsitabhāvaṃ ñatvā pānīyaṃ ussiñcitvā doṇiyaṃ ākiritvā adāsi, datvā ca pana ‘‘vissamissāmī’’ti ekasmiṃ rukkhamūle nipajji. Makkaṭo pānīyaṃ pivitvā avidūre nisīditvā mukhamakkaṭikaṃ karonto bodhisattaṃ bhiṃsāpesi. Bodhisatto tassa taṃ kiriyaṃ disvā ‘‘are duṭṭhamakkaṭa, ahaṃ tava pipāsitassa kilantassa bahuṃ pānīyaṃ adāsiṃ, idāni tvaṃ mayhaṃ mukhamakkaṭikaṃ karosi, aho pāpajanassa nāma kato upakāro niratthako’’ti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
47四十七
47.
364“我曾给你丰富的水,在你被暑热折磨、口渴难耐的时候;
‘‘Adamha te vāri pahūtarūpaṃ, ghammābhitattassa pipāsitassa;
365如今你喝了水,却对我挤眉弄眼;可见,不与恶人来往才是好的。”
So dāni pitvāna kiriṅkarosi, asaṅgamo pāpajanena seyyo’’ti.
366在这里,「所以如今你喝了水,却对我‘叽哩’做脸」意思是:现在你喝了我给你的水,做着鬼脸,发出“叽哩叽哩”的声音。「不与恶人交往为妙」意思是:和恶人交往并不好,不交往才是好的。
Tattha so dāni pitvāna kiriṅkarosīti so idāni tvaṃ mayā dinnapānīyaṃ pivitvā mukhamakkaṭikaṃ karonto ‘‘kiri kirī’’ti saddaṃ karosi. Asaṅgamo pāpajanena seyyoti pāpajanena saddhiṃ saṅgamo na seyyo, asaṅgamova seyyoti.
367听了这话,那只背叛朋友的猴子说:“你以为‘这样就算完了’吗?现在我要在你头上拉屎,然后走掉。”说完,便诵出第二首偈颂:
Taṃ sutvā so mittadubbhī makkaṭo ‘‘tvaṃ ‘ettakenavetaṃ niṭṭhita’nti saññaṃ karosi, idāni te sīse vaccaṃ pātetvā gamissāmī’’ti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
48四十八。
48.
369“谁曾经听说过或亲眼见过,猴子居然是有戒行的?
‘‘Ko te suto vā diṭṭho vā, sīlavā nāma makkaṭo;
370现在我就这样把你抛弃,这是我们猴子的天性。”
Idāni kho taṃ ohacchaṃ, esā asmāka dhammatā’’ti.
371这里的简略意思是——喂,婆罗门,你在哪里听说过或者看见过「猴子是知恩的、行为端正、持戒的」这种事?现在我就这样把你抛弃,在你头上拉泡粪然后走开;因为对我们猴子来说,这就是「法性」、这就是本来的习性,也就是对帮助过自己的人,要在人家头上拉一泡粪。
Tatrāyaṃ saṅkhepattho – bho brāhmaṇa, ‘‘makkaṭo kataguṇajānanako ācārasampanno sīlavā nāma atthī’’ti kahaṃ tayā suto vā diṭṭho vā, idāni kho ahaṃ taṃ ohacchaṃ vaccaṃ te sīse katvā pakkamissāmi, asmākañhi makkaṭānaṃ nāma esā dhammatā ayaṃ jātisabhāvo, yadidaṃ upakārakassa sīse vaccaṃ kātabbanti.
372听了这话,菩萨便起身准备离开。就在那一刹那,猴子跳了起来,坐到树枝上,做出像要往下跳的动作,在菩萨头上拉了粪之后,一边尖叫着,一边窜进了森林丛。菩萨沐浴之后便离去了。
Taṃ sutvā bodhisatto uṭṭhāya gantuṃ ārabhi. Makkaṭo taṅkhaṇaññeva uppatitvā sākhāyaṃ nisīditvā olambakaṃ otaranto viya tassa sīse vaccaṃ pātetvā viravanto vanasaṇḍaṃ pāvisi. Bodhisatto nhatvā agamāsi.
373世尊说:「诸比丘,提婆达多不只是今天这样,他在过去也从来不知道我对他有恩德。」接着引出这段法的开示,并将这本生故事连结起来说:「当时的猴子是提婆达多,而那位婆罗门正是我。」
Satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva devadatto, pubbepi mayā kataguṇaṃ na jānāsiyevā’’ti vatvā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā makkaṭo devadatto ahosi, brāhmaṇo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
402第四 背叛猴本生注释
Dubbhiyamakkaṭajātakavaṇṇanā catutthā.
3745. 敬日猴本生注释
[175] 5. Ādiccupaṭṭhānajātakavaṇṇanā
375「在一切诸有生命者之中」这则故事,是导师(世尊)住在祇园时,针对一位骗人者比丘而说的。这件事的缘由和前面说过的相似。
Sabbesukira bhūtesūti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ kuhakabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu heṭṭhā kathitasadisameva.
376在过去,当梵授王统治波罗奈时,菩萨出生于迦尸国的一个婆罗门家庭。成年后,他在呾叉始罗学得一切技艺,出家修习仙人苦行,证得了神通与等至,成为拥有广大眷属的众中导师,在雪山住下。在那里住了很久之后,为了食用咸酸的饮食而下山,依住在一个边地村的草棚中。那时,有只性格轻佻的猴,每当仙人群外出乞食时,便来到净修处,把草棚的屋顶掀翻弄乱,倒掉饮水罐里的水,打破水壶,在火室中排泄粪秽。苦行者们雨安居结束后,心想:‘如今雪山繁花似锦、果实丰满,甚是可悦,我们该回到那儿去了。’于是向边地村的居民告辞。众人说:‘大德,明天我们会拿着布施的饮食到净修处来,请你们受用过之后再走。’第二天,人们拿了丰富的嚼食与啖食来到那儿。那猴看见后,心里盘算:‘我要做出威仪来取悦这些人,让他们也为我持来嚼食与啖食。’它便模仿苦行者的威仪举止,装成持戒者的模样,在苦行者们不远处站着礼拜太阳。众人看见后,说:‘依住在持戒者们旁边的,也会成为持戒者。’接着说出第一首偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsiraṭṭhe brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto takkasilāyaṃ sabbasippāni uggaṇhitvā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā mahāparivāro gaṇasatthā hutvā himavante vāsaṃ kappesi. So tattha ciraṃ vasitvā loṇambilasevanatthāya pabbatā oruyha paccante ekaṃ gāmaṃ nissāya paṇṇasālāyaṃ vāsaṃ upagañchi. Atheko lolamakkaṭo isigaṇe bhikkhācāraṃ gate assamapadaṃ āgantvā paṇṇasālā uttiṇṇā karoti, pānīyaghaṭesu udakaṃ chaḍḍeti, kuṇḍikaṃ bhindati, aggisālāyaṃ vaccaṃ karoti. Tāpasā vassaṃ vasitvā ‘‘idāni himavanto pupphaphalasamiddho ramaṇīyo, tattheva gamissāmā’’ti paccantagāmavāsike āpucchiṃsu. Manussā ‘‘sve, bhante, mayaṃ bhikkhaṃ gahetvā assamapadaṃ āgamissāma, taṃ paribhuñjitvāva gamissathā’’ti vatvā dutiyadivase pahūtaṃ khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ gahetvā tattha agamaṃsu. Taṃ disvā so makkaṭo cintesi – ‘‘kohaññaṃ katvā manusse ārādhetvā mayhampi khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ āharāpessāmī’’ti. So tāpasacaraṇaṃ caranto viya sīlavā viya ca hutvā tāpasānaṃ avidūre sūriyaṃ namassamāno aṭṭhāsi. Manussā taṃ disvā ‘‘sīlavantānaṃ santike vasantā sīlavantā hontī’’ti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
49四十九。
49.
378「据说,确实,在一切众生之中,存在具戒、得定之人;
‘‘Sabbesu kira bhūtesu, santi sīlasamāhitā;
379你看那个低贱的树枝猿猴,正礼敬太阳呢。」
Passa sākhamigaṃ jammaṃ, ādiccamupatiṭṭhatī’’ti.
380在这里,「santi sīlasamāhitā」(存在具戒、得定者)的意思是:具备戒行而存在,也就是持戒者与心专注、得一心者存在,这是它的含义。「Jamma」(低劣)的意思是卑劣的。「Ādiccamupatiṭṭhatī」(他近侍日轮)的意思是:站着向太阳致敬。
Tattha santi sīlasamāhitāti sīlena samannāgatā saṃvijjanti, sīlavantā ca samāhitā ca ekaggacittā saṃvijjantītipi attho. Jammanti lāmakaṃ. Ādiccamupatiṭṭhatīti sūriyaṃ namassamāno tiṭṭhati.
381他看到那些人如此称赞那只猴的德行后,菩萨说:‘你们不了解这只浮躁猴子的戒行与行为,却在没有实德的事情上生起信心’,然后诵出第二偈:
Evaṃ te manusse tassa guṇaṃ kathente disvā bodhisatto ‘‘tumhe imassa lolamakkaṭassa sīlācāraṃ ajānitvā avatthusmiṃyeva pasannā’’ti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
50五十。
50.
383「你们不了解它的戒,在无知的情况下称赞;
‘‘Nāssa sīlaṃ vijānātha, anaññāya pasaṃsatha;
384「火供被打翻,两个水罐也破碎。」
Aggihuttañca uhannaṃ, dve ca bhinnā kamaṇḍalū’’ti.
385在此偈中,「不理解地(anaññāya)」,意思就是不知道。「被打翻的(Uhannaṃ)」:这是被这只恶猴打翻的。「水罐(Kamaṇḍalū)」:指小水壶。‘两个小水壶被它打破’——这样,菩萨指出了这只猴子的过失。
Tattha anaññāyāti ajānitvā. Uhannanti iminā pāpamakkaṭena ūhadaṃ. Kamaṇḍalūti kuṇḍikā. ‘‘Dve ca kuṇḍikā tena bhinnā’’ti evamassa aguṇaṃ kathesi.
386众人知道猴子的骗子本性后,拿起土块和棍子,把它痛打一顿后赶走,然后向仙人众布施食物。仙人们也回到了雪山,他们的禅那未曾退失,最终以梵天界为归宿。
Manussā makkaṭassa kuhakabhāvaṃ ñatvā leḍḍuñca yaṭṭhiñca gahetvā pothetvā palāpetvā isigaṇassa bhikkhaṃ adaṃsu. Isayopi himavantameva gantvā aparihīnajjhānā brahmalokaparāyaṇā ahesuṃ.
387导师(佛陀)作了这个开示后,把本生故事对应起来:'那时的猴子,就是现在这个骗人的比丘;仙人众,是佛陀的弟子众;而那个团体的导师,则是我。'
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā makkaṭo ayaṃ kuhako bhikkhu ahosi, isigaṇo buddhaparisā, gaṇasatthā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
417《近侍日轮本生经》注释 第五。
Ādiccupaṭṭhānajātakavaṇṇanā pañcamā.
388「176」6.《灰硬土块本生释》
[176] 6. Kaḷāyamuṭṭhijātakavaṇṇanā
389「Bālovatāyaṃ dumasākhagocaroti」(愚人以树枝为食):这是世尊住在祇园时,针对憍萨罗国王所说的事情。有一次,在雨季期间,憍萨罗国王的边境发生叛乱。驻扎在那里的战士们打了两三场仗,却无法打败敌人,就送信给国王。国王在不恰当的雨季就出兵,在祇园附近安营扎寨,心里想:‘我在这不当的时节出动,山洞、险路等处都充满了水,道路难行。我要去拜见世尊,他一定会问我:“大王,你要去哪里?”那时我就把情况禀告他。世尊不仅会以来世的道义摄受我,也会以现法利益摄受我。如果我的出行将有损失,他会说:“不适合,大王。”如果对我有利,他便会默许。’于是他进入祇园,礼拜世尊后,坐在一边。世尊问:‘大王,你怎么大白天到这里来了?’‘尊者,我是为了平定边境而出动,特地前来礼拜您之后再走。’世尊说:‘大王,过去也有国王们,在军队出征时,听了智者的话,没有在不合时宜的季节出征。’这样说完后,应国王的请求,世尊开示了往事。
Bālovatāyaṃ dumasākhagocaroti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto kosalarājānaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekasmiñhi samaye vassakāle kosalarañño paccanto kupi. Tattha ṭhitā yodhā dve tīṇi yuddhāni katvā paccatthike abhibhavituṃ asakkontā rañño sāsanaṃ pesesuṃ. Rājā akāle vassāneyeva nikkhamitvā jetavanasamīpe khandhāvāraṃ bandhitvā cintesi – ‘‘ahaṃ akāle nikkhanto, kandarapadarādayo udakapūrā, duggamo maggo, satthāraṃ upasaṅkamissāmi, so maṃ ‘kahaṃ gacchasi, mahārājā’ti pucchissati, athāhaṃ etamatthaṃ ārocessāmi, na kho pana maṃ satthā samparāyikenevatthena anuggaṇhāti, diṭṭhadhammikenāpi anuggaṇhātiyeva, tasmiṃ sace me gamanena avuḍḍhi bhavissati, ‘akālo, mahārājā’ti vakkhati. Sace pana vuḍḍi bhavissati, tuṇhī bhavissatī’’ti. So jetavanaṃ pavisitvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Satthā ‘‘handa kuto nu tvaṃ, mahārāja, āgacchasi divā divassā’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Bhante, ahaṃ paccantaṃ vūpasametuṃ nikkhanto ‘tumhe vanditvā gamissāmī’ti āgatomhī’’ti . Satthā ‘‘pubbepi, mahārāja, rājāno senāya abbhuggacchamānāya paṇḍitānaṃ kathaṃ sutvā akāle abbhuggamanaṃ nāma na gamiṃsū’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
390过去,在波罗奈,梵授王治理国家时,菩萨是他的利法与法教诫师,担任一切事务的大臣。那时,边境发生叛乱,边境的将士送来书信。国王在雨季出城,在御苑扎营,菩萨站在国王身边。就在那时,马夫们煮了鹰嘴豆,拿来倒进木槽里。御苑中有一群猴子,其中一只猴子从树上下来,从槽里抓起鹰嘴豆,塞满嘴巴,又用双手捧了一些,跳回树上坐下开始吃。吃着吃着,它手上的一粒豆子掉在了地上。它把嘴里和手上拿着的所有豆子全丢掉,从树上下来,只盯着那一粒豆子寻找,却找不到那粒豆子,又爬回树上,像损失了五百钱似的忧愁悲伤,哭丧着脸坐在树枝上。国王看到猴子的行为,问菩萨:‘你看,这猴子做了什么?’菩萨说:‘大王,不顾多而只顾少、智慧低劣的愚人,就是做这样的事。’然后说了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto tassa atthadhammānusāsako sabbatthakaamacco ahosi. Atha rañño paccante kupite paccantayodhā paṇṇaṃ pesesuṃ. Rājā vassakāle nikkhamitvā uyyāne khandhāvāraṃ bandhi, bodhisatto rañño santike aṭṭhāsi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe assānaṃ kaḷāye sedetvā āharitvā doṇiyaṃ pakkhipiṃsu. Uyyāne makkaṭesu eko makkaṭo rukkhā otaritvā tato kaḷāye gahetvā mukhaṃ pūretvā hatthehipi gahetvā uppatitvā rukkhe nisīditvā khādituṃ ārabhi, athassa khādamānassa hatthako eko kaḷāyo bhūmiyaṃ pati. So mukhena ca hatthehi ca gahite sabbe kaḷāye chaḍḍetvā rukkhā oruyha tameva kaḷāyaṃ olokento taṃ kaḷāyaṃ adisvāva puna rukkhaṃ abhiruhitvā aḍḍe sahassaparājito viya socamāno dummukho rukkhasākhāyaṃ nisīdi. Rājā makkaṭassa kiriyaṃ disvā bodhisattaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘passatha, kiṃ nāmetaṃ makkaṭena kata’’nti pucchi. Bodhisatto ‘‘mahārāja, bahuṃ anavaloketvā appaṃ oloketvā dubbuddhino bālā evarūpaṃ karontiyevā’’ti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
51五十一。
51.
392这以树枝为行境的愚者,人主啊,实在没有智慧;
‘‘Bālo vatāyaṃ dumasākhagocaro, paññā janinda nayimassa vijjati;
393把整把鹰嘴豆全撒了,只去寻找那一粒掉落的豆子。
Kaḷāyamuṭṭhiṃ avakiriya kevalaṃ, ekaṃ kaḷāyaṃ patitaṃ gavesatī’’ti.
394其中,‘dumasākhagocaro’是指猴子。因为它以树枝为觅食活动的地方,树枝就是它的行境、它的活动范围,所以称为‘以树枝为行境者’。‘Janinda’是称呼国王。因为国王是最高的主宰,是人民的‘因陀罗’(主),所以称为‘人主’。‘Kaḷāyamuṭṭhi’指一把鹰嘴豆。也有人说是‘一把黑绿豆’。‘Avakiriya’是撒落之后。‘Kevala’是全部。‘Gavesati’是指只寻找落在地上的那一粒。
Tattha dumasākhagocaroti makkaṭo. So hi dumasākhāsu gocaraṃ gaṇhāti, sāva assa gocaro sañcaraṇabhūmibhūtā, tasmā ‘‘dumasākhagocaro’’ti vuccati. Janindāti rājānaṃ ālapati. Rājā hi paramissarabhāvena janassa indoti janindo. Kaḷāyamuṭṭhinti caṇakamuṭṭhiṃ. ‘‘Kāḷarājamāsamuṭṭhi’’ntipi vadantiyeva. Avakiriyāti avakiritvā. Kevalanti sabbaṃ. Gavesatīti bhūmiyaṃ patitaṃ ekameva pariyesati.
395如此说完,菩萨又走近,对国王说了第二首偈颂:
Evaṃ vatvā puna bodhisatto taṃ upasaṅkamitvā rājānaṃ āmantetvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
52五十二。
52.
397“大王,我们以及其他那些极度贪婪的人,
‘‘Evameva mayaṃ rāja, ye caññe atilobhino;
398都将因小失大,就像那猴子因一粒豌豆而失去所有豌豆一样。”
Appena bahuṃ jiyyāma, kaḷāyeneva vānaro’’ti.
399这里的简要意思是:大王,同样地,我们以及所有其他被贪欲所征服的人,都将会因小失大。因为现在,我们在不合时宜的雨季出行,为了微小的利益,却错失了诸多大利益。就像这只猴子为了寻找一粒豌豆,却因为那一粒豌豆而失去了所有的豌豆;我们也一样:如果在不适当的时节进入那些充满山洞、险途等地方,去追求微小的利益,将会损失大量的象车、马车等车辆以及军队。因此,在不适当的时节不应该出行。菩萨就这样向国王提出了教诫。
Tatrāyaṃ saṅkhepattho – mahārāja, evameva mayañca ye caññe lobhābhibhūtā janā sabbepi appena bahuṃ jiyyāma. Mayañhi etarahi akāle vassānasamaye maggaṃ gacchantā appakassa atthassa kāraṇā bahukā atthā parihāyāma. Kaḷāyeneva vānaroti yathā ayaṃ vānaro ekaṃ kaḷāyaṃ pariyesamāno tenekena kaḷāyena sabbakaḷāyehi parihīno, evaṃ mayampi akālena kandarapadarādīsu pūresu gacchamānā appamattakaṃ atthaṃ pariyesamānā bahūhi hatthivāhanaassavāhanādīhi ceva balakāyena ca parihāyissāma. Tasmā akāle gantuṃ na vaṭṭatīti rañño ovādaṃ adāsi.
400国王听了他的话,便从那里折返,进入了波罗奈城。盗贼们听说‘国王说要剿灭盗贼,已经出城了’,便从边境逃走了。而在现今,盗贼们听说‘据说憍萨罗王出城了’,也逃走了。国王听了导师的说法,从座位上起身,礼拜后右绕,便进入了舍卫城。
Rājā tassa kathaṃ sutvā tato nivattitvā bārāṇasimeva pāvisi. Corāpi ‘‘rājā kira coramaddanaṃ karissāmīti nagarā nikkhanto’’ti sutvā paccantato palāyiṃsu. Paccuppannepi corā ‘‘kosalarājā kira nikkhanto’’ti sutvā palāyiṃsu. Rājā satthu dhammadesanaṃ sutvā uṭṭhāyāsanā vanditvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā sāvatthimeva pāvisi.
401导师开示了这个法义之后,把本生故事连结起来说:“那时的国王是阿难,而那位贤明的辅相就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā rājā ānando ahosi, paṇḍitāmacco pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
432一把豌豆本生注释第六。
Kaḷāyamuṭṭhijātakavaṇṇanā chaṭṭhā.
402[177] 7. 黑乌木本生注释
[177] 7. Tindukajātakavaṇṇanā
403以‘持弓者及箭袋’这句话开始,是世尊住在祇园时,以慧波罗蜜为缘而宣说的。世尊在听说了对自己智慧的称扬之后——就像在《大菩提本生》和《隧道本生》中所说的那样——说道:‘比丘们,如来并非现在才有智慧,在过去世也同样有智慧,而且善于运用方便。’于是便引出过去世的故事。
Dhanuhatthakalāpehīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto paññāpāramiṃ ārabbha kathesi. Satthā hi mahābodhijātake (jā. 2.18.124 ādayo) viya umaṅgajātake (jā. 2.22.590 ādayo) viya ca attano paññāya vaṇṇaṃ vaṇṇitaṃ sutvā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva tathāgato paññavā, pubbepi paññavā upāyakusaloyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
404过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治时期,菩萨投生为猿猴,率领八万猿猴作为眷属,住在雪山地区。在它住处附近,有一个边地村,有时有人居住,有时空无一人。那个村子的中央,有一棵枝繁叶茂、结着甘甜果实的黑乌木树。每当村民离去时,这群猿猴就来吃它的果实。后来有一回,到了另一个结果季节,那个村子又有人居住,并且筑起了坚固的围墙,安上了门户,那棵树也结满了果实,压弯了枝条。猿猴们思量:‘我们以前在某个村子吃过黑乌木果,现在这棵树结果了吗?那个村子有人住吗?’这样想后,便派了一只猿猴,说:‘去,探知一下消息。’那只猿猴去了,知道树已结果、村子严密有人住,便回来告诉猿猴们。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto vānarayoniyaṃ nibbattitvā asītisahassavānaragaṇaparivāro himavantapadese vāsaṃ kappesi. Tassāsanne eko paccantagāmako kadāci vasati, kadāci ubbasati. Tassa pana gāmassa majjhe sākhāviṭapasampanno madhuraphalo eko tindukarukkho atthi, vānaragaṇo ubbasitakāle āgantvā tassa phalāni khādati. Athāparasmiṃ phalavāre so gāmo puna āvāso ahosi daḷhaparikkhitto dvārayutto, sopi rukkho phalabhāranamitasākho aṭṭhāsi. Vānaragaṇo cintesi – ‘‘mayaṃ pubbe asukagāme tindukaphalāni khādāma, phalito nu kho so etarahi rukkho, udāhu no, āvasito so gāmo, udāhu no’’ti. Evañca pana cintetvā ‘‘gaccha imaṃ pavattiṃ jānāhī’’ti ekaṃ vānaraṃ pesesi. So gantvā rukkhassa ca phalitabhāvaṃ gāmassa ca gāḷhavāsabhāvaṃ ñatvā āgantvā vānarānaṃ ārocesi.
405猿猴们听说那棵树结果了,便兴奋起来,心想:“我们要吃到甘甜的黑乌木果了!”于是把这件事禀告了猿王。猿王问道:“那个村子是有人住的,还是无人住的?”“有人住,大王。”“既然这样,就不能去。人类是很狡猾的。”“大王,我们可以在人们独处休息的时候,在半夜里去吃。”众多猿猴这样请求,让猿王同意后,便从雪山下来,来到村子附近,躺在一块大石板上,等待人们独处休息的时刻。到了中夜时分,人们都睡着了,它们便爬上树去吃果子。这时,有一个男子因为要解手走出屋子,来到村中,看见了猿猴,便告诉了其他人。很多人披上弓箭,手持各种兵器,拿着土块、棍棒等,把树团团围住,站着说:“等天一亮,我们就把这些猿猴捉住。”八万只猿猴看见人类,被死亡的恐怖所压迫,心想:“除了猿王,我们没有别的归依处。”于是来到猿王面前,说出了第一首偈颂——
Vānarā tassa phalitabhāvaṃ sutvā ‘‘madhurāni tindukaphalāni khādissāmā’’ti ussāhajātā vānarindassa tamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Vānarindo ‘‘gāmo āvāso anāvāso’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Āvāso, devā’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi na gantabbaṃ. Manussā hi bahumāyā hontī’’ti. ‘‘Deva, manussānaṃ paṭisallānavelāya aḍḍharattasamaye khādissāmā’’ti bahū gantvā vānarindaṃ sampaṭicchāpetvā himavantā otaritvā tassa gāmassa avidūre manussānaṃ paṭisallānakālaṃ āgamayamānā mahāpāsāṇapiṭṭhe sayitvā majjhimayāme manussesu niddaṃ okkamantesu rukkhaṃ āruyha phalāni khādiṃsu. Atheko puriso sarīrakiccena gehā nikkhamitvā gāmamajjhagato vānare disvā manussānaṃ ācikkhi. Bahū manussā dhanukalāpaṃ sannayhitvā nānāvudhahatthā leḍḍudaṇḍādīni ādāya ‘‘pabhātāya rattiyā vānare gaṇhissāmā’’ti rukkhaṃ parivāretvā aṭṭhaṃsu. Asītisahassavānarā manusse disvā maraṇabhayatajjitā ‘‘natthi no aññaṃ paṭissaraṇaṃ aññatra vānarindenā’’ti tassa santikaṃ gantvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāhaṃsu –
53五十三。
53.
407“手持弓与箭袋,手持上等利剑;
‘‘Dhanuhatthakalāpehi, nettiṃsavaradhāribhi;
408我们被团团包围了,怎么才能逃脱呢?”
Samantā parikiṇṇamha, kathaṃ mokkho bhavissatī’’ti.
409此处,「手持弓与箭袋者」(dhanuhatthakalāpehi)是指手持弓与箭袋的人们,即拿着弓和箭囊站立在那里的人。「手持上等利剑者」(nettiṃsavaradhāribhi)中,nettiṃsa是指刀剑,即手持上等利剑的人。「被包围」(parikiṇṇamha)是指被团团围住。「怎样」(kathaṃ)是问,以什么方法,我们才能逃脱呢?
Tattha dhanuhatthakalāpehīti dhanukalāpahatthehi, dhanūni ceva sarakalāpe ca gahetvā ṭhitehīti attho. Nettiṃsavaradhāribhīti nettiṃsā vuccanti khaggā, uttamakhaggadhārīhīti attho. Parikiṇṇamhāti parivāritamha. Kathanti kena nu kho upāyena amhākaṃ mokkho bhavissatīti.
410猿王听了他们的话,便安慰猿猴们说:“不要害怕,人类有很多事务要忙。现在还是中夜,那些为了‘我们要杀死它们’而包围我们的人,或许会发生别的事情来障碍这件事。”接着,他说出第二首偈颂——
Tesaṃ kathaṃ sutvā vānarindo ‘‘mā bhāyittha, manussā nāma bahukiccā, ajjapi majjhimayāmo vattati, api nāma tesaṃ ‘amhe māressāmā’ti parivāritānaṃ imassa kiccassa antarāyakaraṃ aññaṃ kiccaṃ uppajjeyyā’’ti vānare samassāsetvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
54五十四。
54.
412“对于事务繁多的人,或许会有某种利益生起;
‘‘Appeva bahukiccānaṃ, attho jāyetha koci naṃ;
413这棵树有未被摘尽之处,你们就吃黑乌木果吧。”
Atthi rukkhassa acchinnaṃ, khajjathaññeva tinduka’’nti.
414这里,「naṃ」只是一个语气词,整句的意思是:对于事务繁多的人,也许会有其他的利益生起。「这树有未被摘尽之处」指由于人们拉扯、拖拽这棵树的果实,果实未被摘尽的地方还有很多。「你们就吃黑乌木果吧」的意思是:你们尽管吃黑乌木果,需要多少就吃多少,我们会知道他们攻击的时刻。
Tattha nanti nipātamattaṃ, appeva bahukiccānaṃ manussānaṃ añño koci attho uppajjeyyāti ayamevettha attho. Atthi rukkhassa acchinnanti imassa rukkhassa phalānaṃ ākaḍḍhanaparikaḍḍhanavasena acchinnaṃ bahu ṭhānaṃ atthi. Khajjathaññeva tindukanti tindukaphalaṃ khajjathaññeva. Tumhe hi yāvatakena vo attho atthi, tattakaṃ khādatha, amhākaṃ paharaṇakālaṃ jānissāmāti.
415大士就这样安慰了猴群。假如没得到这样的安慰,那些猴子全都会心碎而死。大士安慰完猴群后,说:“把所有的猴子都召集起来。”在召集时,他们没见到他的外甥、名叫塞那迦的猴子,便报告说:“塞那迦没有来。”大士说:“如果塞那迦没来,你们不要害怕,现在他就会为你们带来安稳。”原来塞那迦在猴群出发时睡着了,后来醒来,看不到一只猴子,便循着足迹前行,看见人后,知道“猴群遇到恐怖了”,就在村边一间房屋里放火,走近一位正在纺线的老妇人,像个去田里的村童一样拿起一根火把,站在上风处点燃了村子。人们丢下猴子,去灭火。猴子们逃跑时,为了塞那迦,各自摘了一个果子带走。
Evaṃ mahāsatto kapigaṇaṃ samassāsesi. Ettakañhi assāsaṃ alabhamānā sabbepi te phalitena hadayena jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇeyyuṃ. Mahāsatto pana evaṃ vānaragaṇaṃ assāsetvā ‘‘sabbe vānare samānethā’’ti āha. Samānentā tassa bhāgineyyaṃ senakaṃ nāma vānaraṃ adisvā ‘‘senako nāgato’’ti ārocesuṃ. ‘‘Sace senako nāgato, tumhe mā bhāyittha, idāni vo so sotthiṃ karissatī’’ti. Senakopi kho vānaragaṇassa gamanakāle niddāyitvā pacchā pabuddho kañci adisvā padānupadiko hutvā āgacchanto manusse disvā ‘‘vānaragaṇassa bhayaṃ uppanna’’nti ñatvā ekasmiṃ pariyante gehe aggiṃ jāletvā suttaṃ kantantiyā mahallakitthiyā santikaṃ gantvā khettaṃ gacchanto gāmadārako viya ekaṃ ummukaṃ gahetvā uparivāte ṭhatvā gāmaṃ padīpesi. Manussā makkaṭe chaḍḍetvā aggiṃ nibbāpetuṃ agamaṃsu. Vānarā palāyantā senakassatthāya ekekaṃ phalaṃ gahetvā palāyiṃsu.
416世尊开示此法谈后,总结本生故事说:“那时,外甥塞那迦就是摩诃男帝释天,猴群是佛陀的弟子众,猴王则是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā bhāgineyyo senako mahānāmo sakko ahosi, vānaragaṇo buddhaparisā, vānarindo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
448黑乌木本生注释第七。
Tindukajātakavaṇṇanā sattamā.
417[178] 第八 龟本生注释
[178] 8. Kacchapajātakavaṇṇanā
418「我生于此,我长于此」这句话,是世尊住在祇园时,针对一个幸免于蛇风病的人宣说的。据说,在舍卫城有一户人家爆发了蛇风病。父母对儿子说:“孩子,别在这房子里住了,把墙打穿逃出去,随便去哪里都行,先保住性命,以后再回来。这个地方埋有一处大宝藏,你回来后再挖出来,置办好家产,安心过居家日子吧。”儿子听从了父母的话,打通墙壁逃走了。等他自己的病痊愈后,他返回来挖出了大宝藏,整治好家产,过起了在家生活。有一天,他拿着酥油、衣物等物品,来到祇园,礼拜世尊后坐下。世尊与他寒暄款待后,问道:“听说你们家闹蛇风病了,你是怎么脱身的?”他便一一禀报了事情的经过。世尊说:“近事男,在过去,当恐怖发生时,那些执著自己的住处、不肯离开的人,就会丧命;而那些没有执著、远走他处的人,反倒活了下来。”于是应他的请求,世尊开示了过去世的故事。
Janittaṃ me bhavittaṃ meti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ ahivātakarogamuttaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Sāvatthiyaṃ kira ekasmiṃ kule ahivātakarogo uppajji. Mātāpitaro puttaṃ āhaṃsu – ‘‘tāta, mā imasmiṃ gehe vasa, bhittiṃ bhinditvā palāyitvā yattha katthaci gantvā jīvitaṃ rakkha, pacchā āgantvā imasmiṃ nāma ṭhāne mahānidhānaṃ atthi, taṃ uddharitvā kuṭumbaṃ saṇṭhapetvā sukhena jīveyyāsī’’ti. Putto tesaṃ vacanaṃ sampaṭicchitvā bhittiṃ bhinditvā palāyitvā attano roge vūpasante āgantvā mahānidhānaṃ uddharitvā kuṭumbaṃ saṇṭhapetvā gharāvāsaṃ vasi. So ekadivasaṃ sappitelādīni ceva vatthacchādanādīni ca gāhāpetvā jetavanaṃ gantvā satthāraṃ vanditvā nisīdi. Satthā tena saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ katvā ‘‘tumhākaṃ gehe ahivātakarogo uppannoti assumha, kinti katvā muttosī’’ti pucchi, so taṃ pavattiṃ ācikkhi. Satthā ‘‘pubbepi kho, upāsaka, bhaye uppanne attano vasanaṭṭhāne ālayaṃ katvā aññattha agatā jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu, anālayaṃ pana katvā aññattha gatā jīvitaṃ labhiṃsū’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
419过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治的时代,菩萨投生在迦尸村的一个陶匠家庭,从事陶匠工作,抚养妻儿。那时,波罗奈城有一条大河,与一个天然大湖紧相连接。在水量充沛的季节,湖与河汇成一片水域;水量减少时,它们便各自分开。而鱼鳖之类的生物,能预知‘今年雨水丰沛’‘今年雨水稀少’。当时,生在那片湖里的鱼鳖,得知‘今年将雨水稀少’,便趁湖还与河连通的时候,从湖里出来,游进了大河。可有一只龟却想:‘这是我出生的地方,是我长大的地方,也是父母住过的地方,我舍不得离开。’便没有进入大河。到了旱季,那里的水干涸了。那只龟就钻进菩萨取黏土的地方,挖开地面钻了进去。菩萨心想‘我来取些黏土’,便来到那里,用一把大锄头挖地,锄头一下击穿了龟的背,他就像挖起一团泥巴一样,用锄头把龟钩了出来,扔在地上。龟痛苦不堪,心想‘就是放不下对住处的执著,才落得这般毁灭’,于是满怀哀叹地说出了以下的偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsigāmake kumbhakārakule nibbattitvā kumbhakārakammaṃ katvā puttadāraṃ posesi. Tadā pana bārāṇasiyaṃ mahānadiyā saddhiṃ ekābaddho mahājātassaro ahosi. So bahuudakakāle nadiyā saddhiṃ ekodako hoti, udake mandībhūte visuṃ hoti. Macchakacchapā pana ‘‘imasmiṃ saṃvacchare suvuṭṭhikā bhavissati, imasmiṃ saṃvacchare dubbuṭṭhikā’’ti jānanti. Atha tasmiṃ sare nibbattamacchakacchapā ‘‘imasmiṃ saṃvacchare dubbuṭṭhikā bhavissatī’’ti ñatvā udakassa ekābaddhakāleyeva tamhā sarā nikkhamitvā nadiṃ agamiṃsu. Eko pana kacchapo ‘‘idaṃ me jātaṭṭhānaṃ vaḍḍhitaṭṭhānaṃ, mātāpitūhi vasitaṭṭhānaṃ, na sakkomi imaṃ jahitu’’nti nadiṃ na agamāsi. Atha nidāghasamaye tattha udakaṃ chijji, so kacchapo bodhisattassa mattikagahaṇaṭṭhāne bhūmiṃ khaṇitvā pāvisi. Bodhisatto ‘‘mattikaṃ gahessāmī’’ti tattha gantvā mahākuddālena bhūmiṃ khaṇanto kacchapassa piṭṭhiṃ bhinditvā mattikapiṇḍaṃ viya kuddāleneva naṃ uddharitvā thale pātesi. So vedanāppatto hutvā ‘‘vasanaṭṭhāne ālayaṃ jahituṃ asakkonto evaṃ vināsaṃ pāpuṇi’’nti vatvā paridevamāno imā gāthā avoca –
55五十五。
55.
421‘我生在此、长在此’,怀着这样的念头,我躺在这泥沼里;
‘‘Janittaṃ me bhavittaṃ me, iti paṅke avassayiṃ;
422那泥沼就这样征服了我,如同征服一个虚弱无力者一般;
Taṃ maṃ paṅko ajjhabhavi, yathā dubbalakaṃ tathā;
423陶匠啊,我这样对你说,请听我这话吧。
Taṃ taṃ vadāmi bhaggava, suṇohi vacanaṃ mama.
56五十六。
56.
425无论在村落,还是在山林,哪里能获得安乐,
‘‘Gāme vā yadi vāraññe, sukhaṃ yatrādhigacchati;
426对于有智慧的人来说,那出生地和成长之处——
Taṃ janittaṃ bhavittañca, purisassa pajānato;
427他应去往能生存的地方,不应被住处所毁灭。
Yamhi jīve tamhi gacche, na niketahato siyā’’ti.
428这里,‘这是我的出生地,这是我的成长地’是指:这是我的出生处,这是我的成长处。因此,‘我躺在这泥沼中’:我因为这个原因躺在这泥沼中,也就是我躺下、停留,意思是安住下来。‘他征服了’:即他超越、导致毁灭。‘Bhaggava’是称呼陶匠。这是因为对于陶匠们来说,这是他们的名字与族姓的施设,即所谓的‘Bhaggava’。‘快乐’是指身乐和心乐。‘那出生地和成长之处’:即那出生处和成长处。也有读作‘Jānittaṃ bhāvittaṃ’的,意思相同。‘对于有智慧的人’:指了知何事为利、何事非利,何因、何非因的人。‘不应被住处所毁灭’:即如果对住处生起执着而不去其他地方,就是被住处所毁灭;不应该这样导致死亡之苦。
Tattha janittaṃ me bhavittaṃ meti idaṃ mama jātaṭṭhānaṃ, idaṃ mama vaḍḍhitaṭṭhānaṃ. Iti paṅke avassayinti iminā kāraṇenāhaṃ imasmiṃ kaddame avassayiṃ nipajjiṃ, vāsaṃ kappesinti attho. Ajjhabhavīti adhiabhavi vināsaṃ pāpesi. Bhaggavāti kumbhakāraṃ ālapati. Kumbhakārānañhi nāmagottapaññatti esā, yadidaṃ bhaggavāti. Sukhanti kāyikacetasikassādaṃ. Taṃjanittaṃ bhavittañcāti taṃ jātaṭṭhānañca vaḍḍhitaṭṭhānañca. ‘‘Jānittaṃ bhāvitta’’nti dīghavasenapi pāṭho, soyevattho. Pajānatoti atthānatthaṃ kāraṇākāraṇaṃ jānantassa. Na niketahato siyāti nikete ālayaṃ katvā aññattha agantvā niketena hato, evarūpaṃ maraṇadukkhaṃ pāpito na bhaveyyāti.
429这样,它和菩萨交谈后就死去了。菩萨拿起它,召集全村居民,教导他们说:“请看这只龟!当其他鱼鳖都前往大河的时候,它因为无法断除对住处的执着,没有跟着它们一起去,而是钻进了我取黏土的地方躺下。后来我在取黏土时,用大锄头砸破它的背,像扔土块一样把它抛到干地上。它忆念自己所造的业,以两首偈颂悲叹之后就死了。同样,它就是由于执着住处才遭遇死亡。你们千万不要像这只龟一样。从今以后,不要因为贪爱和受用而执著‘这是我的色、这是我的声、这是我的香、这是我的味、这是我的触、这是我的儿子、这是我的女儿、这是我的奴婢的范围、这是我的金银’。有情众生只是独自一人在三界中流转。”像这样,他以佛的威仪教化大众。那个教诫传遍整个阎浮提,持续了大约六万年。大众遵从菩萨的教诫,做了布施等福德,命终之后便往生天界。菩萨也同样做了福德,往生天界。
Evaṃ so bodhisattena saddhiṃ kathento kālamakāsi. Bodhisatto taṃ gahetvā sakalagāmavāsino sannipātāpetvā te manusse ovadanto evamāha – ‘‘passatha imaṃ kacchapaṃ, ayaṃ aññesaṃ macchakacchapānaṃ mahānadiṃ gamanakāle attano vasanaṭṭhāne ālayaṃ chindituṃ asakkonto tehi saddhiṃ agantvā mama mattikagahaṇaṭṭhānaṃ pavisitvā nipajji. Athassāhaṃ mattikaṃ gaṇhanto mahākuddālena piṭṭhiṃ bhinditvā mattikapiṇḍaṃ viya naṃ thale pātesiṃ, ayaṃ attanā katakammaṃ saritvā dvīhi gāthāhi paridevitvā kālamakāsi. Evamesa attano vasanaṭṭhāne ālayaṃ katvā maraṇaṃ patto, tumhepi mā iminā kacchapena sadisā ahuvattha, ito paṭṭhāya ‘mayhaṃ rūpaṃ mayhaṃ saddo mayhaṃ gandho mayhaṃ raso mayhaṃ phoṭṭhabbo mayhaṃ putto mayhaṃ dhītā mayhaṃ dāsadāsiparicchedo mayhaṃ hiraññasuvaṇṇa’nti taṇhāvasena upabhogavasena mā gaṇhittha, ekakovesa satto tīsu bhavesu parivattatī’’ti. Evaṃ buddhalīlāya mahājanassa ovādamadāsi, so ovādo sakalajambudīpaṃ pattharitvā saṭṭhimattāni vassasahassāni aṭṭhāsi. Mahājano bodhisattassa ovāde ṭhatvā dānādīni puññāni katvā āyupariyosāne saggapuraṃ pūresi, bodhisattopi tatheva puññāni katvā saggapuraṃ pūresi.
430世尊开示此法义,阐明诸谛,连结本生。在谛说的结尾,那位善男子安住于入流果。他说:“那时,龟是阿难,而陶匠就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne so kulaputto sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhāsi. ‘‘Tadā kacchapo ānando ahosi, kumbhakāro pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
463第八龟本生注疏终。
Kacchapajātakavaṇṇanā aṭṭhamā.
431[179] 9. 萨达汉玛本生注疏
[179] 9. Satadhammajātakavaṇṇanā
432关于“那份又少又是残剩的”等,这是导师住在祇园时,就二十一种邪命而宣说的。因为在某个时候,有很多比丘通过行医、当信使、当差使、跑腿、以团食换团食等二十一种邪命的方式谋生。这将在《萨咖答本生》中详细显现。导师知道他们如此谋生的情况后,心想:‘现在许多比丘以邪命谋生。他们这样谋生之后,将无法摆脱夜叉状态和饿鬼身,只会投生为拉重物的牛,在地狱中结生。为了他们的利益和安乐,应该依自己的意乐和智慧开示一次法义。’于是,他召集比丘僧团,说道:‘诸位比丘!不应以二十一种邪命的方式求取资具。因为以邪命方式所得的团食,就像烧红的铁丸,如同致命的毒药。邪命是应当被佛、辟支佛、声闻们所呵斥和摒除的。食用以邪命方式得来的团食,确实没有欢喜和喜悦。这样得来的团食,在我的教法中,就像旃陀罗的残食。对它的受用,就好比萨达汉玛童子受用旃陀罗的残食一样。’说完,导师就引出过去世的故事。
Tañcaappanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekavīsatividhaṃ anesanaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekasmiñhi kāle bahū bhikkhū vejjakammena dūtakammena pahiṇakammena jaṅghapesanikena piṇḍapaṭipiṇḍenāti evarūpāya ekavīsatividhāya anesanāya jīvikaṃ kappesuṃ. Sā sāketajātake (jā. 1.2.173-174) āvibhavissati. Satthā tesaṃ tathā jīvikakappanabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘etarahi kho bahū bhikkhū anesanāya jīvikaṃ kappenti, te pana evaṃ jīvikaṃ kappetvā yakkhattabhāvā petattabhāvā na muccissanti, dhuragoṇā hutvāva nibbattissanti, niraye paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhissanti, etesaṃ hitatthāya sukhatthāya attajjhāsayaṃ sakapaṭibhānaṃ ekaṃ dhammadesanaṃ kathetuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti bhikkhusaṅghaṃ sannipātāpetvā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, ekavīsatividhāya anesanāya paccayā uppādetabbā. Anesanāya hi uppanno piṇḍapāto ādittalohaguḷasadiso halāhalavisūpamo. Anesanā hi nāmesā buddhapaccekabuddhasāvakehi garahitabbā paṭikuṭṭhā. Anesanāya uppannaṃ piṇḍapātaṃ bhuñjantassa hi hāso vā somanassaṃ vā natthi. Evaṃ uppanno hi piṇḍapāto mama sāsane caṇḍālassa ucchiṭṭhabhojanasadiso, tassa paribhogo satadhammamāṇavassa caṇḍālucchiṭṭhabhattaparibhogo viya hotī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
433过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治的时候,菩萨出生在旃陀罗族。他长大成人后,因为某件事,带着路上吃的米和饭团上了路。那时,波罗奈有一位青年,名叫萨达汉玛,出生在北印度一个婆罗门大富豪家庭。他也因为某件事,没有带米和饭团就上了路。两人在大路上相遇。青年问菩萨:‘你是什么种姓?’菩萨回答:‘我是旃陀罗。’接着反问青年:‘你是什么种姓?’青年回答:‘我是北印度的婆罗门。’‘好,我们一起走吧。’于是两人一同上路。菩萨到了早餐时间,就在一处近水、舒适的地方坐下,洗了手,解开饭团,对青年说:‘青年,请吃饭吧。’青年却说:‘走开,旃陀罗,我不需要你的饭。’菩萨说声‘好’,便不让饭团变成残食,只取出够自己维持生命的那一份放在另一片叶子上,然后把饭团重新包好,搁在一边。自己吃完,喝过水,洗净手脚,拿着米和剩下的食物,说道:‘走吧,青年。’接着就上路了。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto caṇḍālayoniyaṃ nibbattitvā vayappatto kenacideva karaṇīyena pātheyyataṇḍule ca bhattapuṭañca gahetvā maggaṃ paṭipajji. Tasmiñhi kāle bārāṇasiyaṃ eko māṇavo atthi satadhammo nāma udiccabrāhmaṇamahāsālakule nibbatto. Sopi kenacideva karaṇīyena taṇḍule ca bhattapuṭañca agahetvāva maggaṃ paṭipajji, te ubhopi mahāmagge samāgacchiṃsu. Māṇavo bodhisattaṃ ‘‘kiṃjātikosī’’ti pucchi. So ‘‘ahaṃ caṇḍālo’’ti vatvā ‘‘tvaṃ kiṃjātikosī’’ti māṇavaṃ pucchi . ‘‘Udiccabrāhmaṇo aha’’nti. ‘‘Sādhu gacchāmā’’ti te ubhopi maggaṃ agamaṃsu. Bodhisatto pātarāsavelāya udakaphāsukaṭṭhāne nisīditvā hatthe dhovitvā bhattapuṭaṃ mocetvā ‘‘māṇava, bhattaṃ bhuñjāhī’’ti āha. ‘‘Natthi, are caṇḍāla, mama bhattena attho’’ti. Bodhisatto ‘‘sādhū’’ti puṭakabhattaṃ ucchiṭṭhaṃ akatvāva attano yāpanamattaṃ aññasmiṃ paṇṇe pakkhipitvā puṭakabhattaṃ bandhitvā ekamante ṭhapetvā bhuñjitvā pānīyaṃ pivitvā dhotahatthapādo taṇḍule ca sesabhattañca ādāya ‘‘gacchāma, māṇavā’’ti maggaṃ paṭipajji.
434他们走了一整天,傍晚时分,两人在一处近水、舒适的地方沐浴,然后上岸。菩萨在舒适的地方坐下,解开饭团,没有告知青年就开始吃了起来。青年因为走了一整天的路,疲惫又饥饿,心里想:‘如果他给我饭,我就吃。’于是站在一旁看着。菩萨却什么也没说,只管自己吃。青年心想:‘这个旃陀罗,竟然不告诉我一声就自己全吃。就算强行从他手里抢过来,扔掉上面的残食,吃剩下的也可以。’他就照这样做了,吃下了残食。刚吃下去,他就生起强烈的懊悔:‘我做了与自己的种姓、家族、门第完全不相称的事,我竟然吃了旃陀罗的残食!’当下,吃下去的饭混着鲜血从他口中涌了出来。他悲叹道:‘就为了这么一丁点儿小事,我竟然做了不相称的业!’由于生起极为沉重的忧伤,他一边悲叹,一边说出第一首偈颂——
Te sakaladivasaṃ gantvā sāyaṃ ubhopi ekasmiṃ udakaphāsukaṭṭhāne nhatvā paccuttariṃsu. Bodhisatto phāsukaṭṭhāne nisīditvā bhattapuṭaṃ mocetvā māṇavaṃ anāpucchitvā bhuñjituṃ ārabhi. Māṇavo sakaladivasaṃ maggagamanena kilanto chātajjhatto ‘‘sace me bhattaṃ dassati, bhuñjissāmī’’ti olokento aṭṭhāsi. Itaro kiñci avatvā bhuñjateva. Māṇavo cintesi – ‘‘ayaṃ caṇḍālo mayhaṃ avatvāva sabbaṃ bhuñjati nippīḷetvāpi taṃ gahetvā upari ucchiṭṭhabhattaṃ chaḍḍetvā sesaṃ bhuñjituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti. So tathā katvā ucchiṭṭhabhattaṃ bhuñji. Athassa bhuttamattasseva ‘‘mayā attano jātigottakulapadesānaṃ ananucchavikaṃ kataṃ, caṇḍālassa nāma me ucchiṭṭhabhattaṃ bhutta’’nti balavavippaṭisāro uppajji, tāvadevassa salohitaṃ bhattaṃ mukhato uggacchi. So ‘‘appamattakassa vata me kāraṇā ananucchavikaṃ kammaṃ kata’’nti uppannabalavasokatāya paridevamāno paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
57五十七。
57.
436‘那份食物又少又是残剩的,他好不容易才给了我;
‘‘Tañca appañca ucchiṭṭhaṃ, tañca kicchena no adā;
437我是婆罗门种姓,吃下去的那饭竟吐了出来。’
Sohaṃ brāhmaṇajātiko, yaṃ bhuttaṃ tampi uggata’’nti.
438这里简要的意思是:我所吃的东西,既少又是残食,而且那个旃陀罗并不是自愿给我,而是在被强求、极为艰难的情况下才给的。我是清净的婆罗门种姓,正因为如此,我吃下去的东西连同鲜血一起涌了出来。
Tatrāyaṃ saṅkhepattho – yaṃ mayā bhuttaṃ, taṃ appañca ucchiṭṭhañca, tañca so caṇḍālo na attano ruciyā maṃ adāsi, atha kho nippīḷiyamāno kicchena kasirena adāsi, sohaṃ parisuddhabrāhmaṇajātiko, teneva me yaṃ bhuttaṃ, tampi saddhiṃ lohitena uggatanti.
439青年这样悲叹之后,心想:‘如今我已经做了如此不相称的事,还活着干什么?’于是走进森林,不让任何人看见自己,就这样无依无靠地死去了。
Evaṃ māṇavo paridevitvā ‘‘kiṃ dāni me evarūpaṃ ananucchavikaṃ kammaṃ katvā jīvitenā’’ti araññaṃ pavisitvā kassaci attānaṃ adassetvāva anāthamaraṇaṃ patto.
440导师开示了这段过去的故事,说道:‘比丘们,就像萨达汉玛青年吃了旃陀罗的残食,因为吃了对自己不适当的食物,既没有欢笑,也不生起喜悦;同样,如果有人在这教法中出家,却以邪命谋生,受用这样得来的资具,因为他的生活方式是佛陀所呵斥、所谴责的,同样也没有欢笑,不生起喜悦。’这样说完之后,成为已正觉者,说出了第二首偈颂——
Satthā imaṃ atītaṃ dassetvā ‘‘seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, satadhammamāṇavassa taṃ caṇḍālucchiṭṭhakaṃ bhuñjitvā attano ayuttabhojanassa bhuttattā neva hāso, na somanassaṃ uppajji, evameva yo imasmiṃ sāsane pabbajito anesanāya jīvikaṃ kappento tathāladdhapaccayaṃ paribhuñjati, tassa buddhapaṭikuṭṭhagarahitajīvitabhāvato neva hāso, na somanassaṃ uppajjatī’’ti vatvā abhisambuddho hutvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
58五十八
58.
442“这样蔑视法,以非法而活;
‘‘Evaṃ dhammaṃ niraṃkatvā, yo adhammena jīvati;
443就像萨达汉玛一样,即使得到了所得,也不会欢喜。’
Satadhammova lābhena, laddhenapi na nandatī’’ti.
444在这里,「法」是指活命遍净戒。「蔑视」指取出、抛弃。「以非法」即以二十一种邪命所摄的邪命而活命。「萨达法」是他的名字,也有版本读作「桑达法」。「不喜」:就像萨达法青年因为“我得了旃陀罗的残食”而对那个所得不高兴一样,同样地,在这教法中出家的善男子,如果受用以邪命得到的利养,也不会高兴、不会喜悦,反而会心生忧恼:“我正以佛陀所谴责的活命方式过日子。”因此,对于以邪命谋生的人来说,宁愿像萨达法青年那样走进阿兰若,无依无靠地死去,更为殊胜。
Tattha dhammanti ājīvapārisuddhisīladhammaṃ. Niraṃkatvāti nīharitvā chaḍḍetvā. Adhammenāti ekavīsatiyā anesanasaṅkhātena micchājīvena. Satadhammoti tassa nāmaṃ, ‘‘santadhammo’’tipi pāṭho. Na nandatīti yathā satadhammo māṇavo ‘‘caṇḍālucchiṭṭhakaṃ me laddha’’nti tena lābhena na nandati, evaṃ imasmimpi sāsane pabbajito kulaputto anesanāya laddhalābhaṃ paribhuñjanto na nandati na tussati, ‘‘buddhagarahitajīvikāya jīvāmī’’ti domanassappatto hoti. Tasmā anesanāya jīvikaṃ kappentassa satadhammamāṇavasseva araññaṃ pavisitvā anāthamaraṇaṃ marituṃ varanti.
445这样,导师完成这次说法,揭示四圣谛之后,把本生故事连接起来。在谛说结束时,许多比丘证得了入流果等果位。“那时的青年是阿难,而我本人就是旃陀罗子。”
Evaṃ satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ desetvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne bahū bhikkhū sotāpattiphalādīni pāpuṇiṃsu. ‘‘Tadā māṇavo ānando ahosi, ahameva caṇḍālaputto ahosi’’nti.
479《萨达法本生注》第九
Satadhammajātakavaṇṇanā navamā.
446[180] 十、《难施本生注》
[180] 10. Duddadajātakavaṇṇanā
447「于施难施者,为行难行业者」——这个故事是世尊住在祇园时,针对集体布施而说的。据说,在舍卫城,有两个要好的居士子,他们募集了自愿捐献的钱财,准备了全套的布施物品,邀请了以佛陀为首的比丘僧团,连续七天举行大施,在第七天布施了所有资具。他们当中为首的施主顶礼导师后,坐在一边,说道:“大德,在这次布施中,既有施得多的,也有施得少的,为了让所有这一切都能成为大果,我将这次布施作回向。”世尊说:“近事男们,你们对以佛陀为首的比丘僧团进行布施,而且这样回向,真是做了大业。古代的智者们行布施后,也是这样回向的。”于是,应他的请求,引出过去生故事。
Duddadaṃdadamānānanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto gaṇadānaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Sāvatthiyaṃ kira dve sahāyakā kuṭumbiyaputtā chandakaṃ saṃharitvā sabbaparikkhāradānaṃ sajjetvā buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ nimantetvā sattāhaṃ mahādānaṃ pavattetvā sattame divase sabbaparikkhāre adaṃsu. Tesu gaṇajeṭṭhako satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīditvā ‘‘bhante, imasmiṃ dāne bahudāyakāpi atthi appadāyakāpi, tesaṃ sabbesampi ‘idaṃ dānaṃ mahapphalaṃ hotū’’’ti dānaṃ niyyādesi. Satthā ‘‘tumhehi kho upāsakā buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa dānaṃ datvā evaṃ niyyādentehi mahākammaṃ kataṃ, porāṇakapaṇḍitāpi dānaṃ datvā evameva niyyādiṃsū’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
448过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治的时期,菩萨出生在迦尸国一个婆罗门家庭。成年后,他在塔迦尸喇学习了一切技艺,随后舍弃居家生活,出家成为仙人,担任团体的导师,长久住在雪山地区。为了受用盐和酸的简单食物,他开始游行人间,来到波罗奈,借住在国王的御苑里。第二天,他带领随从到城门附近的村庄乞食,人们供养了食物。又一天,他进入波罗奈城乞食,人们满心欢喜地布施食物,并通过结成团体的方式收集了随喜资具,准备好布施,为仙人团体举行了盛大的大施。布施结束时,为首的施主也这样宣说,并以同样的方式回向此布施。菩萨于是说:“朋友,只要信心清净,就没有所谓微小的布施。”这样作随喜时,他宣说了以下的偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsiraṭṭhe brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto takkasilāyaṃ sabbasippāni uggaṇhitvā gharāvāsaṃ pahāya isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā gaṇasatthā hutvā himavantapadese ciraṃ vasitvā loṇambilasevanatthāya janapadacārikaṃ caramāno bārāṇasiṃ patvā rājuyyāne vasitvā punadivase dvāragāme saparivāro bhikkhāya cari. Manussā bhikkhaṃ adaṃsu. Punadivase bārāṇasiyaṃ cari, manussā sampiyāyamānā bhikkhaṃ datvā gaṇabandhanena chandakaṃ saṃharitvā dānaṃ sajjetvā isigaṇassa mahādānaṃ pavattayiṃsu. Dānapariyosāne gaṇajeṭṭhako evameva vatvā imināva niyāmena dānaṃ niyyādesi. Bodhisatto ‘‘āvuso, cittappasāde sati appakaṃ nāma dānaṃ natthī’’ti vatvā anumodanaṃ karonto imā gāthā avoca –
59五十九。
59.
450「对于那些布施难施之物、行难行之业的人,不善者不会去效仿,善人的法则是难以了知的。」
‘‘Duddadaṃ dadamānānaṃ, dukkaraṃ kamma kubbataṃ;
451「因此,善人与不善人,从此处死后,去向各不相同;不善人往地狱,善人以天界为归宿。」
Asanto nānukubbanti, sataṃ dhammo durannayo.
60六十。
60.
453「nānā hoti ito gati」:从此处死后,去往他世时,他们的结生方式各不相同。
‘‘Tasmā satañca asataṃ, nānā hoti ito gati;
454「asanto nirayaṃ yanti」:无智者、恶戒者,不布施,不守护戒,死后便往地狱。 「santo saggaparāyaṇā」:智者则布施、守护戒、行布萨羯磨、圆满三种善行,最终以天界为归宿,享受广大天界安乐的成就。
Asanto nirayaṃ yanti, santo saggaparāyaṇā’’ti.
455这里的「难施」(duddadaṃ)指的是:布施这件事,被贪和嗔控制的愚人是做不来的,所以叫“难施”。这是就那些正在行布施的人而言的。「作难行之业」(dukkaraṃ kammaṃ kubbataṃ)就是指布施这种业,它不是所有人都能做的,因此叫“难行”,这是就那些正在行此业的人说的。「非善士」(asanto)是指没有智慧的愚人。「不随行」(nānukubbanti)就是不跟着做这种善业。「善人的法性」(sataṃ dhammo)是智者的本性,这是就布施而言的。「难解」(durannayo)是指因果关联难知,像这样的布施会得到怎样的果报,令人难以通晓。再者,“难解”也有“难证得”的意思,因为无智之人即使布施了,也得不到布施的果报。「从此处去后,趣向各异」(nānā hoti ito gati)是说,从此处死后去往他世的人,他们的结生各不相同。「非善士下地狱」(asanto nirayaṃ yanti)是指无智、恶戒的人,不布施、不护戒,就投生地狱。「善士以天界为归宿」(santo saggaparāyaṇā)是说,有智慧的人行布施、持戒、做布萨羯磨、圆满三种善行,就能以天界为归宿,享受广大的天界安乐成就。
Tattha duddadanti dānaṃ nāma lobhadosavasikehi apaṇḍitehi dātuṃ na sakkā, tasmā ‘‘duddada’’nti vuccati. Taṃ dadamānānaṃ. Dukkaraṃ kamma kubbatanti tadeva dānakammaṃ sabbehi kātuṃ na sakkāti dukkaraṃ. Taṃ kurumānānaṃ. Asantoti apaṇḍitā bālā. Nānukubbantīti taṃ kammaṃ nānukaronti. Sataṃ dhammoti paṇḍitānaṃ sabhāvo. Dānaṃ sandhāyetaṃ vuttaṃ. Durannayoti phalasambandhavasena dujjāno, evarūpassa dānassa evarūpo phalavipāko hotīti duranubodho. Apica durannayoti duradhigamo, apaṇḍitehi dānaṃ datvā dānaphalaṃ nāma laddhuṃ na sakkātipi attho. Nānā hoti ito gatīti ito cavitvā paralokaṃ gacchantānaṃ paṭisandhiggahaṇaṃ nānā hoti. Asanto nirayaṃ yantīti apaṇḍitā dussīlā dānaṃ adatvā sīlaṃ arakkhitvā nirayaṃ gacchanti. Santo saggaparāyaṇāti paṇḍitā pana dānaṃ datvā sīlaṃ rakkhitvā uposathakammaṃ karitvā tīṇi sucaritāni pūretvā saggaparāyaṇā honti, mahantaṃ saggasukhasampattiṃ anubhavantīti.
456这样,菩萨做了随喜之后,在那里住了四个月的雨季。雨季结束后,他前往雪山,证得了禅那。他的禅那坚固不退,命终后往生梵天界。
Evaṃ bodhisatto anumodanaṃ katvā cattāro vassike māse tattheva vasitvā vassātikkame himavantaṃ gantvā jhānaṃ nibbattetvā aparihīnajjhāno brahmalokūpago ahosi.
457世尊讲完这段开示,把本生故事连接起来说:“那时候的那群仙人,就是今天的佛弟子众,而仙人中的导师就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā isigaṇo buddhaparisā ahosi, gaṇasatthā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
492《难施本生注》第十
Duddadajātakavaṇṇanā dasamā.
493第三〈善品〉。
Kalyāṇavaggo tatiyo.
458这一品的摄颂是:
Tassuddānaṃ –
459善法、达达拉、猴、恶猴、
Kalyāṇadhammaṃ daddaraṃ, makkaṭi dubbhimakkaṭaṃ;
460日侍奉、一把豆、黑乌木、
Ādiccupaṭṭhānañceva, kaḷāyamuṭṭhi tindukaṃ;
461龟、百法、杜达达,总共这十篇。
Kacchapaṃ satadhammañca, duddadanti ca te dasa.
462「无与伦比品」指的是第四品。
4. Asadisavaggo
463[181] 1. 《无与伦比本生注》
[181] 1. Asadisajātakavaṇṇanā
464「如无与伦比的弓箭手」:这是世尊住在祇园时,以(世尊的)大出家为缘而讲述的。有一天,比丘们聚集在法堂里,赞叹世尊的大出家波罗蜜。世尊过来后问道:“比丘们,你们现在是因为什么话题聚在一起?”听到回答“是因为这个”后,世尊说:“比丘们,如来不仅今生完成了大出家,过去也曾舍弃白伞而出家。”说完便讲述了过去的故事。
Dhanuggahoasadisoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto mahābhinikkhamanaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekadivasañhi bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ sannisinnā bhagavato mahānikkhamapāramiṃ vaṇṇentā nisīdiṃsu. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, tathāgato idāneva mahābhinikkhamanaṃ nikkhanto, pubbepi setacchattaṃ pahāya nikkhantoyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
465过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治时,菩萨在他的第一王后腹中结生。他平安出生后,在取名那天,人们为他取名“无与伦比王子”。后来,当他到了能到处奔跑玩耍时,另一位有福的众生在另一位王后腹中结生;他平安出生后,在取名那天,人们为他取名“梵授王子”。在这两位之中,菩萨于十六岁时前往塔迦尸喇,在四方之首的老师跟前学习了三部吠陀和十八种技艺。在这些技艺中,他在箭术上成为无与伦比者,随后返回波罗奈。国王临终时说:“将王位给无与伦比王子,将副王位给梵授。”说完就去世了。国王去世后,当王位要被授予菩萨时,菩萨拒绝说:“我不需要王位。”于是众人为梵授灌顶即位。菩萨因为“我不需要王位”,便什么也不求取,在弟弟统治时,像平常一样生活。国王身边的随从们说“无与伦比王子希求王位”,在国王面前离间了菩萨。国王听信了他们的话,心被离间,便派人说:“把我的哥哥抓起来。”
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto tassa aggamahesiyā kucchimhi paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhi, tassa sotthinā jātassa nāmaggahaṇadivase ‘‘asadisakumāro’’ti nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Athassa ādhāvitvā paridhāvitvā vicaraṇakāle añño puññavā satto deviyā kucchimhi paṭisandhiṃ gaṇhi, tassa sotthinā jātassa nāmaggahaṇadivase ‘‘brahmadattakumāro’’ti nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Tesu bodhisatto soḷasavassakāle takkasilaṃ gantvā disāpāmokkhassa ācariyassa santike tayo vede aṭṭhārasa ca sippāni uggaṇhitvā tesu issāsasippe asadiso hutvā bārāṇasiṃ paccāgami. Rājā kālaṃ karonto ‘‘asadisakumārassa rajjaṃ datvā brahmadattassa oparajjaṃ dethā’’ti vatvā kālamakāsi. Tasmiṃ kālakate bodhisatto attano rajje dīyamāne ‘‘na mayhaṃ rajjenattho’’ti paṭikkhipi, brahmadattaṃ rajje abhisiñciṃsu. Bodhisatto ‘‘mayhaṃ rajjena attho natthī’’ti kiñcipi na icchi, kaniṭṭhe rajjaṃ kārente pakatiyā vasanākāreneva vasi. Rājapādamūlikā ‘‘asadisakumāro rajjaṃ patthetī’’ti vatvā rañño santike bodhisattaṃ paribhindiṃsu. Sopi tesaṃ vacanaṃ gahetvā paribhinnacitto ‘‘bhātaraṃ me gaṇhathā’’ti manusse payojesi.
466这时,菩萨的一位侍者把这个情况报告给了菩萨。菩萨对弟弟生气,出城去了另一个国家,让人向国王通报:“有一位弓箭手来到,正站在王宫门口。”国王问:“你要多少报酬?”“一年十万。”“很好,让他进来。”于是,他进来后,国王问站在身边的他:“你是弓箭手吗?”“是的,大王。”“很好,那你就侍奉我吧。”从那时起,他就开始侍奉国王。原来的弓箭手们看到给他的供给,抱怨说:“他得到的太多了。”后来有一天,国王前往园林,在吉祥石板附近用麻布围屏围了起来,自己躺在芒果树下的大卧榻上,向上看时,望见树顶有一个芒果串,心想:“这不能爬上去摘取。”于是叫来弓箭手们,问道:“你们能用箭把这个芒果串射断,让它掉下来吗?”他们说:“大王,这对我们并不难,但大王早已多次见过我们的本事,而新来的弓箭手比我们得到的更多,让他去把它射下来吧。”
Atheko bodhisattassa atthacarako taṃ kāraṇaṃ bodhisattassa ārocesi. Bodhisatto kaniṭṭhabhātikassa kujjhitvā nagarā nikkhamitvā aññaṃ raṭṭhaṃ gantvā ‘‘eko dhanuggaho āgantvā rājadvāre ṭhito’’ti rañño ārocāpesi. Rājā ‘‘kittakaṃ bhogaṃ icchasī’’ti pucchi . ‘‘Ekasaṃvaccharena satasahassa’’nti. ‘‘Sādhu āgacchatū’’ti. Atha naṃ āgantvā samīpe ṭhitaṃ pucchi – ‘‘tvaṃ dhanaggahosī’’ti? ‘‘Āma, devā’’ti. ‘‘Sādhu maṃ upaṭṭhahassū’’ti. So tato paṭṭhāya rājānaṃ upaṭṭhahi. Tassa paribbayaṃ dīyamānaṃ disvā ‘‘atibahuṃ labhatī’’ti porāṇakadhanuggahā ujjhāyiṃsu. Athekadivasaṃ rājā uyyānaṃ gantvā maṅgalasilāpaṭṭasamīpe sāṇipākāraṃ parikkhipāpetvā ambarukkhamūle mahāsayane nipanno uddhaṃ olokento rukkhagge ekaṃ ambapiṇḍiṃ disvā ‘‘imaṃ na sakkā abhiruhitvā gaṇhitu’’nti dhanuggahe pakkosāpetvā ‘‘imaṃ ambapiṇḍiṃ sarena chinditvā pātetuṃ sakkhissathā’’ti āha. Na taṃ, deva, amhākaṃ garu, devena pana no bahuvāre kammaṃ diṭṭhapubbaṃ, adhunāgato dhanuggaho amhehi bahutaraṃ labhati, taṃ pātāpethāti.
467国王把菩萨叫来,问道:“孩子,你能把它射下来吗?”“是的,大王,如果能给我一个场地,我就能做到。”“什么场地?”“您的卧榻所在的那个空间。”国王让人把卧榻移开,腾出了场地。菩萨手上没有弓,他平时是将弓系在下衣之间走动的,因此他说:“需要围上麻布。”国王说“好”,让人拿来麻布,围了起来。菩萨进入布围屏内,脱下上身穿着的白衣,下身穿一条红布,扎紧腋下,再用一条红布绑住腹部,从袋中取出接合而成的剑,佩在左腰侧,穿上金甲,把弓杆系在背上,拿起接合而成的带钩大弓,装上珊瑚色的弓弦,头上戴上顶冠,用手指转动着锋利的箭矢,撕开围屏、劈开地面,如同打扮过的龙象王子一般走了出来,走到射箭的地点,搭好箭,对国王说:“大王,我是用向上飞的箭射下这个芒果串呢,还是用向下飞的箭?”“孩子,用向上飞的箭射下的,我见过很多,但用向下飞的箭射下的,我还没有见过,你就用向下飞的箭射吧。”“大王,这支箭将飞得极远,一直飞到四天王天界,到了那里它会自己落下来。在它落下之前,您需要耐心等待。”国王说“好”,答应了。
Rājā bodhisattaṃ pakkosāpetvā ‘‘sakkhissasi, tāta, etaṃ pātetu’’nti pucchi. ‘‘Āma, mahārāja, ekaṃ okāsaṃ labhamāno sakkhissāmī’’ti. ‘‘Katarokāsa’’nti? ‘‘Tumhākaṃ sayanassa antokāsa’’nti. Rājā sayanaṃ harāpetvā okāsaṃ kāresi. Bodhisattassa hatthe dhanu natthi, nivāsanantare dhanuṃ sannayhitvā vicarati, tasmā ‘‘sāṇiṃ laddhuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti āha. Rājā ‘‘sādhū’’ti sāṇiṃ āharāpetvā parikkhipāpesi. Bodhisatto antosāṇiṃ pavisitvā uparinivatthaṃ setavatthaṃ haritvā ekaṃ rattapaṭaṃ nivāsetvā kacchaṃ bandhitvā ekaṃ rattapaṭaṃ udare bandhitvā pasibbakato sandhiyuttaṃ khaggaṃ nīharitvā vāmapasse sannayhitvā suvaṇṇakañcukaṃ paṭimuñcitvā cāpanāḷiṃ piṭṭhiyaṃ sannayhitvā sandhiyuttameṇḍakamahādhanuṃ ādāya pavāḷavaṇṇaṃ jiyaṃ āropetvā uṇhīsaṃ sīse paṭimuñcitvā tikhiṇakhurappaṃ nakhehi parivattayamāno sāṇiṃ dvidhā katvā pathaviṃ phāletvā alaṅkatanāgakumāro viya nikkhamitvā sarakhipanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā khurappaṃ sannayhitvā rājānaṃ āha – ‘‘kiṃ, mahārāja, etaṃ ambapiṇḍiṃ uddhaṃ ārohanakaṇḍena pātemi, udāhu adho orohanakaṇḍenā’’ti . ‘‘Tāta, bahū mayā ārohanakaṇḍena pātentā diṭṭhapubbā, orohanakaṇḍena pana pātentā mayā na diṭṭhapubbā, orohanakaṇḍena pātehī’’ti. ‘‘Mahārāja, idaṃ kaṇḍaṃ dūraṃ ārohissati, yāva cātumahārājikabhavanaṃ, tāva gantvā sayaṃ orohissati, yāvassa orohanaṃ, tāva tumhehi adhivāsetuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti. Rājā ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchi.
468然后,他又说:“大王,这支箭在上升时,会从芒果梗的正中间削切着向上飞去;落下时,连一毫发尖的距离都不会偏左或偏右,笔直地落下来,取走芒果串后降下。请看,大王!”他发力射出了箭。那支箭向上飞行,从芒果梗的正中间削切而上。菩萨知道“现在那支箭已经到了四天王天界了”,于是用比第一支箭更猛的力射出另一支箭,这支箭飞上去,击中前一支箭的箭尾,反弹后自己上升到了三十三天界。在那里天神们接住了它,反弹之箭划破风的声音犹如霹雳之声。大众问:“这是什么声音?”菩萨说:“是反弹之箭的声音。”菩萨知道箭会落到自己身上,便安抚惊恐颤栗的大众说:“不要害怕。”并说:“我不会让箭落到地上的。”正在落下的箭丝毫不偏,笔直地落下来,切断了芒果串。菩萨不让芒果串和箭落地,就在空中接住它们,一只手抓住了芒果串,一只手抓住了箭。大众见到这稀有景象,说道:“我们从未见过这般景象。”他们赞叹这位大人,欢呼,拍手,弹指,成千上万的布片被抛向空中。国王的随从们欢喜踊跃,给予菩萨的财宝数以亿计。国王本人也仿佛降下财宝之雨一般,赐予他大量财富和巨大荣誉。
Atha naṃ puna āha – ‘‘mahārāja, idaṃ kaṇḍaṃ pana ārohamānaṃ ambapiṇḍivaṇṭaṃ yāvamajjhaṃ kantamānaṃ ārohissati, orohamānaṃ kesaggamattampi ito vā etto vā agantvā ujuññeva patitvā ambapiṇḍiṃ gahetvā otarissati, passa, mahārājā’’ti vegaṃ janetvā kaṇḍaṃ khipi. Taṃ kaṇḍaṃ ambapiṇḍivaṇṭaṃ yāvamajjhaṃ kantamānaṃ abhiruhi. Bodhisatto ‘‘idāni taṃ kaṇḍaṃ yāva cātumahārājikabhavanaṃ gataṃ bhavissatī’’ti ñatvā paṭhamaṃ khittakaṇḍato adhikataraṃ vegaṃ janetvā aññaṃ kaṇḍaṃ khipi, taṃ gantvā purimakaṇḍapuṅkhe paharitvā nivattitvā sayaṃ tāvatiṃsabhavanaṃ abhiruhi. Tattha naṃ devatā aggahesuṃ, nivattanakaṇḍassa vātachinnasaddo asanisaddo viya ahosi. Mahājanena ‘‘kiṃ eso saddo’’ti vutte bodhisatto ‘‘nivattanakaṇḍassa saddo’’ti vatvā attano attano sarīre kaṇḍassa patanabhāvaṃ ñatvā bhītatasitaṃ mahājanaṃ ‘‘mā bhāyitthā’’ti samassāsetvā ‘‘kaṇḍassa bhūmiyaṃ patituṃ na dassāmī’’ti āha. Kaṇḍaṃ otaramānaṃ kesaggamattampi ito vā etto vā agantvā ujuññeva patitvā ambapiṇḍiṃ chindi. Bodhisatto ambapiṇḍiyā ca kaṇḍassa ca bhūmiyaṃ patituṃ adatvā ākāseyeva sampaṭicchanto ekena hatthena ambapiṇḍiṃ, ekena hatthena kaṇḍaṃ aggahesi. Mahājano taṃ acchariyaṃ disvā ‘‘na no evarūpaṃ diṭṭhapubba’’nti mahāpurisaṃ pasaṃsati unnadati apphoṭeti aṅguliyo vidhūnati, celukkhepasahassāni pavatteti. Rājaparisāya tuṭṭhapahaṭṭhāya bodhisattassa dinnadhanaṃ koṭimattaṃ ahosi. Rājāpissa dhanavassaṃ vassento viya bahuṃ dhanaṃ mahantañca yasaṃ adāsi.
469菩萨受到那位国王如此恭敬尊重地住在那里时,据说有七位国王以“听说无与伦比王子不在波罗奈”为由,前来包围波罗奈城,并送信给国王:“要么交出王位,要么交战。”国王害怕被杀,问道:“我的哥哥住在哪里?”听说“他在侍奉一位邻国国王”后,便派遣使者说:“我的哥哥若不回来,我的命就没了。你们去,以我的名义顶礼他的双足,请求他的原谅,然后把他带回来。”使者们前去,将此事禀告菩萨。菩萨向那位国王告辞后回到波罗奈,安抚国王说“不要害怕”,然后在箭上刻了文字,站在高台上,向正在用餐的七位国王的各各金钵中央射落一箭。他们看到那些文字,因为害怕被杀,全都逃走了。就这样,大人连小苍蝇吮吸那么一点血都没有流,就吓跑了七位国王,之后他向弟弟国王告辞,舍弃欲乐,出家修习仙人修行,证得了神通与禅定,命终之后往生梵天界。
Evaṃ bodhisatte tena raññā sakkate garukate tattha vasante ‘‘asadisakumāro kira bārāṇasiyaṃ natthī’’ti satta rājāno āgantvā bārāṇasinagaraṃ parivāretvā ‘‘rajjaṃ vā detu yuddhaṃ vā’’ti rañño paṇṇaṃ pesesuṃ. Rājā maraṇabhayabhīto ‘‘kuhiṃ me bhātā vasatī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘ekaṃ sāmantarājānaṃ upaṭṭhahatī’’ti sutvā ‘‘mama bhātike anāgacchante mayhaṃ jīvitaṃ natthi, gacchatha tassa mama vacanena pāde vanditvā khamāpetvā gaṇhitvā āgacchathā’’ti dūte pāhesi. Te gantvā bodhisattassa taṃ pavattiṃ ārocesuṃ. Bodhisatto taṃ rājānaṃ āpucchitvā bārāṇasiṃ paccāgantvā rājānaṃ ‘‘mā bhāyī’’ti samassāsetvā kaṇḍe akkharāni chinditvā ‘‘ahaṃ asadisakumāro āgato, aññaṃ ekakaṇḍaṃ khipanto sabbesaṃ vo jīvitaṃ harissāmi, jīvitena atthikā palāyantū’’ti aṭṭālake ṭhatvā sattannaṃ rājūnaṃ bhuñjantānaṃ kañcanapātimakuleyeva kaṇḍaṃ pātesi. Te akkharāni disvā maraṇabhayabhītā sabbeva palāyiṃsu. Evaṃ mahāsatto khuddakamakkhikāya pivanamattampi lohitaṃ anuppādetvā satta rājāno palāpetvā kaniṭṭhabhātaraṃ apaloketvā kāme pahāya isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā jīvitapariyosāne brahmalokūpago ahosi.
470世尊成正觉后,这样说道:“比丘们,就这样,这位无与伦比王子吓跑了七位国王,赢得战斗胜利之后,出家修行,成为仙人。”接着诵出以下偈颂:
Satthā ‘‘evaṃ, bhikkhave, asadisakumāro satta rājāno palāpetvā vijitasaṅgāmo isipabbajjaṃ pabbajito’’ti abhisambuddho hutvā imā gāthā avoca –
61六十一。
61.
472“这位无与伦比的弓箭手,是力大无比的王子,
‘‘Dhanuggaho asadiso, rājaputto mahabbalo;
473他射得极远,箭无虚发,能摧毁巨大的身躯。”
Dūrepātī akkhaṇavedhī, mahākāyappadālano.
62六十二。
62.
475“他与所有敌人作战,却未曾伤害任何一人;
‘‘Sabbāmitte raṇaṃ katvā, na ca kañci viheṭhayi;
476让兄弟得到安稳之后,他便走向了自我调伏之路。”
Bhātaraṃ sotthiṃ katvāna, saṃyamaṃ ajjhupāgamī’’ti.
477在这里,「无与伦比」(asadiso):不只是名字叫无与伦比,在力气、精进和智慧方面也确实无人能比。「大力」(mahabbalo):因为身体的力量和智慧的力量都很大,所以称为大力。「远射」(dūrepātī):因为他能够把箭射到四天王天的住处和三十三天的住处那么远,所以称为远射者。「箭无虚发」(akkhaṇavedhī):指从不偏离目标的射手。或者,又有一种解释:闪电被称为“无刹那”(akkhaṇā),在闪电一闪的瞬间,他可以借着这光亮,抓取七支或八支箭射中目标,因此称为“无刹那射击者”。「能摧毁巨大身躯者」(mahākāyappadālano):指能击破巨大的身体。所谓“七种大身”是指:皮身、木身、铜身、铁身、沙身、水身、木板身。在这些人里,一般的能破皮身者,可以射穿水牛皮,而他则可以射穿一百张水牛皮;一般人能射穿八指厚的乌敦跋罗木板,或四指厚的石板,而他则能射穿绑在一起的一百块木板,同样也能射穿两指厚的铜板、一指厚的铁板。对于沙车、枣仁车或者稻草车,他能让箭从车的后部射入,穿过车体,从前部飞出;在静止的自然水域中,他能把箭射出四牛哞声的距离,在陆地上则能射出八牛哞声的距离。如此,由于能击破这七种大身,所以称为能摧毁巨大身躯者。「一切敌人」(sabbāmitte):即所有的敌人。「与一切敌人作战之后,却……」(raṇaṃ katvāti):意思是发动战斗并把他们吓跑。「未曾伤害任何一人」(na ca kañci viheṭhayī):他连一个人也没有伤害过。他只是在毫不伤害对方的情况下,纯粹通过展示箭术,就和那些人进行了战斗。「趋向自制」(saṃyamaṃ ajjhupāgamīti):即前往戒律的自制,过出家的梵行生活。
Tattha asadisoti na kevalaṃ nāmeneva, balavīriyapaññāhipi asadisova. Mahabbaloti kāyabalenapi paññābalenapi mahabbalo. Dūrepātīti yāva cātumahārājikabhavanā tāvatiṃsabhavanā ca kaṇḍaṃ pesetuṃ samatthatāya dūrepātī. Akkhaṇavedhīti avirādhitavedhī. Atha vā akkhaṇā vuccati vijju, yāva ekā vijju niccharati, tāva tenobhāsena sattaṭṭha vāre kaṇḍāni gahetvā vijjhatīti akkhaṇavedhī. Mahākāyappadālanoti mahante kāye padāleti. Cammakāyo, dārukāyo, lohakāyo, ayokāyo, vālikakāyo, udakakāyo, phalakakāyoti ime satta mahākāyā nāma. Tattha añño cammakāyapadālano mahiṃsacammaṃ vinivijjhati, so pana satampi mahiṃsacammānaṃ vinivijjhatiyeva. Añño aṭṭhaṅgulabahalaṃ udumbarapadaraṃ, caturaṅgulabahalaṃ asanapadaraṃ vinivijjhati, so pana phalakasatampi ekato baddhaṃ vinivijjhati, tathā dvaṅgulabahalaṃ tambalohapaṭṭaṃ, aṅgulabahalaṃ ayapaṭṭaṃ. Vālikasakaṭassa badarasakaṭassa palālasakaṭassa vā pacchābhāgena kaṇḍaṃ pavesetvā purebhāgena atipāteti, pakatiyā udake catuusabhaṭṭhānaṃ kaṇḍaṃ peseti, thale aṭṭhausabhanti evaṃ imesaṃ sattannaṃ mahākāyānaṃ padālanato mahākāyappadālano. Sabbāmitteti sabbe amitte. Raṇaṃ katvāti yuddhaṃ katvā palāpesīti attho. Na ca kañci viheṭhayīti ekampi na viheṭhesi. Aviheṭhayantoyeva pana tehi saddhiṃ kaṇḍapesaneneva raṇaṃ katvā. Saṃyamaṃ ajjhupāgamīti sīlasaṃyamaṃ pabbajjaṃ upagato.
478于是,导师宣说这段法义后,将其连接到本生故事中,说道:「那时,最小的弟弟是阿难,而那位无与伦比的王子就是我。」
Evaṃ satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā kaniṭṭhabhātā ānando ahosi, asadisakumāro pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
515《无与伦比本生注》第一。
Asadisajātakavaṇṇanā paṭhamā.
479[182] 2.《惯战者本生注》
[182] 2. Saṅgāmāvacarajātakavaṇṇanā
480「惯战者……勇士……」这件事是导师住在祇园精舍时,以难陀长老为缘而宣说的。事情是这样的:导师初次前往迦毗罗卫城时,让他那最小的弟弟难陀王子出家,然后离开迦毗罗卫城,依次来到舍卫城居住。那时,尊者难陀拿着世尊的钵,正要同如来一道从俗家外出时,国中第一美女听闻「据说难陀王子要跟着导师走了」,她头发半梳,透过窗户望出来,说了句:「请您快些回来,圣郎。」难陀回忆起这句话,感到不乐、不满意,脸色枯黄如被丢弃的黄色毛毯,全身血管都显露了出来。导师知道他的这种情形后,心想:「不如让难陀安立在阿拉汉果上。」于是来到他所住的精舍,坐在铺设好的座位上,问道:「难陀,你在这个教法里过得喜悦吗?」「尊者,我因为心系念着国中第一美女,所以不感到喜悦。」「难陀,你以前去过雪山游历吗?」「没有去过,尊者。」「那么,我们就去吧。」「尊者,我没有神通,怎么能去呢?」导师说:「难陀,我用我的神通力带你去。」于是拉着长老的手,腾空跃上天空。在中途,导师让他在一片烧过的田地里,看到一只坐在烧焦树桩上的老母猿猴——这只猿猴耳朵、鼻子、尾巴都被割断了,身上的毛烧焦了,皮开肉绽,整个身体只像一张皮包裹着,并且沾满了鲜血。导师问:「难陀,你看见这只猿猴了吗?」「看见了,尊者。」「好好记清楚它。」
Saṅgāmāvacarosūroti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto nandattheraṃ ārabbha kathesi. Satthari hi paṭhamagamanena kapilapuraṃ gantvā kaniṭṭhabhātikaṃ nandarājakumāraṃ pabbājetvā kapilapurā nikkhamma anupubbena sāvatthiṃ gantvā viharante āyasmā nando bhagavato pattaṃ ādāya tathāgatena saddhiṃ gehā nikkhamanakāle ‘‘nandakumāro kira satthārā saddhiṃ gacchatī’’ti sutvā aḍḍhullikhitehi kesehi vātapānantarena oloketvā ‘‘tuvaṭaṃ kho, ayyaputta, āgaccheyyāsī’’ti idaṃ janapadakalyāṇiyā vuttavacanaṃ anussaranto ukkaṇṭhito anabhirato uppaṇḍuppaṇḍukajāto dhamanisanthatagatto ahosi. Satthā tassa taṃ pavattiṃ ñatvā ‘‘yaṃnūnāhaṃ nandaṃ arahatte patiṭṭhāpeyya’’nti cintetvā tassa vasanapariveṇaṃ gantvā paññattāsane nisinno ‘‘kacci, nanda, imasmiṃ sāsane abhiramasī’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Bhante, janapadakalyāṇiyā paṭibaddhacitto hutvā nābhiramāmī’’ti. ‘‘Himavantacārikaṃ gatapubbosi nandā’’ti? ‘‘Na gatapubbo, bhante’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi gacchāmā’’ti. ‘‘Natthi me, bhante, iddhi, katāhaṃ gamissāmī’’ti. Satthā ‘‘ahaṃ taṃ, nanda, mama iddhibalena nessāmī’’ti theraṃ hatthe gahetvā ākāsaṃ pakkhandanto antarāmagge ekasmiṃ jhāmakhette jhāmakhāṇuke nisinnaṃ chinnakaṇṇanāsanaṅguṭṭhaṃ jhāmalomaṃ chinnachaviṃ cammamattaṃ lohitapaliguṇṭhitaṃ ekaṃ paluṭṭhamakkaṭiṃ dassesi – ‘‘passasi, nanda, etaṃ makkaṭi’’nti. ‘‘Āma, bhante’’ti. ‘‘Suṭṭhu paccakkhaṃ karohī’’ti.
481接着,导师又拉着他的手,带他观看了六十由旬大的红砷石板地、阿耨达池等七大湖、五大河,以及以金山、银山、宝石山为装饰、拥有数百处美景的雪山,然后问:「难陀,你以前见过三十三天吗?」「没有见过,尊者。」「来,难陀,我带你去看三十三天。」于是带他到那里,坐在黄色毛毯的石座上。帝释天王率领二重天界的诸天大众前来,顶礼后坐在一边。他那数量有一亿半的侍女,以及五百名「鸽足天女」(脚踝纤美如鸽的天女)也前来顶礼后坐在一边。导师让尊者难陀出于烦恼的驱使,一次又一次地去观看那五百位天女,然后问:「难陀,你看见这些鸽足天女了吗?」「看见了,尊者。」「你仔细想想,她们和国中第一美女,哪个更美呢?」「尊者,如果拿国中第一美女和她们放在一起比较,国中第一美女就像那只衰老的猿猴一样;反过来说,这些天女若和国中第一美女相比,也是如此。」「那么你现在打算怎么做,难陀?」「造什么样的业才能得到这些天女呢?」「修习沙门法就能得到。」「尊者,如果世尊为了我能得到她们而做担保,我就去修习沙门法。」「你去修吧,难陀,我为你做担保。」就这样,长老在众多天人之中,得到了如来作为他的担保人,于是说道:「尊者,不要再多耽搁了,来吧,我们回去,我要修习沙门法。」导师便带着他回到了祇园精舍。长老于是开始着手修习沙门法。
Atha naṃ gahetvā saṭṭhiyojanikaṃ manosilātalaṃ, anotattadahādayo satta mahāsare, pañca mahānadiyo, suvaṇṇapabbatarajatapabbatamaṇipabbatapaṭimaṇḍitaṃ anekasatarāmaṇeyyakaṃ himavantapabbatañca dassetvā ‘‘tāvatiṃsabhavanaṃ te, nanda, diṭṭhapubba’’nti pucchitvā ‘‘na , diṭṭhapubbaṃ, bhante’’ti vutte ‘‘ehi, nanda, tāvatiṃsabhavanaṃ te dassayissāmī’’ti tattha netvā paṇḍukambalasilāsane nisīdi. Sakko devarājā dvīsu devalokesu devasaṅghena saddhiṃ āgantvā vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Aḍḍhatiyakoṭisaṅkhā tassa paricārikā pañcasatā kakuṭapādā devaccharāyopi āgantvā vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu. Satthā āyasmantaṃ nandaṃ tā pañcasatā accharā kilesavasena punappunaṃ olokāpesi. ‘‘Passasi, nanda, imā kakuṭapādiniyo accharāyo’’ti? ‘‘Āma, bhante’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ nu kho etā sobhanti, udāhu janapadakalyāṇī’’ti. ‘‘Seyyathāpi, bhante, janapadakalyāṇiṃ upanidhāya sā paluṭṭhamakkaṭī, evameva imā upanidhāya janapadakalyāṇī’’ti. ‘‘Idāni kiṃ karissasi nandā’’ti? ‘‘Kiṃ kammaṃ katvā, bhante, imā accharā labhantī’’ti? ‘‘Samaṇadhammaṃ katvā’’ti. ‘‘Sace me, bhante, imāsaṃ paṭilābhatthāya bhagavā pāṭibhogo hoti, ahaṃ samaṇadhammaṃ karissāmī’’ti. ‘‘Karohi, nanda, ahaṃ te pāṭibhogo’’ti. Evaṃ thero devasaṅghassa majjhe tathāgataṃ pāṭibhogaṃ gahetvā ‘‘mā, bhante, atipapañcaṃ karotha, etha gacchāma, ahaṃ samaṇadhammaṃ karissāmī’’ti āha. Satthā taṃ ādāya jetavanameva paccāgami. Thero samaṇadhammaṃ kātuṃ ārabhi.
482导师召来法将,告诉他说:「舍利弗,我的小弟弟难陀,在三十三天诸天大众之中,为了得到那些天女,竟然让我为他做担保。」随后,又用同样的方式,告诉了大目犍连尊者、大迦叶尊者、阿那律尊者、持法藏的阿难尊者等八十位大弟子,以及其余大多数的比丘。法将舍利弗尊者便来到难陀长老那里,对他说:「贤友难陀,据说你在三十三天诸天大众之中,为了得到那些天女,以十力尊做担保,说你将修习沙门法,是真的吗?既然如此,你的梵行生活岂不等于依止于女人、依止于烦恼了吗?你为了女人而去修习沙门法,与你为了工钱而去作活的雇工究竟有什么不同呢?」这样,尊者让长老感到羞愧,令他锐气尽失。同样地,所有八十位大弟子以及其余的比丘,也都用这种方法来让尊者难陀生起羞愧之心。
Satthā dhammasenāpatiṃ āmantetvā ‘‘sāriputta, mayhaṃ kaniṭṭhabhātā nando tāvatiṃsadevaloke devasaṅghassa majjhe devaccharānaṃ kāraṇā maṃ pāṭibhogaṃ aggahesī’’ti tassa ācikkhi. Etenupāyena mahāmoggallānattherassa mahākassapattherassa anuruddhattherassa dhammabhaṇḍāgārikaānandattherassāti asītiyā mahāsāvakānaṃ yebhuyyena ca sesabhikkhūnaṃ ācikkhi. Dhammasenāpati sāriputtatthero nandattheraṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, āvuso nanda, tāvatiṃsadevaloke devasaṅghassa majjhe ‘devaccharā labhanto samaṇadhammaṃ karissāmī’ti dasabalaṃ pāṭibhogaṃ gaṇhī’’ti vatvā ‘‘nanu evaṃ sante tava brahmacariyavāso mātugāmasannissito kilesasannissito, tassa te itthīnaṃ atthāya samaṇadhammaṃ karontassa bhatiyā kammaṃ karontena kammakārakena saddhiṃ kiṃ nānākaraṇa’’nti theraṃ lajjāpesi nittejaṃ akāsi. Etenupāyena sabbepi asītimahāsāvakā avasesabhikkhū ca taṃ āyasmantaṃ nandaṃ lajjāpayiṃsu.
483他心想:『我确实做了不恰当的事。』于是,以惭与愧而强力地策励精进,增长观智,证得阿罗汉果后,前往导师处,说:『尊者,我解除世尊的承诺。』导师也说:『难陀,在你证得阿罗汉果的那一刻,我就已经从承诺中解脱了。』明了此义后,比丘们在法堂中引生了一场议论:『贤友们,难陀长老真是堪受教诫啊!仅凭一次教诫就能现起惭愧,修习沙门法,证得了阿罗汉果。』导师来到后,问:『比丘们,你们现在聚在一起讨论什么?』在他们回答『在讨论此事』后,导师说:『比丘们,难陀不只是现在,过去也是堪受教诫的。』接着便讲述了过去的事。
So ‘‘ayuttaṃ vata me kata’’nti hiriyā ca ottappena ca vīriyaṃ daḷhaṃ paggaṇhitvā vipassanaṃ vaḍḍhetvā arahattaṃ patvā satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavato paṭissavaṃ muñcāmī’’ti āha. Satthāpi ‘‘yadā tvaṃ, nanda, arahattaṃ patto, tadāyevāhaṃ paṭissavā mutto’’ti āha. Etamatthaṃ viditvā dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘yāva ovādakkhamo cāyaṃ, āvuso, nandatthero ekovādeneva hirottappaṃ paccupaṭṭhapetvā samaṇadhammaṃ katvā arahattaṃ patto’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva, pubbepi nando ovādakkhamoyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
484过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治时,菩萨出生于一个调象师家庭。长大成人后,精通了调象技艺,去侍奉一位与波罗奈王为敌的国王。他替那位敌王把一头吉祥象训练得极为纯熟,加以调教。那位国王心想:『我要夺取波罗奈的王位。』于是带着菩萨,骑上那头吉祥象,率领大军前往波罗奈,将城包围后,派人送信给国王说:『要么交出王位,要么决一死战。』梵授王回应说:『那就打一仗吧。』于是在城门、塔楼、城楼上部署了兵力,开了战。那位敌王给吉祥象披上了铠甲,自己也穿戴好铠甲,坐在象肩的最高处,拿起锐利的钩棒,心想:『我要攻破这座城,消灭敌人,把王位夺到手。』于是驱象朝向城市前进。那头象看到对方泼下滚烫的米汤、用机械弹射出的石头以及各式各样的武器向它投掷过来,因害怕死亡,不敢再往前靠近,便退却了。就在这时,那位调象师走上前来,对它说:『儿啊,你是个勇士,惯于出入战场,在这种地方后退,对你来说实在不恰当。』他为了教导大象,说出了以下的偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto hatthācariyakule nibbattitvā vayappatto hatthācariyasippe nipphattiṃ patto ekaṃ bārāṇasirañño sapattarājānaṃ upaṭṭhāsi. So tassa maṅgalahatthiṃ susikkhitaṃ katvā sikkhāpesi. So rājā ‘‘bārāṇasirajjaṃ gaṇhissāmī’’ti bodhisattaṃ gahetvā maṅgalahatthiṃ āruyha mahatiyā senāya bārāṇasiṃ gantvā parivāretvā ‘‘rajjaṃ vā detu yuddhaṃ vā’’ti rañño paṇṇaṃ pesesi. Brahmadatto ‘‘yuddhaṃ dassāmī’’ti pākāradvāraṭṭālakagopuresu balakāyaṃ āropetvā yuddhaṃ adāsi. Sapattarājā maṅgalahatthiṃ vammena chādetvā sayampi vammaṃ paṭimuñcitvā hattikkhandhavaragato tikhiṇaṃ aṅkusaṃ ādāya ‘‘nagaraṃ bhinditvā paccāmittaṃ jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā rajjaṃ hatthagataṃ karissāmī’’ti hatthiṃ nagarābhimukhaṃ pesesi. So uṇhakalalāni ceva yantapāsāṇe ca nānappakārāni ca paharaṇāni vissajjente disvā maraṇabhayabhīto upasaṅkamituṃ asakkonto paṭikkami. Atha naṃ hatthācariyo upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘tāta, tvaṃ sūro saṅgāmāvacaro, evarūpe ṭhāne paṭikkamanaṃ nāma tuyhaṃ nānucchavika’’nti vatvā hatthiṃ ovadanto imā gāthā avoca –
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486『你是惯于战场者、勇士、强壮者,以此闻名;
‘‘Saṅgāmāvacaro sūro, balavā iti vissuto;
487为何碰到城门,你却退却了呢,象?』
Kiṃ nu toraṇamāsajja, paṭikkamasi kuñjara.
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489『快击倒门闩,拔起那些石柱;
‘‘Omadda khippaṃ palighaṃ, esikāni ca abbaha;
490击破门楼后,迅速进入,象啊!』
Toraṇāni ca madditvā, khippaṃ pavisa kuñjarā’’ti.
491其中,『以此闻名』(iti vissuto):意思是,儿啊,你因为在正在进行的激烈战斗中踏行,所以称为『惯于战场者』;因为心志坚定,所以称为『勇士』;因为具有力量,所以称为『强壮者』——如此闻名、被认知、广为人知。『碰到城门』(toraṇamāsajja):到达了称为城门的门楼。『你退却』(paṭikkamasi):意思是『你为什么后退?因为什么原因折返?』这样说道。『击倒』(omadda):即击倒,使其倒下。『拔起石柱』(esikāni ca abbaha):在城门处,有石柱,长十六肘或八肘,植入地下固定竖立着,命令迅速把它们拔起、连根拔除。『击破门楼』(toraṇāni ca madditvā):即撞击城门背面的接合处使之破碎。『迅速进入』(khippaṃ pavisa):迅速地进入城中。『象啊』(kuñjarāti):这是对象说的称呼。
Tattha iti vissutoti, tāta, tvaṃ pavattasampahāraṃ saṅgāmaṃ madditvā avacaraṇato saṅgāmāvacaro, thirahadayatāya sūro, thāmasampattiyā balavāti evaṃ vissuto paññāto pākaṭo. Toraṇamāsajjāti nagaradvārasaṅkhātaṃ toraṇaṃ patvā. Paṭikkamasīti kiṃ nu kho osakkasi, kena kāraṇena nivattasīti vadati. Omaddāti avamadda adho pātaya. Esikāni ca abbahāti nagaradvāre soḷasaratanaṃ aṭṭharatanaṃ bhūmiyaṃ pavesetvā niccalaṃ katvā nikhātā esikatthambhā honti, te khippaṃ uddhara luñcāhīti āṇāpeti. Toraṇāni ca madditvāti nagaradvārassa piṭṭhasaṅghāṭe madditvā. Khippaṃ pavisāti sīghaṃ nagaraṃ pavisa. Kuñjarāti nāgaṃ ālapati.
492象听了以后,仅凭菩萨的一句话就转了回来,用鼻子缠住石柱,就像拔起伞菌一样将它们拔起,击破门楼,放下门闩,打破城门,进入城中,夺取了王位并献给了国王。
Taṃ sutvā nāgo bodhisattassa ekovādeneva nivattitvā esikatthambhe soṇḍāya paliveṭhetvā ahicchattakāni viya luñcitvā toraṇaṃ madditvā palighaṃ otāretvā nagaradvāraṃ bhinditvā nagaraṃ pavisitvā rajjaṃ gahetvā adāsi.
493世尊开示此法后,将本生故事联系起来说:『当时,那头象是难陀,国王是阿难,而调象师则是我。』
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā hatthī nando ahosi, rājā ānando, hatthācariyo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
531《会遇行者本生注》第二。
Saṅgāmāvacarajātakavaṇṇanā dutiyā.
494[183] 3. 尾流水本生注
[183] 3. Vālodakajātakavaṇṇanā
495『尾流水,味劣,下劣』(Vālodakaṃ apparasaṃ nihīnaṃ):这是世尊住在祇园精舍时,以五百位吃残食者为缘而说的。据说在舍卫城,有五百位居士把居家的系缚交付给妻儿之后,前来听闻世尊说法,一同游方修行。他们当中,有些是入流者,有些是一来者,有些是不来者,没一个是凡夫。他们邀请世尊时,也总是把这些居士一起邀请。然而,有五百个小侍者,专门为他们提供齿木、漱口水、衣物、香、花等,这些人就成了吃残食维生的人。这些吃残食的人吃过早餐后,睡醒起身,前往阿致罗筏底河,在河岸边叫嚷着进行角力搏斗。而那五百位居士则轻声细语,专修独处禅修。世尊听到这些吃残食的人高声喧闹,问道:『阿难,这是什么声音?』长老回答:『大德,是那些吃残食的人的声音。』于是世尊说:『阿难,这些吃残食的人并不是现在才吃残食喧闹,过去他们也喧闹;这些居士也不是现在才寂静,过去他们也寂静。』应长老的请求,世尊便讲述了过去的事。
Vālodakaṃapparasaṃ nihīnanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto pañcasate vighāsāde ārabbha kathesi. Sāvatthiyaṃ kira pañcasatā upāsakā gharāvāsapalibodhaṃ puttadārassa niyyādetvā satthu dhammadesanaṃ suṇantā ekatova vicaranti. Tesu keci sotāpannā, keci sakadāgāmino, keci anāgāmino, ekopi puthujjano nāma natthi, satthāraṃ nimantentāpi te upāsake antokaritvāva nimantenti. Tesaṃ pana dantakaṭṭhamukhodakavatthagandhamāladāyakā pañcasatā cūḷupaṭṭhākā vighāsādā hutvā vasanti. Te bhuttapātarāsā niddāyitvā uṭṭhāya aciravatiṃ gantvā nadītīre unnadantā mallayuddhaṃ yujjhanti. Te pana pañcasatā upāsakā appasaddā appanigghosā paṭisallānamanuyuñjanti. Satthā tesaṃ vighāsādānaṃ uccāsaddaṃ sutvā ‘‘kiṃ eso, ānanda, saddo’’ti theraṃ pucchitvā ‘‘vighāsādasaddo, bhante’’ti vutte ‘‘na kho, ānanda, ime vighāsādā idāneva vighāsaṃ khāditvā unnadanti, pubbepi unnadantiyeva, imepi upāsakā na idāneva sannisinnā, pubbepi sannisinnāyevā’’ti vatvā therena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
496往昔,在波罗奈城,梵授王治国时,菩萨出生于大臣之家,成年后成为国王在义利与法上的教导者。那时有一次,国王听说‘边境叛乱’,便调集五百匹良马,率领四支军队,前往边境平息叛乱后,返回波罗奈城。他下令说:‘良马已疲惫,给它们饮以鲜榨的葡萄汁。’良马饮用了香醇的饮品后,回到马厩,各自安静地站在自己的位置上。而分配给它们后剩下的,却是味道淡薄又多渣滓的。人们问道:‘我们把这些怎么处理?’国王命人用水调搅,以麻布碎片过滤,并下令说:‘那些曾为良马运送饲料的驴,让它们喝这个。’驴饮用了渣滓水后,变得迷醉,在宫殿庭院中大声嘶叫着四处乱跑。国王打开大窗,望向宫殿庭院,召唤站在近旁的菩萨,问道:‘你看,这些驴饮用了渣滓水后,变得迷醉,嘶叫着、跳跃着到处跑。而那些生于骏马家族的良马,饮用了香醇的饮品后,却无声无息地安住一处,并不跳跃。这到底是什么缘故呢?’这样询问时,便诵出了第一首偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto amaccakule nibbattitvā vayappatto rañño atthadhammānusāsako ahosi. Athekasmiṃ kāle so rājā ‘‘paccanto kupito’’ti sutvā pañcasate sindhave kappāpetvā caturaṅginiyā senāya gantvā paccantaṃ vūpasametvā bārāṇasimeva paccāgantvā ‘‘sindhavā kilantā allarasameva nesaṃ muddikapānaṃ dethā’’ti āṇāpesi. Sindhavā gandhapānaṃ pivitvā assasālaṃ gantvā attano attano ṭhānesu aṭṭhaṃsu. Tesaṃ pana dinnāvasiṭṭhakaṃ apparasaṃ bahukasaṭaṃ ahosi. Manussā ‘‘idaṃ kiṃ karomā’’ti rājānaṃ pucchiṃsu. Rājā udakena madditvā makacipilotikāhi parissāvetvā ‘‘ye gadrabhā sindhavānaṃ nivāpaṃ pahiṃsu, tesaṃ dāpethā’’ti dāpesi. Gadrabhā kasaṭaudakaṃ pivitvā mattā hutvā viravantā rājaṅgaṇe vicariṃsu. Rājā mahāvātapānaṃ vivaritvā rājaṅgaṇaṃ olokayamāno samīpe ṭhitaṃ bodhisattaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘passa, ime gadrabhā kasaṭodakaṃ pivitvā mattā hutvā viravantā uppatantā vicaranti, sindhavakule jātasindhavā pana gandhapānaṃ pivitvā nissaddā sannisinnā na uppilavanti, kiṃ nu kho kāraṇa’’nti pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
65六十五。
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498饮用了这低劣、无味的浊水,驴便生起迷醉;
‘‘Vālodakaṃ apparasaṃ nihīnaṃ, pitvā mado jāyati gadrabhānaṃ;
499而饮用了这殊胜、上味的饮品,骏马却不会生起迷醉。
Imañca pitvāna rasaṃ paṇītaṃ, mado na sañjāyati sindhavāna’’nti.
500这里,‘浊水’(vālodakaṃ)是指用麻布纤维过滤过的水。也有版本读作‘Vāludakaṃ’。‘低劣’(nihīnaṃ):因为它的味道低劣的特性,所以称为低劣。‘不起’(na sañjāyatī):骏马不会生起迷醉,这是问‘是什么原因呢?’
Tattha vālodakanti makacivālehi parissāvitaudakaṃ. ‘‘Vāludaka’’ntipi pāṭho. Nihīnanti nihīnarasabhāvena nihīnaṃ. Na sañjāyatīti sindhavānaṃ mado na jāyati, kiṃ nu kho kāraṇanti pucchi.
501于是,菩萨向他说明了原因,诵出第二首偈颂:
Athassa kāraṇaṃ ācikkhanto bodhisatto dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
66六十六。
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503人主,请询问!那位出身卑贱者,因饮用少许,便为此而沉醉;
‘‘Appaṃ pivitvāna nihīnajacco, so majjatī tena janinda puṭṭho;
504生在高贵家族、具足负重品德者,即使喝下最上等的美味,也不会沉醉。
Dhorayhasīlī ca kulamhi jāto, na majjatī aggarasaṃ pivitvā’’ti.
505这里,‘人主,询问吧!为此缘’(tena janinda puṭṭho)意思是:人主、无上的国王啊!那位出身卑贱者,正是由于出身卑贱这个因缘,才沉醉、放逸。‘具足负重之德者’(dhorayhasīlī):指具有负重之德,即具备堪负重任之仪态的纯种骏马。‘最上味’(aggarasaṃ):即使饮用了最先榨取的最上葡萄汁,也不会沉醉。
Tattha tena janinda puṭṭhoti janinda uttamarāja yo nihīnajacco, tena nihīnajaccabhāvena puṭṭho majjati pamajjati. Dhorayhasīlīti dhorayhasīlo dhuravahanakaācārena sampanno jātisindhavo. Aggarasanti sabbapaṭhamaṃ gahitaṃ muddikarasaṃ pivitvāpi na majjati.
506国王听了菩萨的话,便命人把驴从王宫广场赶出去,自己则遵循菩萨的教导,修持布施等种种功德,后来随其业力而逝去。
Rājā bodhisattassa vacanaṃ sutvā gadrabhe rājaṅgaṇā nīharāpetvā tasseva ovāde ṭhito dānādīni puññāni katvā yathākammaṃ gato.
507导师(佛陀)讲完这段法语的开示后,将本生故事对应起来说:‘那时的五百头驴,就是现在的这群靠乞食维生的比丘;那五百匹骏马,就是现在的这群近事男;国王是阿难;而那位睿智的大臣,就是我自己(佛陀)。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā pañcasatā gadrabhā ime vighāsādā ahesuṃ, pañcasatā sindhavā ime upāsakā, rājā ānando, paṇḍitāmacco pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
546《浊水本生注》第三篇。
Vālodakajātakavaṇṇanā tatiyā.
508[184] 第四篇《吉利达多本生注》
[184] 4. Giridattajātakavaṇṇanā
509「被吉利达多所影响」这则故事,是世尊住在竹林精舍时,针对一位亲近对立派的比丘而说。这个缘起在下面的《摩希罗母象本生》(本生经1.1.26)里已经讲过。不过,世尊又说道:‘诸位比丘,这位比丘并不是现在才去亲近对立派,他过去就是一个亲近对立派的人。’接着,便讲述了过去的事情。
Dūsitogiridattenāti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto ekaṃ vipakkhaseviṃ bhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu heṭṭhā mahiḷāmukhajātake (jā. 1.1.26) kathitameva. Satthā pana ‘‘na, bhikkhave, ayaṃ bhikkhu idāneva vipakkhaṃ sevati, pubbepesa vipakkhasevakoyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
510在过去,波罗奈国的萨摩王执掌国政。那时,菩萨投生在大臣家族,长大成人后,成为他在义利与法上的教导者。国王有一匹名为‘般度婆’的吉祥马,这匹马的马夫名叫‘吉利达多’,他是一个跛子。这匹马被套上了口勒,看到那个马夫总在自己前面走,心里就想:‘这人在训练我。’于是它就模仿那人的样子,也变成了跛脚。人们把马变跛的事情报告了国王,国王派来了兽医。他们去检查了马的身体,却没发现任何疾病,就禀告国王说:‘我们没有发现它有什么病。’国王又派菩萨去查看,对他说:‘朋友,你去弄清楚这其中的原因吧。’菩萨去后,透过它与跛脚马夫的交往,就知道了它之所以会变成跛脚的事实。他回来将这件事的缘由告知国王,并且为了指出‘这就是交往带来的过患,事情就是这样发生的’,说出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ sāmarājā rajjaṃ kāresi. Tadā bodhisatto amaccakule nibbattitvā vayappatto tassa atthadhammānusāsako ahosi. Rañño pana paṇḍavo nāma maṅgalasso, tassa giridatto nāma assabandho, so khañjo ahosi. Asso mukharajjuke gahetvā taṃ purato purato gacchantaṃ disvā ‘‘maṃ esa sikkhāpetī’’ti saññāya tassa anusikkhanto khañjo ahosi. Tassa assassa khañjabhāvaṃ rañño ārocesuṃ, rājā vejje pesesi. Te gantvā assassa sarīre rogaṃ apassantā ‘‘rogamassa na passāmā’’ti rañño kathayiṃsu. Rājā bodhisattaṃ pesesi – ‘‘gaccha vayassa, ettha kāraṇaṃ jānāhī’’ti. So gantvā khañjaassabandhasaṃsaggena tassa khañjabhūtabhāvaṃ ñatvā rañño tamatthaṃ ārocetvā ‘‘saṃsaggadosena nāma evaṃ hotī’’ti dassento paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –-
67六十七。
67.
512萨摩王的般度婆马,被吉利达多所影响,
‘‘Dūsito giridattena, hayo sāmassa paṇḍavo;
513丢掉了自己原来的姿态,只是随顺他而行。
Porāṇaṃ pakatiṃ hitvā, tassevānuvidhiyyatī’’ti.
514在这里,‘萨摩王的马(hayosāmassā)’指的就是萨摩王的吉祥马。‘舍弃了原本的习性(porāṇaṃ pakatiṃ hitvā)’,意思是它舍弃了自己旧有的本性,也就是那副矫健优美的样子。‘随顺而行(anuvidhiyyati)’,意思就是它模仿着那个跛子的动作来行走。
Tattha hayo sāmassāti sāmassa rañño maṅgalasso. Porāṇaṃ pakatiṃ hitvāti attano porāṇapakatiṃ siṅgārabhāvaṃ pahāya. Anuvidhiyyatīti anusikkhati.
515于是国王问菩萨:‘朋友,现在该怎么办?’菩萨回答:‘找到一个好的驯马师,它就会恢复成原来的样子。’说完,便诵出第二首偈颂:
Atha naṃ rājā ‘‘idāni vayassa kiṃ kattabba’’nti pucchi. Bodhisatto ‘‘sundaraṃ assabandhaṃ labhitvā yathā porāṇo bhavissatī’’ti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
68六十八。
68.
517如果有一个身体灵活的人,像顶尖的匠师那样,
‘‘Sace ca tanujo poso, sikharākārakappito;
518抓住它的口勒,在驯马场中让它反复回转,
Ānane naṃ gahetvāna, maṇḍale parivattaye;
519便会迅速舍弃劣态,随即顺从这人去学习。
Khippameva pahantvāna, tassevānuvidhiyyatī’’ti.
520在此,「tanujo」是指他的弟弟。因为随顺而生者称为「anujo」(弟弟),所以他的弟弟就是「tanujo」。这样说是指:大王,如果有一位名叫「庄严」、具备行仪的人,他正好与那匹名叫「庄严」、具备行仪的马相应而生;这个人以顶端般美好的方式(sikharākārakappita)修饰须发,抓住那匹马的口鼻部位,在马群中调伏它,那么这匹马就会迅速舍掉它那跛脚的毛病,心想:「这个名叫庄严、具备行仪的马师在教导我」,于是迅速随顺他,向他学习,并安住于本来的良好状态。这就是它的含义。国王便照样去做,那匹马恢复了常态。国王心想:「他连畜生的心意都了知啊!」内心欢喜,就授予菩萨很大的荣誉。
Tattha tanujoti tassa anujo. Anurūpaṃ jāto hi anujo, tassa anujo tanujo. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti – sace hi, mahārāja, tassa siṅgārassa ācārasampannassa assassa anurūpaṃ jāto siṅgāro ācārasampanno poso. Sikharākārakappitoti sikharena sundarena ākārena kappitakesamassu taṃ assaṃ ānane gahetvā assamaṇḍale parivatteyya, khippamevesa taṃ khañjabhāvaṃ pahāya ‘‘ayaṃ siṅgāro ācārasampanno assagopako maṃ sikkhāpetī’’ti saññāya khippameva tassa anuvidhiyyati anusikkhissati, pakatibhāveyeva ṭhassatīti attho. Rājā tathā kāresi, asso pakatibhāve patiṭṭhāsi. Rājā ‘‘tiracchānānampi nāma āsayaṃ jānissatī’’ti tuṭṭhacitto bodhisattassa mahantaṃ yasaṃ adāsi.
521世尊开示此法后,将本生故事总结为:「那时的山授是提婆达多,那匹马是亲近恶友的比丘,国王是阿难,而那位大臣智者就是我。」
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā giridatto devadatto ahosi, asso vipakkhasevako bhikkhu, rājā ānando, amaccapaṇḍito pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
561山授本生注第四
Giridattajātakavaṇṇanā catutthā.
522[185] 5. 不喜乐本生注
[185] 5. Anabhiratijātakavaṇṇanā
523「如同浑浊、不清澈的水……」这法是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位婆罗门青年宣说的。据说在舍卫城,有一位精通三部吠陀的婆罗门青年,为许多刹帝利青年和婆罗门青年教授咒术。后来他成家立业,时常为衣服、装饰品、男女仆人、田地、房舍、牛、水牛、妻子儿女等事操心,被贪、嗔、痴所支配,内心变得浑浊不清,无法按顺序背诵咒术,咒术也都不再显现。有一天,他带着许多香、花鬘等来到祇园,供养礼敬世尊后,坐在一边。世尊对他表示款待并交谈后,问道:「青年,你还在教授咒术吗?你的咒术还纯熟吗?」「大德,我以前的咒术很纯熟,但自从过居家生活以来,我的心就变得浑浊了,所以咒术就不纯熟了。」世尊便对他说:「青年啊,并非只有现在如此。过去,当你的心不浑浊时,你的咒术就很纯熟;而当内心被贪等烦恼所染、变得浑浊时,你的咒术就想不起来了。」应他的请求,世尊就讲起了过去的故事。
Yathodake āvile appasanneti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ brāhmaṇakumāraṃ ārabbha kathesi. Sāvatthiyaṃ kira eko brāhmaṇakumāro tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū bahū khattiyakumāre ca brāhmaṇakumāre ca mante vācesi. So aparabhāge gharāvāsaṃ saṇṭhapetvā vatthālaṅkāradāsadāsikhettavatthugomahiṃsaputtadārādīnaṃ atthāya cintayamāno rāgadosamohavasiko hutvā āvilacitto ahosi, mante paṭipāṭiyā parivattetuṃ nāsakkhi, ito cito ca mantā na paṭibhaṃsu. So ekadivasaṃ bahuṃ gandhamālādiṃ gahetvā jetavanaṃ gantvā satthāraṃ pūjetvā vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi . Satthā tena saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ katvā ‘‘kiṃ, māṇava, mante vācesi, paguṇā te mantā’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Pubbe me, bhante, mantā paguṇā ahesuṃ, gharāvāsassa pana gahitakālato paṭṭhāya cittaṃ me āvilaṃ jātaṃ, tena me mantā na paguṇā’’ti. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘na kho, māṇava, idāneva, pubbepi te cittassa anāvilakāle tava mantā paguṇā ahesuṃ, rāgādīhi pana āvilakāle tava mantā na paṭibhaṃsū’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
524过去,在波罗奈梵授王治理国家的时候,菩萨投生在一个婆罗门大富豪家中。成年后,他前往塔迦尸喇学习咒术,后来成为一位名望极高的老师,在波罗奈城为许多刹帝利青年和婆罗门青年教授咒术。在他的座下,有一位婆罗门青年精通了三部吠陀,对每一个字都自信无疑,成了辅导老师,也开始教授咒术。后来,这位青年过上了居家生活,由于整天为家事操心,内心变得浑浊,无法再背诵咒术。于是,当他来到老师面前时,老师问他:「青年,你的咒术还纯熟吗?」他回答:「自从我过居家生活以来,心就变得浑浊,咒术背不出来了。」老师便说:「孩子,当心浑浊时,即使本来纯熟的咒术也无法显现;但如果心不浑浊,就没有想不起来的道理。」说完,便诵出了以下偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto brāhmaṇamahāsālakule nibbattitvā vayappatto takkasilāyaṃ mante uggaṇhitvā disāpāmokkho ācariyo hutvā bārāṇasiyaṃ bahū khattiyakumāre ca brāhmaṇakumāre ca mante vācesi. Tassa santike eko brāhmaṇamāṇavo tayo vede paguṇe akāsi, ekapadepi nikkaṅkho piṭṭhiācariyo hutvā mante vācesi. So aparena samayena gharāvāsaṃ gahetvā gharāvāsacintāya āvilacitto mante parivattetuṃ nāsakkhi. Atha naṃ ācariyo attano santikaṃ āgataṃ ‘‘kiṃ, māṇava, paguṇā te mantā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘gharāvāsagahitakālato paṭṭhāya me cittaṃ āvilaṃ jātaṃ, mante parivattetuṃ na sakkomī’’ti vutte ‘‘tāta, āvile cittamhi paguṇāpi mantā na paṭibhanti, anāvile pana citte appaṭibhāṇaṃ nāma natthī’’ti vatvā imā gāthā āha –
69六十九。(偈颂编号)
69.
526“如同在浑浊、不清澈的水中,看不见牡蛎和贝壳,
‘‘Yathodake āvile appasanne, na passati sippikasambukañca;
527沙砾、细沙、鱼群;同样,当心浑浊时,
Sakkharaṃ vālukaṃ macchagumbaṃ, evaṃ āvilamhi citte;
528他就看不见自己的利益,也看不见他人的利益。”
Na so passati attadatthaṃ paratthaṃ.
70七十。(偈颂编号)
70.
530就像在清澈、洁净的水中,他能看到蚌和螺;
‘‘Yathodake acche vippasanne, so passati sippikasambukañca;
531也能看到砂砾、沙子和鱼群;同样,当心没有浑浊时,
Sakkharaṃ vālukaṃ macchagumbaṃ, evaṃ anāvilamhi citte;
532他就能见到自利与他利。
So passati atthadatthaṃ parattha’’nti.
533在这里,「浊」指被污泥搅动。「不清净」就是因为那种浊而不澄净。「蚌与螺」就是蚌和螺。「鱼群」就是鱼群。「同样地,于浊心」指同样被贪等烦恼所浊的心。「自利与他利」的意思就是既不见自利也不见他利。「他见到」就是同样在无浊的心中,那个人见到自利与他利。
Tattha āvileti kaddamāluḷite. Appasanneti tāyeva āvilatāya avippasanne. Sippikasambukañcāti sippikañca sambukañca. Macchagumbanti macchaghaṭaṃ. Evaṃ āvilamhīti evameva rāgādīhi āvile citte. Attadatthaṃ paratthanti neva attadatthaṃ na paratthaṃ passatīti attho. So passatīti evameva anāvile citte so puriso attadatthaṃ paratthañca passatīti.
534世尊引述这段过去的事后,开示诸谛,结集本生。在诸谛开示结束时,那位婆罗门青年证得了入流果。那时的那位青年就是现在的这个青年,而那位老师就是我。
Satthā imaṃ atītaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne brāhmaṇakumāro sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā māṇavo ayameva māṇavo ahosi, ācariyo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
575不乐本生注第五。
Anabhiratijātakavaṇṇanā pañcamā.
535[186] 6. 载酪本生注
[186] 6. Dadhivāhanajātakavaṇṇanā
536这一段是世尊住在竹林精舍时,针对一位亲近恶友的比丘而宣说的。相关故事前面已经讲过。世尊说道:「比丘们,与不善者共住确实是邪恶的,会带来无义的事。人当中,恶友共住会带来无义,这尚且不必多说。过去,即使是无心、却有着天界美味相状的芒果树,也因为与不甜、不美的苦尼婆树共住,而变得不甜、变苦了。」说完后,世尊引述了过去的事。
Vaṇṇagandharasūpetoti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto vipakkhaseviṃ bhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu heṭṭhā kathitameva. Satthā pana ‘‘bhikkhave, asādhusannivāso nāma pāpo anatthakaro, tattha manussabhūtānaṃ tāva pāpasannivāsassa anatthakaratāya kiṃ vattabbaṃ, pubbe pana asātena amadhurena nimbarukkhena saddhiṃ sannivāsamāgamma madhuraraso dibbarasapaṭibhāgo acetano ambarukkhopi amadhuro tittako jāto’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
537过去,在波罗奈梵授王统治时,迦尸国有四位婆罗门兄弟出家为仙人,在雪山地区依次搭建叶棚居住。他们的大哥去世后成为帝释天。他知道这情况后,每隔七八天会去探望他们。一天,他向大仙人礼拜后坐于一边,问道:“尊者,您需要什么?”那位患黄疸病的仙人说:“我需要火。”他听后,给了他一把斧凿。之所以称为“斧凿”,是因为插入柄中时,它既是斧也是凿。仙人说:“谁会拿这个去替我取柴呢?”于是帝释天这样说:“尊者,当您需要柴时,用手拍这凿子,说‘替我取柴来生火’,它就会取柴来生火。”帝释天把斧凿交给他后,第二次又靠近问道:“尊者,您需要什么?”那位仙人的叶棚附近有象道,他被象群骚扰,说:“我因为这些象而受苦,请把它们赶走。”帝释天给他一面鼓,说:“尊者,敲这面鼓的这一边,你们的敌人就会逃走;敲另一边,它们就会生起慈心,以四支军队护绕你们。”把鼓交给他后,帝释天又去到幼弟那里,问道:“尊者,您需要什么?”那位幼弟也是患黄疸病者,因此说:“我需要酪。”帝释天给了他一罐酪,说:“你们若愿意,把这罐倾倒,它会变成大河,兴起大流,甚至有能力取来王国赐予你们。”说完便离去了。从此以后,斧凿为大哥生火,另一位敲击鼓面时象群逃走,幼弟则享用酪。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente kāsiraṭṭhe cattāro bhātaro brāhmaṇā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā himavantapadese paṭipāṭiyā paṇṇasālā katvā vāsaṃ kappesuṃ. Tesaṃ jeṭṭhakabhātā kālaṃ katvā sakkattaṃ pāpuṇi. So taṃ kāraṇaṃ ñatvā antarantarā sattaṭṭhadivasaccayena tesaṃ upaṭṭhānaṃ gacchanto ekadivasaṃ jeṭṭhakatāpasaṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīditvā – ‘‘bhante, kena te attho’’ti pucchi. Paṇḍurogo tāpaso ‘‘agginā me attho’’ti āha. So taṃ sutvā tassa vāsipharasukaṃ adāsi. Vāsipharasuko nāma daṇḍe pavesanavasena vāsipi hoti pharasupi. Tāpaso ‘‘ko me imaṃ ādāya dārūni āharissatī’’ti āha. Atha naṃ sakko evamāha – ‘‘yadā te, bhante, dārūhi attho, imaṃ pharasuṃ hatthena paharitvā ‘dārūni me āharitvā aggiṃ karohī’ti vadeyyāsi, dārūni āharitvā aggiṃ katvā dassatī’’ti. Tassa vāsipharasukaṃ datvā dutiyampi upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘bhante, kena te attho’’ti pucchi. Tassa paṇṇasālāya hatthimaggo hoti, so hatthīhi upadduto ‘‘hatthīnaṃ me vasena dukkhaṃ uppajjati, te palāpehī’’ti āha. Sakko tassa ekaṃ bheriṃ upanāmetvā ‘‘bhante, imasmiṃ tale pahaṭe tumhākaṃ paccāmittā palāyissanti, imasmiṃ tale pahaṭe mettacittā hutvā caturaṅginiyā senāya parivāressantī’’ti vatvā taṃ bheriṃ datvā kaniṭṭhassa santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘bhante, kena te attho’’ti pucchi. Sopi paṇḍurogadhātukova, tasmā ‘‘dadhinā me attho’’ti āha. Sakko tassa ekaṃ dadhighaṭaṃ datvā ‘‘sace tumhe icchamānā imaṃ āsiñceyyātha, mahānadī hutvā mahoghaṃ pavattetvā tumhākaṃ rajjaṃ gahetvā dātuṃ samatthopi bhavissatī’’ti vatvā pakkāmi. Tato paṭṭhāya vāsipharasuko jeṭṭhabhātikassa aggiṃ karoti, itarena bheritale pahaṭe hatthī palāyanti, kaniṭṭho dadhiṃ paribhuñjati.
538那时,有一只猪在一个古旧村庄附近游走,见到一具有大威力的宝堆。它用口咬住那宝堆,凭借其威力升上空中,来到大海中央的一个小岛,心想:“现在我适合住在这里。”便降落下来,在一棵乌敦跋罗树下的舒适处安住。一天,它把宝堆放在树根前,然后入睡。这时,有一个迦尸国人,因为父母认为“这人对我们无益”而被赶出家门,他走到一个港口村,为船主们做雇工,乘船出海。船在大海中央破裂,他攀着一块木板,漂到那小岛。他在寻找果实时,看见那只沉睡的猪,悄悄上前取了宝堆。凭借宝堆的威力,他飞上空中,坐到乌敦跋罗树上,心想:“这只猪大概是依靠这宝堆的威力,成为空中行者而住在这里。我应该先杀死这只猪,吃它的肉,然后再走。”他折断一根木棒,击打猪的头。猪醒来,没看见宝,惊恐地东奔西跑。树上的人笑了起来。猪抬头望见了他,用头撞击那棵树,就死在那里。
Tasmiṃ kāle eko sūkaro ekasmiṃ purāṇagāmaṭṭhāne caranto ānubhāvasampannaṃ ekaṃ maṇikkhandhaṃ addasa. So taṃ maṇikkhandhaṃ mukhena ḍaṃsitvā tassānubhāvena ākāse uppatitvā samuddassa majjhe ekaṃ dīpakaṃ gantvā ‘‘ettha dāni mayā vasituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti otaritvā phāsukaṭṭhāne ekassa udumbararukkhassa heṭṭhā vāsaṃ kappesi. So ekadivasaṃ tasmiṃ rukkhamūle maṇikkhandhaṃ purato ṭhapetvā niddaṃ okkami. Atheko kāsiraṭṭhavāsī manusso ‘‘nirupakāro esa amhāka’’nti mātāpitūhi gehā nikkaḍḍhito ekaṃ paṭṭanagāmaṃ gantvā nāvikānaṃ kammakāro hutvā nāvaṃ āruyha samuddamajjhe bhinnāya nāvāya phalake nipanno taṃ dīpakaṃ patvā phalāphalāni pariyesanto taṃ sūkaraṃ niddāyantaṃ disvā saṇikaṃ gantvā maṇikkhandhaṃ gaṇhitvā tassa ānubhāvena ākāse uppatitvā udumbararukkhe nisīditvā cintesi – ‘‘ayaṃ sūkaro imassa maṇikkhandhassa ānubhāvena ākāsacāriko hutvā idha vasati maññe, mayā paṭhamameva imaṃ sūkaraṃ māretvā maṃsaṃ khāditvā pacchā gantuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti. So ekaṃ daṇḍakaṃ bhañjitvā tassa sīse pāteti. Sūkaro pabujjhitvā maṇiṃ apassanto ito cito ca kampamāno vidhāvati, rukkhe nisinnapuriso hasi. Sūkaro olokento taṃ disvā taṃ rukkhaṃ sīsena paharitvā tattheva mato.
539那个人下来后,生火把猪肉煮熟,吃完后飞上空中,沿着雪山顶飞行。他看见仙人隐居处,便降落在年长仙人的隐居所,住了两三天,恭敬侍奉仙人,也见识了斧凿的威力。他想:“我应该把这弄到手。”便向仙人展示宝堆的威力,说道:“尊者,请您收下这宝堆,把斧凿给我吧。”那位仙人想在空中飞行,收下宝堆,交出了斧凿。他得到斧凿,走了一小段路后,敲击斧凿命令道:“斧凿,去砍下仙人的头,把宝堆给我拿回来。”斧凿便前去砍下仙人的头,取回了宝堆。他把斧凿藏到隐蔽处,来到中间那位仙人那里,住了几天,见识了鼓的威力后,用宝堆换取了鼓,又用同样的方法,让斧凿砍下这位仙人的头。然后,他又去最年少的仙人那里,见到酪罐的威力,同样拿宝堆换取了酪罐,再用同样方法砍下此人的头。最后,他带着宝堆、斧凿、鼓和酪罐飞上空中,停在离波罗奈不远的地方,派人送信给波罗奈王,说:“要么跟我开战,要么把王位让给我。”
So puriso otaritvā aggiṃ katvā tassa maṃsaṃ pacitvā khāditvā ākāse uppatitvā himavantamatthakena gacchanto assamapadaṃ disvā jeṭṭhabhātikassa tāpasassa assame otaritvā dvīhatīhaṃ vasitvā tāpasassa vattapaṭivattaṃ akāsi, vāsipharasukassa ānubhāvañca passi. So ‘‘imaṃ mayā gahetuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti maṇikkhandhassa ānubhāvaṃ tāpasassa dassetvā ‘‘bhante, imaṃ maṇiṃ gahetvā vāsipharasukaṃ dethā’’ti āha. Tāpaso ākāsena caritukāmo taṃ gahetvā vāsipharasukaṃ adāsi. So taṃ gahetvā thokaṃ gantvā vāsipharasukaṃ paharitvā ‘‘vāsipharasuka tāpasassa sīsaṃ chinditvā maṇikkhandhaṃ me āharā’’ti āha. So gantvā tāpasassa sīsaṃ chinditvā maṇikkhandhaṃ āhari. So vāsipharasukaṃ paṭicchannaṭṭhāne ṭhapetvā majjhimatāpasassa santikaṃ gantvā katipāhaṃ vasitvā bheriyā ānubhāvaṃ disvā maṇikkhandhaṃ datvā bheriṃ gaṇhitvā purimanayeneva tassapi sīsaṃ chindāpetvā kaniṭṭhaṃ upasaṅkamitvā dadhighaṭassa ānubhāvaṃ disvā maṇikkhandhaṃ datvā dadhighaṭaṃ gahetvā purimanayeneva tassa sīsaṃ chindāpetvā maṇikkhandhañca vāsipharasukañca bheriñca dadhighaṭañca gahetvā ākāse uppatitvā bārāṇasiyā avidūre ṭhatvā bārāṇasirañño ‘‘yuddhaṃ vā me detu rajjaṃ vā’’ti ekassa purisassa hatthe paṇṇaṃ pāhesi.
540国王一听到消息,便说:“我要抓住这个贼。”随即率军出城。他敲了一声鼓面,四支军队便将他团团围住。他察觉国王即将大举进攻,就把酪罐丢了出去,霎时间一条大河奔腾而出。大众陷在酪中,根本无法脱身。他又敲击斧凿,命令:“去把国王的头拿来。”斧凿随即飞出去,砍下国王的头,放在他的脚边。没有一个人敢举起武器反抗。他借着巨大的威势,在众人的簇拥下进入城中,举行灌顶仪式,成为名叫达迪瓦哈纳的国王,并以正法、公正地治理王国。
Rājā sāsanaṃ sutvāva ‘‘coraṃ gaṇhissāmī’’ti nikkhami. So ekaṃ bheritalaṃ pahari, caturaṅginī senā parivāresi. Rañño avattharaṇabhāvaṃ ñatvā dadhighaṭaṃ vissajjesi, mahānadī pavatti. Mahājano dadhimhi osīditvā nikkhamituṃ nāsakkhi. Vāsipharasukaṃ paharitvā ‘‘rañño sīsaṃ āharā’’ti āha, vāsipharasuko gantvā rañño sīsaṃ āharitvā pādamūle nikkhipi. Ekopi āvudhaṃ ukkhipituṃ nāsakkhi. So mahantena balena parivuto nagaraṃ pavisitvā abhisekaṃ kāretvā dadhivāhano nāma rājā hutvā dhammena samena rajjaṃ kāresi.
541有一天,他在大河里用网篮玩耍时,从坎那蒙达达湖漂来一个天界受用的芒果,挂在了网上。人们拉起网,看到后献给了国王。那个芒果很大,有罐子大小,形状浑圆,颜色金黄。国王问樵夫们:‘这是什么果子?’听说是‘芒果’后,就享用了它,然后让人把果核种在自己的园林里,用牛奶水浇灌。树长出来后,第三年结了果。人们对这棵芒果树极为恭敬,用牛奶水浇灌,供养五指香印,围上花环,用香油灯点亮,还用布幔围起来作为屏障。芒果味道甘甜,色泽金黄。达迪瓦哈纳王在赠送给其他国王芒果时,因为担心他们种出树来,就用蛙刺把果核的发芽部位刺坏,再送出去。那些国王吃了芒果后,种下的果核都没能长成。他们问:‘这到底是什么原因?’这才知道了其中的秘密。
Tassekadivasaṃ mahānadiyaṃ jālakaraṇḍake kīḷantassa kaṇṇamuṇḍadahato devaparibhogaṃ ekaṃ ambapakkaṃ āgantvā jāle laggi, jālaṃ ukkhipantā taṃ disvā rañño adaṃsu. Taṃ mahantaṃ ghaṭappamāṇaṃ parimaṇḍalaṃ suvaṇṇavaṇṇaṃ ahosi. Rājā ‘‘kissa phalaṃ nāmeta’’nti vanacarake pucchitvā ‘‘ambaphala’’nti sutvā paribhuñjitvā tassa aṭṭhiṃ attano uyyāne ropāpetvā khīrodakena siñcāpesi. Rukkho nibbattitvā tatiye saṃvacchare phalaṃ adāsi. Ambassa sakkāro mahā ahosi, khīrodakena siñcanti, gandhapañcaṅgulikaṃ denti, mālādāmāni parikkhipanti, gandhatelena dīpaṃ jālenti, parikkhepo panassa paṭasāṇiyā ahosi. Phalāni madhurāni suvaṇṇavaṇṇāni ahesuṃ. Dadhivāhanarājā aññesaṃ rājūnaṃ ambaphalaṃ pesento aṭṭhito rukkhanibbattanabhayena aṅkuranibbattanaṭṭhānaṃ maṇḍūkakaṇṭakena vijjhitvā pesesi. Tesaṃ ambaṃ khāditvā aṭṭhi ropitaṃ na sampajjati. Te ‘‘kiṃ nu kho ettha kāraṇa’’nti pucchantā taṃ kāraṇaṃ jāniṃsu.
542于是,有一位国王召来自己的园林守护人,问他:‘你能把达迪瓦哈纳的芒果味道毁掉,让它变苦吗?’对方回答:‘能,陛下。’国王便说:‘那你就去吧。’给了他一千金币,派他出发。他来到波罗奈,通报说‘有一位园林师来了’,被国王召见后,进去礼拜国王。国王问:‘你是园林师吗?’他回答:‘是的,陛下。’接着便夸耀起自己的本事。国王说:‘去吧,你就跟我们的园林师一起做事。’从此,两人一同打理园林。新来的园林师很擅长让非时令的花开放,让非时令的果结实,把园林整治得特别美好。国王对他十分满意,就把原来的园林师赶了出去,把整个园林交给他一人管理。他看出园林已经完全由自己掌控后,便在芒果树周围种下了苦楝树和帕嘎瓦藤。渐渐地,苦楝树长大,它们的根与芒果树的根纠缠在一起,枝条与枝条互相交错,密密麻麻地裹在了一起。借着这种不甜不美的汁液相混,原本甘甜的芒果变得苦涩,味道就像苦楝叶。园林师发现芒果变苦后,就逃跑了。
Atheko rājā uyyānapālaṃ pakkositvā ‘‘dadhivāhanassa ambaphalānaṃ rasaṃ nāsetvā tittakabhāvaṃ kātuṃ sakkhissasī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘āma, devā’’ti vutte ‘‘tena hi gacchāhī’’ti sahassaṃ datvā pesesi. So bārāṇasiṃ gantvā ‘‘eko uyyānapālo āgato’’ti rañño ārocāpetvā tena pakkosāpito pavisitvā rājānaṃ vanditvā ‘‘tvaṃ uyyānapālo’’ti puṭṭho ‘‘āma, devā’’ti vatvā attano ānubhāvaṃ vaṇṇesi. Rājā ‘‘gaccha amhākaṃ uyyānapālassa santike hohī’’ti āha. Te tato paṭṭhāya dve janā uyyānaṃ paṭijagganti. Adhunāgato uyyānapālo akālapupphāni suṭṭhu pupphāpento akālaphalāni gaṇhāpento uyyānaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ akāsi. Rājā tassa pasīditvā porāṇakauyyānapālaṃ nīharitvā tasseva uyyānaṃ adāsi. So uyyānassa attano hatthagatabhāvaṃ ñatvā ambarukkhaṃ parivāretvā nimbe ca phaggavavalliyo ca ropesi, anupubbena nimbā vaḍḍhiṃsu, mūlehi mūlāni, sākhāhi ca sākhā saṃsaṭṭhā onaddhavinaddhā ahesuṃ. Tena asātaamadhurasaṃsaggena tāvamadhuraphalo ambo tittako jāto nimbapaṇṇasadisaraso, ambaphalānaṃ tittakabhāvaṃ ñatvā uyyānapālo palāyi.
543达迪瓦哈纳王来到园林吃芒果,芒果汁一进嘴里,就像苦楝的渣滓一样,根本咽不下去,他干呕了几次,吐了出来。那时,菩萨是他的利益与法义的教诫大臣。国王叫菩萨过来,问他:‘智者啊,这棵树并没有缺少过去所有的照料,尽管这样,果子却变苦了,到底是什么原因呢?’接着说出第一首偈颂——
Dadhivāhano uyyānaṃ gantvā ambaphalaṃ khādanto mukhe paviṭṭhaṃ ambarasaṃ nimbakasaṭaṃ viya ajjhoharituṃ asakkonto kakkāretvā niṭṭhubhi. Tadā bodhisatto tassa atthadhammānusāsako amacco ahosi. Rājā bodhisattaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘paṇḍita, imassa rukkhassa porāṇakaparihārato parihīnaṃ natthi, evaṃ santepissa phalaṃ tittakaṃ jātaṃ, kiṃ nu kho kāraṇa’’nti pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
71七十一。
71.
545「过去这芒果,色香味具足。」
‘‘Vaṇṇagandharasūpeto , amboyaṃ ahuvā pure;
546同受这般恭敬供养,为何芒果反成苦?
Tameva pūjaṃ labhamāno, kenambo kaṭukapphalo’’ti.
547于是,菩萨为了说明其中的原因,说出第二首偈颂——
Athassa kāraṇaṃ ācikkhanto bodhisatto dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
72七十二。
72.
549苦楝树环绕,芒果是你的,达迪瓦哈纳;
‘‘Pucimandaparivāro, ambo te dadhivāhana;
550根与根相互纠缠,枝与枝彼此依附;
Mūlaṃ mūlena saṃsaṭṭhaṃ, sākhā sākhā nisevare;
551因为与不甜的树共住,这棵芒果树就结出了苦果。
Asātasannivāsena, tenambo kaṭukapphalo’’ti.
552其中,「被苦楝树围绕」指被苦楝树所围绕。「枝条与枝条相伴」:苦楝树的枝条与芒果树的枝条相互依附。「因与不甜者共住」:与不甜的苦楝树共住。「因此」:由于这种原因,这棵芒果树就变成了结苦果、不甜果、苦涩果子的树。
Tattha pucimandaparivāroti nimbarukkhaparivāro. Sākhā sākhā nisevareti pucimandassa sākhāyo ambarukkhassa sākhāyo nisevanti. Asātasannivāsenāti amadhurehi pucimandehi saddhiṃ sannivāsena. Tenāti tena kāraṇena ayaṃ ambo kaṭukapphalo asātaphalo tittakaphalo jātoti.
553国王听完他的话,就命人砍掉了所有的苦楝树和帕嘎瓦藤,挖去树根,把周围不甜的土都运走,填进甜土,然后用牛奶水、糖水和香水细心照料这棵芒果树。因为与甜味相伴,它又变回了甘甜。国王把园林还给原来的看守人,在那里度过余生后就随着业力去了。
Rājā tassa vacanaṃ sutvā sabbepi pucimande ca phaggavavalliyo ca chindāpetvā mūlāni uddharāpetvā samantā amadhurapaṃsuṃ harāpetvā madhurapaṃsuṃ pakkhipāpetvā khīrodakasakkharodakagandhodakehi ambaṃ paṭijaggāpesi. So madhurasaṃsaggena puna madhurova ahosi. Rājā pakatiuyyānapālasseva uyyānaṃ niyyādetvā yāvatāyukaṃ ṭhatvā yathākammaṃ gato.
554世尊开示完这个法之后,将本生故事连接起来说道:“那时,我就是那位智慧大臣。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā ahameva paṇḍitāmacco ahosi’’nti.
596达迪瓦哈纳本生注疏·第六
Dadhivāhanajātakavaṇṇanā chaṭṭhā.
555[187] 7. 第四车本生注疏
[187] 7. Catumaṭṭhajātakavaṇṇanā
556「坐于高枝」这句话,是世尊住在祇园精舍时,针对一位长老比丘讲的。据说,有一天,两位上首弟子正在那里互相问答,一位长老比丘走到他们旁边,以第三者的身份坐下,说:“尊者,我也想向两位提问,两位也可以把自己的疑惑拿来问我。”两位长老厌烦他,就起身走了。那些前来听法的四众弟子在集会散了以后,去到世尊那里。世尊问:“你们怎么在不适当的时候来了?”他们就把事情的缘由说了一遍。世尊说:“比丘们,舍利弗和目犍连不是现在才厌烦他,不说法就走开的,过去他们也这样走过。”然后就开始讲起了过去的故事。
Ucceviṭabhimāruyhāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ mahallakabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekadivasaṃ kira dvīsu aggasāvakesu aññamaññaṃ pañhapucchanavissajjanakathāya nisinnesu eko mahallako bhikkhu tesaṃ santikaṃ gantvā tatiyo hutvā nisīditvā ‘‘bhante, mayampi tumhe pañhaṃ pucchissāma, tumhepi attano kaṅkhaṃ amhe pucchathā’’ti āha. Therā taṃ jigucchitvā uṭṭhāya pakkamiṃsu. Therānaṃ dhammaṃ sotuṃ nisinnaparisā samāgamassa bhinnakāle satthu santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘kiṃ akāle āgatatthā’’ti vutte taṃ kāraṇaṃ ārocayiṃsu. Satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva sāriputtamoggallānā etaṃ jigucchitvā akathetvā pakkamanti, pubbepi pakkamiṃsū’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
557过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治时,菩萨是阿兰若处的一位树神。那时,有两只幼天鹅从心峰山出来,停在那棵树上,外出觅食后再返回,也在这棵树上歇息,然后飞回心峰山。日久天长,它们与菩萨之间变得亲密。每次来去,它们都互相问候、谈论法义,然后离去。有一天,它们正坐在树顶与菩萨交谈,一只豺狼站在那棵树下,向那两只幼天鹅搭话,说出了第一首偈:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto araññāyatane rukkhadevatā ahosi. Atha dve haṃsapotakā cittakūṭapabbatā nikkhamitvā tasmiṃ rukkhe nisīditvā gocarāya gantvā nivattantāpi tasmiṃyeva vissamitvā cittakūṭaṃ gacchanti. Gacchante gacchante kāle tesaṃ bodhisattena saddhiṃ vissāso ahosi. Gacchantā ca āgacchantā ca aññamaññaṃ sammoditvā dhammakathaṃ kathetvā pakkamiṃsu. Athekadivasaṃ tesu rukkhagge nisīditvā bodhisattena saddhiṃ kathentesu eko siṅgālo tassa rukkhassa heṭṭhā ṭhatvā tehi haṃsapotakehi saddhiṃ mantento paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
73七十三。
73.
559“你们坐在高枝上,秘密交谈;
‘‘Ucce viṭabhimāruyha, mantayavho rahogatā;
560请下到低处来交谈吧,兽王也会听见的。
Nīce oruyha mantavho, migarājāpi sossatī’’ti.
561在这里,「爬到高枝上」是指在本来就很高的这棵树上,爬上了一根更高处的枝条。经文中的「你们商议吧」,意思是你们交谈、讨论。「下到低处」是指下来,站在低处交谈。「兽王也会听见」这句话,是它把自己当作兽王而说的。那些小天鹅们对此感到厌恶,起身后便直接飞回心峰山去了。
Tattha ucce viṭabhimāruyhāti pakatiyā ca ucce imasmiṃ rukkhe uccataraṃ ekaṃ viṭapaṃ abhiruhitvā. Mantayavhoti mantetha kathetha. Nīce oruyhāti otaritvā nīce ṭhāne ṭhatvā mantetha. Migarājāpi sossatīti attānaṃ migarājānaṃ katvā āha. Haṃsapotakā jigucchitvā uṭṭhāya cittakūṭameva gatā.
562在他们离开之后,菩萨对豺说了第二首偈颂:
Tesaṃ gatakāle bodhisatto siṅgālassa dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
74七十四。
74.
564“妙色者与妙色者,天神与天神交谈,
‘‘Yaṃ suvaṇṇo suvaṇṇena, devo devena mantaye;
565你这四种都低劣的家伙,豺啊,钻进洞去吧。
Kiṃ tettha catumaṭṭhassa, bilaṃ pavisa jambukā’’ti.
566在这里,「妙色者」是指拥有美好颜色者。「与妙色者」是指与另一只小天鹅。「天神与天神」是说把那两者都视作天神而说的。「四种柔美者」的字面意思是:以身体、出身、声音、功德这四者而柔美、清净的人。然而,这位菩萨实际上是以赞美的言辞来贬斥那个根本不净的家伙,这样说的用意是:你这个在这四方面都低劣的豺,留在这里有什么用?这就是此处的含义。「钻进洞去吧」这句话,是菩萨向它显示出令人生畏的所缘,为了把那只豺赶走而说的。
Tattha suvaṇṇoti sundaravaṇṇo. Suvaṇṇenāti dutiyena haṃsapotakena. Devo devenāti teyeva dve deve katvā katheti. Catumaṭṭhassāti sarīrena jātiyā sarena guṇenāti imehi catūhi maṭṭhassa suddhassāti akkharattho. Asuddhaṃyeva pana taṃ pasaṃsāvacanena nindanto evamāha, catūhi lāmakassa kiṃ te ettha siṅgālassāti ayamettha adhippāyo. ‘‘Bilaṃ pavisā’’ti idaṃ bodhisatto bheravārammaṇaṃ dassetvā taṃ palāpento āha.
567导师开示完这个法后,这样总结本生故事:“当时的豺是那位年老比丘,两只小天鹅是舍利弗与目犍连,而那位树神则是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā siṅgālo mahallako ahosi, dve haṃsapotakā sāriputtamoggallānā, rukkhadevatā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
610《四柔美者本生注》第七。
Catumaṭṭhajātakavaṇṇanā sattamā.
568[188] 8. 《狮子与豺本生注》
[188] 8. Sīhakotthujātakavaṇṇanā
569「狮指、狮爪」这则故事,是世尊住在祇园时,以拘迦利的事情作为因缘而宣讲的。据说,有一天,当其他多闻比丘在说法时,拘迦利自己也想讲法。这整件事都如同前面所叙述的方式,应详细展开。世尊听到了那件事情之后,说道:“诸位比丘,拘迦利并非只是今天才靠他自己的声音出名,过去他也曾出过名。”于是,世尊就讲起了过去世的因缘。
Sīhaṅgulī sīhanakhoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto kokālikaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekadivasaṃ kira kokāliko aññesu bahussutesu dhammaṃ kathentesu sayampi kathetukāmo ahosīti sabbaṃ heṭṭhā vuttanayeneva vitthāretabbaṃ. Taṃ pana pavattiṃ sutvā satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, kokāliko idāneva attano saddena pākaṭo jāto, pubbepi pākaṭo ahosī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
570过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治的时期,菩萨投生在雪山地方,成为一头狮子。它与一头母豺同居后,生了一个儿子。这个儿子在手指、爪子、鬃毛、颜色、体形这些外貌特征上,都跟父亲很相似,唯独声音却像母亲。后来有一天,雨停了,狮群吼叫着嬉戏玩耍时,这个儿子也想在狮群中间吼叫,结果却发出了豺的叫声。狮子们听到他的叫声后,全都沉默了下来。这时,另外一头与菩萨同种姓的亲生子听到了他的声音,便问道:“父亲,这头狮子在颜色等方面都和我们一样,但他的声音却完全不同,他到底是谁呀?” 问完,便诵出了第一首偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto himavantapadese sīho hutvā ekāya siṅgāliyā saddhiṃ saṃvāsamanvāya puttaṃ paṭilabhi. So aṅgulīhi nakhehi kesarena vaṇṇena saṇṭhānenāti imehi ākārehi pitusadiso ahosi, saddena mātusadiso. Athekadivasaṃ deve vassitvā vigate sīhesu naditvā sīhakīḷaṃ kīḷantesu sopi tesaṃ antare naditukāmo hutvā siṅgālikaṃ nādaṃ nadi. Athassa saddaṃ sutvā sīhā tuṇhī ahesuṃ. Tassa saddaṃ sutvā aparo bodhisattassa sajātiputto ‘‘tāta, ayaṃ sīho vaṇṇādīhi amhehi samāno, saddo panassa aññādiso, ko nāmeso’’ti pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
7575.
75.
572「他有着狮子的指、狮子的爪,以狮足安立;」
‘‘Sīhaṅgulī sīhanakho, sīhapādapatiṭṭhito;
573「他明明是一头狮子,身处狮群之中,唯独他一个,叫出来的声音却完全不一样。」
So sīho sīhasaṅghamhi, eko nadati aññathā’’ti.
574在这里,「以狮足安立」(sīhapādapatiṭṭhito)指仅以狮子的脚掌站立。「独自发出不同的叫声」(eko nadati aññathā)指唯独他一个,用和其余狮子不同的豺叫声来吼叫,所以叫得不一样。
Tattha sīhapādapatiṭṭhitoti sīhapādeheva patiṭṭhito. Eko nadati aññathāti ekova avasesasīhehi asadisena siṅgālasaddena nadanto aññathā nadati.
575菩萨听了之后,说道:“孩子,这是你的弟弟,是豺母的儿子,外表像我,声音像母亲。”接着,他把小豺叫过来,叮嘱他说:“孩子,从今以后,你住在这里要安安静静的。要是再叫,他们就会发现你其实是豺了。”然后诵出了第二个偈颂:
Taṃ sutvā bodhisatto ‘‘tāta, esa tava bhātā siṅgāliyā putto, rūpena mayā sadiso, saddena mātarā sadiso’’ti vatvā siṅgāliputtaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘tāta, tvaṃ ito paṭṭhāya idha vasanto appasaddo vasa, sace puna nadissasi, siṅgālabhāvaṃ te jānissantī’’ti ovadanto dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
76七十六
76.
577“孩子,你别出声,在林中安静地待着;
‘‘Mā tvaṃ nadi rājaputta, appasaddo vane vasa;
578人家会凭声音认出你来,因为你的叫声,可不像你父亲啊。”
Sarena kho taṃ jāneyyuṃ, na hi te pettiko saro’’ti.
579这里,「王子」是指狮子,也就是兽王的儿子。而小豺听了这番教导之后,就再也不敢随便出声了。
Tattha rājaputtāti sīhassa migarañño putta. Imañca pana ovādaṃ sutvā puna so nadituṃ nāma na ussahi.
580导师讲完这段开示,把本生故事连接起来说:“那时的豺是拘迦利,同父的弟弟是罗睺罗,而兽王就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā siṅgālo kokāliko ahosi, sajātiputto rāhulo, migarājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
624《狮子与豺狼本生经》注释 第八
Sīhakotthujātakavaṇṇanā aṭṭhamā.
581[189] 9. 狮皮本生经注释
[189] 9. Sīhacammajātakavaṇṇanā
582「这并非狮子的吼声」这件事,是导师住在祇园时,针对拘迦利而说的。当时拘迦利想要诵出《獐子本生》。导师听说了这件事,就引出了过去的故事。
Netaṃ sīhassa naditanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto kokālikaññeva ārabbha kathesi. So imasmiṃ kāle sarabhaññaṃ bhaṇitukāmo ahosi. Satthā taṃ pavattiṃ sutvā atītaṃ āhari.
583过去,在波罗奈城,梵授王统治国家的时候,菩萨投生在一个农夫家庭,长大后以种田为生。那时有一个商人,用驴子驮着货物到处做生意。他每到一个地方,就把货物从驴背上卸下来,给驴披上狮子皮,然后把它放进稻田或大麦田里。守田的人看见它,以为是“狮子”,不敢靠近。后来有一天,这个商人住在一个村口,让人准备早饭,然后给驴披上狮子皮,放进大麦田里。守田的人以为是狮子,不敢靠近,就跑回家报告。全村的村民都拿起武器,吹着海螺,敲着鼓,来到田地附近,大声呐喊。那头驴因为害怕被杀,发出了驴叫声。于是菩萨知道了它是驴,便诵出了第一首偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kassakakule nibbattitvā vayappatto kasikammena jīvikaṃ kappesi. Tasmiṃ kāle eko vāṇijo gadrabhabhārakena vohāraṃ karonto vicarati. So gatagataṭṭhāne gadrabhassa piṭṭhito bhaṇḍikaṃ otāretvā gadrabhaṃ sīhacammena pārupitvā sāliyavakhettesu vissajjeti. Khettarakkhakā taṃ disvā ‘‘sīho’’ti saññāya upasaṅkamituṃ na sakkonti. Athekadivasaṃ so vāṇijo ekasmiṃ gāmadvāre nivāsaṃ gahetvā pātarāsaṃ pacāpento tato gadrabhaṃ sīhacammaṃ pārupitvā yavakhette vissajjesi. Khettarakkhakā ‘‘sīho’’ti saññāya taṃ upasaṅkamituṃ asakkontā gehaṃ gantvā ārocesuṃ. Sakalagāmavāsino āvudhāni gahetvā saṅkhe dhamentā bheriyo vādentā khettasamīpaṃ gantvā unnadiṃsu, gadrabho maraṇabhayabhīto gadrabharavaṃ ravi. Athassa gadrabhabhāvaṃ ñatvā bodhisatto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
77七十七。
77.
585“这并非狮子的吼声,也不是老虎的,也不是豹子的;
‘‘Netaṃ sīhassa naditaṃ, na byagghassa na dīpino;
586披着狮子皮的,是头下贱的驴在叫。”
Pāruto sīhacammena, jammo nadati gadrabho’’ti.
587在这里,「jammo」是指低劣的。村民们知道那不过是头驴后,打断了它的骨头,痛打了它一顿,然后拿着狮子皮离开了。
Tattha jammoti lāmako. Gāmavāsinopi tassa gadrabhabhāvaṃ ñatvā taṃ aṭṭhīni bhañjantā pothetvā sīhacammaṃ ādāya agamaṃsu.
588随后,那位商人回来,看见那头驴遭遇了这样的灾难,便诵出了第二首偈颂——
Atha so vāṇijo āgantvā taṃ byasanabhāvappattaṃ gadrabhaṃ disvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
78七十八。
78.
590这头驴或许能长久地吃着绿油油的大麦,
‘‘Cirampi kho taṃ khādeyya, gadrabho haritaṃ yavaṃ;
591但披着狮子皮,它一发出叫声就毁了自己。”
Pāruto sīhacammena, ravamānova dūsayī’’ti.
592「taṃ」只是一个小品词。意思是:这头驴没能遮掩自己的驴本性,虽然披着狮子皮,或许能长久地吃着绿油油的大麦。「ravamānova dūsayī」意思是:正是它发出驴叫声,毁了自己,狮子皮在这里毫无过错。就在这样讲述的时候,那头驴当场倒下死了。商人也抛弃了它,径自离去。
Tattha tanti nipātamattaṃ, ayaṃ gadrabho attano gadrabhabhāvaṃ ajānāpetvā sīhacammena pāruto cirampi kālaṃ haritaṃ yavaṃ khādeyyāti attho. Ravamānova dūsayīti attano pana gadrabharavaṃ ravamānovesa attānaṃ dūsayi, natthettha sīhacammassa dosoti. Tasmiṃ evaṃ kathenteyeva gadrabho tattheva nipanno mari, vāṇijopi taṃ pahāya pakkāmi.
593世尊讲完这个法谈之后,把本生故事连接起来:‘当时的商人就是提婆达多,驴是拘迦利,而那位智慧的农夫,就是我自己(世尊)。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā vāṇijo devadatto ahosi, gadrabho kokāliko, paṇḍitakassako pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
638狮子皮本生注第九
Sīhacammajātakavaṇṇanā navamā.
594[190] 10. 戒德利益本生注
[190] 10. Sīlānisaṃsajātakavaṇṇanā
595“Passa saddhāya sīlassa”(请看,由信、戒……)这则故事是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位有信的近事男而讲述的。据说,这位有信、虔诚的圣弟子,有一天前往祇园。傍晚时分来到阿致罗筏底河岸,船夫们将船停在岸边,都去听法了。他在渡口没见到船,便生起以佛陀为所缘的喜悦,下到河中。他的脚在水中没有下沉,像走在大地上一样。当走到河中央时,他看到了波浪。这时,他以佛陀为所缘的喜悅减弱,脚便开始下陷。于是他重新加强那种以佛陀为所缘的喜悦,直接从水面走过,进入祇园,礼拜世尊后坐在一边。世尊与他寒暄后问道:‘近事男,你来的路上是否很辛苦啊?’他说:‘大德,我生起以佛陀为所缘的喜悦,得以站在水面上,就像踏着大地一样走来。’世尊说:‘近事男,不只是你现在忆念佛功德而获得立足,过去也有近事男们在大海中央船毁时,忆念佛功德而获得立足。’在他请求下,世尊便讲述了过去之事。
Passasaddhāya sīlassāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ saddhaṃ upāsakaṃ ārabbha kathesi. So kira saddho pasanno ariyasāvako ekadivasaṃ jetavanaṃ gacchanto sāyaṃ aciravatinadītīraṃ gantvā nāvike nāvaṃ tīre ṭhapetvā dhammassavanatthāya gate titthe nāvaṃ adisvā buddhārammaṇaṃ pītiṃ gahetvā nadiṃ otari, pādā udakamhi na osīdiṃsu. So pathavītale gacchanto viya vemajjhaṃ gatakāle vīciṃ passi. Athassa buddhārammaṇā pīti mandā jātā, pādā osīdituṃ ārabhiṃsu, so puna buddhārammaṇaṃ pītiṃ daḷhaṃ katvā udakapiṭṭheneva gantvā jetavanaṃ pavisitvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Satthā tena saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ katvā ‘‘upāsaka, kacci maggaṃ āgacchanto appakilamathena āgatosī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘bhante, buddhārammaṇaṃ pītiṃ gahetvā udakapiṭṭhe patiṭṭhaṃ labhitvā pathaviṃ maddanto viya āgatomhī’’ti vutte ‘‘na kho pana, upāsaka, tvaññeva buddhaguṇe anussaritvā patiṭṭhaṃ laddho, pubbepi upāsakā samuddamajjhe nāvāya bhinnāya buddhaguṇe anussarantā patiṭṭhaṃ labhiṃsū’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
596过去,在迦叶佛时代,一位入流者圣弟子与一位理发师居士一同登船。那位理发师的妻子将理发师托付给那位近事男,说道:‘尊者,此人的苦乐就由您负责了。’那艘船在第七天于大海中央毁坏了,他们二人躺在一块木板上,漂到一座小岛。在那里,理发师捕杀鸟雀,煮熟了吃,也分给近事男。近事男说:‘我不需要。’便不吃。他这样想:‘在这里,除了三皈依,我们别无依靠。’于是他便忆念三宝的功德。当他忆念的时候,住在此岛的龙王将自己的身体化作一艘大船显现出来,大海天神担任导航,船中装满了七宝,三个井栏是靛青琉璃做成的,装饰是金的,绳索是银的,桨和舵也是金的。
Atīte kassapasammāsambuddhakāle sotāpanno ariyasāvako ekena nhāpitakuṭumbikena saddhiṃ nāvaṃ abhiruhi, tassa nhāpitassa bhariyā ‘‘ayya, imassa sukhadukkhaṃ tava bhāro’’ti nhāpitaṃ tassa upāsakassa hatthe nikkhipi. Atha sā nāvā sattame divase samuddamajjhe bhinnā, tepi dve janā ekasmiṃ phalake nipannā ekaṃ dīpakaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu. Tattha so nhāpito sakuṇe māretvā pacitvā khādanto upāsakassapi deti. Upāsako ‘‘alaṃ mayha’’nti na khādati. So cintesi – ‘‘imasmiṃ ṭhāne amhākaṃ ṭhapetvā tīṇi saraṇāni aññā patiṭṭhā natthī’’ti. So tiṇṇaṃ ratanānaṃ guṇe anussari. Athassānusarantassa tasmiṃ dīpake nibbatto nāgarājā attano sarīraṃ mahānāvaṃ katvā māpesi, samuddadevatā niyāmako ahosi, nāvā sattahi ratanehi pūrayittha, tayo kūpakā indanīlamaṇimayā ahesuṃ, suvaṇṇamayo laṅkāro, rajatamayāni yottāni, suvaṇṇamayāni yaṭṭhiphiyāni.
597大海天神站在船上高声问道:“有要去阎浮提的人吗?”那位近事男回答:“我们要去。”“那就来吧,请上船。”近事男上船后,招呼理发师也上来。大海天神说:“只有你才能乘坐,他不行。”“什么原因呢?”“他没有戒德和良好的行仪,就是因为这个。这艘船是我特地为你带来的,不是为他。”“好吧,我将凭自己布施所护、戒德所护、修行所修的功德,为他作回向分享。”理发师说:“主人,我随喜!”天神便说:“现在让他也上船吧。”于是也让他登船,将两人都带出大海,顺着河流到达波罗奈,然后运用自己的威神力,为这二人在各自家中安置了财富。天神宣说与智者交往的功德,并诵出了以下的偈颂——
Samuddadevatā nāvāya ṭhatvā ‘‘atthi jambudīpagamikā’’ti ghosesi. Upāsako ‘‘mayaṃ gamissāmā’’ti āha. Tena hi ehi, nāvaṃ abhiruhāti. So nāvaṃ abhiruhitvā nhāpitaṃ pakkosi, samuddadevatā – ‘‘tuyhaññeva labbhati, na etassā’’ti āha. ‘‘Kiṃkāraṇā’’ti? ‘‘Etassa sīlaguṇācāro natthi, taṃ kāraṇaṃ. Ahañhi tuyhaṃ nāvaṃ āhariṃ, na etassā’’ti. ‘‘Hotu, ahaṃ attanā dinnadānena rakkhitasīlena bhāvitabhāvanāya etassa pattiṃ dammī’’ti. Nhāpito ‘‘anumodāmi, sāmī’’ti āha. Devatā ‘‘idāni gaṇhissāmī’’ti tampi āropetvā ubhopi jane samuddā nikkhāmetvā nadiyā bārāṇasiṃ gantvā attano ānubhāvena dvinnampi tesaṃ gehe dhanaṃ patiṭṭhapetvā ‘‘paṇḍiteheva saddhiṃ saṃsaggo nāma kātabbo. Sace hi imassa nhāpitassa iminā upāsakena saddhiṃ saṃsaggo nābhavissa, samuddamajjheyeva nassissā’’ti paṇḍitasaṃsaggaguṇaṃ kathayamānā imā gāthā avoca –
79七十九。
79.
599“请看,这就是出于信、戒与施舍所得到的果报;
‘‘Passa saddhāya sīlassa, cāgassa ca ayaṃ phalaṃ;
600龙王以船的形貌,承载着具信的近事男。
Nāgo nāvāya vaṇṇena, saddhaṃ vahatupāsakaṃ.
80八十。
80.
602“只应亲近善士,应与善士作亲密的交往;
‘‘Sabbhireva samāsetha, sabbhi kubbetha santhavaṃ;
603正因为与善人共同生活,那位理发师才得以平安。
Satañhi sannivāsena, sotthiṃ gacchati nhāpito’’ti.
604在这里,「请看」(passa)这个词,是不指定具体某个人,而是呼唤大家说‘你们都来看!’的意思。「以信」(saddhāya),指的是世间和出世间的「信」。对于「戒」(sīlassa)的解释也是同样的道理。「施舍」(cāgassa),包括对「应施法」(deyyadhamma)的布施舍弃,以及对烦恼的舍弃。「此果」(ayaṃ phalaṃ),就是指这个果报、功德和利益。或者也可以这样来理解:请看施舍的果报,就是这位龙王以船形出现……应当从这个角度来领会其中的意义。「以船形」(nāvāya vaṇṇena),就是指以船的形态。「有信的」(saddhaṃ),指的是坚固安住在三宝上的「信」。「只与善士」(sabbhireva),就是只与贤明有智慧的人的意思。「共住」(samāsetha),是指一起居住、一起亲近的意思。「应作」(kubbetha),就是应当去做。「亲交」(santhavaṃ),这里指的是朋友间的交往情谊。但是,不论对谁,都不应该建立出于渴爱的交往。「理发师」(nhāpito),是指那位理发师居士。有的版本也写作‘Nahāpito’。
Tattha passāti kañci aniyametvā passathāti ālapati. Saddhāyāti lokiyalokuttarāya saddhāya. Sīlepi eseva nayo. Cāgassāti deyyadhammapariccāgassa ceva kilesapariccāgassa ca. Ayaṃ phalanti idaṃ phalaṃ, guṇaṃ ānisaṃsanti attho. Atha vā cāgassa ca phalaṃ passa, ayaṃ nāgo nāvāya vaṇṇenāti evampettha attho daṭṭhabbo. Nāvāya vaṇṇenāti nāvāya saṇṭhānena. Saddhanti tīsu ratanesu patiṭṭhitasaddhaṃ. Sabbhirevāti paṇḍitehiyeva . Samāsethāti ekato āvaseyya, upavaseyyāti attho. Kubbethāti kareyya. Santhavanti mittasanthavaṃ. Taṇhāsanthavo pana kenacipi saddhiṃ na kātabbo. Nhāpitoti nhāpitakuṭumbiko. ‘‘Nahāpito’’tipi pāṭho.
605就这样,大海天神站在空中,开示了法、给了教诫之后,摄受龙王,便回到了自己的天宫。
Evaṃ samuddadevatā ākāse ṭhatvā dhammaṃ desetvā ovaditvā nāgarājānaṃ gaṇhitvā attano vimānameva agamāsi.
606导师引用这段法的开示,阐明诸谛之后,把本生连结起来——在讲完谛的时候,那位近事男就安立在一来果上。‘那时候,入流者近事男般涅槃了,龙王是舍利弗,而大海天神正是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – saccapariyosāne upāsako sakadāgāmiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā sotāpannaupāsako parinibbāyi, nāgarājā sāriputto ahosi, samuddadevatā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
652《戒功德本生》注释 第十
Sīlānisaṃsajātakavaṇṇanā dasamā.
653《无等比品》 第四
Asadisavaggo catuttho.
607那里的摄颂是:
Tassuddānaṃ –
608《无等比》、《会遇》、《毛滴水》、《山授》;
Asadisañca saṅgāmaṃ, vālodakaṃ giridattaṃ;
609《无喜》、《持酪》、《四指》、《狮子盗》;
Nabhirati dadhivāhaṃ, catumaṭṭhaṃ sīhakoṭṭhaṃ;
610《狮子皮》、《戒功德》。
Sīhacammaṃ sīlānisaṃsaṃ.
6115. 卢哈迦品
5. Ruhakavaggo
612[191] 1. 《卢哈迦本生》的注释
[191] 1. Ruhakajātakavaṇṇanā
613「Api ruhaka chinnāpi」这首偈,是世尊住在祇园时,以一位比丘受到前妻诱惑的事为缘而说的。这则故事将在《八集·根生》(本生经 1.8.60 等)中详细说明。世尊对那位比丘说:“比丘,这个女人是来害你的。过去她就在国王和大众面前让你出丑,弄得你像要离家出走一样。”然后,应那位比丘的请求,世尊引出过去的故事。
Apiruhaka chinnāpīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto purāṇadutiyikāpalobhanaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu aṭṭhakanipāte indriyajātake (jā. 1.8.60 ādayo) āvibhavissati. Satthā pana taṃ bhikkhuṃ ‘‘ayaṃ te bhikkhu itthī anatthakārikā, pubbepi te esā sarājikāya parisāya majjhe lajjāpetvā gehā nikkhamanākāraṃ kāresī’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
614过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治时期,菩萨投生在国王的第一王后腹中,长大成人,在父王去世后登上王位,依法治国。他的国师名叫卢哈迦,卢哈迦的妻子是一位名叫普拉尼的婆罗门女。国王赐给这位婆罗门一套马具,并用它装饰了一匹马,送给国师。国师骑着这匹马去侍奉国王。那时,四处的人们看见他坐在装饰华丽的马背上往来,纷纷赞叹说:“啊,这马的容貌!啊,这马真漂亮!”人们只称赞那匹马。国师回到家,登上楼阁,对妻子说:“亲爱的,我们的马非常漂亮,两旁站着的人都只称赞我们的马。”可这位婆罗门女有点心眼不正、性情狡诈,因此对他说:“丈夫,你不知道马漂亮的缘由。这马是因为自己身上佩戴的马具才漂亮。如果你也想如马一般漂亮,就戴上马具,走到街上,像马那样跺着脚步,去晋见国王,国王一定会称赞你,人们也会只称赞你。”
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto tassa aggamahesiyā kucchimhi nibbattitvā vayappatto pitu accayena rajje patiṭṭhāya dhammena rajjaṃ kāresi. Tassa ruhako nāma purohito ahosi, tassa purāṇī nāma brāhmaṇī bhariyā. Rājā brāhmaṇassa assabhaṇḍakena alaṅkaritvā assaṃ adāsi. So taṃ assaṃ āruyha rañño upaṭṭhānaṃ gacchati. Atha naṃ alaṅkataassassa piṭṭhe nisīditvā gacchantaṃ āgacchantañca disvā tahiṃ tahiṃ ṭhitā manussā ‘‘aho assassa rūpaṃ, aho asso sobhatī’’ti assameva pasaṃsanti. So gehaṃ āgantvā pāsādaṃ abhiruyha bhariyaṃ āmantesi – ‘‘bhadde , amhākaṃ asso ativiya sobhati, ubhosu passesu ṭhitā manussā amhākaṃ assameva vaṇṇentī’’ti. Sā pana brāhmaṇī thokaṃ chinnikā dhuttikadhātukā, tena naṃ evamāha – ‘‘ayya, tvaṃ assassa sobhanakāraṇaṃ na jānāsi, ayaṃ asso attano alaṅkataṃ assabhaṇḍakaṃ nissāya sobhati, sace tvampi asso viya sobhitukāmo assabhaṇḍakaṃ piḷandhitvā antaravīthiṃ oruyha asso viya pāde koṭṭayamāno gantvā rājānaṃ passa, rājāpi taṃ vaṇṇayissati, manussāpi taññeva vaṇṇayissantī’’ti.
615那位天生有点疯癫的婆罗门听了妻子的话,不明白“她是因为这个原因才这么对我说”,就信以为真,照做了。每一个看见他的人都嘲笑说:“老师真漂亮!”国王见了,对他说:“怎么啦,国师,你的胆汁紊乱了吗?你疯了吗?”等等,让他感到羞耻。当时,婆罗门心想“我做了不合适的事”,感到羞耻,又对妻子生气,想“就是她让我在国王和众人面前出丑,我要揍她一顿,把她赶出去”,便回了家。那狡诈的婆罗门女知道丈夫是怒气冲冲地回来,事先从小门溜出去,前往王宫,在那里住了四五天。国王知道原委后,召来国师,说:“国师,女人难免有过失,你应当宽恕婆罗门女。”为了让他请求宽恕,国王诵出了第一首偈:
So ummattakajātiko brāhmaṇo tassā vacanaṃ sutvā ‘‘iminā nāma kāraṇena sā maṃ vadatī’’ti ajānitvā tathāsaññī hutvā tathā akāsi. Ye ye passanti, te te parihāsaṃ karontā ‘‘sobhati ācariyo’’ti vadiṃsu. Rājā pana naṃ ‘‘kiṃ, ācariya, pittaṃ te kupitaṃ , ummattakosi jāto’’tiādīni vatvā lajjāpesi. Tasmiṃ kāle brāhmaṇo ‘‘ayuttaṃ mayā kata’’nti lajjito brāhmaṇiyā kujjhitvā ‘‘tāyamhi sarājikāya parisāya antare lajjāpito, pothetvā taṃ nikkaḍḍhissāmī’’ti gehaṃ agamāsi. Dhuttikabrāhmaṇī tassa kujjhitvā āgamanabhāvaṃ ñatvā puretaraññeva cūḷadvārena nikkhamitvā rājanivesanaṃ gantvā catūhapañcāhaṃ tattheva ahosi. Rājā taṃ kāraṇaṃ ñatvā purohitaṃ pakkosāpetvā ‘‘ācariya, mātugāmassa nāma doso hotiyeva, brāhmaṇiyā khamituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti khamāpanatthāya paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
81八十一。
81.
617“即使弓弦已断,卢哈迦啊,仍可重新连接;
‘‘Api ruhaka chinnāpi, jiyā sandhīyate puna;
618你应当与普拉尼和好,不要被嗔怒所控制。”
Sandhīyassu purāṇiyā, mā kodhassa vasaṃ gamī’’ti.
619这里简要的意思是:“喂,卢哈卡,弓弦断了不是还可以重新连接起来吗?同样地,你也应当与普拉尼和好,不要被嗔怒牵着走。”
Tatrāyaṃ saṅkhepattho – bho ruhaka, nanu chinnāpi dhanujiyā puna sandhīyati ghaṭīyati, evameva tvampi purāṇiyā saddhiṃ sandhīyassu, kodhassa vasaṃ mā gamīti.
620卢哈迦听了这话,诵出第二首偈颂:
Taṃ sutvā ruhako dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
82八十二。
82.
622“当世间有制弓匠,有制弦匠时,
‘‘Vijjamānesu vākesu, vijjamānesu kārisu;
623我会另外做一根弦,对那根旧弦(普拉尼)我已经受够了。”
Aññaṃ jiyaṃ karissāmi, alaññeva purāṇiyā’’ti.
624它的意思是:大王,既然有制弓匠和制作弓弦的工匠这些人,我就会另外做一根弦。对于这根已经断掉的旧弦,我已经够了,不再需要它了。他这样说完后,就把她赶走,另娶了一位婆罗门女子。
Tassattho – mahārāja, dhanukāramuduvākesu ca jiyakārakesu ca manussesu vijjamānesu aññaṃ jiyaṃ karissāmi, imāya chinnāya purāṇiyā jiyāya alaṃ, natthi me koci atthoti. Evañca pana vatvā taṃ nīharitvā aññaṃ brāhmaṇiṃ ānesi.
625世尊开示此法义后,阐明诸谛,并将本生关联起来——在谛说结束时,那位感到不乐的比丘住立于入流果。‘那时,婆罗门女,是你前世的妻子;卢哈卡是那位感到不乐的比丘;而波罗奈王则是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – saccapariyosāne ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhu sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā, brāhmaṇī, purāṇadutiyikā ahosi, ruhako ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhu, bārāṇasirājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
673《卢哈卡本生》注释(第一篇)。
Ruhakajātakavaṇṇanā paṭhamā.
626[192] 二 吉祥与黑耳本生注
[192] 2. Sirikāḷakaṇṇijātakavaṇṇanā
627这‘女子美貌’等内容的吉祥与黑耳本生,将在《大隧道本生》中显现。
Itthīsiyā rūpavatīti idaṃ sirikāḷakaṇṇijātakaṃ mahāumaṅgajātake āvibhavissati.
676祥瑞与黑耳本生注(第二)。
Sirikāḷakaṇṇijātakavaṇṇanā dutiyā.
628[193] 三 小莲花本生注
[193] 3. Cūḷapadumajātakavaṇṇanā
629导师住在祇园时,以那位感到不乐的比丘为缘,宣说了‘此即是彼,我即是彼,无有别异’等。这故事将在《迷醉女本生》(《本生经》2.20.57等)中显现。当时那位比丘,导师问他:‘比丘,听说你感到不乐,是真的吗?’他回答:‘是真的,世尊。’导师又问:‘是什么让你感到不乐?’他说:‘大德,我看到一位盛装打扮的女人后,随顺烦恼,所以心生不乐。’于是导师对他说:‘比丘,所谓女人,就是忘恩负义、背叛朋友、诡计多端的人。古代的智者们甚至把自己的右膝血给她喝,乃至布施出自己一辈子的性命,也得不到女人的心。’说完后,他便引出了过去的事。
Ayameva sā ahamapi so anaññoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu ummādantījātake (jā. 2.20.57 ādayo) āvibhavissati. So pana bhikkhu satthārā ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, bhikkhu, ukkaṇṭhito’’ti vutte ‘‘saccaṃ, bhagavā’’ti vatvā ‘‘kena pana tvaṃ ukkaṇṭhāpito’’ti vutte ‘‘ahaṃ, bhante, ekaṃ alaṅkatapaṭiyattaṃ mātugāmaṃ disvā kilesānuvattako hutvā ukkaṇṭhitomhī’’ti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘bhikkhu, mātugāmo nāma akataññū mittadubbhī bahumāyā, porāṇakapaṇḍitāpi attano dakkhiṇajāṇulohitaṃ pāyetvā yāvajīvitadānampi datvā mātugāmassa cittaṃ na labhiṃsū’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
630过去,在波罗奈梵授王治国时,菩萨投生于他的第一王后的胎中。命名那天,众人给他取名为‘莲花王子’。他后来有了六位弟弟。这七人渐渐长大成人,建立家庭,就像国王的朋友一样行事。有一天,国王站在王宫广场观望,看见他们带着众多随从来觐见,便生起了疑虑:‘他们会杀了我,夺取王位吧。’于是召见他们,说:‘孩子们,你们不能再住在这座城里了,到别的地方去吧。等我过世之后,再回来继承祖传的王位。’他们听从父命,痛哭哀嚎之后,各自回家,带上妻子,说:‘不管到哪里,我们都要活下去。’便离开城市,走在路上,进入了一片沙漠旷野。因为找不到吃的喝的,实在忍不了饥饿,他们就想:‘如果我们还能活下去,将来还会得到别的女人。’于是杀死幼弟的妻子,切成十三份吃她的肉。菩萨也把自己和妻子分到的那份,各自留了一块,其余的一两份也吃了。就这样六天里,他们杀死了六个女人吃她们的肉。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto tassa aggamahesiyā kucchimhi nibbatti, nāmaggahaṇadivase cassa ‘‘padumakumāro’’ti nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Tassa aparena cha kaniṭṭhabhātikā ahesuṃ. Te sattapi janā anupubbena vuḍḍhippattā gharāvāsaṃ gahetvā rañño sahāyā viya vicaranti. Athekadivasaṃ rājā rājaṅgaṇaṃ olokento ṭhito te mahāparivārena rājupaṭṭhānaṃ āgacchante disvā ‘‘ime maṃ vadhitvā rajjampi gaṇheyyu’’nti āsaṅkaṃ uppādetvā te pakkosāpetvā – ‘‘tātā, tumhe imasmiṃ nagare vasituṃ na labhatha, aññattha gantvā mama accayena āgantvā kulasantakaṃ rajjaṃ gaṇhathā’’ti āha. Te pitu vacanaṃ sampaṭicchitvā roditvā kanditvā attano attano gharāni gantvā pajāpatiyo ādāya ‘‘yattha vā tattha vā gantvā jīvissāmā’’ti nagarā nikkhamitvā maggaṃ gacchantā ekaṃ kantāraṃ patvā annapānaṃ alabhamānā khudaṃ adhivāsetuṃ asakkontā ‘‘mayaṃ jīvamānā itthiyo labhissāmā’’ti kaniṭṭhassa bhariyaṃ māretvā terasa koṭṭhāse katvā maṃsaṃ khādiṃsu. Bodhisatto attano ca bhariyāya ca laddhakoṭṭhāsesu ekaṃ ṭhapetvā ekaṃ dvepi khādiṃsu. Evaṃ cha divase cha itthiyo māretvā maṃsaṃ khādiṃsu.
631然而,菩萨每天都留下一份肉,总共保存了六份。第七天,当他们说‘我们要杀死菩萨的妻子’时,菩萨把那六份肉给了他们,说:‘今天你们先吃这六份,明天再作打算。’等他们吃完肉睡着的时候,菩萨就带着妻子逃走了。妻子走了一小段路后说:‘主人,我走不动了。’于是菩萨把她扛在肩上,在曙光初现时走出了沙漠旷野。太阳升起后,她又说:‘主人,我渴了。’菩萨说:‘贤妻,这里没有水。’她一再请求,菩萨就用剑击打自己的右膝,说:‘贤妻,没有水可喝,你就坐下来喝我这右膝上的血吧。’她便照做了。他们一路前行,到达恒河,喝了水、洗了澡,吃了各种水果,在一个舒适的地方休息之后,就在恒河的一个回弯处搭了间草庵,住了下来。
Bodhisatto pana divase divase ekekaṃ ṭhapetvā cha koṭṭhāse ṭhapesi. Sattame divase ‘‘bodhisattassa bhariyaṃ māressāmā’’ti vutte bodhisatto te cha koṭṭhāse tesaṃ datvā ‘‘ajja tāva ime cha koṭṭhāse khādatha, sve jānissāmā’’ti vatvā tesaṃ maṃsaṃ khāditvā niddāyanakāle bhariyaṃ gahetvā palāyi. Sā thokaṃ gantvā ‘‘gantuṃ na sakkomi, sāmī’’ti āha. Atha naṃ bodhisatto khandhenādāya aruṇuggamanavelāya kantārā nikkhami. Sā sūriye uggate ‘‘pipāsitāmhi, sāmī’’ti āha. Bodhisatto ‘‘udakaṃ natthi, bhadde’’ti vatvā punappunaṃ kathite khaggena dakkhiṇajāṇukaṃ paharitvā – ‘‘bhadde, pānīyaṃ natthi, idaṃ pana me dakkhiṇajāṇulohitaṃ pivamānā nisīdāhī’’ti āha. Sā tathā akāsi. Te anupubbena mahāgaṅgaṃ patvā pivitvā ca nhatvā ca phalāphalaṃ khāditvā phāsukaṭṭhāne vissamitvā ekasmiṃ gaṅgānivattane assamapadaṃ māpetvā vāsaṃ kappesuṃ.
632有一天,在恒河上游,有人将一个犯了王法的盗贼砍去手、脚、耳、鼻后,放在一个竹筏上,推入恒河任其漂走。那盗贼发出巨大的痛苦叫喊声,漂到了那个地方。菩萨听到他悲惨的哀号声,心想:‘有个受苦的众生漂到我这里,我还在这里,不能让他就这样死掉。’于是走到恒河边,把他救上来,带回草庵,用袈裟布替他清洗伤口、涂药等进行治疗。可是他的妻子却说:‘怎么能把这种无德的残缺之人从河里捞上来,还这么用心照顾!’她对这个残废人非常厌恶,常常朝他吐唾沫。等他的伤口愈合以后,菩萨把他和妻子一起安置在草庵,自己进森林采集野果,养活这两个人。他们这样生活的时候,那女人对这个残废人产生了恋情,与他发生了不净行,并且设计想杀害菩萨。她对菩萨说:‘主人,以前我坐在你的肩膀上逃出旷野时,远远地望见一座山,就向住在那山里的天神祈求:“如果我能和丈夫一起无病无灾地活下去,我将为您做供养。”现在那位天神在恐吓我,我们给她做个供养吧。’菩萨没有识破她的诡计,便答应道:‘好的。’菩萨准备好了供养的用品,让她拿着供养盘,一起登上了山顶。这时她对菩萨说:‘主人,对天神来说,您才是最尊贵的天神。请让我先用林中的花朵供养您,右绕,向您礼敬,然后我们再向天神做供养。’她让菩萨面朝悬崖站好,用林花供养他,行右绕,假装要行礼,却绕到了背后,猛力推他的后背,把他推下悬崖,然后欢喜地说道:‘我终于看见了仇人的背影!’就下了山,走到那残废人那里。
Athekadivasaṃ uparigaṅgāya rājāparādhikaṃ coraṃ hatthapāde ca kaṇṇanāsañca chinditvā ekasmiṃ ambaṇake nipajjāpetvā mahāgaṅgāya pavāhesuṃ. So mahantaṃ aṭṭassaraṃ karonto taṃ ṭhānaṃ pāpuṇi. Bodhisatto tassa karuṇaṃ paridevitasaddaṃ sutvā ‘‘dukkhappatto satto mayi ṭhite mā nassī’’ti gaṅgātīraṃ gantvā taṃ uttāretvā assamapadaṃ ānetvā kāsāvadhovanalepanādīhi vaṇapaṭikammaṃ akāsi. Bhariyā panassa ‘‘evarūpaṃ nāma dussīlaṃ kuṇṭhaṃ gaṅgāya āvāhetvā paṭijagganto vicaratī’’ti vatvā taṃ kuṇṭhaṃ jigucchamānā niṭṭhubhantī vicarati. Bodhisatto tassa vaṇesu saṃviruḷhesu bhariyāya saddhiṃ taṃ assamapadeyeva ṭhapetvā aṭavito phalāphalāni āharitvā tañca bhariyañca posesi. Tesu evaṃ vasantesu sā itthī etasmiṃ kuṇṭhe paṭibaddhacittā hutvā tena saddhiṃ anācāraṃ caritvā ekenupāyena bodhisattaṃ māretukāmā hutvā evamāha – ‘‘sāmi, ahaṃ tumhākaṃ aṃse nisīditvā kantārā nikkhamamānā ekaṃ pabbataṃ oloketvā ayye pabbatamhi nibbattadevate ‘sace ahaṃ sāmikena saddhiṃ arogā jīvitaṃ labhissāmi, balikammaṃ te karissāmī’ti āyāciṃ, sā maṃ idāni uttāseti, karomassā balikamma’’nti. Bodhisatto taṃ māyaṃ ajānanto ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchitvā balikammaṃ sajjetvā tāya balibhājanaṃ gāhāpetvā pabbatamatthakaṃ abhiruhi. Atha naṃ sā evamāha – ‘‘sāmi, devatāyapi tvaññeva uttamadevatā, paṭhamaṃ tāva taṃ vanapupphehi pūjetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā vanditvā pacchā devatāya balikammaṃ karissāmī’’ti. Sā bodhisattaṃ papātābhimukhaṃ ṭhapetvā vanapupphehi pūjetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā vanditukāmā viya hutvā piṭṭhipasse ṭhatvā piṭṭhiyaṃ paharitvā papāte pātetvā ‘‘diṭṭhā me paccāmittassa piṭṭhī’’ti tuṭṭhamānasā pabbatā orohitvā kuṇṭhassa santikaṃ agamāsi.
633菩萨顺着悬崖滚落山间时,挂在了一棵乌敦跋罗树顶上一处没有刺、被树叶覆盖的枝丛上。然而,要从那里下到山脚却无法做到。他吃了一些乌敦跋罗果后,便坐在树枝之间。这时,一条身躯巨大的蜥蜴王从山脚下爬了上来,也吃这棵乌敦跋罗树的果实。那天它看到菩萨后便逃走了;第二天又来了,在另一边吃完果实后离去。它就这样一次又一次地前来,渐渐与菩萨熟络起来,便问道:‘你是因为什么原因来到这个地方的?’当菩萨把原因告诉它之后,它说:‘既然如此,不要害怕。’于是,它让菩萨卧在自己背上,把他驮下去,走出那片森林,将他安放在大路上,说:‘你沿着这条路走吧。’就这样送别了他,自己则回到了森林里。菩萨走到一个小村庄,就在那里住了下来。后来,他听说了父亲已经去世的消息,便前往波罗奈城,继承了自己家族的王位,号称「莲花王」。他不违犯十种王法,依法治理国家,并在四座城门、城中央以及自己住所的门前,一共开设了六处布施堂,每天分发六十万钱,广行布施。
Bodhisattopi papātānusārena pabbatā patanto udumbararukkhamatthake ekasmiṃ akaṇṭake pattasañchanne gumbe laggi, heṭṭhāpabbataṃ pana orohituṃ na sakkā. So udumbaraphalāni khāditvā sākhantare nisīdi. Atheko mahāsarīro godharājā heṭṭhāpabbatapādato abhiruhitvā tasmiṃ udumbaraphalāni khādati. So taṃ divasaṃ bodhisattaṃ disvā palāyi, punadivase āgantvā ekasmiṃ passe phalāni khāditvā pakkāmi. So evaṃ punappunaṃ āgacchanto bodhisattena saddhiṃ vissāsaṃ āpajjitvā ‘‘tvaṃ imaṃ ṭhānaṃ kena kāraṇena āgatosī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘iminā nāma kāraṇenā’’ti vutte ‘‘tena hi mā bhāyī’’ti vatvā bodhisattaṃ attano piṭṭhiyaṃ nipajjāpetvā otāretvā araññato nikkhamitvā mahāmagge ṭhapetvā ‘‘tvaṃ iminā maggena gacchāhī’’ti uyyojetvā araññameva pāvisi. Bodhisatto ekaṃ gāmakaṃ gantvā tattheva vasanto pitu kālakatabhāvaṃ sutvā bārāṇasiṃ gantvā kulasantake rajje patiṭṭhāya padumarājā nāma hutvā dasa rājadhamme akopetvā dhammena rajjaṃ kārento catūsu nagaradvāresu nagaramajjhe nivesanadvāreti cha dānasālāyo kāretvā devasikaṃ cha satasahassāni vissajjetvā dānaṃ adāsi.
634而那妇人则让那位残废者坐在自己肩头,走出森林,在人行道上以乞食为生。她收集来粥和饭,就这样养育着这个残废者。当人们问她:‘他是你的什么人?’时,她便回答:‘我是他舅舅的女儿,他是我姑姑的儿子。亲属们把我许配给了他。我虽然是个丈夫已被判处死刑的人,但我还是把自己的丈夫背负起来照料,靠乞食来养活他。’人们以为‘这是一位贞妇’,从此便施舍给她更多的粥饭。然而,另有一些人对她说:‘你不要再这样四处流浪了。莲花王正在波罗奈城治理国家,他如同搅动整个阎浮提一般地在广行布施;他要是看见了你,一定会心生欢喜,一欢喜就会给你许多财宝。你把你的丈夫安放在这里,自己去吧。’他们坚定了她的信心,并给了她一个藤编的箩筐。那个品性不端的女人便让残废者坐在藤箩筐里,自己顶起箩筐,前往波罗奈城。她一边在各处的布施堂里吃东西,一边到处转悠。菩萨当时正骑着庄严的象王,去往布施的首席,亲手向八个或十个地方进行布施之后,正在返回自己住所的路上。那个品性不端的女人就让残废者坐在箩筐里,顶起箩筐,站在了他必经的路上。
Sāpi kho itthī taṃ kuṇṭhaṃ khandhe nisīdāpetvā araññā nikkhamitvā manussapathe bhikkhaṃ caramānā yāgubhattaṃ saṃharitvā taṃ kuṇṭhaṃ posesi. Manussā ‘‘ayaṃ te kiṃ hotī’’ti pucchiyamānā ‘‘ahaṃ etassa mātuladhītā, pitucchāputto me eso, etasseva maṃ adaṃsu, sāhaṃ vajjhappattampi attano sāmikaṃ ukkhipitvā pariharantī bhikkhaṃ caritvā posemī’’ti. Manussā ‘‘ayaṃ patibbatā’’ti tato paṭṭhāya bahutaraṃ yāgubhattaṃ adaṃsu. Apare pana janā evamāhaṃsu – ‘‘tvaṃ mā evaṃ vicari, padumarājā bārāṇasiyaṃ rajjaṃ kāreti, sakalajambudīpaṃ saṅkhobhetvā dānaṃ deti, so taṃ disvā tussissati, tuṭṭho te bahuṃ dhanaṃ dassati, tava sāmikaṃ idheva nisīdāpetvā gacchā’’ti thiraṃ katvā vettapacchiṃ adaṃsu. Sā anācārā taṃ kuṇṭhaṃ vettapacchiyaṃ nisīdāpetvā pacchiṃ ukkhipitvā bārāṇasiṃ gantvā dānasālāsu bhuñjamānā vicarati. Bodhisatto alaṅkatahatthikkhandhavaragato dānaggaṃ gantvā aṭṭhannaṃ vā dasannaṃ vā sahatthā dānaṃ datvā puna gehaṃ gacchati . Sā anācārā taṃ kuṇṭhaṃ pacchiyaṃ nisīdāpetvā pacchiṃ ukkhipitvā tassa gamanamagge aṭṭhāsi.
635国王看见后,问道:‘这是什么?’众人回答:‘大王,这是一位贞妇。’于是,国王把她召到跟前。他认出了她,让人把残废者从箩筐里带了出来,问道:‘他是你的什么人?’她回答说:‘大王,他是我姑姑的儿子,是依家族礼法而定的丈夫。’人们不知道这其中的内情,都纷纷赞叹:‘啊,真是贞妇!’之类的话,称扬这个不贞的女人。国王又问道:‘这个残废者,就是你依家族礼法而定的丈夫吗?’她没有认出国王,便壮着胆子回答说:‘是的,大王。’于是,国王对她说道:‘难道这个人是波罗奈国王的儿子吗?你不正是莲花王子的妻子、某某国王的女儿吗?你这个名叫某某的人,当初啜饮了我膝盖上的血,因为心恋着这个残废者,把我推下了悬崖。如今你额头顶着死亡,以为我已经死了,才来到这个地方。难道我这不是还活着吗?’说完这番话后,他召唤大臣们,说道:‘喂,大臣们!你们之前问我的时候,我不正是这样告诉你们的吗——“我的六个幼年姐妹杀害了六位妇女并吃了她们的肉,而我则治好了我妻子的病,把她带到恒河岸边,住在静修处。我救起了一个被判处死刑的残废者并照顾他。可是,那个女人却因为恋慕此人,把我推下了山脚。我完全是凭着自己的慈心才活了下来。”那个把我从山上推落的女人,不是别人,正是这个破戒的女人;那个被判处死刑的残废者,也不是别人,正是此人。’接着,他说出了以下的偈颂:
Rājā disvā ‘‘kiṃ eta’’nti pucchi. ‘‘Ekā, deva, patibbatā’’ti. Atha naṃ pakkosāpetvā sañjānitvā kuṇṭhaṃ pacchiyā nīharāpetvā ‘‘ayaṃ te kiṃ hotī’’ti pucchi. Sā ‘‘pitucchāputto me, deva, kuladattiko sāmiko’’ti āha. Manussā taṃ antaraṃ ajānantā ‘‘aho patibbatā’’tiādīni vatvā taṃ anācāritthiṃ vaṇṇayiṃsu. Puna rājā ‘‘ayaṃ te kuṇṭho kuladattiko sāmiko’’ti pucchi. Sā rājānaṃ asañjānantī ‘‘āma, devā’’ti sūrā hutvā kathesi. Atha naṃ rājā ‘‘kiṃ esa bārāṇasirañño putto, nanu tvaṃ padumakumārassa bhariyā asukarañño dhītā, asukā nāma mama jāṇulohitaṃ pivitvā imasmiṃ kuṇṭhe paṭibaddhacittā maṃ papāte pātesi. Sā idāni tvaṃ nalāṭena maccuṃ gahetvā maṃ ‘mato’ti maññamānā imaṃ ṭhānaṃ āgatā, nanu ahaṃ jīvāmī’’ti vatvā amacce āmantetvā ‘‘bho, amaccā nanu cāhaṃ tumhehi puṭṭho evaṃ kathesiṃ ‘mama kaniṭṭhabhātikā cha itthiyo māretvā maṃsaṃ khādiṃsu, ahaṃ pana mayhaṃ bhariyaṃ arogaṃ katvā gaṅgātīraṃ netvā assamapade vasanto ekaṃ vajjhappattaṃ kuṇṭhaṃ uttāretvā paṭijaggiṃ. Sā itthī etasmiṃ paṭibaddhacittā maṃ pabbatapāde pātesi. Ahaṃ attano mettacittatāya jīvitaṃ labhi’nti. Yāya ahaṃ pabbatā pātito, na sā aññā, esā dussīlā, sopi vajjhappatto kuṇṭho na añño, ayamevā’’ti vatvā imā gāthā avoca –
85八十五
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637「她就是那个女人,我也正是那个男人,绝非他人;这个断了手的男人,也正是那个人,绝非他人。」
‘‘Ayameva sā ahamapi so anañño, ayameva so hatthacchinno anañño;
638「她口口声声说『他是我的幼年丈夫』,可叹,这种女人才是真正该杀的人。在女人之中,是找不到真实的。」
Yamāha ‘komārapatī mama’nti, vajjhitthiyo natthi itthīsu saccaṃ.
86八十六
86.
640且用杵将这个下贱之人捶打杀死吧,这个性情残忍、如同行尸走肉、专好侵犯他人妻室的人;
‘‘Imañca jammaṃ musalena hantvā, luddaṃ chavaṃ paradārūpaseviṃ;
641对于这个邪恶不贞的女人,在她还活着的时候,把她的耳朵和鼻子割下来!
Imissā ca naṃ pāpapatibbatāya, jīvantiyā chindatha kaṇṇanāsa’’nti.
642在这里,「她所说“他是我的幼年夫”」(yamāha komārapatī mama),意思就是:这个女人说“这人是我幼年的丈夫,是家族许配给我的夫主”,所指的就是他,不是别人。也有读作“Yamāhu, komārapatī”的,这正是写本中的记载,意思也一样,但这只是语序的颠倒罢了。因为国王所说的话,在此被引用。「可叹女人是当杀的」(vajjhitthiyo):这句话的意思是,名为女人的人,是该杀、应杀的。「在女人中没有真实」(natthi itthīsu saccaṃ):在这些女人当中,根本没有一个叫做“真实”的本性存在。「且将这个下贱人」等句,是为了对这两人施加刑罚而说的。其中,「下贱人」(jammaṃ)指低劣的人。「用杵捶打杀死」(musalena hantvā):用杵击打、捶杀,把骨头打碎,打成粉末。「残忍」(luddaṃ):指凶暴的人。「如尸」(chavaṃ):因为没有功德,就如同无生命的死尸一样。「对于她」(imissā ca naṃ):这里的“naṃ”仅仅是一个语助词;对于这个邪恶的不贞之妇,行为放纵、无戒行的女人,在她还活着的时候,割掉耳朵和鼻子——这就是它的意思。
Tattha yamāha komārapatī mamanti yaṃ esā ‘‘ayaṃ me, komārapati, kuladattiko sāmiko’’ti āha, ayameva so, na añño. ‘‘Yamāhu , komārapatī’’tipi pāṭho. Ayameva hi potthakesu likhito, tassāpi ayamevattho, vacanavipallāso panettha veditabbo. Yañhi raññā vuttaṃ, tadeva idha āgataṃ. Vajjhitthiyoti itthiyo nāma vajjhā vadhitabbā eva. Natthi itthīsu saccanti etāsu sabhāvo nāmeko natthi. ‘‘Imañca jamma’’ntiādi dvinnampi tesaṃ daṇḍāṇāpanavasena vuttaṃ. Tattha jammanti lāmakaṃ. Musalena hantvāti musalena hanitvā pothetvā aṭṭhīni bhañjitvā cuṇṇavicuṇṇaṃ katvā. Luddanti dāruṇaṃ. Chavanti guṇābhāvena nijjīvaṃ matasadisaṃ. Imissāca nanti ettha nanti nipātamattaṃ, imissā ca pāpapatibbatāya anācārāya dussīlāya jīvantiyāva kaṇṇanāsaṃ chindathāti attho.
643菩萨虽然无法完全容忍愤怒,但还是这样判定了他们的惩罚,却没有真的那么去执行。他抑制住了忿怒,让人把那个箩筐绑得更牢固,使她没法从头上取下来,又把那个残废的人丢进箩筐里,然后把他们逐出了自己的国土。
Bodhisatto kodhaṃ adhivāsetuṃ asakkonto evaṃ tesaṃ daṇḍaṃ āṇāpetvāpi na tathā kāresi . Kopaṃ pana mandaṃ katvā yathā sā pacchiṃ sīsato oropetuṃ na sakkoti, evaṃ gāḷhataraṃ bandhāpetvā kuṇṭhaṃ tattha pakkhipāpetvā attano vijitā nīharāpesi.
644世尊讲完这部法教之后,阐明诸谛,并将本生故事联系起来——在宣说真理结束时,那位感到厌离的比丘安住于入流果。然后世尊总结道:‘那时,六兄弟是某位长老,妻子是旃遮摩纳迦,那个残废的人是提婆达多,蜥蜴王是阿难,而莲花王就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – saccapariyosāne ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhu sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā cha bhātaro aññatarā therā ahesuṃ, bhariyā ciñcamāṇavikā, kuṇṭho devadatto, godharājā ānando, padumarājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
694《小莲花本生注释》第三。
Cūḷapadumajātakavaṇṇanā tatiyā.
645[194] 四、《珠宝盗贼本生注释》
[194] 4. Maṇicorajātakavaṇṇanā
646这个故事“天神不存在,想必远游了”(Na santi devā pavasanti nūna),是世尊住在竹林精舍时,针对提婆达多努力要杀害他而说的。当时,世尊听说“提婆达多正努力想杀害”后,便说:“比丘们,不只是现在,过去提婆达多也曾经努力想要杀害我,不过,虽然他努力了,却没能杀掉我。”说完,他就引出了过去的事情。
Na santi devā pavasanti nūnāti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto vadhāya parisakkantaṃ devadattaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tadā pana satthā ‘‘devadatto vadhāya parisakkatī’’ti sutvā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva, pubbepi devadatto mayhaṃ vadhāya parisakkatiyeva, parisakkantopi pana maṃ vadhituṃ nāsakkhī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
647过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时候,菩萨投生到了波罗奈附近一个村庄的居士家中。等他成年以后,从波罗奈城迎娶了一位良家女子为妻。那位女子有着金色的皮肤,容貌非常美丽,令人悦目,就像天女、绽放的花蔓,又像陶醉的紧那罗女,名字叫善生女。她恭敬地侍奉丈夫,戒行和仪则都具足圆满。无论对丈夫、婆婆还是公公,她都恒常地尽礼。菩萨对她既喜爱又可意。就这样,两人和睦相处,心意相投,过着和合的生活。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto bārāṇasito avidūre gāmake gahapatikule nibbatti. Athassa vayappattassa bārāṇasito kuladhītaraṃ ānesuṃ, sā suvaṇṇavaṇṇā ahosi abhirūpā dassanīyā devaccharā viya pupphalatā viya laḷamānā mattakinnarī viya ca sujātāti nāmena patibbatā sīlācārasampannā vattasampannā. Niccakālampissā pativattaṃ sassuvattaṃ sasuravattañca katameva hoti, sā bodhisattassa piyā ahosi manāpā. Iti ubhopi te sammodamānā ekacittā samaggavāsaṃ vasiṃsu.
648后来有一天,善生女对菩萨说:「我想去见父母。」菩萨说:「好的,贤妻,请准备充足的旅途干粮。」于是让人做了各种嚼食,将嚼食等物品放在车上。菩萨驾着车走在前面,她跟在车后。他们到了城边时,解开套车,沐浴后用了餐。然后菩萨又套好车,坐在前面,善生女更换了衣服,妆饰一番,坐在后面。当车子驶入城内时,波罗奈国王正骑着一头上等的大象,绕城巡行,恰好来到那个地方。善生女便下车,步行跟在车后。国王看见了她,被她的美貌所吸引,目不转睛,心生爱慕,于是命令一位大臣:「你去打听一下,这女子是有丈夫还是没有丈夫。」大臣前去,得知她是有夫之妇,便回报:「陛下,她有丈夫,坐在车上的那位男子就是她的丈夫。」
Athekadivasaṃ sujātā ‘‘mātāpitaro daṭṭhukāmāmhī’’ti bodhisattassa ārocesi. ‘‘Sādhu, bhadde, maggapātheyyaṃ pahonakaṃ paṭiyādehī’’ti khajjavikatiṃ pacāpetvā khajjakādīni yānake ṭhapetvā yānakaṃ pājento yānakassa purato ahosi, itarā pacchato. Te nagarasamīpaṃ gantvā yānakaṃ mocetvā nhatvā bhuñjiṃsu. Puna bodhisatto yānakaṃ yojetvā purato nisīdi, sujātā vatthāni parivattetvā alaṅkaritvā pacchato nisīdi. Yānakassa antonagaraṃ paviṭṭhakāle bārāṇasirājā hatthikkhandhavaragato nagaraṃ padakkhiṇaṃ karonto taṃ padesaṃ agamāsi. Sujātā otaritvā yānakassa pacchato padasā pāyāsi. Rājā taṃ disvā tassā rūpasampattiyā ākaḍḍhiyamānalocano paṭibaddhacitto hutvā ekaṃ amaccaṃ āṇāpesi – ‘‘gaccha tvaṃ etissā sassāmikabhāvaṃ vā assāmikabhāvaṃ vā jānāhī’’ti. So gantvā tassā sassāmikabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘sassāmikā kira, deva, yānake nisinno puriso etissā sāmiko’’ti āha.
649国王无法排解心中爱恋,被烦恼折磨,心想:「我用一个办法杀掉那男子,把这女子弄到手。」于是叫来一个男子,将顶髻宝珠交给他,吩咐道:「喂,你假装沿街走,把这个顶髻宝珠放到那个男人的车里,然后回来。」那人应了声「好」,取走宝珠,去放进车里,然后回来禀报:「陛下,我已放好。」国王便宣称:「我的顶髻宝珠丢了!」众人顿时喧哗起来。国王又命令:「关闭所有城门,阻断交通,搜寻盗贼。」王臣们照办,全城陷入一片骚动。那个男子带着人来到菩萨那里,说:「喂,停下车,国王的顶髻宝珠丢了,我们要搜查车子。」在搜查车子时,他把自己之前放进去的宝珠拿了出来,随即抓住菩萨,口口声声喊「偷宝贼」,用手和脚殴打他,把他的双手反绑起来,带到国王面前说:「就是这个偷宝贼。」国王当即下令:「砍掉他的头。」
Rājā paṭibaddhacittaṃ vinodetuṃ asakkonto kilesāturo hutvā ‘‘ekena naṃ upāyena mārāpetvā itthiṃ gaṇhissāmī’’ti cintetvā ekaṃ purisaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘gaccha, bho, imaṃ cūḷāmaṇiṃ vīthiṃ gacchanto viya hutvā etassa purisassa yānake pakkhipitvā ehī’’ti cūḷāmaṇiṃ datvā uyyojesi. So ‘‘sādhū’’ti taṃ gahetvā gantvā yānake ṭhapetvā ‘‘ṭhapito me, devā’’ti āgantvā ārocesi. Rājā ‘‘cūḷāmaṇi me naṭṭho’’ti āha, manussā ekakolāhalaṃ akaṃsu. Rājā ‘‘sabbadvārāni pidahitvā sañcāraṃ chinditvā coraṃ pariyesathā’’ti āha, rājapurisā tathā akaṃsu, nagaraṃ ekasaṅkhobhaṃ ahosi. Itaro puriso manusse gahetvā bodhisattassa santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘bho, yānakaṃ ṭhapehi, rañño cūḷāmaṇi naṭṭho, yānakaṃ sodhessāmī’’ti yānakaṃ sodhento attanā ṭhapitamaṇiṃ gahetvā bodhisattaṃ gahetvā ‘‘maṇicoro’’ti hatthehi ca pādehi ca pothetvā pacchābāhaṃ bandhitvā netvā ‘‘ayaṃ maṇicoro’’ti rañño dassesi. Rājāpi ‘‘sīsamassa chindathā’’ti āṇāpesi.
650于是,王臣们在每个十字路口都用鞭子抽打他,押着他从南门出城。善生女丢下车,高举双臂,一路悲叹着:「夫君,你是因为我才遭受这苦难啊!」她一边悲叹,一边紧跟在后。王臣们把菩萨仰面按倒在地,准备砍头。善生女见到这一幕,忆念起自己持戒的功德,说出了第一首偈:
Atha naṃ rājapurisā catukke catukke kasāhi tāḷentā dakkhiṇadvārena nagarā nikkhamāpesuṃ. Sujātāpi yānakaṃ pahāya bāhā paggayha paridevamānā ‘‘sāmi, maṃ nissāya imaṃ dukkhaṃ pattosī’’ti paridevamānā pacchato pacchato agamāsi. Rājapurisā ‘‘sīsamassa chindissāmā’’ti bodhisattaṃ uttānaṃ nipajjāpesuṃ. Taṃ disvā sujātā attano sīlaguṇaṃ āvajjetvā ‘‘natthi vata maññe imasmiṃ loke sīlavantānaṃ viheṭhake pāpasāhasikamanusse nisedhetuṃ samatthā devatā nāmā’’tiādīni vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
87八十七。
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652「天神已不存在,想必是远游他方去了;这个世间的守护者啊,想必也不存在了。
‘‘Na santi devā pavasanti nūna, na hi nūna santi idha lokapālā;
653对于那些粗暴行事、毫无自制的人,想必并没有谁能前来阻止吧。」
Sahasā karontānamasaññatānaṃ, na hi nūna santi paṭisedhitāro’’ti.
654在这里,「天神不存在」(na santi devā)的意思是:在这个世间,能护念持戒者、制止诸恶的天神,想必已经不存在了。「想必远游」(pavasanti nūna)的意思是:在这种紧要事情发生时,想必他们远游、离开到别处去了。「今世守护者」(idha lokapālā)的意思是:在这个世间,被认为是世间守护者的沙门婆罗门们,想必也真的不存在,不能护念持戒者了。「对那粗暴行事、无自制者」(sahasā karontānamasaññatānaṃ)的意思是:对那些不先调查清楚,就粗暴地、残忍地做出恶行的破戒者。「可来制止」(paṭisedhitāro)的意思是:没有谁能来制止说「你们不要做这种事,这是不能做的」,这就是含义。
Tattha na santi, devāti imasmiṃ loke sīlavantānaṃ olokanakā pāpānañca nisedhakā na santi nūna devā. Pavasanti nūnāti evarūpesu vā kiccesu uppannesu nūna pavasanti pavāsaṃ gacchanti. Idha, lokapālāti imasmiṃ loke lokapālasammatā samaṇabrāhmaṇāpi sīlavantānaṃ anuggāhakā na hi nūna santi. Sahasā karontānamasaññatānanti sahasā avīmaṃsitvā sāhasikaṃ dāruṇaṃ kammaṃ karontānaṃ dussīlānaṃ. Paṭisedhitāroti evarūpaṃ kammaṃ mā karittha, na labbhā etaṃ kātunti paṭisedhentā natthīti attho.
655当这样一位戒具足的善生女在悲叹时,帝释天王的座位忽然发热。帝释天王思惟:「是谁想要把我从帝释的位子上赶下去呢?」他观察后知道是这个原因,心想:「波罗奈王在行极其粗恶业,折磨戒具足的善生女,现在我应当去了。」于是,他从天界下来,以自己的神通力,让那坐在象背上的邪恶国王从象肩上滑了下来,让他仰面躺在地上,就像躺在法砧上一样。然后,他扶起菩萨,用一切庄严具装饰他,给他穿上王服,让他坐到象肩上。王臣侍从们举起斧子砍头时,砍下的就是国王的头;在头被砍下的那一刻,他们才知道那是国王的头。帝释天王以可见的身体来到菩萨身边,为菩萨举行了灌顶即位仪式,并让善生女获得了最高的王后之位。大臣们、婆罗门和居士们等,见到帝释天王后,都心生喜悦:「那个不如法的国王被杀死了,现在我们得到了一位由帝释天王所赐予的如法国王了。」
Evaṃ tāya sīlasampannāya paridevamānāya sakkassa devarañño nisinnāsanaṃ uṇhākāraṃ dassesi, sakko ‘‘ko nu kho maṃ sakkattato cāvetukāmo’’ti āvajjento imaṃ kāraṇaṃ ñatvā ‘‘bārāṇasirājā atipharusakammaṃ karoti, sīlasampannaṃ sujātaṃ kilameti, gantuṃ dāni me vaṭṭatī’’ti devalokā oruyha attano ānubhāvena hatthipiṭṭhe nisinnaṃ taṃ pāparājānaṃ hatthikkhandhato otāretvā dhammagaṇḍikāya uttānaṃ nipajjāpetvā bodhisattaṃ ukkhipitvā sabbālaṅkārehi alaṅkaritvā rājavesaṃ gāhāpetvā hatthikkhandhe nisīdāpesi. Rājapurisā pharasuṃ ukkhipitvā sīsaṃ chindantā rañño sīsaṃ chindiṃsu, chinnakāleyeva cassa rañño sīsabhāvaṃ jāniṃsu. Sakko devarājā dissamānakasarīreneva bodhisattassa santikaṃ gantvā bodhisattassa rājābhisekaṃ katvā sujātāya ca aggamahesiṭṭhānaṃ dāpesi. Amaccā ceva brāhmaṇagahapatikādayo ca sakkaṃ devarājānaṃ disvā ‘‘adhammikarājā mārito, idāni amhehi sakkadattiko dhammikarājā laddho’’ti somanassappattā ahesuṃ.
656帝释天王也站在空中,教诫众人说:「这位是帝释天王赐给你们的国王,从今以后,他将以正法治理国家。因为,如果国王不依正法而行,天就不按时下雨,该下的时候不下雨,饥荒怖、疾病怖、刀兵怖——这三种怖畏就会立刻降临。」说完,便诵出以下第二首偈颂:
Sakkopi ākāse ṭhatvā ‘‘ayaṃ vo sakkadattiko rājā, ito paṭṭhāya dhammena rajjaṃ kāressati. Sace hi rājā adhammiko hoti, devo akāle vassati, kāle na vassati, chātabhayaṃ rogabhayaṃ satthabhayanti imāni tīṇi bhayāni upagatāneva hontī’’ti ovadanto dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
88八十八。
88.
658「在不适当的时候,天为他的国土下雨;在适当的时候,天不为他的国土下雨;
‘‘Akāle vassatī tassa, kāle tassa na vassati;
659他从天界之处退堕,难道他不就因此而被毁灭了吗?」
Saggā ca cavati ṭhānā, nanu so tāvatā hato’’ti.
660在这里,「非时」指的是:在不如法国王的国土上,在不恰当的时候,比如在谷物成熟时,或者在收割、踩踏谷物等时候,天却下雨。「适时」指的是:在应当下雨的适当时候,比如在播种时、秧苗幼嫩时、抽穗时,天却不下雨。「他从天处退堕」的意思是:他从那个名为天处的天界退堕。因为不如法国王由于未能获得(天界福报)而从天界退堕;或者,即使在天界治理国政,不如法国王也会从那里退堕,这也是这句话的含意。「难道他不是这样就被灭了吗」:难道那个不如法国王就这样被毁灭了吗?或者,这里的「nu」一词表示决断语气,意思是「他难道不是就此决定性地被毁灭了吗?」实际上,并非如此,他将在八大地狱和十六座小地狱中,在极其漫长的时间里反复遭受屠戮伤害,这才是此处的真正意涵。
Tattha akāleti adhammikarañño rajje ayuttakāle sassānaṃ pakkakāle vā lāyanamaddanādikāle vā devo vassati. Kāleti yuttapayuttakāle vapanakāle taruṇasassakāle gabbhaggahaṇakāle ca na vassati. Saggā ca cavati ṭhānāti saggasaṅkhātā ṭhānā devalokā cavatīti attho. Adhammikarājā hi appaṭilābhavasena devalokā cavati nāma, saggepi vā rajjaṃ kārento adhammikarājā tato cavatītipi attho. Nanu so tāvatā hatoti nanu so adhammiko rājā ettakena hato hoti. Atha vā ekaṃsavācī ettha nu-kāro, neso ekaṃsena ettāvatā hato, aṭṭhasu pana mahānirayesu soḷasasu ca ussadanirayesu dīgharattaṃ so haññissatīti ayamettha attho.
661帝释天王就这样向大众作了教诫,之后便返回了自己的天宫。菩萨也依法治理国家,使天界充满了(往生者)。
Evaṃ sakko mahājanassa ovādaṃ datvā attano devaṭṭhānameva agamāsi. Bodhisattopi dhammena rajjaṃ kāretvā saggapuraṃ pūresi.
662导师讲述了这个法义的开示,阐明诸谛后,将本生故事联系起来总结道:「那时的不如法国王是提婆达多,帝释天王是阿那律,善生女是罗睺罗的母亲,而那位帝释天王赐予的国王就是我。」
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā adhammikarājā devadatto ahosi, sakko anuruddho, sujātā rāhulamātā, sakkadattiyarājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
713摩尼贼本生注释 第四。
Maṇicorajātakavaṇṇanā catutthā.
663《山麓本生注释》
[195] 5. Pabbatūpattharajātakavaṇṇanā
664「在山麓,美丽地……」这是导师住在祇园精舍时,针对憍萨罗王所说的话。据说,憍萨罗王的一位大臣在后宫犯了错。国王调查后,如实得知了这件事,心想「我要去禀告导师」,便前往祇园,顶礼导师后问道:「大德,我后宫里有一位大臣犯了错,应该怎么处置他才好呢?」导师于是先问他:「大王,那位大臣对你有恩吗?那位女子是你所爱吗?」国王答:「是的,大德,他对我有大恩,支撑着整个王族;那位女子也是我所爱的。」导师便说:「大王,『对于对自己有恩的臣仆和所爱的人,不应该加以伤害』,过去诸王听了智者的话后,也都保持了中立。」在国王的请求下,导师便讲起了过去的事。
Pabbatūpatthare rammeti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto kosalarājānaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Kosalarañño kira eko amacco antepure padussi. Rājāpi parivīmaṃsamāno taṃ tathato ñatvā ‘‘satthu ārocessāmī’’ti jetavanaṃ gantvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ‘‘bhante, amhākaṃ antepure eko amacco padussi, tassa kiṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti pucchi. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘upakārako te, mahārāja, so ca amacco sā ca itthī piyā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘āma, bhante, ativiya upakārako sakalaṃ rājakulaṃ sandhāreti, sāpi me itthī piyā’’ti vutte ‘‘mahārāja, ‘attano upakārakesu sevakesu piyāsu ca itthīsu dubbhituṃ na sakkā’ti pubbepi rājāno paṇḍitānaṃ kathaṃ sutvā majjhattāva ahesu’’nti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
665在过去,波罗奈由梵授王治理国政时,菩萨出生于大臣家,长大后成为了国王在利益与法方面的教导者。那时,国王的一位大臣在内宫犯了错。国王如实知道后,心想:「这位大臣对我有很多帮助,这位女子也是我所爱,这两个人我都不能毁掉。我要问问这位博学的大臣一个问题,如果事情能妥善解决,我就原谅他们;如果不能,我就不原谅。」于是,他召来菩萨,赐座后说:「博学者,我想问你一个问题。」菩萨回答:「请问吧,大王,我会解答。」国王便开始发问,说出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto amaccakule nibbattitvā vayappatto tassa atthadhammānusāsako ahosi. Athassa rañño eko amacco antepure padussi. Rājā naṃ tathato ñatvā ‘‘amaccopi me bahūpakāro, ayaṃ itthīpi me piyā, dvepi ime nāsetuṃ na sakkā , paṇḍitāmaccaṃ pañhaṃ pucchitvā sace sahitabbaṃ bhavissati, sahissāmi, no ce, na sahissāmī’’ti bodhisattaṃ pakkosāpetvā āsanaṃ datvā ‘‘paṇḍita, pañhaṃ pucchissāmī’’ti vatvā ‘‘pucchatha, mahārāja, vissajjessāmī’’ti vutte pañhaṃ pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
89八十九。
89.
667「在那令人愉悦的山麓附近,出现了一处吉祥的池塘;」
‘‘Pabbatūpatthare ramme, jātā pokkharaṇī sivā;
668「那豺狼明知它受狮子守护,却还是去喝了水。」
Taṃ siṅgālo apāpāyi, jānaṃ sīhena rakkhita’’nti.
669在这里,「在那令人愉悦的山麓附近」(Pabbatūpatthare ramme),意思是指雪山山脚下,一片平坦开阔、如同广场般的地方。「出现了一处吉祥的池塘」(Jātā pokkharaṇī sivā),指一处清凉、水味甘甜的池塘形成了;另外,即使是长满荷花的河流,也可称为池塘。「去喝了水」(apāpāyi),其中「apa」是前缀,意思就是「喝了」。至于「明知它受狮子守护」(Jānaṃ sīhena rakkhitaṃ),意思是那个池塘是狮子所用、受狮子保护的;而那只豺狼明明知道「这池塘受狮子保护」,却还是去喝。这段话的用意是追问:「大王您怎么看?那只愚蠢的豺狼,居然不畏惧狮子,而去喝这种池塘的水?」
Tattha pabbatūpatthare rammeti himavantapabbatapāde pattharitvā ṭhite aṅgaṇaṭṭhāneti attho. Jātā pokkharaṇī sivāti sivā sītalā madhurodakā pokkharaṇī nibbattā, apica kho pokkharasañchannā nadīpi pokkharaṇīyeva. Apāpāyīti apa-iti upasaggo, apāyīti attho. Jānaṃ sīhena rakkhitanti sā pokkharaṇī sīhaparibhogā sīhena rakkhitā, sopi naṃ siṅgālo ‘‘sīhena rakkhitā aya’’nti jānantova apāyi. Taṃ kiṃ maññati, bālo siṅgālo sīhassa abhāyitvā piveyya evarūpaṃ pokkharaṇinti ayametthādhippāyo.
670菩萨明白「这必定是国王内宫中有某位大臣犯了错」,便说出了第二首偈颂:
Bodhisatto ‘‘addhā etassa antepure eko amacco paduṭṭho bhavissatī’’ti ñatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
90九十。
90.
672“大王啊,如果有各种野兽来喝这条大河的水,
‘‘Pivanti ce mahārāja, sāpadāni mahānadiṃ;
673这条河也不会因此就不再是河;如果您觉得她可爱,就请宽恕吧。”
Na tena anadī hoti, khamassu yadi te piyā’’ti.
674在这里,「诸兽类」(sāpadāni)不只是指豺狼,其余像狗、花鹿、猫、鹿等一切四足的众生,都来饮用这条因被荷花覆盖而被称为「池塘」的河流,这也包括在其中。而「那河不会因此便不再是河」(Na tena anadī hoti)的意思是:在河流中,无论是两足和四足的众生,还是蛇和鱼,只要是口渴的都会来饮水,但这条河并不会因为这个原因就不再叫作河,也不会变成一条被残水污染的河。为什么呢?因为它对一切众生都是共通的。正如一条河无论被谁喝了水,都不会因此变脏一样;同样地,一个女人即使因为烦恼的驱使,超越了自己的丈夫而与其他人同居,她也并非就不再是女人了。为什么呢?因为(她具备)对一切人共通共有的本质。她也不会变成残秽不净的女人。为什么呢?因为像水一样,她的本质是清净的。「若您觉得她可爱,就请宽恕吧」(Khamassu yadi te piyā)意思是:如果那位女子是您所钟爱的,而那位大臣又对您有大恩,那么对于他们两个,请您都以中舍的心态宽恕他们,安稳地安住吧。
Tattha sāpadānīti na kevalaṃ siṅgālova, avasesāni sunakhapasadabiḷāramigādīni sabbasāpadāni taṃ pokkharasañchannattā ‘‘pokkharaṇī’’ti laddhanāmaṃ nadiṃ pivanti ce. Na tena anadī hotīti nadiyañhi dvipadacatuppadāpi ahimacchāpi sabbe pipāsitā pānīyaṃ pivanti, na sā tena kāraṇena anadī nāma hoti, nāpi ucchiṭṭhanadī. Kasmā? Sabbesaṃ sādhāraṇattā. Yathā nadī yena kenaci pītā na dussati, evaṃ itthīpi kilesavasena sāmikaṃ atikkamitvā aññena saddhiṃ saṃvāsaṃ gatā neva anitthī hoti. Kasmā? Sabbesaṃ sādhāraṇabhāvena. Nāpi ucchiṭṭhitthī. Kasmā? Odakantikatāya suddhabhāvena. Khamassu yadi te piyāti yadi pana te sā itthī piyā, so ca amacco bahūpakāro, tesaṃ ubhinnampi khamassu majjhattabhāvena tiṭṭhāhīti.
675就这样,大士给予了国王这样的教诫。国王遵从了他的教诫,只是告诫说“以后不要再做这样的恶业了”,便宽恕了他们两人。从那以后,他们两个也都自我收敛了。国王也以布施等善业度过余生,在生命终结之后,往生到了天界。憍萨罗国王听闻了这番法语的开示后,也宽恕了他们两人,保持了中舍的心态。
Evaṃ mahāsatto rañño ovādaṃ adāsi. Rājā tassa ovāde ṭhatvā ‘‘puna evarūpaṃ pāpakammaṃ mā karitthā’’ti vatvā ubhinnampi khami. Tato paṭṭhāya te oramiṃsu. Rājāpi dānādīni puññāni katvā jīvitapariyosāne saggapuraṃ pūresi. Kosalarājāpi imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ sutvā tesaṃ ubhinnampi khamitvā majjhatto ahosi.
676导师开示了这番法语后,将本生经对应起来,说:“那时的国王是阿难,而那位博学的大臣就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā rājā ānando ahosi, paṇḍitāmacco pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
728《山麓本生经》注释,第五篇。
Pabbatūpattharajātakavaṇṇanā pañcamā.
677[196] 第六篇 雨云本生经注释
[196] 6. Valāhakassajātakavaṇṇanā
678“他们不会遵从教导”这件事,是导师住在祇园时,针对一位生起厌离心的比丘而说的。那位比丘被导师问道:“比丘,听说你真的生起厌离心了?”他回答:“是的。”导师又问:“是什么原因?”他说:“因为我看见一个盛装打扮的女人,被烦恼驱使了。”于是导师告诉他:“比丘,所谓女人,就是用她们自己的色、声、香、味、触,以及女人的机巧和媚态来引诱男人,使男人被她们控制;当她们知道男人已落入自己掌中后,就会让男人破戒、耗尽钱财,最终走向堕落,因此她们被称为‘女夜叉’。即使在过去世,也有女夜叉凭着女人的机巧,接近一队商旅,迷惑这些商人,使他们听命于自己,过后再见到别的男人时,就把先前那些商人全都杀掉,两颊鲜血直流,嘴巴塞满血肉,就这样把他们吃了。”说完,便开示了过去世的因缘。
Ye na kāhanti ovādanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. So hi bhikkhu satthārā ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, bhikkhu, ukkaṇṭhitosī’’ti puṭṭho ‘‘sacca’’nti vatvā ‘‘kiṃ kāraṇā’’ti vutte ‘‘ekaṃ alaṅkataṃ mātugāmaṃ disvā kilesavasenā’’ti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘itthiyo nāmetā bhikkhu attano rūpasaddagandharasaphoṭṭhabbehi ceva itthikuttavilāsehi ca purise palobhetvā attano vase katvā vasaṃ upagatabhāvaṃ ñatvā sīlavināsañceva dhanavināsañca pāpanaṭṭhena ‘yakkhiniyo’ti vuccanti. Pubbepi hi yakkhiniyo itthikuttena ekaṃ purisasatthaṃ upasaṅkamitvā vāṇije palobhetvā attano vase katvā puna aññe purise disvā te sabbepi jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā ubhohi hanukapassehi lohitena paggharantena mukhaṃ pūrāpetvā khādiṃsū’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
679过去在铜掌洲(锡兰)有一个名叫喜城的夜叉城,女夜叉们住在那里。每当有船只毁坏的商人到来时,这些女夜叉就梳妆打扮,让人拿着嚼食和啖食,在一群女奴的簇拥下,怀里抱着小孩,上前去接近那些商人。为了让商人产生“我们来到了有人住的地方”的错觉,她们还会在各处现出耕作、守牛等情景,以及人、牛群、狗等景象。她们来到商人面前,便说:“请喝这粥,请吃饭,请用嚼食。”商人不知情,便享用了她们给的食物。等到商人吃完、喝完、休息了一会儿,她们便热情寒暄、款待他们,问道:“你们一直在哪里住?从哪里来?要到哪里去?是什么原因到这里来的?”商人回答说:“我们是船只毁坏后才来到这里的。”女夜叉们就说:“那太好了,诸位贤士,我们的丈夫们也是乘船出海,现在已经过了三年,想必都已去世了;你们也是商人,我们就做你们身边随侍的仆从吧。”这么说过后,便用女人的机巧、媚态、娇美来引诱这些商人,把他们带去夜叉城。如果那里已经有早先被抓来的人,就用天锁链把那些人绑起来,丢进劳役屋。如果在自己的住处没有遇上船只毁坏的人,她们就沿着海岸到处巡行——从远处的甲离尼到近处的龙岛一带都是这样。这是她们一贯的作风。
Atīte tambapaṇṇidīpe sirīsavatthu nāma yakkhanagaraṃ ahosi, tattha yakkhiniyo vasiṃsu. Tā bhinnanāvānaṃ vāṇijānaṃ āgatakāle alaṅkatapaṭiyattā khādanīyabhojanīyaṃ gāhāpetvā dāsigaṇaparivutā dārake aṅkenādāya vāṇije upasaṅkamanti. Tesaṃ ‘‘manussāvāsaṃ āgatamhā’’ti sañjānanatthaṃ tattha tattha kasigorakkhādīni karonte manusse gogaṇe sunakheti evamādīni dassenti, vāṇijānaṃ santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘imaṃ yāguṃ pivatha, bhattaṃ bhuñjatha, khādanīyaṃ khādathā’’ti vadanti. Vāṇijā ajānantā tāhi dinnaṃ paribhuñjanti. Atha tesaṃ khāditvā bhuñjitvā pivitvā vissamitakāle paṭisanthāraṃ karonti, ‘‘tumhe kattha vāsikā, kuto āgatā, kahaṃ gacchissatha, kena kammena idhāgatatthā’’ti pucchanti. ‘‘Bhinnanāvā hutvā idhāgatamhā’’ti vutte ‘‘sādhu, ayyā, amhākampi sāmikānaṃ nāvaṃ abhiruhitvā gatānaṃ tīṇi saṃvaccharāni atikkantāni, te matā bhavissanti; tumhepi vāṇijāyeva, mayaṃ tumhākaṃ pādaparicārikā bhavissāmā’’ti vatvā te vāṇije itthikuttahāvabhāvavilāsehi palobhetvā yakkhanagaraṃ netvā sace paṭhamagahitā manussā atthi, te devasaṅkhalikāya bandhitvā kāraṇaghare pakkhipanti , attano vasanaṭṭhāne bhinnanāve manusse alabhantiyo pana parato kalyāṇiṃ orato nāgadīpanti evaṃ samuddatīraṃ anusañcaranti. Ayaṃ tāsaṃ dhammatā.
680后来有一天,有五百名因船只毁坏而落难的商人,在这些女夜叉城镇附近的海岸登了陆。那些女夜叉便上前诱惑他们,把他们带回夜叉城,先将先前抓到的人用天锁链绑起来,丢进劳役屋。然后,领头的大女夜叉娶了大商人做丈夫,其余的女夜叉也各自配对——那五百名女夜叉让这五百名商人成了自己的丈夫。到了夜晚,等商人睡着后,领头的大女夜叉就起身到劳役屋,把人杀死,吃了他们的肉再回来;其余的女夜叉也都这么做。领头的大女夜叉吃完人肉回来的时候,她的身体是冰凉的。领头的商人心里揣摩,觉察到了她的夜叉本性,心想:‘这五百个一定都是女夜叉,我们必须逃走。’第二天一早,他借洗脸的机会,对其他商人说:‘这些都是女夜叉,不是人类女人。等下一批船只毁坏的人来了,她们就会把那些人招为丈夫,而把我们吃掉。来,我们从这里逃走吧!’在那五百人当中,有二百五十人说:‘我们没办法离开她们,你们走吧,我们不逃。’领头的商人便带着那些听他话的二百五十人,因为害怕女夜叉而逃走了。
Athekadivasaṃ pañcasatā bhinnanāvā vāṇijā tāsaṃ nagarasamīpe uttariṃsu. Tā tesaṃ santikaṃ gantvā palobhetvā yakkhanagaraṃ netvā paṭhamaṃ gahite manusse devasaṅkhalikāya bandhitvā kāraṇaghare pakkhipitvā jeṭṭhayakkhinī jeṭṭhakavāṇijaṃ, sesā seseti tā pañcasatā yakkhiniyo te pañcasate vāṇije attano sāmike akaṃsu. Atha sā jeṭṭhayakkhinī rattibhāge vāṇije niddaṃ upagate uṭṭhāya gantvā kāraṇaghare manusse māretvā maṃsaṃ khāditvā āgacchati, sesāpi tatheva karonti. Jeṭṭhayakkhiniyā manussamaṃsaṃ khāditvā āgatakāle sarīraṃ sītalaṃ hoti. Jeṭṭhavāṇijo pariggaṇhanto tassā yakkhinibhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘imā pañcasatā yakkhiniyo bhavissanti, amhehi palāyituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti punadivase pātova mukhadhovanatthāya gantvā sesavāṇijānaṃ ārocesi – ‘‘imā yakkhiniyo, na manussitthiyo, aññesaṃ bhinnanāvānaṃ āgatakāle te sāmike katvā amhepi khādissanti, etha ito palāyissāmā’’ti tesu pañcasatesu aḍḍhateyyasatā ‘‘na mayaṃ etā vijahituṃ sakkhissāma, tumhe gacchatha, mayaṃ na palāyissāmā’’ti āhaṃsu. Jeṭṭhavāṇijo attano vacanakāre aḍḍhateyyasate gahetvā tāsaṃ bhīto palāyi.
681就在那时,菩萨出生在雨云马王的种姓中,他全身纯白、头部黑色、鬃毛如同文阇草,具有神通,能在空中飞行。他从雪山腾空飞起,来到铜掌洲,在那里铜掌洲湖的沼泽里吃了自然生长的稻谷后,就要离去。他这样飞着,一面用慈心所感发出来的人语,三遍地说道:‘还有谁想去人间的国土吗?’那些商人听到菩萨的话,就上前来,合掌行礼说:‘主人,我们想去人间的国土。’‘那么,就骑到我背上来吧。’于是有些人骑了上去,其中有的人抓住他的尾巴,有的人则合掌站着。菩萨运用自己的神通力,把连那些只是合掌站着的人在内的全部二百五十位商人,都送到了人间的国土,让他们各自安顿在自己原来的地方,然后自己返回了住处。而那群女夜叉,等到新的一批人到来时,就把被留下的那二百五十人杀死、吃掉了。
Tasmiṃ pana kāle bodhisatto valāhakassayoniyaṃ nibbatti, sabbaseto kāḷasīso muñjakeso iddhimā vehāsaṅgamo ahosi. So himavantato ākāse uppatitvā tambapaṇṇidīpaṃ gantvā tattha tambapaṇṇisare pallale sayaṃjātasāliṃ khāditvā gacchati. Evaṃ gacchanto ca ‘‘janapadaṃ gantukāmā atthī’’ti tikkhattuṃ karuṇāparibhāvitaṃ mānusiṃ vācaṃ bhāsati. Te bodhisattassa vacanaṃ sutvā upasaṅkamitvā añjaliṃ paggayha ‘‘sāmi, mayaṃ janapadaṃ gamissāmā’’ti āhaṃsu. Tena hi mayhaṃ piṭṭhiṃ abhiruhathāti. Appekacce abhiruhiṃsu, tesu ekacce vāladhiṃ gaṇhiṃsu, ekacce añjaliṃ paggahetvā aṭṭhaṃsuyeva. Bodhisatto antamaso añjaliṃ paggahetvā ṭhite sabbepi te aḍḍhateyyasate vāṇije attano ānubhāvena janapadaṃ netvā sakasakaṭṭhānesu patiṭṭhapetvā attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃ āgamāsi. Tāpi kho yakkhiniyo aññesaṃ āgatakāle tattha ohīnake aḍḍhateyyasate manusse vadhitvā khādiṃsu.
682导师对比丘们开示说:“诸位比丘,正如那些屈从于女夜叉的商人最后丢了性命,而听从雨云马王吩咐的商人得以平安返回各自的居处,同样地,不遵从诸佛教导的比丘、比丘尼、近事男、近事女,也会在四恶趣及五种束缚、苦役处之类的地方,遭受极大的痛苦。而那些遵从教导的人,则能获得三种家族成就、六欲天、二十梵天界等这些善趣,并最终亲证不死的大涅槃,享受极大的安乐。”说完这些,导师以已正觉的身份,诵出了以下的偈颂——
Satthā bhikkhū āmantetvā ‘‘bhikkhave, yathā te yakkhinīnaṃ vasaṃ gatā vāṇijā jīvitakkhayaṃ pattā, valāhakassarājassa vacanakarā vāṇijā sakasakaṭṭhānesu patiṭṭhitā, evameva buddhānaṃ ovādaṃ akarontā bhikkhūpi bhikkhuniyopi upāsakāpi upāsikāyopi catūsu apāyesu pañcavidhabandhanakammakaraṇaṭṭhānādīsu mahādukkhaṃ pāpuṇanti. Ovādakarā pana tisso kulasampattiyo ca cha kāmasagge vīsati brahmaloketi imāni ca ṭhānāni patvā amatamahānibbānaṃ sacchikatvā mahantaṃ sukhaṃ anubhavantī’’ti vatvā abhisambuddho hutvā imā gāthā avoca –
91九十一。
91.
684那些人不遵行佛陀所教导的教诫,
‘‘Ye na kāhanti ovādaṃ, narā buddhena desitaṃ;
685他们必将走向毁灭,就像那些被罗刹女所惑的商人一样。
Byasanaṃ te gamissanti, rakkhasīhiva vāṇijā.
9292.
92.
687凡是那些遵行佛陀所说教诫的人,
‘‘Ye ca kāhanti ovādaṃ, narā buddhena desitaṃ;
688他们将平安地到达彼岸,就像那些跟随雨云的商人们一样。
Sotthiṃ pāraṃ gamissanti, valāheneva vāṇijā’’ti.
689在这里,「那些不行作者」(ye na kāhanti) 是指那些将不去实行的人。「他们将走向灾祸」(byasanaṃ te gamissanti) 是指他们将会遭到巨大的毁灭。「如同被罗刹女所惑的商贾们」(rakkhasīhiva vāṇijā) 是指就像被罗刹女们引诱了的商人们一样。「将平安到达彼岸」(sotthiṃ pāraṃ gamissanti) 是指将没有障碍地证得涅槃。「如同随顺雨云的商贾们」(valāheneva vāṇijā) 是指就像那些听从雨云说“来吧”并照着去做的那群商人一样。正如那些商人渡过了大海,到达了各自要去的地方,同样地,遵从诸佛的教诫者就渡过了轮回的彼岸,达到了涅槃。正是用这不死的伟大涅槃,他为这次说法画上了最圆满的句号。
Tattha ye na kāhantīti ye na karissanti. Byasanaṃ te gamissantīti te mahāvināsaṃ pāpuṇissanti. Rakkhasīhiva vāṇijāti rakkhasīhi palobhitavāṇijā viya. Sotthiṃ pāraṃ gamissantīti anantarāyena nibbānaṃ pāpuṇissanti. Valāheneva vāṇijāti valāheneva ‘‘āgacchathā’’ti vuttā tassa vacanakarā vāṇijā viya. Yathā hi te samuddapāraṃ gantvā sakasakaṭṭhānaṃ agamaṃsu, evaṃ buddhānaṃ ovādakarā saṃsārapāraṃ nibbānaṃ gacchantīti amatamahānibbānena dhammadesanāya kūṭaṃ gaṇhi.
690导师开示了这部法之后,阐明了诸谛,并把本生故事对应起来——在谛说结束时,那位感到厌倦的比丘证得了入流果,其他许多人也分别证得了入流果、一来果、不来果和阿拉汉果。“那时,听从雨云马王吩咐的二百五十位商人,后来成为了佛陀的弟子众,而雨云马王就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – saccapariyosāne ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhu sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi, aññepi bahū sotāpattiphalasakadāgāmiphalaanāgāmiphalaarahattaphalāni pāpuṇiṃsu. ‘‘Tadā valāhakassarājassa vacanakarā aḍḍhateyyasatā vāṇijā buddhaparisā ahesuṃ, valāhakassarājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
743雨云本生注 第六
Valāhakassajātakavaṇṇanā chaṭṭhā.
691[197] 七. 亲疏友本生注
[197] 7. Mittāmittajātakavaṇṇanā
692“见到他时不会微笑……”这话是导师住在祇园时,针对某位比丘而说的。有一位比丘心想:“我就算拿了,我的亲教师也不会生气。”于是凭着这种自以为是的信赖,把亲教师存放的一块布料取走,做成了凉鞋袋,事后才去向亲教师请求许可。亲教师问他:“你为什么拿走?”他回答说:“我以为您不会生气,是出于对您的信赖才拿的。”亲教师说:“我和你之间,哪有什么信赖可言?”说完就忿怒地站起来打了他。这件事很快在比丘们中间传开了。后来有一天,比丘们在法堂里议论说:“贤友们,听说某个年少比丘仗着对亲教师的信赖,拿了布片去做凉鞋袋,结果他亲教师说:‘我和你之间,哪有什么信赖?’就生气地站起来打了他。”导师走过来问道:“比丘们,你们现在聚在一起议论什么?”当被告知“在说这件事”时,导师说:“比丘们,不只是现在,这位比丘对他的共住者不可信赖,在过去世他也是这样不可信赖的。”说完便引述了过去世的因缘。
Na naṃ umhayate disvāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ bhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Aññataro bhikkhu ‘‘mayā gahite mayhaṃ upajjhāyo na kujjhissatī’’ti upajjhāyena ṭhapitaṃ vissāsena ekaṃ vatthakhaṇḍaṃ gahetvā upāhanatthavikaṃ katvā pacchā upajjhāyaṃ āpucchi. Atha taṃ upajjhāyo ‘‘kiṃkāraṇā gaṇhī’’ti vatvā ‘‘mayā gahite na kujjhissatīti tumhākaṃ vissāsenā’’ti vutte ‘‘ko mayā saddhiṃ tuyhaṃ vissāso nāmā’’ti vatvā kuddho uṭṭhahitvā pahari. Tassa sā kiriyā bhikkhūsu pākaṭā jātā. Athekadivasaṃ bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, asuko kira daharo upajjhāyassa vissāsena vatthakhaṇḍaṃ gahetvā upāhanatthavikaṃ akāsi. Atha naṃ upajjhāyo ‘ko mayā saddhiṃ tuyhaṃ vissāso nāmā’ti vatvā kuddho uṭṭhahitvā paharī’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idānevesa bhikkhu attano saddhivihārikena saddhiṃ avissāsiko, pubbepi avissāsikoyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
693从前,波罗奈由梵授王统治的时候,菩萨投生在迦尸国的一个婆罗门家庭。长大后,他出家成为仙人,修得了神通和禅定,便做了一群弟子的导师,带领他们在雪山一带居住。在那群仙人中,有一位苦行者不听从菩萨的教导,擅自收养了一头死了母亲的幼象。那象长大后,竟咬死了苦行者,逃入了阿兰若。仙众为苦行者办完后事,围拢着菩萨问道:“大德,通过什么方法,或者什么因缘,才能知道一个人是朋友还是敌人呢?”菩萨为了说明“就是通过这些因缘”,说了以下的偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsiraṭṭhe brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā gaṇasatthā hutvā himavantapadese vāsaṃ kappesi. Tasmiṃ isigaṇe eko tāpaso bodhisattassa vacanaṃ akatvā ekaṃ matamātikaṃ hatthipotakaṃ paṭijaggi. Atha naṃ so vuddhippatto māretvā araññaṃ pāvisi. Tassa sarīrakiccaṃ katvā isigaṇo bodhisattaṃ parivāretvā – ‘‘bhante, kena nu ko kāraṇena mittabhāvo vā amittabhāvo vā sakkā jānitu’’nti pucchi. Bodhisatto ‘‘iminā ca iminā ca kāraṇenā’’ti ācikkhanto imā gāthā avoca –
9393.
93.
695“见到他时不微笑,也不欢喜地迎接他;
‘‘Na naṃ umhayate disvā, na ca naṃ paṭinandati;
696不与他目光交流,还总唱反调。
Cakkhūni cassa na dadāti, paṭilomañca vattati.
9494.
94.
698这些就是存在于敌人身上的特征,
‘‘Ete bhavanti ākārā, amittasmiṃ patiṭṭhitā;
699智者通过观察和听闻,凭这些特征便能识破敌人。
Yehi amittaṃ jāneyya, disvā sutvā ca paṇḍito’’ti.
700在这里,「见他不笑」(na naṃ umhayate disvā)的意思是:一个人若对另一个人怀有敌意,见到那位补特伽罗时,就不会微笑,不会露出笑容,也不显出欢喜的样子。「不欢喜迎接」(naca naṃ paṭinandati)指:听到他的话后,也不热情回应,不会随喜赞叹说:“太好了,说得真好!”「不给予目光」(cakkhūni cassa na dadāti)指:不用眼睛对视,不正面看他,反而把目光移向别处。「唱反调」(paṭilomañca vattati)指:对他的身业、语业全不认可,总是持相反意见,总是对着干。「表相」(ākārā)指这些因缘、征象。「凭这些识别敌人」(yehi amittaṃ jāneyya):通过这些特征,一位有智慧的补特伽罗,只要亲眼看到、亲耳听到这些表现,就能判断“这是我的敌人”;反过来,如果表现出完全相反的特征,就能知道那是朋友了。
Tattha na naṃ umhayate disvāti yo hi yassa amitto hoti, so taṃ puggalaṃ disvā na umhayate, hasitaṃ na karoti, pahaṭṭhākāraṃ na dasseti. Naca naṃ paṭinandatīti tassa vacanaṃ sutvāpi taṃ puggalaṃ na paṭinandati, sādhu subhāsitanti na cānumodati. Cakkhūni cassa na dadātīti cakkhunā cakkhuṃ āhacca paṭimukho hutvā na oloketi, aññato cakkhūni harati. Paṭilomañca vattatīti tassa kāyakammampi vacīkammampi na roceti, paṭilomagāhaṃ gaṇhāti paccanīkagāhaṃ. Ākārāti kāraṇāni. Yehi amittanti yehi kāraṇehi tāni kāraṇāni disvā sutvā ca paṇḍito puggalo ‘‘ayaṃ me amitto’’ti jāneyya, tato viparītehi pana mittabhāvo jānitabboti.
701菩萨这样开示了敌友的成因之后,修习梵住,命终投生于梵天界。
Evaṃ bodhisatto mittāmittabhāvakāraṇāni ācikkhitvā brahmavihāre bhāvetvā brahmalokūpago ahosi.
702导师开示此法义后,将本生故事连结起来说:「那时,养象苦行者是那同住者,象是亲教师,仙人众是佛弟子众,而大众的导师则是我。」
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā hatthiposakatāpaso saddhivihāriko ahosi, hatthī upajjhāyo, isigaṇo buddhaparisā, gaṇasatthā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
756《敌友本生》注释第七。
Mittāmittajātakavaṇṇanā sattamā.
703[198]第八.《罗陀本生》注释
[198] 8. Rādhajātakavaṇṇanā
704「出外归来,我的儿子」──这是导师住在祇园时,针对一位心生不乐的比丘而开示的。据说,那位比丘被导师问:「比丘,听说你真的心不喜乐,是吗?」他回答:「是的,大德。」又问:「是什么原因呢?」他答:「因为看见一位打扮得很漂亮的女子,被烦恼驱使了。」于是导师对他说:「比丘,所谓女人,实在是无法守护的。往昔即使派了守门人放在门旁加以防护,也还是守护不了。一个女人,对你有什么用呢?即使得到了,也是无法守护的。」说完,便引出了过去的事情。
Pavāsāāgato tātāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. So kira satthārā ‘‘saccaṃ kira, tvaṃ bhikkhu, ukkaṇṭhito’’ti puṭṭho ‘‘saccaṃ, bhante’’ti vatvā ‘‘kiṃkāraṇā’’ti vutte ‘‘ekaṃ alaṅkataitthiṃ disvā kilesavasenā’’ti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘mātugāmo nāma bhikkhu na sakkā rakkhituṃ, pubbepi dovārike ṭhapetvā rakkhantāpi rakkhituṃ na sakkhiṃsu, kiṃ te itthiyā, laddhāpi sā rakkhituṃ na sakkā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
705过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时候,菩萨出生于鹦鹉的种姓,名字叫「罗陀」;他有个幼弟,名叫「布咤婆楼」。他们两个在幼年时,就被一个猎人捕捉,送给了波罗奈城里的一位婆罗门。婆罗门把他们当作儿子一样看待,抚养他们。然而,这位婆罗门的妻子却是不受守护、品行不端的人。有一次,婆罗门因为要处理事务即将出门,就嘱咐这两只幼鹦鹉说:「孩子们,我要出外办事去了。不论时间合适与否,你们都要留意你们母亲的行为举止,要弄清楚是不是有其他男人往来。」他把婆罗门妻托付给两只幼鹦鹉后,就离开了。她从婆罗门刚一出家门,就开始做那些不正当的行为,不论白天黑夜,来往的男人多到数不清。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto suvayoniyaṃ nibbatti, ‘‘rādho’’tissa nāmaṃ, kaniṭṭhabhātā panassa poṭṭhapādo nāma. Te ubhopi taruṇakāleyeva eko luddako gahetvā bārāṇasiyaṃ aññatarassa brāhmaṇassa adāsi, brāhmaṇo te puttaṭṭhāne ṭhapetvā paṭijaggi. Brāhmaṇassa pana brāhmaṇī arakkhitā dussīlā. So vohārakaraṇatthāya gacchanto te suvapotake āmantetvā ‘‘tātā, ahaṃ vohārakaraṇatthāya gacchāmi, kāle vā vikāle vā tumhākaṃ mātu karaṇakammaṃ olokeyyātha, aññassa purisassa gamanabhāvaṃ vā agamanabhāvaṃ vā jāneyyāthā’’ti brāhmaṇiṃ suvapotakānaṃ paṭicchāpetvā agamāsi. Sā tassa nikkhantakālato paṭṭhāya anācāraṃ cari, rattimpi divāpi āgacchantānañca gacchantānañca pamāṇaṃ natthi.
706布咤婆楼看到这个情形,就问罗陀:「婆罗门把这位婆罗门妻交给我们看管就出门了,她现在却造作恶业,我要不要说呢?」罗陀说:「不要说。」布咤婆楼不听从他的话,直接对婆罗门妻说:「母亲,你是因为什么原因,要造作恶业呢?」她生起了杀害布咤婆楼的念头,假装慈爱地说:「孩子,你可是我的儿子啊,从今以后我不会再做了。来,孩子,你过来一下。」她把走近的布咤婆楼一把抓住,说:「你居然敢教训我?真是不知自己几斤几两!」说着就拧转他的脖子把他杀害,然后将尸体丢进了炉灶的缝隙里。婆罗门回来后,休息了一会儿,就问菩萨:「孩子罗陀,你的母亲做了不正当的事吗,还是没有呢?」问的时候,说出了这第一首偈颂──
Taṃ disvā poṭṭhapādo rādhaṃ pucchi – ‘‘brāhmaṇo imaṃ brāhmaṇiṃ amhākaṃ niyyādetvā gato, ayañca pāpakammaṃ karoti, vadāmi na’’nti. Rādho ‘‘mā vadāhī’’ti āha. So tassa vacanaṃ aggahetvā ‘‘amma, kiṃkāraṇā pāpakammaṃ karosī’’ti āha. Sā taṃ māretukāmā hutvā ‘‘tāta, tvaṃ nāma mayhaṃ putto, ito paṭṭhāya na karissāmi, ehi, tāta, tāvā’’ti piyāyamānā viya pakkositvā āgataṃ gahetvā ‘‘tvaṃ maṃ ovadasi, attano pamāṇaṃ na jānāsī’’ti gīvaṃ parivattetvā māretvā uddhanantaresu pakkhipi. Brāhmaṇo āgantvā vissamitvā bodhisattaṃ ‘‘kiṃ, tāta rādha, mātā te anācāraṃ karoti, na karotī’’ti pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
95九十五。
95.
708「孩子,我从远行归来,现在才刚回来不久;
‘‘Pavāsā āgato tāta, idāni nacirāgato;
709“孩子,你的母亲没有亲近其他男子吗?”
Kaccinnu tāta te mātā, na aññamupasevatī’’ti.
710其意思是:孩子罗陀,我从远行归来,我现在才刚回来不久,因此不了解情况,所以问你:「孩子,你的母亲没有亲近其他男子吗?」
Tassattho – ahaṃ, tāta rādha, pavāsā āgato, so camhi idāneva āgato nacirāgato, tena pavattiṃ ajānanto taṃ pucchāmi – ‘‘kacci nu te, tāta, mātā aññaṃ purisaṃ na upasevatī’’ti.
711罗陀为了让对方明白「孩子,所谓智者,不会讲说那些无论是真实还是不真实、却没有益处的话」,于是说出第二首偈颂:
Rādho ‘‘tāta, paṇḍitā nāma bhūtaṃ vā abhūtaṃ vā aniyyānikaṃ nāma na kathesu’’nti ñāpento dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
96九十六。
96.
713「可是,这句话并不吉祥,即使它是与真实相连的话;
‘‘Na kho panetaṃ subhaṇaṃ, giraṃ saccupasaṃhitaṃ;
714「应当像布咤婆楼躺在热灰中被闷烧那样躺着。」
Sayetha poṭṭhapādova, mummure upakūthito’’ti.
715这里的「gira」指话语。正如现在称为‘girā’,那时也称作「gira」,那只小鹦鹉不考虑词性就这样说。然而,此处的意义是:孩子,所谓智者,对于那些与真实相连、如实、有意义、符合本性的话,如果它没有益处,也不会去说,因为那并不吉祥。如果讲述没有益处的真实话,就应该像布咤婆楼躺在热灰中被闷烧那样躺着,正如布咤婆楼躺在火炭中被焚烧那样躺着。‘Upakūdhito’也是异读,意义相同。
Tattha giranti vacanaṃ. Tañhi yathā idāni girā, evaṃ tadā ‘‘gira’’nti vuccati, so suvapotako liṅgaṃ anādiyitvā evamāha. Ayaṃ panettha attho – tāta, paṇḍitena nāma saccupasaṃhitaṃ yathābhūtaṃ atthayuttaṃ sabhāvavacanampi aniyyānikaṃ na subhaṇaṃ. Aniyyānikañca saccaṃ bhaṇanto sayetha poṭṭhapādova, mummure upakūthito, yathā poṭṭhapādo kukkuḷe jhāmo sayati, evaṃ sayeyyāti. ‘‘Upakūdhito’’tipi pāṭho, ayamevattho.
716菩萨这样对婆罗门说法后,说:「我也无法住在这里了」,向婆罗门告辞,便进入了森林。
Evaṃ bodhisatto brāhmaṇassa dhammaṃ desetvā ‘‘mayāpi imasmiṃ ṭhāne vasituṃ na sakkā’’ti brāhmaṇaṃ āpucchitvā araññameva pāvisi.
717导师以此法开示,揭示诸谛,将本生故事连结起来。在诸谛结束时,那位心生不乐的比丘证得了入流果。他说道:「那时,布咤婆楼是阿难,而罗陀则是我。」
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhu sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā poṭṭhapādo ānando ahosi, rādho pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
772《罗陀本生注》第八。
Rādhajātakavaṇṇanā aṭṭhamā.
718[199] 9. 《居士本生注》
[199] 9. Gahapatijātakavaṇṇanā
719「这两者我都不堪忍」这句经文,是世尊住在祇园精舍时,针对那位同样心生不乐的比丘而说的。世尊说法时说道:「所谓女人,是不受守护的;造了恶业后,她们就会用尽一切办法来欺骗丈夫。」说完,便引述了过去的故事。
Ubhayaṃme na khamatīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ukkaṇṭhitameva bhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Kathento ca ‘‘mātugāmo nāma arakkhito, pāpakammaṃ katvā yena kenaci upāyena sāmikaṃ vañcetiyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
720过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时候,菩萨出生在迦尸国的一个居士家庭,长大后过起了居家生活。他的妻子品行不端,与村长私通。菩萨察觉后,便留心观察。那时,正值雨季当中,种子已经播下,庄稼刚刚开始抽穗,却发生了饥荒。全村人聚集起来说:「从现在起,两个月后庄稼收割时,我们会给米。」他们从村长那里牵来一头老牛,把牛肉分着吃了。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsiraṭṭhe gahapatikule nibbattitvā vayappatto gharāvāsaṃ gaṇhi. Tassa bhariyā dussīlā gāmabhojakena saddhiṃ anācāraṃ carati. Bodhisatto taṃ ñatvā pariggaṇhanto carati . Tadā pana antovasse bījesu nīhaṭesu chātakaṃ ahosi, sassānaṃ gabbhagahaṇakālo jāto. Sakalagāmavāsino ‘‘ito māsadvayena sassāni uddharitvā vīhiṃ dassāmā’’ti ekato hutvā gāmabhojakassa hatthato ekaṃ jaragoṇaṃ gahetvā maṃsaṃ khādiṃsu.
721有一天,村长看准时机,在菩萨外出的时候进了他家。就在他们舒舒服服躺下的那一刻,菩萨从村口走了进来,朝自己家走去。那女人面朝村口,看见菩萨,心想‘这是谁?’便站在门槛上仔细看,认出‘就是他!’于是告诉了村长。村长吓得浑身发抖。这时,女人对他说:‘别怕,我有个办法。我们吃过你手上的牛肉,你就装成来讨肉钱的样子。我爬上粮仓,站在仓门口说“没有米”。你站在屋子中间,不停地催我:“我家孩子饿了,把肉钱还给我!”’说完,她就爬上粮仓,在仓门口坐下。村长站在屋子中间喊:‘还我肉钱!’她便在仓门口说:‘仓里没有米,等庄稼收割了我再给,你走吧。’
Athekadivasaṃ gāmabhājako khaṇaṃ oloketvā bodhisattassa bahigatavelāyaṃ gehaṃ pāvisi. Tesaṃ sukhanipannakkhaṇeyeva bodhisatto gāmadvārena pavisitvā gehābhimukho pāyāsi. Sā itthī gāmadvārābhimukhī taṃ disvā ‘‘ko nu kho eso’’ti ummāre ṭhatvā olokentī ‘‘soyevā’’ti ñatvā gāmabhojakassa ācikkhi, gāmabhojako bhīto pakampi. Atha naṃ sā ‘‘mā bhāyi, attheko upāyo, amhehi tava hatthato goṇamaṃsaṃ khāditaṃ, tvaṃ maṃsamūlaṃ sodhento viya hohi, ahaṃ koṭṭhaṃ āruyha koṭṭhadvāre ṭhatvā ‘vīhi natthī’ti vakkhāmi. Tvaṃ gehamajjhe ṭhatvā ‘amhākaṃ ghare dārakā chātā, maṃsamūlaṃ me dehī’ti punappunaṃ codeyyāsī’’ti vatvā koṭṭhaṃ āruyha koṭṭhadvāre nisīdi. Itaro gehamajjhe ṭhatvā ‘‘maṃsamūlaṃ dehī’’ti vadati. Sā koṭṭhadvāre nisinnā ‘‘koṭṭhe vīhi natthi, sasse uddharante dassāmi gacchāhī’’ti āha.
722菩萨走进家中,看见他们两人的举动,心里明白:‘这准是那个坏女人想出的计策。’于是便对村长说:‘村长啊!我们吃你那头老牛的肉时,是说好了“从现在起两个月后给米”才吃的。现在连半个月都还没过去,你为什么就让人来讨呢?你根本不是为这件事来的,一定是为了别的缘故。我不喜欢你的这种做法。还有这个行为不端、品性邪恶的女人,明明知道粮仓里没有米,现在却爬上粮仓说“没有米”,你也一直催“还钱”。你们两个演的这种把戏,我实在不能接受。’为了阐明这个意思,菩萨说出了以下的偈颂:
Bodhisatto gehaṃ pavisitvā tesaṃ kiriyaṃ disvā ‘‘imāya pāpāya kataupāyo esa bhavissatī’’ti ñatvā gāmabhojakaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘so gāmabhojaka amhe tava jaragoṇassa maṃsaṃ khādantā ‘ito māsadvayena vīhiṃ dassāmā’ti khādimha, tvaṃ aḍḍhamāsampi anatikkamitvā idāneva kasmā āharāpesi, na tvaṃ iminā kāraṇena āgato, aññena kāraṇena āgato bhavissasi, mayhaṃ tava kiriyā na ruccati, ayampi anācārā pāpadhammā koṭṭhe vīhīnaṃ abhāvaṃ jānāti, sā dāni koṭṭhaṃ āruyha ‘vīhi natthī’ti vadati, tvampi ‘dehī’ti vadati, ubhinnampi vo karaṇaṃ mayhaṃ na ruccatī’’ti etamatthaṃ pakāsento imā gāthā avoca –
97九十七。
97.
724“这两件事我都无法容忍,这两件事我都不喜欢;
‘‘Ubhayaṃ me na khamati, ubhayaṃ me na ruccati;
725这个女人进了粮仓,却说‘我不给’。
Yācāyaṃ koṭṭhamotiṇṇā, nadassaṃ iti bhāsati.
98九十八。
98.
727“村长,我这样告诉你,在这悭吝、微少的生命中;
‘‘Taṃ taṃ gāmapati brūmi, kadare appasmi jīvite;
728你约定好两个月后,给的却是老瘦公牛的肉;
Dve māse saṅgaraṃ katvā, maṃsaṃ jaraggavaṃ kisaṃ;
729还没到时间你就来催讨,这一点我也不喜欢。”
Appattakāle codesi, tampi mayhaṃ na ruccatī’’ti.
730在这里,‘Taṃ taṃ gāmapati brūmi’(村长,我这样告诉你)的意思是:喂,村长!正是因为这个原因,我才对你这么说。‘Kadare appasmi jīvite’(在这悭吝微少的生命上)的意思是:我们的生命,实在是悭吝、坚硬、粗糙、困苦、微少、虚弱、渺小,当我们处在这样的生命中时。‘Dve māse saṅgaraṃ katvā, maṃsaṃ jaraggavaṃ kisaṃ’(约定两个月后,给了老瘦牛的肉)的意思是:当我们收肉的时候,你给了一头老、瘦、虚弱的公牛,并且约定说‘两个月后应付钱’,就这样定了两个月的期限。‘Appattakāle codesi’(在时间未到时你便催促)的意思是:在那个时限还没到,中途你就前来催讨。‘Tampi mayhaṃ na ruccati’(这一点我也不喜欢)的意思是:那个邪恶、无道德的女人,明明知道粮仓里没有米,却假装不知道,走进粮仓,站在仓门边说‘我不给’;再加上你没到时间就来催讨——这两件事,我既无法容忍,也不喜欢。
Tattha taṃ taṃ gāmapati brūmīti, ambho gāmajeṭṭhaka, tena kāraṇena taṃ vadāmi. Kadare appasmi jīviteti amhākaṃ jīvitaṃ nāma kadarañceva thaddhaṃ lūkhaṃ kasiraṃ appañca mandaṃ parittaṃ, tasmiṃ no evarūpe jīvite vattamāne. Dve māse saṅgaraṃ katvā, maṃsaṃ jaraggavaṃ kisanti amhākaṃ maṃsaṃ gaṇhantānaṃ jaraggavaṃ kisaṃ dubbalaṃ jaragoṇaṃ dadamāno tvaṃ ‘‘dvīhi māsehi mūlaṃ dātabba’’nti evaṃ dve māse saṅgaraṃ paricchedaṃ katvā. Appattakāle codesīti tasmiṃ kāle asampatte antarāva codesi. Tampi mayhaṃ na ruccatīti yā cāyaṃ pāpadhammā dussīlā antokoṭṭhe vīhīnaṃ natthibhāvaṃ jānamānāva ajānantī viya hutvā koṭṭhamotiṇṇā koṭṭhadvāre ṭhatvā na dassaṃ iti bhāsati, yañca tvaṃ akāle codesi, tampīti idaṃ ubhayampi mama neva khamati na ruccatīti.
731他就这样一边说着,抓住村长的发髻把他拽过来,摔在屋子中间,骂道:‘你自称是“村长”,却侵犯别人用心守护保管的财物!’打了他一顿,打得他虚弱无力,然后抓住他的脖子,把他赶出屋外。又抓住那个坏女人,扯着她的头发,从粮仓上拖下来痛打一顿,威吓她说:‘要是你以后再干这种事,有你好看的!’从那时起,村长连看都不敢再看那间屋子一眼,那个恶妇也从心底里再也不敢起邪念了。
Evaṃ so kathentova gāmabhojakaṃ cūḷāya gahetvā kaḍḍhitvā gehamajjhe pātetvā ‘‘gāmabhojakomhīti parassa rakkhitagopitabhaṇḍe aparajjhasī’’tiādīhi paribhāsitvā pothetvā dubbalaṃ katvā gīvāya gahetvā gehā nikkaḍḍhitvā tampi duṭṭhaitthiṃ kesesu gahetvā koṭṭhā otāretvā nippothetvā ‘‘sace puna evarūpaṃ karosi, jānissasī’’ti santajjesi. Tato paṭṭhāya gāmabhojako taṃ gehaṃ oloketumpi na visahi, sāpi pāpā puna manasāpi aticarituṃ nāsakkhi.
732世尊宣说了这个法教之后,揭示了真理,并总结本生故事:在真理揭示完毕时,那位心生厌离的比丘证得了入流果。世尊说:‘当时的村长是提婆达多,而那位惩治他的居士,正是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhu sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā gāmabhojako devadatto, niggahakārako gahapati pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
788《居士本生》的注释第九。
Gahapatijātakavaṇṇanā navamā.
733[200] 10.《善戒本生》注释。
[200] 10. Sādhusīlajātakavaṇṇanā
734“身财”这个词,是世尊住在祇园精舍时,针对一位婆罗门而讲说的。据说,这位婆罗门有四个女儿,有四个人想追求她们:其中一个人长相俊美,身材相貌出众;一个人年纪很大,算是有资历的长者;一个人出身高贵,种姓殊胜;另一个人则具足戒行。婆罗门琢磨起来:“在安置女儿、为她找个归宿时,究竟该把她嫁给谁呢?是给那个相貌堂堂的,还是给那个年高德劭的,或是给出身高贵与具足戒行中的某一位呢?”他左思右想也拿不定主意,心想:“这位正等正觉的佛陀一定会知道这件事,我去请教他后,就把女儿嫁给其中最适合的那个人。”于是,他叫仆人拿着香、花等供品来到精舍,礼拜世尊后,坐在一旁,把事情从头到尾讲了一遍,问道:“大德,在这四个人中,应该把女儿许配给谁呢?”世尊说:“过去的智者们也曾讨论过这个问题,但你们因为被存有(bhava)的束缚所遮盖,所以不能明辨。”在婆罗门的请求下,世尊讲出了过去的故事。
Sarīradabyanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tassa kira catasso dhītaro ahesuṃ. Tā cattāro janā patthenti, tesu eko abhirūpo sarīrasampanno, eko vayappatto mahallako, eko jātisampanno, eko sīlavā. Brāhmaṇo cintesi – ‘‘dhītaro nivesentena patiṭṭhāpentena kassa nu kho dātabbā, kiṃ rūpasampannassa, udāhu vayappattassa, jātisampannasīlavantānaṃ aññatarassā’’ti. So cintentopi ajānitvā ‘‘imaṃ kāraṇaṃ sammāsambuddho jānissati, taṃ pucchitvā etesaṃ antare anucchavikassa dassāmī’’ti gandhamālādīni gāhāpetvā vihāraṃ gantvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisinno ādito paṭṭhāya tamatthaṃ ārocetvā ‘‘bhante, imesu catūsu janesu kassa dātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti pucchi. Satthā ‘‘pubbepi paṇḍitā etaṃ pañhaṃ kathayiṃsu, bhavasaṅkhepagatattā pana sallakkhetuṃ na sakkosī’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
735过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治的时候,菩萨出生在一个婆罗门家庭。成年后,他去塔迦尸喇学习了各种技艺,回来后在波罗奈城成为了一位全国知名的老师。当时,有一位婆罗门有四个女儿,同样也有四个人追求她们。婆罗门不知道该把女儿许配给谁,心里想:“我得去请教那位老师,然后把她许配给那个最值得托付的人。”于是,他来到老师那里,为了问清楚这件事,说出了第一个偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto takkasilāyaṃ sippaṃ uggaṇhitvā āgantvā bārāṇasiyaṃ disāpāmokkho ācariyo ahosi. Athekassa brāhmaṇassa catasso dhītaro ahesuṃ, tā evameva cattāro janā patthayiṃsu. Brāhmaṇo ‘‘kassa nu kho dātabbā’’ti ajānanto ‘‘ācariyaṃ pucchitvā dātabbayuttakassa dassāmī’’ti tassa santikaṃ gantvā tamatthaṃ pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
99九十九。
99.
737「身财」、「年长」、「善生」、「善戒」;
‘‘Sarīradabyaṃ vuḍḍhabyaṃ, sojaccaṃ sādhusīliyaṃ;
738我们正是问您这位婆罗门:我们应该选择他们中的哪一位呢?
Brāhmaṇaṃ teva pucchāma, kannu tesaṃ vanimhase’’ti.
739在这里,通过「身财」等词语,显示了那四个人各自拥有的优点。此处含义如下:我的四个女儿被四个人追求。其中一人有「身财」,即身形圆满、容貌端正。一人有「年长」,即年纪增长、年高德劭。一人有「善生」(也有读作 sujaccaṃ),即出身良好、种姓圆满。一人有「善戒」,即美好的戒行、戒德圆满。「我们正是问婆罗门您」的意思是:我们不知道该把女儿许给这些人中的哪一个,因此特来请教您这位婆罗门。「我们应该选择他们中的哪一位」的意思是:对这四个人,我们该倾向谁?我们想要谁?我们该把那位少女嫁给谁?这是他提问的方式。
Tattha ‘‘sarīradabya’’ntiādīhi tesaṃ catunnaṃ vijjamāne guṇe pakāseti. Ayañhettha adhippāyo – dhītaro me cattāro janā patthenti, tesu ekassa sarīradabyamatthi, sarīrasampadā abhirūpabhāvo saṃvijjati. Ekassa vuḍḍhabyaṃ vuḍḍhibhāvo mahallakatā atthi. Ekassa sojaccaṃ sujātitā jātisampadā atthi. ‘‘Sujacca’’ntipi pāṭho. Ekassa sādhusīliyaṃ sundarasīlabhāvo sīlasampadā atthi. Brāhmaṇaṃ teva pucchāmāti tesu asukassa nāmetā dātabbāti ajānantā mayaṃ bhavantaṃ brāhmaṇaññeva pucchāma. Kannu tesaṃ vanimhaseti tesaṃ catunnaṃ janānaṃ kaṃ vanimhase, kaṃ icchāma, kassa tā kumārikā dadāmāti pucchati.
740老师听了这个话后,为了开显这样的含义:“即使有容貌等优越条件,但如果戒行败坏,就该受到呵斥,所以那些容貌等不是衡量的标准;我们所喜爱的,是持戒的功德。”于是他说出第二首偈颂:
Taṃ sutvā ācariyo ‘‘rūpasampadādīsu vijjamānāsupi vipannasīlo gārayho, tasmā taṃ nappamāṇaṃ, amhākaṃ sīlavantabhāvo ruccatī’’ti imamatthaṃ pakāsento dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
100一百。
100.
742「身体中确有利益,我向年长致敬;
‘‘Attho atthi sarīrasmiṃ, vuḍḍhabyassa namo kare;
743善生中也有利益,但我们喜爱的是戒。」
Attho atthi sujātasmiṃ, sīlaṃ asmāka ruccatī’’ti.
744在这里,「attho atthi sarīrasmiṃ(身中实有利益)」的意思是:即使在相貌堂堂的身体中,也确实有其殊胜的价值和利益,我并没有说‘没有’。「vuḍḍhabyassa namo kare(我向年长致敬)」是说:我唯独对年长的状态行礼敬,因为年长才受到礼敬与尊重。「attho atthi sujātasmiṃ(善生中亦有利益)」是说:即使在出身良好的人身上,也有其殊胜之处;出身成就同样值得企求。「sīlaṃ asmāka ruccatī(但我们喜爱戒)」是说:可是我们唯独喜爱戒。因为持戒的人,即使缺少身财,只要行为端正,就值得恭敬、应受赞叹。那位婆罗门听了这番话后,就把女儿们都许配给了那位持戒者。
Tattha attho atthi sarīrasminti rūpasampanne sarīrepi attho viseso vuddhi atthiyeva, ‘‘natthī’’ti na vadāmi. Vuḍḍhabyassa namo kareti vuḍḍhabhāvassa pana namakkārameva karomi. Vuḍḍhabhāvo hi vandanamānanaṃ labhati. Attho atthi sujātasminti sujātepi purise vuḍḍhi atthi, jātisampattipi icchitabbāyeva. Sīlaṃ asmāka ruccatīti amhākaṃ pana sīlameva ruccati. Sīlavā hi ācārasampanno sarīradabyavirahitopi pujjo pāsaṃsoti. Brāhmaṇo tassa vacanaṃ sutvā sīlavantasseva dhītaro adāsi.
745导师(世尊)引出了这一教示,揭示了诸谛,并最后总结本生故事:在谛说结束时,那位婆罗门证得了入流果。而那时的婆罗门,就是现在的这位婆罗门;那位四方尊敬的老师,就是现在的我。
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – saccapariyosāne brāhmaṇo sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā brāhmaṇo ayameva brāhmaṇo ahosi, disāpāmokkho ācariyo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
802第十:《善戒本生》的注释。
Sādhusīlajātakavaṇṇanā dasamā.
803第五品是「卢哈卡品」。
Ruhakavaggo pañcamo.
746它的摄颂如下:
Tassuddānaṃ –
747卢哈卡、吉祥黑、莲花、宝贼;
Ruhakaṃ sirikāḷakaṃ, padumaṃ maṇicorakaṃ;
748山近处、云马、朋友与非友、罗陀;
Pabbatūpattharavalāhaṃ, mittāmittañca rādhañca;
749居士、善戒。
Gahapati sādhusīlaṃ.
750第六品:「非彼坚固品」。
6. Nataṃdaḷhavaggo
751一、监狱本生注释。
[201] 1. Bandhanāgārajātakavaṇṇanā
752“智者说那不是坚固的束缚”——这句话是世尊住在祇园时,以监狱为因缘而讲述的。据说,那时有很多凿墙贼、拦路贼被带到憍萨罗王面前。国王下令用脚枷、绳索和锁链将他们捆绑起来。当时有大约三十位从乡下来的比丘,想拜见世尊,他们到来后礼敬了世尊。第二天,他们入城乞食时,路过监狱,看见了那些盗贼。乞食回来后,在傍晚时分,他们来到如来跟前,问道:“大德,今天我们在乞食时,看见监狱里有很多盗贼被脚枷等绑着,正受着极大的痛苦,他们根本无法挣断那些束缚逃跑。请问,有没有比这些束缚更坚固的束缚呢?”世尊说:“比丘们,这些算得了什么束缚?那种对于财物、谷物、儿女、妻子等生起的、叫做渴爱的烦恼束缚,比这些束缚要坚固百倍、千倍。然而,这束缚虽大且极难断除,过去的智者们也曾把它斩断,进入雪山出家了。”说完这番话,世尊便引出过去世的故事。
Nataṃ daḷhaṃ bandhanamāhu dhīrāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto bandhanāgāraṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tasmiṃ kira kāle bahū sandhicchedakapanthaghātakacore ānetvā kosalarañño dassesuṃ. Te rājā addubandhanarajjubandhanasaṅkhalikabandhanehi bandhāpesi. Tiṃsamattā jānapadā bhikkhū satthāraṃ daṭṭhukāmā āgantvā disvā vanditvā punadivase piṇḍāya carantā bandhanāgāraṃ gantvā te core disvā piṇḍapātapaṭikkantā sāyanhasamaye tathāgataṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘bhante, ajja amhehi piṇḍāya carantehi bandhanāgāre bahū corā addubandhanādīhi baddhā mahādukkhaṃ anubhavantā diṭṭhā, te tāni bandhanāni chinditvā palāyituṃ na sakkonti, atthi nu kho tehi bandhanehi thirataraṃ nāma aññaṃ bandhana’’nti pucchiṃsu. Satthā ‘‘bhikkhave, kiṃ bandhanāni nāmetāni, yaṃ panetaṃ dhanadhaññaputtadārādīsu taṇhāsaṅkhātaṃ kilesabandhanaṃ, etaṃ etehi bandhanehi sataguṇena sahassaguṇena thirataraṃ, evaṃ mahantampi panetaṃ ducchindaniyaṃ bandhanaṃ porāṇakapaṇḍitā chinditvā himavantaṃ pavisitvā pabbajiṃsū’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
753过去,在波罗奈梵授王统治的时期,菩萨投生在一个贫穷的居士家庭。在他成年后,父亲便去世了。他靠打零工来奉养母亲。后来,母亲不顾他的反对,为他娶了一位良家女子,没过多久母亲就去世了。他妻子的腹中有了身孕。菩萨并不知道妻子怀孕,便说:“贤妻,你就做工维持生计吧,我要出家去了。”妻子说:“我已经怀了孕,等我分娩见到孩子后,你再出家吧。”他答应了。等妻子分娩时,他问道:“贤妻,你已经平安生产了,我现在该出家了。”于是妻子又对他说:“请至少等到孩子断奶的时候。”之后,她又再度怀孕了。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto ekasmiṃ duggatagahapatikule nibbatti, tassa vayappattassa pitā kālamakāsi. So bhatiṃ katvā mātaraṃ posesi, athassa mātā anicchamānasseva ekaṃ kuladhītaraṃ gehe katvā aparabhāge kālamakāsi. Bhariyāyapissa kucchiyaṃ gabbho patiṭṭhāsi. So gabbhassa patiṭṭhitabhāvaṃ ajānanto ‘‘bhadde, tvaṃ bhatiṃ katvā jīvāhi, ahaṃ pabbajissāmī’’ti āha . Sāpi ‘‘gabbho me patiṭṭhito, mayi vijātāya dārakaṃ disvā pabbajissasī’’ti āha. So ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchitvā tassā vijātakāle ‘‘bhadde, tvaṃ sotthinā vijātā, idānāhaṃ pabbajissāmī’’ti āpucchi. Atha naṃ sā ‘‘puttakassa tāva thanapānato apagamanakālaṃ āgamehī’’ti vatvā puna gabbhaṃ gaṇhi.
754他心想:“让她这样一再挽留,是无法离开的。不告诉她,直接逃走,出家去吧。”于是,他没有告知她,在夜间起身逃走了。这时,守城卫兵抓住了他。他说:“长官,我是个孝养母亲的人,请放了我吧。”他让那些人放了自己后,在一个地方住下,然后从正门出城,进入雪山,依仙人方式出家,证得神通与等至,安住于禅那之乐中。他在那里居住时,发出优陀那:“像这样难断的儿女妻子的束缚,即烦恼的束缚,我已斩断!”如此发出优陀那后,诵出了以下偈颂:
So cintesi – ‘‘imaṃ sampaṭicchāpetvā gantuṃ na sakkā, imissā anācikkhitvāva palāyitvā pabbajissāmī’’ti. So tassā anācikkhitvā ratthibhāge uṭṭhāya palāyi. Atha naṃ nagaraguttikā aggahesuṃ. So ‘‘ahaṃ, sāmi, mātuposako nāma, vissajjetha ma’’nti tehi attānaṃ vissajjāpetvā ekasmiṃ ṭhāne vasitvā aggadvāreneva nikkhamitvā himavantaṃ pavisitvā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā jhānakīḷaṃ kīḷanto vihāsi. So tattha vasanto ‘‘evarūpampi nāma me ducchindaniyaṃ puttadārabandhanaṃ kilesabandhanaṃ chindita’’nti udānaṃ udānento imā gāthā avoca –
101101.
101.
756“智者说,铁制的、木制的和草制的束缚,并非坚固的束缚;
‘‘Na taṃ daḷhaṃ bandhanamāhu dhīrā, yadāyasaṃ dārujapabbajañca;
757对珠宝耳环的贪染,对子女妻子的系着,
Sārattarattā maṇikuṇḍalesu, puttesu dāresu ca yā apekkhā.
102102.
102.
759智者说,这才是坚固的束缚:能令人下堕,看似松弛,却极难解脱;
‘‘Etaṃ daḷhaṃ bandhanamāhu dhīrā, ohārinaṃ sīthilaṃ duppamuñcaṃ;
760斩断此束缚后,智者毫无眷恋,舍弃欲乐而离去。
Etampi chetvāna vajanti dhīrā, anapekkhino kāmasukhaṃ pahāyā’’ti.
761其中,「dhīrā」(智者):指具有坚忍的人,也是指摒弃诸恶的人,所以称为智者。或者,“dhī”意为智慧,因为具足这种智慧而称为智者,诸佛、辟支佛、佛弟子以及菩萨等,都称为智者。“yadāyasaṃ”等:铁制的(āyasaṃ),即由铁所生、属于锁链类的东西;木制的(dārujaṃ),即属于足枷类的东西;以及用婆迦草或其他树皮等制成绳、所做成的绳缚。对于这些能被斩断的铁制等束缚,智者不称说为坚固、牢强。“sārattarattā”:成为贪染之后而染着,意思是强烈的贪染。“maṇikuṇḍalesu”:在珠玉与耳环上,或在镶有珠玉的耳环上。
Tattha dhīrāti dhitimantā, dhikkatapāpāti dhīrā. Atha vā dhī vuccati paññā, tāya paññāya samannāgatāti dhīrā, buddhā paccekabuddhā buddhasāvakā bodhisattā ca ime dhīrā nāma. Yadāyasantiādīsu yaṃ saṅkhalikasaṅkhātaṃ ayasā nibbattaṃ āyasaṃ, yaṃ addubandhanasaṅkhātaṃ dārujaṃ, yañca pabbajatiṇehi vā aññehi vā vākādīhi rajjuṃ katvā katarajjubandhanaṃ, taṃ āyasādiṃ chindituṃ sakkuṇeyyabhāvena dhīrā daḷhaṃ thiranti nāhu na kathenti. Sārattarattāti sārattā hutvā rattā, balavarāgarattāti attho. Maṇikuṇḍalesūti maṇīsu ca kuṇḍalesu ca, maṇiyuttesu vā kuṇḍalesu.
762「此坚固」:对于那些在珠宝耳环上贪染执着的人,他们的那种染着,以及他们对子女妻子的期望、渴爱,智者说这种由烦恼构成的束缚是坚固、坚牢的。「能牵引」:因为拉拽而坠入四恶趣,所以会夺走、往下拉,称为能牵引。「松弛」:在束缚处不割破皮、肉、筋,不流血,也不让人知道是束缚,允许在陆路、水路等处造业,所以是松弛的。「难解脱」:由于渴爱与贪,即使只生起一次,烦恼束缚就像从咬住之处难以拉出的乌龟一样,难以解脱。「即使此也断除」:这如此坚固的烦恼束缚,以智剑斩断后,犹如斩断铁链的良种大象,又如斩断笼子的幼狮,智者厌离事欲与烦恼欲,如同粪秽之地,无所牵挂,舍弃欲乐而离去、出发;出发后,又进入雪山,出家为仙人,以禅那乐度日。
Etaṃdaḷhanti ye maṇikuṇḍalesu sārattarattā, tesaṃ yo ca sārāgo, yā ca tesaṃ puttadāresu apekkhā taṇhā, etaṃ kilesamayaṃ bandhanaṃ daḷhaṃ thiranti dhīrā āhu. Ohārinanti ākaḍḍhitvā catūsu apāyesu pātanato avaharati heṭṭhā haratīti ohārinaṃ. Sithilanti bandhanaṭṭhāne chavicammamaṃsāni na chindati, lohitaṃ na nīharati, bandhanabhāvampi na jānāpeti, thalapathajalapathādīsu kammāni kātuṃ detīti sithilaṃ. Duppamuñcanti taṇhālobhavasena hi ekavārampi uppannaṃ kilesabandhanaṃ daṭṭhaṭṭhānato kacchapo viya dummocayaṃ hotīti duppamuñcaṃ. Etampi chetvānāti etaṃ evaṃ daḷhampi kilesabandhanaṃ ñāṇakhaggena chinditvā ayadāmāni chinditvā mattavaravāraṇā viya pañjare chinditvā sīhapotakā viya ca dhīrā vatthukāmakilesakāme ukkārabhūmiṃ viya jigucchamānā anapekkhino hutvā kāmasukhaṃ pahāya vajanti pakkamanti, pakkamitvā ca pana himavantaṃ pavisitvā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā jhānasukhena vītināmentīti.
763就这样,菩萨发出这优陀那后,成为禅那不退失者,以梵天世界为归宿。
Evaṃ bodhisatto imaṃ udānaṃ udānetvā aparihīnajjhāno brahmalokaparāyaṇo ahosi.
764导师讲述了这段法谈,阐明诸谛后,结束了本生故事。在谛的结束时,有些人证得入流者,有些人证得一来者,有些人证得不来者,有些人证得阿拉汉。他说:“那时,母亲是摩耶夫人,父亲是净饭大王,妻子是罗睺罗之母,儿子是罗睺罗,而那位舍弃妻子儿女出家的人就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne keci sotāpannā, keci sakadāgāmino, keci anāgāmino, keci arahanto ahesuṃ. ‘‘Tadā mātā mahāmāyā ahosi, pitā suddhodanamahārājā, bhariyā rāhulamātā, putto rāhulo, puttadāraṃ pahāya nikkhamitvā pabbajito puriso pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
823束缚牢房本生注释 第一
Bandhanāgārajātakavaṇṇanā paṭhamā.
765[202] 2. 嬉戏习惯本生注释
[202] 2. Keḷisīlajātakavaṇṇanā
766“Haṃsākoñcā mayūrā cā”这句话,是导师住在祇园时,针对尊者矮小的跋地亚而说的。据说,这位尊者在佛陀教法中很有名,广为人知:音声甜美,说法甘美,证得无碍解,是大漏尽者。在八十位大长老中,他身材矮小,像沙弥一样,好像是为了玩耍而制作的玩偶。有一天,尊者礼敬如来后走到祇园门楼时,有三十位从地方来的比丘心想“我们要去礼敬十力者”而进入祇园,在寺院门楼见到长老,以为“这是沙弥”,便抓长老的衣角、抓手、抓头、摸鼻子、抓住耳朵摇晃,做出手的戏弄,然后整理好钵与衣,前往导师处敬礼后坐下。导师亲切地款待他们后,他们问道:“尊者,听说您有位叫矮小的跋地亚长老的弟子,说法甘美,他现在在哪里?”“比丘们,你们想见他吗?”“是的,尊者。”“比丘们,你们在门楼处见到、抓他衣角等、做手戏弄后过来的那位,就是他。”“尊者,如此愿求圆满、志向成就的弟子,是什么原因成为少威德的呢?”导师说:“因为他自己过去所作的恶业。”应他们的请求,导师引述了过去的故事。
Haṃsākoñcā mayūrā cāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto āyasmantaṃ lakuṇḍakabhaddiyaṃ ārabbha kathesi. So kirāyasmā buddhasāsane pākaṭo ahosi paññāto madhurassaro madhuradhammakathiko paṭisambhidāppatto mahākhīṇāsavo asītiyā mahātherānaṃ antaro pamāṇena omako lakuṇḍako sāmaṇero viya, khuddako kīḷanatthāya kato viya. Tasmiṃ ekadivasaṃ tathāgataṃ vanditvā jetavanakoṭṭhakaṃ gate janapadā tiṃsamattā bhikkhū ‘‘dasabalaṃ vandissāmā’’ti jetavanaṃ pavisantā vihārakoṭṭhake theraṃ disvā ‘‘sāmaṇero eso’’ti saññāya theraṃ cīvarakaṇṇe gaṇhantā hatthe gaṇhantā sīsaṃ gaṇhantā nāsāya parāmasantā kaṇṇesu gahetvā cāletvā hatthakukkuccaṃ katvā pattacīvaraṃ paṭisāmetvā satthāraṃ upasaṅkamitvā vanditvā nisīditvā satthārā madhurapaṭisanthāre kate pucchiṃsu – ‘‘bhante, lakuṇḍakabhaddiyatthero kira nāmeko tumhākaṃ sāvako madhuradhammakathiko atthi, kahaṃ so idānī’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ pana, bhikkhave, daṭṭhukāmatthā’’ti? ‘‘Āma, bhante’’ti. ‘‘Yaṃ, bhikkhave, tumhe dvārakoṭṭhake disvā cīvarakaṇṇādīsu gaṇhantā hatthakukkuccaṃ katvā āgatā, esa so’’ti. ‘‘Bhante, evarūpo patthitapatthano abhinīhārasampanno sāvako kiṃkāraṇā appesakkho jāto’’ti? Satthā ‘‘attanā katapāpakammaṃ nissāyā’’ti vatvā tehi yācito atītaṃ āhari.
767过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治时,菩萨是帝释天王。那时,凡是已经衰老、年迈的大象、马或牛,都无法给梵授王展示,因为他有嬉闹的习性,一见到那样的就让人追赶;见到老旧的车,也让人毁坏;见到老妇人,就让人把她们叫来,击打她们的腹部,让她们跌倒,再让她们站起来,吓唬她们;见到老人,就让人像跳跃者一样在地上做翻滚等游戏;即使没见到,只要听说‘某家据说有位老人’,也把那人叫来戏弄。人们感到羞惭,将自己的父母送到外地,奉养母亲的法、奉养父亲的法就此中断了,国王的侍从们也都成了有嬉闹习性的人。死去的众生遍满了四恶道,天界众生衰减。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto sakko devarājā ahosi. Tadā brahmadattassa jiṇṇaṃ jarāppattaṃ hatthiṃ vā assaṃ vā goṇaṃ vā dassetuṃ na sakkā, keḷisīlo hutvā tathārūpaṃ disvāva anubandhāpeti, jiṇṇasakaṭampi disvā bhindāpeti, jiṇṇamātugāme disvā pakkosāpetvā udare paharāpetvā pātāpetvā puna uṭṭhāpetvā bhāyāpeti , jiṇṇapurise disvā laṅghake viya bhūmiyaṃ saṃparivattakādikīḷaṃ kīḷāpeti, apassanto ‘‘asukaghare kira mahallako atthī’’ti sutvāpi pakkosāpetvā kīḷati. Manussā lajjantā attano mātāpitaro tiroraṭṭhāni pesenti, mātupaṭṭhānadhammo pitupaṭṭhānadhammo pacchijji, rājasevakāpi keḷisīlāva ahesuṃ. Matamatā cattāro apāye pūrenti, devaparisā parihāyati.
768帝释天见不到新生的天子,于是思忖:‘这是什么缘故呢?’知道了原因后,他说:‘我要调伏他。’于是变化成一位老人的模样,在一辆破旧车上放了两罐酪浆,套上两头老牛。在一个节日,梵授王骑上装饰华丽的大象,正绕着装饰华丽的城市巡行时,帝释天穿着粗布衣,驾着那辆车,迎面向国王走去。国王看见那辆破旧的车,便说:‘把那辆车弄走!’随从们说:‘大王,在哪里?我们没有看见。’帝释天凭着自己的威力,只让国王一人看见。当人群拥挤时,他驾着车从国王上方靠近,在国王头顶打破一个罐子,转回来又打破第二个。于是,酪浆从国王头上到处流淌,国王因此苦恼、羞惭、厌嫌。帝释天知道国王被困扰后,隐去车辆,示现帝释天的身相,手持金刚杵站在空中,说道:‘邪恶的、不如法的国王,难道你不会变老吗?衰老不会侵袭你的身体吗?你怀着嬉闹的习性,做伤害老人的事。就因为你一个人,人们造下了这样的业,死后遍满恶道,人们无法奉养父母。你如果不停止这种恶行,我就用金刚杵打碎你的头。从今以后,不要再做这种事!’这样恐吓之后,帝释天讲述了父母的恩德,阐明尊敬长辈行为的功德,教导完毕后,便回到了自己的住处。国王从此以后,连再做那种行为的心念都不曾生起。
Sakko abhinave devaputte apassanto ‘‘kiṃ nu kho kāraṇa’’nti āvajjento taṃ kāraṇaṃ ñatvā ‘‘damessāmi na’’nti mahallakavaṇṇaṃ abhinimminitvā jiṇṇayānake dve takkacāṭiyo āropetvā dve jaragoṇe yojetvā ekasmiṃ chaṇadivase alaṅkatahatthiṃ abhiruhitvā brahmadatte alaṅkatanagaraṃ padakkhiṇaṃ karonte pilotikanivattho taṃ yānakaṃ pājento rañño abhimukho agamāsi. Rājā jiṇṇayānakaṃ disvā ‘‘etaṃ yānakaṃ apanethā’’ti vadati. Manussā ‘‘kahaṃ, deva, na passāmā’’ti āhaṃsu. Sakko attano ānubhāvena raññoyeva dassesi. Atha naṃ bahusampatte tasmiṃ tassa uparibhāgena pājento rañño matthake ekaṃ cāṭiṃ bhinditvā nivattāpento dutiyaṃ bhindi. Athassa sīsato paṭṭhāya ito cito ca takkaṃ paggharati, so tena aṭṭīyati harāyati jigucchati. Athassa taṃ upaddutabhāvaṃ ñatvā sakko yānakaṃ antaradhāpetvā sakkattabhāvaṃ māpetvā vajirahattho ākāse ṭhatvā ‘‘pāpa adhammikarāja, kiṃ tvaṃ mahallako na bhavissasi, tava sarīraṃ jarā na paharissati, keḷisīlo hutvā vuḍḍhe viheṭhanakammaṃ karosi, ekakaṃ taṃ nissāya etaṃ kammaṃ katvā matamatā apāye paripūrenti, manussā mātāpitaro paṭijaggituṃ na labhanti. Sace imamhā kammā na viramissasi, vajirena te sīsaṃ padālessāmi, mā ito paṭṭhāyetaṃ kammaṃ akatthā’’ti santajjetvā mātāpitūnaṃ guṇaṃ kathetvā vuḍḍhāpacāyikakammassa ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsetvā ovaditvā sakaṭṭhānameva agamāsi. Rājā tato paṭṭhāya tathārūpaṃ kammaṃ kātuṃ cittampi na uppādesi.
769导师引述了这段往事之后,成为正自觉者,宣说了以下偈颂:
Satthā imaṃ atītaṃ āharitvā abhisambuddho hutvā imā gāthā avoca –
103一○三。
103.
771“鹅、苍鹭、孔雀,以及象、花鹿、鹿;”
‘‘Haṃsā koñcā mayūrā ca, hatthayo pasadā migā;
772所有众生都畏惧狮子,在身体上并无定准。
Sabbe sīhassa bhāyanti, natthi kāyasmi tulyatā.
104一○四。
104.
774同样地,在人之中,即使年少而有智慧,
‘‘Evameva manussesu, daharo cepi paññavā;
775他就在那里成为大者,愚者即使有身躯也不成大者。
So hi tattha mahā hoti, neva bālo sarīravā’’ti.
776此处,「花鹿等兽」(pasadā migā)指名为花鹿的鹿,也可理解为花鹿和其他兽类。「花鹿兽」(pasadamigā)是另一种读法,意思也是花鹿之兽。「在身体上并无定准」(natthi kāyasmi tulyatā):在身体上并没有一个固定的衡量标准。如果真有这样的标准,那么身躯庞大的象和花鹿就能杀死狮子,狮子也只能杀死天鹅等小动物,照理说只有小动物怕狮子,大动物不怕。但事实上并没有这样的标准,所以所有这些动物都怕狮子。「具身躯者」(sarīravā):愚者即使身躯庞大,也称不上伟大。因此,即使像矮个子跋提那样身材矮小,也不应以为他在智慧上也矮小——这就是此处的意旨。
Tattha pasadā migāti pasadasaṅkhātā migā, pasadā migā ca avasesā migā cātipi attho. ‘‘Pasadamigā’’tipi pāṭho, pasadā migāti attho. Natthi kāyasmi tulyatāti sarīre pamāṇaṃ nāma natthi. Yadi bhaveyya, mahāsarīrā hatthino ceva pasadamigā ca sīhaṃ māreyyuṃ, sīho haṃsādayo khuddakasarīreyeva māreyya, khuddakāyeva sīhassa bhāyeyyuṃ, na mahantā. Yasmā panetaṃ natthi, tasmā sabbepi te sīhassa bhāyanti. Sarīravāti bālo mahāsarīropi mahā nāma na hoti, tasmā lakuṇḍakabhaddiyo sarīrena khuddakopi mā taṃ ñāṇenapi khuddakoti maññitthāti attho.
777导师教导了这个法义之后,开示了诸谛,并把本生故事联系起来。在开示诸谛结束时,那些比丘中,有些人证得了入流者,有些人证得一来者,有些人证得不来者,有些人证得阿拉汉。‘当时的国王就是矮个子跋提,他由于那种嬉闹的习性而成了他人戏弄的对象;而当时的帝释天,那就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne tesu bhikkhūsu keci sotāpannā, keci sakadāgāmino, keci anāgāmino, keci arahanto ahesuṃ. ‘‘Tadā rājā lakuṇḍakabhaddiyo ahosi, so tāya keḷisīlatāya paresaṃ keḷinissayo jāto, sakko pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
837戏弄习性的本生注释(第二)。
Keḷisīlajātakavaṇṇanā dutiyā.
778[203] 三、蕴本生注释
[203] 3. Khandhajātakavaṇṇanā
779‘对毗卢跋族类,我修慈’——这则故事是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位比丘而说的。据说,那位比丘在浴室门口劈柴时,从朽木中间窜出来一条蛇,咬了他的脚趾,他当场就死了。他死亡的消息传遍了整个寺院。在法堂里,比丘们议论道:‘贤友们,听说某比丘在浴室门口劈柴时被蛇咬了,当场就死了。’世尊来后,问:‘比丘们,你们现在聚在一起讨论什么事呢?’他们回答后,世尊说:‘比丘们,如果那位比丘对四类蛇王族修习了慈心,蛇就不会咬他。过去,那些苦行者在佛陀尚未出世时,也对四类蛇王族修习慈心,从而免除了可能因那些蛇王族而产生的恐怖。’说完,世尊就讲述了过去的故事。
Virūpakkhehi me mettanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ bhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Taṃ kira jantāgharadvāre kaṭṭhāni phālentaṃ pūtirukkhantarā nikkhamitvā eko sappo pādaṅguliyaṃ ḍaṃsi, so tattheva mato. Tassa matabhāvo sakalavihāre pākaṭo ahosi. Dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, asuko kira bhikkhu jantāgharadvāre kaṭṭhāni phālento sappena daṭṭho tattheva mato’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘sace so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cattāri ahirājakulāni ārabbha mettaṃ abhāvayissa, na naṃ sappo ḍaṃseyya. Porāṇakatāpasāpi anuppanne buddhe catūsu ahirājakulesu mettaṃ bhāvetvā tāni ahirājakulāni nissāya uppajjanakabhayato mucciṃsū’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
780过去,梵授王统治波罗奈城时,菩萨投生在迦尸国一个婆罗门家庭。成年之后,他舍弃了欲乐,出家成为苦行者,证得了神通与等至。他在雪山地区恒河的一处河湾建造了道场,沉浸在禅那之乐中,被一群仙人围绕而住。那时,恒河岸边有各种身型修长的蛇类,它们常常危害苦行者们,很多苦行者因此丧命。苦行者们将这件事禀告菩萨。菩萨便召集所有苦行者,告诉他们:“如果你们对四类蛇王族修习慈心,蛇就不会咬你们。所以从今以后,你们应当这样对四类蛇王族修习慈心。”说完,他诵出了以下偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsiraṭṭhe brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto kāme pahāya isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā himavantapadese ekasmiṃ gaṅgānivattane assamapadaṃ māpetvā jhānakīḷaṃ kīḷanto isigaṇaparivuto vihāsi. Tadā gaṅgātīre nānappakārā dīghajātikā isīnaṃ paripanthaṃ karonti, yebhuyyena isayo jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇanti. Tāpasā tamatthaṃ bodhisattassa ārocesuṃ. Bodhisatto sabbe tāpase sannipātāpetvā ‘‘sace tumhe catūsu ahirājakulesu mettaṃ bhāveyyātha, na vo sappā ḍaṃseyyuṃ, tasmā ito paṭṭhāya catūsu ahirājakulesu evaṃ mettaṃ bhāvethā’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
105一〇五。
105.
782我对广目族修习慈爱,对伊罗钵族修习慈爱;
‘‘Virūpakkhehi me mettaṃ, mettaṃ erāpathehi me;
783我对洽比子们修习慈爱,对黑乔达摩们修习慈爱。
Chabyāputtehi me mettaṃ, mettaṃ kaṇhāgotamakehi cā’’ti.
784在这里,「对广目们修慈」的意思是:我与广目龙王族之间的慈爱。对于伊罗钵等也是如此,它们就是伊罗钵龙王族、洽比子龙王族、黑乔达摩龙王族,这些全都是龙王族。
Tattha virūpakkhehi me mettanti virūpakkhanāgarājakulehi saddhiṃ mayhaṃ mettaṃ. Erāpathādīsupi eseva nayo. Etānipi hi erāpathanāgarājakulaṃ chabyāputtanāgarājakulaṃ kaṇhāgotamakanāgarājakulanti nāgarājakulāneva.
785这样指出了四种龙王族后,他说:‘如果你们能对这些修习慈爱,那么长身类的众生就不会咬你们,也不会伤害你们。’接着说了第二首偈颂:
Evaṃ cattāri nāgarājakulāni dassetvā ‘‘sace tumhe etesu mettaṃ bhāvetuṃ sakkhissatha, dīghajātikā vo na ḍaṃsissanti na viheṭhessantī’’ti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
786我对无足的众生修习慈爱,我对两足的众生修习慈爱;
‘‘Apādakehi me mettaṃ, mettaṃ dvipādakehi me;
787我对四足的众生修习慈爱,我对多足的众生修习慈爱。
Catuppadehi me mettaṃ, mettaṃ bahuppadehi me’’ti.
788其中,第一句「对无足者修慈」是专门针对所有无足的众生——包括长身类和鱼类——而修慈;第二句「对两足者修慈」是针对人类和鸟类;第三句「对四足者修慈」是针对象、马等所有四足的众生;第四句「对多足者修慈」是针对蝎、蜈蚣、白蚁、多足虫、蜘蛛等。
Tattha paṭhamapadena odissakaṃ katvā sabbesu apādakesu dīghajātikesu ceva macchesu ca mettābhāvanā dassitā, dutiyapadena manussesu ceva pakkhijātesu ca, tatiyapadena hatthiassādīsu sabbacatuppadesu, catutthapadena vicchikasatapadiuccāliṅgapāṇakamakkaṭakādīsu.
789如此以具体对象显示了慈心修习之后,现在以祈愿的方式来说明,于是说了下面的偈颂:
Evaṃ sarūpena mettābhāvanaṃ dassetvā idāni āyācanavasena dassento imaṃ gāthamāha –
790「愿无足者不要伤害我,愿两足者不要伤害我;
‘‘Mā maṃ apādako hiṃsi, mā maṃ hiṃsi dvipādako;
791愿四足者不要伤害我,愿多足者不要伤害我。」
Mā maṃ catuppado hiṃsi, mā maṃ hiṃsi bahuppado’’ti.
792在这里,「莫伤害我」是指:对于这些无足等类众生中的任何一个,都不要伤害我,不要加害我——如此祈愿而修习慈心,这就是它的意思。
Tattha mā manti etesu apādakādīsu koci ekopi mā maṃ hiṃsatu, mā viheṭhetūti evaṃ āyācantā mettaṃ bhāvethāti attho.
793现在,为了开示无差别的慈心修习,他宣说了这首偈颂——
Idāni anodissakavasena mettābhāvanaṃ dassento imaṃ gāthamāha –
794「一切众生、一切有息者,以及一切完全的已生类;
‘‘Sabbe sattā sabbe pāṇā, sabbe bhūtā ca kevalā;
795愿他们全都见到吉祥,愿任何众生都不要遭遇任何低劣之苦。」
Sabbe bhadrāni passantu, mā kañci pāpamāgamā’’ti.
796在这里,以渴爱与见之力,在轮回的五蕴中执着、黏着、附着、固恋的,称为「众生」。因为呼吸出入持续进行,这种维持生命的状态而称为「有息者」。以已经生成、已经存在、已经出生的状态而称为「已生类」。应知这些只是言辞上的差别而已。然而,从本质上看,所有这些词都是涵盖一切众生的。「完全的」指全部的,它只是「一切」这个词的同义语。所谓「愿他们见到吉祥」,就是愿所有这些众生都只见吉祥、善美、良善之事。「愿任何众生不要遭遇任何低劣之苦」,是指在这些众生中,即使一位众生也不要遭遇、不要来到、不要获得任何邪恶、低劣的痛苦;愿一切众生都无怨、无恼、具足快乐、没有痛苦。
Tattha taṇhādiṭṭhivasena vaṭṭe pañcasu khandhesu āsattā visattā laggā laggitāti sattā, assāsapassāsapavattanasaṅkhātena pāṇanavasena pāṇā, bhūtabhāvitanibbattanavasena bhūtāti evaṃ vacanamattaviseso veditabbo. Avisesena pana sabbānipetāni padāni sabbasattasaṅgāhakāneva. Kevalāti sakalā. Idaṃ sabbasaddasseva hi pariyāyavacanaṃ. Bhadrāni passantūti sabbepete sattā bhadrāni sādhūni kalyāṇāneva passantu. Mā kañci pāpamāgamāti etesu kañci ekaṃ sattampi pāpaṃ lāmakaṃ dukkhaṃ mā āgamā, mā āgacchatu mā pāpuṇātu, sabbe averā abyāpajjā sukhī niddukkhā hontūti.
797在这样说了“应当于一切众生中修习无差别的慈心”之后,为了再让他们随念三宝的功德,他接着说——
Evaṃ ‘‘sabbasattesu anodissakavasena mettaṃ bhāvethā’’ti vatvā puna tiṇṇaṃ ratanānaṃ guṇe anussarāpetuṃ –
106一〇六。
106.
799“佛陀是无量的,法是无量的;
‘‘Appamāṇo buddho, appamāṇo dhammo;
800僧伽也是无量的。”
Appamāṇo saṅgho’’ti āha.
801在这里,佛宝之所以称为「无量」,是因为没有会造成限量的烦恼,并且功德也无法以限量来衡量。「法」是指九种出世间法,它同样无法被限定,所以也称为无量。僧伽由于完全具备了这种无量的法,所以同样是无量。
Tattha pamāṇakarānaṃ kilesānaṃ abhāvena guṇānañca pamāṇābhāvena buddharatanaṃ appamāṇaṃ. Dhammoti navavidho lokuttaradhammo. Tassapi pamāṇaṃ kātuṃ na sakkāti appamāṇo. Tena appamāṇena dhammena samannāgatattā saṅghopi appamāṇo.
802于是,菩萨在说了“你们应当随念这三宝的功德”,并开示了三宝的无量功德之后,为了显示有限量的众生,而继续说道:
Iti bodhisatto ‘‘imesaṃ tiṇṇaṃ ratanānaṃ guṇe anussarathā’’ti vatvā tiṇṇaṃ ratanānaṃ appamāṇaguṇataṃ dassetvā sappamāṇe satte dassetuṃ –
803“有限量的是那些爬行类众生,比如蛇、蝎、蜈蚣;
‘‘Pamāṇavantāni sarīsapāni, ahi vicchika satapadī;
804蜘蛛、壁虎、老鼠。”他这样说了。
Uṇṇanābhi sarabū mūsikā’’ti āha.
805在这里,「sarīsapāni」是蛇等长身形类的名称。因为它们爬行前进,或者用头来诅咒(sapanti),所以称为「sarīsapā」。像「蛇」等词,是它们具体形象的例示。其中,「uṇṇanābhī」是指蜘蛛。因为从它的肚脐(nābhi)能生出像羊毛(uṇṇā)一样的丝,所以称为「uṇṇanābhī」。「sarabū」是指壁虎。
Tattha sarīsapānīti sappadīghajātikānaṃ nāmaṃ. Te hi sarantā gacchanti, sirena vā sapantīti sarīsapā. ‘‘Ahī’’tiādi tesaṃ sarūpato nidassanaṃ. Tattha uṇṇanābhīti makkaṭako. Tassa hi nābhito uṇṇāsadisaṃ suttaṃ nikkhamati, tasmā ‘‘uṇṇanābhī’’ti vuccati. Sarabūti gharagoḷikā.
806这样,菩萨先说明:「因为这些众生内在有贪等会生起分别计较的法,所以那些爬行类等是有衡量计较的众生」,然后说:「以无量的三宝之威力,愿这些有衡量计较的众生能在一日一夜中做些微的善业——你们应当这样来忆念三宝的功德」。说了之后,为了指示进一步该做的事,而说出下面这个偈颂:
Iti bodhisatto ‘‘yasmā etesaṃ antorāgādayo pamāṇakarā dhammā atthi, tasmā tāni sarīsapādīni pamāṇavantānī’’ti dassetvā ‘‘appamāṇānaṃ tiṇṇaṃ ratanānaṃ ānubhāvena ime pamāṇavantā sattā rattindivaṃ parittakammaṃ karontūti evaṃ tiṇṇaṃ ratanānaṃ guṇe anussarathā’’ti vatvā tato uttari kattabbaṃ dassetuṃ imaṃ gāthamāha –
807「我已作了防护,我已作了护持,愿那些非人都退避;
‘‘Katā me rakkhā katā me parittā, paṭikkamantu bhūtāni;
808我今礼敬世尊,礼敬那七位正自觉者。」
Sohaṃ namo bhagavato, namo sattannaṃ sammāsambuddhāna’’nti.
809在这里,「我已作了防护」意思是:由我——这个正在忆念三宝功德的人——为自己作了防护与守护。「我已作了护持」:我也为自己作了护持。「愿诸非人退避」:愿那些对我心怀恶意的非人退避、离开。「我今礼敬世尊」:我,这个如此作了护持的人,礼敬过去已般涅槃的一切佛陀世尊。「礼敬七位正自觉者」:这是特别指礼敬过去依次般涅槃的那七位正自觉者。
Tattha katā me rakkhāti mayā ratanattayaguṇe anussarantena attano rakkhā gutti katā. Katā me parittāti parittāṇampi me attano kataṃ. Paṭikkamantu bhūtānīti mayi ahitajjhāsayāni bhūtāni paṭikkamantu apagacchantu. Sohaṃ namo bhagavatoti so ahaṃ evaṃ kataparitto atītassa parinibbutassa sabbassapi buddhassa bhagavato namo karomi. Namo sattannaṃ sammāsambuddhānanti visesena pana atīte paṭipāṭiyā parinibbutānaṃ sattannaṃ sammāsambuddhānaṃ namo karomīti.
810就这样,菩萨编好这部护卫经交给苦行者们,说:“就算只是在礼敬的时候,你们也要忆念那七位佛陀。”要知道,这部护卫经从一开始,就用两首偈颂阐明了对于四类蛇王族的慈心,或者说,它通过特定与不特定两种方式阐明了慈心的修行,这也就是它在这里被讲述的含义,其他相关义理也可以另行探究。从那时起,苦行者们遵从菩萨的教导,修习慈心,忆念佛的功德。就在他们这样忆念佛的功德时,所有长身类的蛇全都退避离去。菩萨自己则修习梵住,命终之后往生于梵天界。
Evaṃ ‘‘namakkāraṃ karontāpi satta buddhe anussarathā’’ti bodhisatto isigaṇassa imaṃ parittaṃ bandhitvā adāsi. Ādito pana paṭṭhāya dvīhi gāthāhi catūsu ahirājakulesu mettāya dīpitattā odissakānodissakavasena vā dvinnaṃ mettābhāvanānaṃ dīpitattā idaṃ parittaṃ idha vuttanti veditabbaṃ, aññaṃ vā kāraṇaṃ pariyesitabbaṃ. Tato paṭṭhāya isigaṇo bodhisattassa ovāde ṭhatvā mettaṃ bhāvesi, buddhaguṇe anussari. Evametesu buddhaguṇe anussarantesuyeva sabbe dīghajātikā paṭikkamiṃsu. Bodhisattopi brahmavihāre bhāvetvā brahmalokaparāyaṇo ahosi.
811导师开示了这个法之后,将本生故事作出总结:“那时的苦行者们就是今天的佛弟子众,而那位带领群体的导师,就是我自己。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā isigaṇo buddhaparisā ahosi, gaṇasatthā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
872蕴本生注 第三
Khandhajātakavaṇṇanā tatiyā.
8124. 英雄本生注
[204] 4. Vīrakajātakavaṇṇanā
813“英勇者啊,你可曾见过”这段话,是世尊住在祇园时,针对模仿如来样貌这件事而开示的。当时,提婆达多带领他的徒众前来,世尊就问舍利弗长老:“舍利弗,提婆达多看到你们之后,做了什么呢?”舍利弗回答说:“世尊,他向我们展示了模仿如来(即善逝)的举止。”世尊听后说:“舍利弗,提婆达多不只是现在因为模仿我才走向毁灭,他在过去世也曾经因此走向毁灭。”接着,应长老的请求,世尊便讲述了过去的故事。
Api vīraka passesīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto sugatālayaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Devadattassa parisaṃ gahetvā āgatesu hi theresu satthā ‘‘sāriputta, devadatto tumhe disvā kiṃ akāsī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘sugatālayaṃ, bhante, dassesī’’ti vutte ‘‘na kho, sāriputta, idāneva devadatto mama anukiriyaṃ karonto vināsaṃ patto, pubbepi vināsaṃ pāpuṇī’’ti vatvā therena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
814在过去,波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时期,菩萨投生在雪山地区的水鸦母胎中,靠着湖边生活,名字叫作「英勇者」。那时,迦尸国发生了饥荒,人们既无力供养乌鸦食物,也无法为夜叉举行血祭。由于饥饿,大部分的乌鸦都迁入了山林。其中有一只住在波罗奈、名叫萨毘吒迦的乌鸦,带着他的雌鸦伴侣,前往英勇者的住处附近,也依傍着那个湖,寄居在一边。有一天,萨毘吒迦在湖边觅食时,看到英勇者潜入湖中,捕鱼吞食后又浮出水面,将身体晾干。他心想:“依靠这只水鸦,我就能抓到很多鱼,我应该去侍奉他。”于是他就来到英勇者面前。当英勇者问“朋友,有什么事吗?”,他便回答:“主人,我想侍奉您。”英勇者同意道:“好啊。”从那时起,萨毘吒迦就开始侍奉英勇者。英勇者从那以后也只吃维持自己生命所需的分量,把多余的鱼捉上来交给萨毘吒迦。萨毘吒迦也吃够自己所需的之后,就把剩下的鱼留给雌鸦。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto himavantapadese udakakākayoniyaṃ nibbattitvā ekaṃ saraṃ upanissāya vasi, ‘‘vīrako’’tissa nāmaṃ ahosi. Tadā kāsiraṭṭhe dubbhikkhaṃ ahosi, manussā kākabhattaṃ vā dātuṃ yakkhanāgabalikammaṃ vā kātuṃ nāsakkhiṃsu. Chātakaraṭṭhato kākā yebhuyyena araññaṃ pavisiṃsu. Tattheko bārāṇasivāsī saviṭṭhako nāma kāko kākiṃ ādāya vīrakassa vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā taṃ saraṃ nissāya ekamante vāsaṃ kappesi. So ekadivasaṃ tasmiṃ sare gocaraṃ gaṇhanto vīrakaṃ saraṃ otaritvā macche khāditvā paccuttaritvā sarīraṃ sukkhāpentaṃ disvā ‘‘imaṃ udakakākaṃ nissāya sakkā bahū macche laddhuṃ, imaṃ upaṭṭhahissāmī’’ti taṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘kiṃ, sammā’’ti vutte ‘‘icchāmi taṃ sāmi upaṭṭhahitu’’nti vatvā ‘‘sādhū’’ti tena sampaṭicchito tato paṭṭhāya upaṭṭhāsi. Vīrakopi tato paṭṭhāya attano yāpanamattaṃ khāditvā macche uddharitvā saviṭṭhakassa deti. Sopi attano yāpanamattaṃ khāditvā sesaṃ kākiyā deti.
815过了一段时间,萨毘吒迦心里生起了骄慢,他想:“这只水鸦是黑色的,我也是黑色的;无论是在眼睛、嘴喙还是腿脚上,我们彼此完全没有差别。从今往后,我不需要靠他捉来的鱼过活,我要自己去捉鱼。”他来到英勇者面前说:“朋友,从今以后,我要自己潜入湖里去捉鱼。”英勇者劝阻他说:“朋友,你不是那种能下水捉鱼的那类众生,不要自取灭亡啊。”但萨毘吒迦不听劝告,直接冲入湖中,一头扎进水里。当他想要换气上浮时,却被水草死死缠住,根本无法脱身,只有嘴喙的尖端勉强露在水面。他彻底无法呼吸,就这样活活淹死在了水里。他的雌鸦伴侣等了很久都不见丈夫回来,为了弄清楚情况,便来到英勇者那里询问,并说出了第一首偈颂:
Tassa aparabhāge māno uppajji – ‘‘ayampi udakakāko kāḷako, ahampi kāḷako, akkhituṇḍapādehipi etassa ca mayhañca nānākaraṇaṃ natthi, ito paṭṭhāya iminā gahitamacchehi mayhaṃ kammaṃ natthi, ahameva gaṇhissāmī’’ti. So vīrakaṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘samma, ito paṭṭhāya ahameva saraṃ otaritvā macche gaṇhissāmī’’ti vatvā ‘‘na tvaṃ, samma, udakaṃ otaritvā macche gaṇhanakakule nibbatto, mā nassī’’ti tena vāriyamānopi vacanaṃ anādiyitvā saraṃ oruyha udakaṃ pavisitvā ummujjamāno sevālaṃ chinditvā nikkhamituṃ nāsakkhi, sevālantare laggi, aggatuṇḍameva paññāyi. So nirassāso antoudakeyeva jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇi. Athassa bhariyā āgamanaṃ apassamānā taṃ pavattiṃ jānanatthaṃ vīrakassa santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘sāmi, saviṭṭhako na paññāyati, kahaṃ nu kho so’’ti pucchamānā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
107一百零七
107.
817“英勇者啊,你看见了吗?那只音声和雅的飞禽,颈项色泽如同孔雀般光耀,他是我的丈夫萨毘吒迦呀。”
‘‘Api vīraka passesi, sakuṇaṃ mañjubhāṇakaṃ;
818(注:此段巴利原文为偈颂后半部分,与前段译文合并为完整意涵)。“颈项色泽如同孔雀般光耀,他是我的丈夫萨毘吒迦呀。”
Mayūragīvasaṅkāsaṃ, patiṃ mayhaṃ saviṭṭhaka’’nti.
819在这偈颂中,「英勇者啊,你看见了吗」意思是“主人英勇者,你可曾看到?”「音声和雅」指的是叫声美妙动听。因为那只雌鸦出于贪爱,错误地「认为」:“我的丈夫有着甜美的嗓音”,所以才会这样问。「颈色如孔雀」则是形容其颈部的颜色就像公孔雀的颈项那样。
Tattha api, vīraka, passesīti, sāmi vīraka, api passasi. Mañjubhāṇakanti mañjubhāṇinaṃ. Sā hi rāgavasena ‘‘madhurassaro me patī’’ti maññati, tasmā evamāha. Mayūragīvasaṅkāsanti moragīvasamānavaṇṇaṃ.
820英勇者听了之后,说道:“是的,我知道你丈夫的去处。”接着便说出了第二首偈颂:
Taṃ sutvā vīrako ‘‘āma, jānāmi te sāmikassa gataṭṭhāna’’nti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
108一百零八。
108.
822「那水陆两栖的飞鸟」:指常以生鱼为食。
‘‘Udakathalacarassa pakkhino, niccaṃ āmakamacchabhojino;
823「萨毘吒迦模仿它,被水草缠身而死。」
Tassānukaraṃ saviṭṭhako, sevāle paliguṇṭhito mato’’ti.
824在这里,「水陆两栖」指能够在水中和陆地上活动。「飞鸟」是那位英勇者指称自己。「模仿它」是说萨毘吒迦模仿那只鸟。「被水草缠身而死」:指他下水以后,想切断水草,却无法脱身,被水草完全覆盖,就这样死在了水里。你看,他的喙还露在那里。雌鸦听了以后,放声悲泣,然后回到了波罗奈。
Tattha udakathalacarassāti udake ca thale ca carituṃ samatthassa. Pakkhinoti attānaṃ sandhāya vadati. Tassānukaranti tassa anukaronto. Sevāle paliguṇṭhito matoti udakaṃ pavisitvā sevālaṃ chinditvā nikkhamituṃ asakkonto sevālapariyonaddho antoudakeyeva mato, passa, etassa tuṇḍaṃ dissatīti. Taṃ sutvā kākī paridevitvā bārāṇasimeva agamāsi.
825导师(世尊)开示了这个法义后,将本生故事结合总结道:「那时,萨维塔卡是提婆达多,而维拉卡就是我。」
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā saviṭṭhako devadatto ahosi, vīrako pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
887《维拉卡本生》的注释第四篇。
Vīrakajātakavaṇṇanā catutthā.
826[205] 五、《恒河鱼本生》的注释
[205] 5. Gaṅgeyyajātakavaṇṇanā
827「恒河鱼很美」(Sobhatimaccho gaṅgeyyo)这篇开示,是世尊住在祇园时,以两位年轻比丘为缘起而说的。据说,他们是舍卫城的善男子,在教法中出家后,本应修习不净观,却成了称赞貌美的人,四处沉迷于容貌。有一天,他们因容貌起了争论,说:「你不好看,我好看。」他们看到附近坐着一位长老比丘,心想:「这位长老会知道我们谁美谁不美。」于是上前请问:「尊者,我们之中,谁比较好看?」那位长老说:「贤友,你们之中,我最好看。」年轻比丘们责备他说:「这位长老,我们问他的他不回答,却回答了没问的。」然后就离开了。他们这件事在比丘僧团里传开了。后来有一天,在法堂里,比丘们提起了这个话题:「贤友,听说那位某某长老让那两个执着容貌的年轻人感到羞愧。」世尊到来后,问道:「比丘们,你们现在聚集在这里讨论什么话题?」当被告知是上述这件事时,世尊说:「比丘们,这两个年轻比丘不是现在才称赞貌美,过去他们也一样是四处沉迷于容貌的。」接着,世尊就讲述了过去的本生故事。
Sobhatimaccho gaṅgeyyoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto dve daharabhikkhū ārabbha kathesi. Te kira sāvatthivāsino kulaputtā sāsane pabbajitvā asubhabhāvanaṃ anunuyuñjitvā rūpapasaṃsakā hutvā rūpaṃ upalāḷentā vicariṃsu. Te ekadivasaṃ ‘‘tvaṃ na sobhasi, ahaṃ sobhāmī’’ti rūpaṃ nissāya uppannavivādā avidūre nisinnaṃ ekaṃ mahallakattheraṃ disvā ‘‘eso amhākaṃ sobhanabhāvaṃ vā asobhanabhāvaṃ vā jānissatī’’ti taṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘bhante, ko amhesu sobhano’’ti pucchiṃsu. So ‘‘āvuso, tumhehi ahameva sobhanataro’’ti āha. Daharā ‘‘ayaṃ mahallako amhehi pucchitaṃ akathetvā apucchitaṃ kathetī’’ti taṃ paribhāsitvā pakkamiṃsu. Sā tesaṃ kiriyā bhikkhusaṅghe pākaṭā jātā. Athekadivasaṃ dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, asuko mahallako thero kira te rūpanissitake dahare lajjāpesī’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, ime dve daharā idāneva rūpapasaṃsakā, pubbepete rūpameva upalāḷentā vicariṃsū’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
828过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治时期,菩萨是恒河岸边的一棵树神。那时,在恒河与耶牟那河交汇处,有恒河鱼和耶牟那鱼两条鱼,它们因容貌争论「我美,你不美」。看见附近恒河岸边趴着一只乌龟,它们心想:「这家伙肯定知道我们谁美谁丑」,于是上前问道:「喂,乌龟朋友,是恒河鱼美,还是耶牟那鱼美?」乌龟为了说明自己的意思,说出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto gaṅgātīre rukkhadevatā ahosi. Tadā gaṅgāyamunānaṃ samāgamaṭṭhāne gaṅgeyyo ca yāmuneyyo ca dve macchā ‘‘ahaṃ sobhāmi, tvaṃ na sobhasī’’ti rūpaṃ nissāya vivadamānā avidūre gaṅgātīre kacchapaṃ nipannaṃ disvā ‘‘eso amhākaṃ sobhanabhāvaṃ vā asobhanabhāvaṃ vā jānissatī’’ti taṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘kiṃ nu kho, samma kacchapa, gaṅgeyyo sobhati, udāhu yāmuneyyo’’ti pucchiṃsu. Kacchapo ‘‘gaṅgeyyopi sobhati , yāmuneyyopi sobhati, tumhehi pana dvīhi ahameva atirekataraṃ sobhāmī’’ti imamatthaṃ pakāsento paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
109一百零九。
109.
830“恒河鱼美丽,耶牟那鱼也美丽;
‘‘Sobhati maccho gaṅgeyyo, atho sobhati yāmuno;
831这四足者,像榕树般圆满;
Catuppadoyaṃ puriso, nigrodhaparimaṇḍalo;
832颈项略长,胜过一切。
Īsakāyatagīvo ca, sabbeva atirocatī’’ti.
833在这里,「四足的」指这具有四足。「人」是乌龟指自己说的。「像榕树般圆满」:意思是像挺拔的榕树那样圆满。「颈项略长」:意思是颈项像车辕一样略长。「胜过一切」:这样身相具足的乌龟胜过一切,乌龟是在说:「我超过了你们所有人,我最美丽。」
Tattha catuppadoyanti catuppado ayaṃ. Purisoti attānaṃ sandhāya vadati. Nigrodhaparimaṇḍaloti sujāto nigrodho viya parimaṇḍalo. Īsakāyatagīvoti rathīsā viya āyatagīvo . Sabbeva atirocatīti evaṃ saṇṭhānasampanno kacchapo sabbeva atirocati, ahameva sabbe tumhe atikkamitvā sobhāmīti vadati.
834鱼们听了乌龟的话,说:“喂!坏乌龟!我们问的你不回答,却说些不相干的。”然后说了第二首偈颂:
Macchā tassa kathaṃ hutvā ‘‘ambho! Pāpakacchapa amhehi pucchitaṃ akathetvā aññameva kathesī’’ti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
110一百一十。
110.
836被问的事他不说,被问却说别的事;
‘‘Yaṃ pucchito na taṃ akkhāsi, aññaṃ akkhāsi pucchito;
837这自赞者,我们不喜。
Atthappasaṃsako poso, nāyaṃ asmāka ruccatī’’ti.
838这里,「自赞者」是指习惯于称赞自己、抬高自己的人。「此为我们所不喜」意思是:这只邪恶的龟,我们不喜欢,无法容忍。说完后,他们将水泼向龟的上方,就回到了自己的住处。
Tattha attappasaṃsakoti attānaṃ pasaṃsanasīlo attukkaṃsako poso. Nāyaṃ asmāka ruccatīti ayaṃ pāpakacchapo amhākaṃ na ruccati na khamatīti kacchapassa upari udakaṃ khipitvā sakaṭṭhānameva gamiṃsu.
839导师讲完这个法以后,将本生故事对应起来说:「那时候,两条鱼是那两位年轻比丘,龟是那位长老,而那位在恒河岸边出生、做见证的树神,就是我。」
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā dve macchā dve daharabhikkhū ahesuṃ, kacchapo mahallako, imassa kāraṇassa paccakkhakārikā gaṅgātīre nibbattarukkhadevatā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
902恒河鱼本生注 第五。
Gaṅgeyyajātakavaṇṇanā pañcamā.
840[206] 6. 竹鹿本生注
[206] 6. Kuruṅgamigajātakavaṇṇanā
841这个《竹鹿本生》是导师住在竹林精舍时,针对提婆达多而讲的。当时导师听说「提婆达多正在图谋杀害」,便说:「比丘们,提婆达多不只是现在才设法害我,过去也同样设法害过我。」这样说完后,他就讲起了过去的故事。
Iṅgha vaṭṭamayaṃ pāsanti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto devadattaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tadā hi satthā ‘‘devadatto vadhāya parisakkatī’’ti sutvā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, devadatto idāneva mayhaṃ vadhāya parisakkati, pubbepi parisakkiyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
842过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时代,菩萨投生为一只竹鹿,住在森林中一个湖泊附近的一处灌木丛中。在那湖泊附近的一棵树顶上,住着一只啄木鸟;湖泊里则住着一只龟。就这样,他们三个成了朋友,彼此亲密地生活在一起。后来,有个猎鹿的人在林中游荡,在饮水处看见了菩萨的足迹,就安放了一个像铁链一样的藤制套索,然后离开了。菩萨来喝水,在初夜时分就被套索套住了。他发出了被捆的叫声。听到这声音,树顶的啄木鸟和水里的龟都赶来,他们商量说:「该怎么办呢?」这时,啄木鸟对龟说:「朋友,你有牙齿,你来咬断这个套索;我去尽量拖住那猎人,不让他过来。这样,我们两个一起努力,我们的朋友就能保住性命。」为了说明这个意思,他说出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kuruṅgamigo hutvā araññe ekassa sarassa avidūre ekasmiṃ gumbe vāsaṃ kappesi. Tasseva sarassa avidūre ekasmiṃ rukkhagge satapatto, sarasmiṃ pana kacchapo vāsaṃ kappesi. Evaṃ te tayopi sahāyakā aññamaññaṃ piyasaṃvāsaṃ vasiṃsu. Atheko migaluddako araññe caranto pānīyatitthe bodhisattassa padavalañjaṃ disvā lohanigaḷasadisaṃ vaṭṭamayaṃ pāsaṃ oḍḍetvā agamāsi. Bodhisatto pānīyaṃ pātuṃ āgato paṭhamayāmeyeva pāse bajjhitvā baddharavaṃ ravi. Tassa tena saddena rukkhaggato satapatto udakato ca kacchapo āgantvā ‘‘kiṃ nu kho kātabba’’nti mantayiṃsu. Atha satapatto kacchapaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘samma, tava dantā atthi, tvaṃ imaṃ pāsaṃ chinda, ahaṃ gantvā yathā so nāgacchati, tathā karissāmi, evaṃ amhehi dvīhipi kataparakkamena sahāyo no jīvitaṃ labhissatī’’ti imamatthaṃ pakāsento paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
111一百一十一。
111.
844来吧,龟啊,用你的牙齿,咬断这根藤条做的套索;
‘‘Iṅgha vaṭṭamayaṃ pāsaṃ, chinda dantehi kacchapa;
845我会这样尽力,让那猎人不会到这里来。
Ahaṃ tathā karissāmi, yathā nehiti luddako’’ti.
846于是,乌龟开始咬那条皮带;啄木鸟飞到猎人住的村子,在附近的一棵树上停下。猎人在黎明时分就拿着矛出了门。鸟知道他出门了,便叫了一声,拍着翅膀,在他从前门出来时,扑击他的脸。猎人想:“我被不吉利的鸟扑击了。”就转身回去,小睡了一会儿,又拿起矛站起身来。鸟知道:“这个人第一次是从前门出去的,这次会从后门出去。”于是飞到后门的屋子那里停下。猎人也想:“我从前门出去时,见到了不吉利的鸟,现在从后门出去吧。”便从后门出来,鸟又叫了一声,飞过去扑击他的脸。猎人想:“又被不吉利的鸟扑击了,这下它不让我出门了。”便转身回去,一直睡到曙光出现。曙光出现时,他拿起矛出了门。鸟飞快地赶去,告诉菩萨:“猎人来了。”
Atha kacchapo cammavarattaṃ khādituṃ ārabhi, satapatto luddakassa vasanagāmaṃ gato avidūre rukkhe nisīdi. Luddako paccūsakāleyeva sattiṃ gahetvā nikkhami. Sakuṇo tassa nikkhamanabhāvaṃ ñatvā vassitvā pakkhe papphoṭetvā taṃ purimadvārena nikkhamantaṃ mukhe pahari. Luddo ‘‘kāḷakaṇṇinā sakuṇenamhi pahaṭo’’ti nivattitvā thokaṃ sayitvā puna sattiṃ gahetvā uṭṭhāsi. Sakuṇo ‘‘ayaṃ paṭhamaṃ purimadvārena nikkhanto idāni pacchimadvārena nikkhamissatī’’ti ñatvā gantvā pacchimagehe nisīdi. Luddopi ‘‘purimadvārena me nikkhantena kāḷakaṇṇī sakuṇo diṭṭho, idāni pacchimadvārena nikkhamissāmī’’ti pacchimadvārena nikkhami, sakuṇo puna vassitvā gantvā mukhe pahari. Luddo ‘‘punapi kāḷakaṇṇīsakuṇena pahaṭo, na dāni me esa nikkhamituṃ detī’’ti nivattitvā yāva aruṇuggamanā sayitvā aruṇuggamanavelāya sattiṃ gahetvā nikkhami. Sakuṇo vegena gantvā ‘‘luddo āgacchatī’’ti bodhisattassa kathesi.
847就在那时,乌龟已经把其他皮带全部咬断,只留下一根。可是它的牙齿已经快要脱落,嘴里流出了血。菩萨看到猎人拿着矛,快如闪电地冲过来,便咬断那根皮带,跑进了树林。鸟停在树顶上,乌龟则因为身体虚弱,就地躺倒在那里。猎人抓住乌龟,放进袋子,挂在一根木桩上。菩萨返回来,看见乌龟被抓,心想:“我要布施朋友性命。”便装出虚弱的样子,让猎人看见自己。猎人想:“这头鹿应该是虚弱了,我要杀掉它。”便拿着矛追赶。菩萨保持不远不近的距离走着,把猎人引进森林。知道已经走得很远了,便藏匿了足迹,从另一条路用风一样的速度赶回去,用角挑起袋子,摔在地上,撞破袋子,救出了乌龟。啄木鸟也从树上飞下来。菩萨教导它们两个,说:“我靠着你们才活了下来,你们应为朋友做的事,已经为我做了。现在猎人回来可能会抓到你们,所以,亲爱的啄木鸟,你带着你的孩子们到别的地方去;你,亲爱的乌龟,请进入水中去。”它们都照着做了。
Tasmiṃ khaṇe kacchapena ekameva cammavaddhaṃ ṭhapetvā sesavarattā khāditā honti. Dantā panassa patanākārappattā jātā, mukhato lohitaṃ paggharati. Bodhisatto luddaputtaṃ sattiṃ gahetvā asanivegena āgacchantaṃ disvā taṃ vaddhaṃ chinditvā vanaṃ pāvisi, sakuṇo rukkhagge nisīdi, kacchapo pana dubbalattā tattheva nipajji. Luddo kacchapaṃ gahetvā pasibbake pakkhipitvā ekasmiṃ khāṇuke laggesi. Bodhisatto nivattitvā olokento kacchapassa gahitabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘sahāyassa jīvitadānaṃ dassāmī’’ti dubbalo viya hutvā luddassa attānaṃ dassesi. So ‘‘dubbalo esa bhavissati, māressāmi na’’nti sattiṃ ādāya anubandhi. Bodhisatto nātidūre nāccāsanne gacchanto taṃ ādāya araññaṃ pāvisi, dūraṃ gatabhāvaṃ ñatvā padaṃ vañcetvā aññena maggena vātavegena gantvā siṅgena pasibbakaṃ ukkhipitvā bhūmiyaṃ pātetvā phāletvā kacchapaṃ nīhari. Satapattopi rukkhā otari. Bodhisatto dvinnampi ovādaṃ dadamāno ‘‘ahaṃ tumhe nissāya jīvitaṃ labhiṃ, tumhehi sahāyakassa kattabbaṃ mayhaṃ kataṃ, idāni luddo āgantvā tumhe gaṇheyya, tasmā, samma satapatta, tvaṃ attano puttake gahetvā aññattha yāhi, tvampi, samma kacchapa, udakaṃ pavisāhī’’ti āha. Te tathā akaṃsu.
848导师(佛陀)成为已正觉者后,说了第二首偈颂——
Satthā abhisambuddho hutvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
112一百一十二。
112.
850“乌龟进入水中,鹿进入林中;
‘‘Kacchapo pāvisī vāriṃ, kuruṅgo pāvisī vanaṃ;
851啄木鸟从树顶上,将孩子们带往远方。”
Satapatto dumaggamhā, dūre putte apānayī’’ti.
852在这里,「带往」(apānayī)就是「带走」(ānayi),意思是抓取之后离开了。
Tattha apānayīti ānayi, gahetvā agamāsīti attho;
853猎人也来到那个地方,什么也没看见,便拿起那只被划破的袋子,满怀忧愁地回到自己的家中。而那三位朋友,终其一生都不曾破坏信任,各自随着所造的业而逝去。
Luddopi taṃ ṭhānaṃ āgantvā kañci apassitvā chinnapasibbakaṃ gahetvā domanassappatto attano gehaṃ agamāsi. Te tayopi sahāyā yāvajīvaṃ vissāsaṃ acchinditvā yathākammaṃ gatā.
854导师讲完此法教之后,连结本生故事说:“那时,猎人是提婆达多,啄木鸟是舍利弗,乌龟是目犍连,而库伦伽鹿就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā luddako devadatto ahosi, satapatto sāriputto, kacchapo moggallāno, kuruṅgamigo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
918库伦伽鹿本生注 第六个故事。
Kuruṅgamigajātakavaṇṇanā chaṭṭhā.
855[207] 第七个故事 阿萨卡本生注
[207] 7. Assakajātakavaṇṇanā
856这句“此阿萨卡王”(Ayamassakarājena)是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位被前妻诱惑的比丘而宣说的。当时,那位比丘被世尊问道:“比丘,听说你确实感到厌倦,这是真的吗?”他回答:“是真的。”世尊又问:“是被谁激起厌倦的?”他回答:“被我前妻。”于是,世尊便告诉他:“比丘啊,并非只有现在这女人才对你有爱着,过去你也曾因为她而遭受极大的痛苦。”接着,世尊便讲述了过去的事情。
Ayamassakarājenāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto purāṇadutiyikāpalobhanaṃ ārabbha kathesi. So hi bhikkhu satthārā ‘‘saccaṃ kira, tvaṃ bhikkhu, ukkaṇṭhitosī’’ti puṭṭho ‘‘sacca’’nti vatvā ‘‘kena ukkaṇṭhāpitosī’’ti vutte ‘‘purāṇadutiyikāyā’’ti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘na idāneva tassā bhikkhu itthiyā tayi sineho atthi, pubbepi tvaṃ taṃ nissāya mahādukkhaṃ patto’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
857过去,在迦尸国的波吒厘城,有一位名叫阿萨卡的王在治理国家。他有一位名叫邬波离的正后,极为可爱、可心、非常美丽、赏心悦目、仪态端庄,她的容貌超过了凡人,却还没达到天女的颜色。后来,她寿尽了。由于王后的去世,国王被忧伤所击垮,痛苦不堪、内心忧恼。他将她的遗体安置在棺槽中,让人灌入油膏以作保护,然后将棺槽停放在床下。国王不进食,只顾哭泣悲叹,就那么躺在地上。他的父母、其余的亲属、朋友、大臣、婆罗门、居士等人都来劝慰他说:“大王啊,请不要悲伤,一切因缘和合的事物都是无常的。”但无论他们怎么说,都没办法让国王醒悟。他就这样不停地哀号着,整整过了七天。那时,菩萨是一位已经证得五神通与八等至的苦行者,正住在雪山地区。他扩大自己的光明,用天眼遍观整个阎浮提,看见了那位正在如此悲叹的国王,心里便想:“我应该去当他的依靠。”于是,菩萨运用神通力腾空而起,降落在国王的园林里,坐在那块吉祥的石板上,宛如一尊黄金塑像。
Atīte kāsiraṭṭhe pāṭalinagare assako nāma rājā rajjaṃ kāresi. Tassa uparī nāma aggamahesī piyā ahosi manāpā abhirūpā dassanīyā pāsādikā atikkantā mānusavaṇṇaṃ, apattā dibbavaṇṇaṃ. Sā kālamakāsi, tassā kālakiriyāya rājā sokābhibhūto ahosi dukkhī dummano. So tassā sarīraṃ doṇiyaṃ nipajjāpetvā telakalalaṃ pakkhipāpetvā heṭṭhāmañce ṭhapāpetvā nirāhāro rodamāno paridevamāno nipajji. Mātāpitaro avasesañātakā mittāmaccabrāhmaṇagahapatikādayopi ‘‘mā soci, mahārāja, aniccā saṅkhārā’’tiādīni vadantā saññāpetuṃ nāsakkhiṃsu. Tassa vilapantasseva satta divasā atikkantā. Tadā bodhisatto pañcābhiññaaṭṭhasamāpattilābhī tāpaso hutvā himavantapadese viharanto ālokaṃ vaḍḍhetvā dibbena cakkhunā jambudīpaṃ olokento taṃ rājānaṃ tathā paridevamānaṃ disvā ‘‘etassa mayā avassayena bhavitabba’’nti iddhānubhāvena ākāse uppatitvā rañño uyyāne otaritvā maṅgalasilāpaṭṭe kañcanapaṭimā viya nisīdi.
858这时,一位住在波吒厘城的婆罗门青年来到园林,见到菩萨,顶礼后坐下。菩萨与他寒暄之后,问道:“年轻人,国王是行法的吗?”青年回答:“是的,大德,国王是行法的,但他的妻子死了。他命人将她的遗体放入槽中,正躺着哭泣,今天已经是第七天了。有您这样持戒的人存在,为什么不去把国王从这样的痛苦中解救出来呢?国王受这样的苦,合适吗?”菩萨说:“年轻人,我并不认识国王。不过,如果他前来问我,我可以告诉他她投生在哪里,并且就在国王面前让她说话。”青年说:“那么,大德,我去请国王来,请您在这里稍坐一会儿。”青年得到菩萨的承诺后,便到国王那里,报告了这件事,并说:“您适合到那位有天眼的人那里去。”
Atheko pāṭalinagaravāsī brāhmaṇamāṇavo uyyānaṃ gato bodhisattaṃ disvā vanditvā nisīdi. Bodhisatto tena saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ katvā ‘‘kiṃ, māṇava, rājā dhammiko’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Āma, bhante, dhammiko rājā, bhariyā panassa kālakatā, so tassā sarīraṃ doṇiyaṃ pakkhipāpetvā vilapamāno nipanno, ajja sattamo divaso, kissa tumhe rājānaṃ evarūpā dukkhā na mocetha, yuttaṃ nu kho tumhādisesu sīlavantesu saṃvijjamānesu rañño evarūpaṃ dukkhaṃ anubhavitu’’nti. ‘‘Na kho ahaṃ , māṇava, rājānaṃ jānāmi, sace pana so āgantvā maṃ puccheyya, ahamevassa tassā nibbattaṭṭhānaṃ ācikkhitvā rañño santikeyeva taṃ kathāpeyya’’nti. ‘‘Tena hi, bhante, yāva rājānaṃ ānemi, tāva imeva nisīdathā’’ti māṇavo bodhisattassa paṭiññaṃ gahetvā rañño santikaṃ gantvā tamatthaṃ ārocetvā ‘‘tassa dibbacakkhukassa santikaṃ gantuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti āha.
859国王心想:“听说我能见到上方了。”满心欢喜,乘上宝车,到达那里,顶礼菩萨后坐在一边,问道:“您真的知道王后投生之处吗?”菩萨回答:“是的,大王。”“她投生在哪里?”“大王,她正是沉迷于容貌,放逸而不做善业,就投生在这园林里的牛粪虫母胎中。”国王说:“我不相信。”菩萨说:“那么,我让它们出来,让她说话。”国王说:“好,请让她说话。”菩萨以自身的威力让那两只正在滚牛粪球的虫子来到国王面前,然后说:“大王,这就是你的正后邬波离,她舍弃了你,紧跟在牛粪虫后面走。你看见了吗?”国王说:“大德,我不相信‘邬波离会投生在牛粪虫母胎中’。”菩萨说:“大王,我让她说话。”国王说:“请让她说话,大德。”
Rājā ‘‘upariṃ kira daṭṭhuṃ labhissāmī’’ti tuṭṭhamānaso rathaṃ abhiruhitvā tattha gantvā bodhisattaṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisinno – ‘‘saccaṃ kira tumhe deviyā nibbattaṭṭhānaṃ jānāthā’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Āma, mahārājā’’ti. ‘‘Kattha nibbattā’’ti? ‘‘Sā kho, mahārāja, rūpasmiṃyeva mattā pamādamāgamma kalyāṇakammaṃ akatvā imasmiṃyeva uyyāne gomayapāṇakayoniyaṃ nibbattā’’ti . ‘‘Nāhaṃ saddahāmī’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi te dassetvā kathāpemī’’ti. ‘‘Sādhu kathāpethā’’ti. Bodhisatto attano ānubhāvena ‘‘ubhopi gomayapiṇḍaṃ vaṭṭayamānā rañño purato āgacchantū’’ti tesaṃ āgamanaṃ akāsi. Te tatheva āgamiṃsu. Bodhisatto taṃ dassento ‘‘ayaṃ te , mahārāja, uparidevī, taṃ jahitvā gomayapāṇakassa pacchato pacchato gacchati, passatha na’’nti āha. Bhante ‘‘‘uparī nāma gomayapāṇakayoniyaṃ nibbattissatī’ti na saddahāmaha’’nti. ‘‘Kathāpemi naṃ, mahārājā’’ti. ‘‘Kathāpetha, bhante’’ti.
860菩萨以自身的威力让她说话,唤道:“邬波离!”她便用人类语言回答:“什么事,大德?”“你在过去世叫什么名字?”“大德,我是阿萨卡王的正后,名叫邬波离。”“那么,现在阿萨卡王和牛粪虫,哪一个对你更亲爱呢?”“大德,他是我前世的丈夫。那时,我与他一起在这园林里享受色、声、香、味、触而游玩。但现在,自从命终之后,他对我来说算什么呢?我现在可以杀了阿萨卡王,用他喉咙里的血来涂抹我丈夫牛粪虫的脚。”说完,她在众人面前用人类语言说出了这些偈颂——
Bodhisatto attano ānubhāvena taṃ kathāpento ‘‘uparī’’ti āha. Sā manussabhāsāya ‘‘kiṃ, bhante’’ti āha. ‘‘Tvaṃ atītabhave kā nāma ahosī’’ti? ‘‘Bhante, assakarañño aggamahesī uparī nāma ahosi’’nti. ‘‘Kiṃ pana te idāni assakarājā piyo, udāhu gomayapāṇako’’ti? ‘‘Bhante, so mayhaṃ purimajātiyā sāmiko, tadā ahaṃ imasmiṃ uyyāne tena saddhiṃ rūpasaddagandharasaphoṭṭhabbe anubhavamānā vicariṃ. Idāni pana me bhavasaṅkhepagatakālato paṭṭhāya so kiṃ hoti, ahañhi idāni assakarājānaṃ māretvā tassa galalohitena mayhaṃ sāmikassa gomayapāṇakassa pāde makkheyya’’nti vatvā parisamajjhe manussabhāsāya imā gāthā avoca –
113一百一十三。
113.
862“Ayamassakarājena, deso vicarito mayā;”(这处地方,我曾与阿萨卡王一起游历;)
‘‘Ayamassakarājena , deso vicarito mayā;
863“Anukāmaya kāmena, piyena patinā saha.”(与亲爱的丈夫一起,彼此以爱欲互相恋慕。)
Anukāmaya kāmena, piyena patinā saha.
114一百一十四。
114.
865“Navena sukhadukkhena, porāṇaṃ apidhīyati;”(新的苦乐,会覆盖旧的;)
‘‘Navena sukhadukkhena, porāṇaṃ apidhīyati;
866因此,对我而言,这蛆虫比阿萨卡王更亲爱。
Tasmā assakaraññāva, kīṭo piyataro mamā’’ti.
867在这里,「Ayamassakarājena, deso vicarito mayā」意思是:这片可爱的园林地区,是我从前和阿萨卡王一起游历过的。「Anukāmaya kāmena」中,「anu」只是一个不变词,整句意思是:我对他怀着渴爱、他对我怀着渴爱,我们一起相伴而行。「Piyena」指在那个有身状态下是亲爱的。「Navena sukhadukkhena, porāṇaṃ apidhīyati」意思是:大德,正是因为新的快乐会覆盖旧的快乐,新的痛苦也会覆盖旧的痛苦,被遮蔽、被隐藏起来,这是在显示世间的自然法则。「Tasmā assakaraññāva, kīṭo piyataro mamā」意思是:因为新的会覆盖旧的,所以对我而言,比起阿萨卡王,这蛆虫要可爱百倍、千倍。
Tattha ayamassakarājena, deso vicarito mayāti ayaṃ ramaṇīyo uyyānapadeso pubbe mayā assakarājena saddhiṃ vicarito. Anukāmaya kāmenāti anūti nipātamattaṃ, mayā taṃ kāmayamānāya tena maṃ kāmayamānena sahāti attho. Piyenāti tasmiṃ attabhāve piyena. Navena sukhadukkhena, porāṇaṃ apidhīyatīti, bhante, navena hi sukhena porāṇaṃ sukhaṃ, navena ca dukkhena porāṇaṃ dukkhaṃ pidhīyati paṭicchādīyati, esā lokassa dhammatāti dīpeti. Tasmā assakaraññāva, kīṭo piyataro mamāti yasmā navena porāṇaṃ pidhīyati, tasmā mama assakarājato sataguṇena sahassaguṇena kīṭova piyataroti.
868听完这番话,阿萨卡王感到懊悔,就站在原地,命人把尸体搬出去,自己洗了头,礼敬菩萨之后进入王城,另外立了一位正宫王后,依法治理国家。菩萨也教导了国王,让他不再忧虑之后,就返回雪山了。
Taṃ sutvā assakarājā vippaṭisārī hutvā tattha ṭhitova kuṇapaṃ nīharāpetvā sīsaṃ nhatvā bodhisattaṃ vanditvā nagaraṃ pavisitvā aññaṃ aggamahesiṃ katvā dhammena rajjaṃ kāresi. Bodhisattopi rājānaṃ ovaditvā nissokaṃ katvā himavantameva agamāsi.
869世尊开示了此法谈后,揭示了诸谛,并总结本生故事。在开示诸谛结束时,那位感到厌离的比丘安立于入流果。当时的邬波离是前妻,阿萨卡王是那位生起厌离心的比丘,青年婆罗门是舍利弗,而那位苦行者就是我。
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhu sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā uparī purāṇadutiyikā ahosi, assakarājā ukkaṇṭhito bhikkhu, māṇavo sāriputto, tāpaso pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
934第七 阿萨卡王本生注
Assakajātakavaṇṇanā sattamā.
870[208] 第八 鳄鱼本生注
[208] 8. Susumārajātakavaṇṇanā
871「够了,我不要这些芒果」这一句,是世尊住在祇园时,针对提婆达多为了谋害世尊而策划刺杀的事情所宣说的。当时,世尊听说“提婆达多正在谋划杀害我”,便说:“各位比丘,提婆达多并非现在才谋划杀害我,从前也曾谋划过,不过连让我受到一点惊吓都没能做到。”说完,就开示了过去的故事。
Alaṃmetehi ambehīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto devadattassa vadhāya parisakkanaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tadā hi satthā ‘‘devadatto vadhāya parisakkatī’’ti sutvā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva devadatto mayhaṃ vadhāya parisakkati, pubbepi parisakkiyeva, santāsamattampi pana kātuṃ na sakkhī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
872在过去,当梵授王在波罗奈治理国家时,在雪山地区,菩萨投生于猕猴胎,具有象力、充满力量、身躯庞大、获得殊胜容貌,在恒河湾一处森林僻静处居住。那时,恒河里住着一条鳄鱼。鳄鱼的妻子看到菩萨的身体后,生起了想吃他心脏肉的强烈欲望,便对鳄鱼说:“夫君,我想吃这只猴王的心脏肉。”鳄鱼说:“贤妻,我们是水里生活的,他是陆地上生活的,我们怎么能捉住他呢?”“不管用什么办法,捉住他。要是得不到,我就会死。”“这样的话,别愁,我有个办法,会让你吃到他的心脏肉。”如此安慰了雌鳄鱼后,就在菩萨在恒河边喝完水、坐在河岸时,鳄鱼靠近他,这样说:“猴王,你在这个地方吃着涩味的水果,怎么只是待在一个固定地方活动呢?恒河对岸那边有芒果、面包果等甜美的果实,多得数不清,你去那里吃各种果实,不是很好吗?”“鳄鱼王,恒河水流浩大,水面宽广,我怎么去得了呢?”“如果你愿意,我让你乘在我的背上,带你过去。”猕猴相信了他,回答说:“好。”鳄鱼说:“那么,来,骑上我的背吧。”猕猴便骑了上去。鳄鱼载着他走了一小段,就让他沉入水中。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente himavantapadese bodhisatto kapiyoniyaṃ nibbattitvā nāgabalo thāmasampanno mahāsarīro sobhaggappatto hutvā gaṅgānivattane araññāyatane vāsaṃ kappesi. Tadā gaṅgāya eko susumāro vasi. Athassa bhariyā bodhisattassa sarīraṃ disvā tassa hadayamaṃse dohaḷaṃ uppādetvā susumāraṃ āha – ‘‘ahaṃ sāmi, etassa kapirājassa hadayamaṃsaṃ khāditukāmā’’ti. ‘‘Bhadde, mayaṃ jalagocarā, eso thalagocaro, kinti naṃ gaṇhituṃ sakkhissāmā’’ti. ‘‘Yena kenaci upāyena gaṇha, sace na labhissāmi, marissāmī’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi mā soci, attheko upāyo, khādāpessāmi taṃ tassa hadayamaṃsa’’nti susumāriṃ samassāsetvā bodhisattassa gaṅgāya pānīyaṃ pivitvā gaṅgātīre nisinnakāle santikaṃ gantvā evamāha – ‘‘vānarinda, imasmiṃ padese kasāyaphalāni khādanto kiṃ tvaṃ niviṭṭhaṭṭhāneyeva carasi, pāragaṅgāya ambalabujādīnaṃ madhuraphalānaṃ anto natthi, kiṃ te tattha gantvā phalāphalaṃ khādituṃ na vaṭṭatī’’ti? ‘‘Kumbhīlarāja, gaṅgā mahodakā vitthiṇṇā, kathaṃ tattha gamissāmī’’ti? ‘‘Sace icchasi, ahaṃ taṃ mama piṭṭhiṃ āropetvā nessāmī’’ti. So saddahitvā ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchi. ‘‘Tena hi ehi piṭṭhiṃ me abhirūhā’’ti ca vutte taṃ abhiruhi. Susumāro thokaṃ netvā udake osīdāpesi.
873菩萨问:“朋友,你为什么让我沉入水中?这是怎么回事?”鳄鱼说:“我带你走,并不是因为法随法行。是我的妻子想吃你的心脏肉,生起了强烈欲望,我想让她吃到你的心。”菩萨说:“朋友,你这话说得太妙了。如果我们的心真长在肚子里,我们在树枝间跳来跳去,心早就碎成粉末了。”“那么,你们把心放在哪儿?”菩萨指着不远处一棵结满熟果的乌敦跋罗树,说:“你看那些,就是我们的心,就挂在那棵乌敦跋罗树上。”“只要你指给我看,我就不杀你。”“那好,带我到那儿去,我指给你看树上的心。”鳄鱼便驮着他往那里游去。菩萨从鳄鱼背上纵身一跃,坐在了乌敦跋罗树上,说道:“朋友,愚痴的鳄鱼!你竟以为‘这些有情的心长在树顶上’,你真是愚蠢,是我骗了你。那些果实都留给你自己吧,你身子虽然硕大,却没有一点智慧。”这么说着,便诵出以下偈颂——
Bodhisatto ‘‘samma, udake maṃ osīdāpesi, kiṃ nu kho eta’’nti āha. ‘‘Nāhaṃ taṃ dhammasudhammatāya gahetvā gacchāmi, bhariyāya pana me tava hadayamaṃse dohaḷo uppanno, tamahaṃ tava hadayaṃ khādāpetukāmo’’ti. ‘‘Samma, kathentena te sundaraṃ kataṃ. Sace hi amhākaṃ udare hadayaṃ bhaveyya, sākhaggesu carantānaṃ cuṇṇavicuṇṇaṃ bhaveyyā’’ti. ‘‘Kahaṃ pana tumhe ṭhapethā’’ti? Bodhisatto avidūre ekaṃ udumbaraṃ pakkaphalapiṇḍisañchannaṃ dassento ‘‘passetāni amhākaṃ hadayāni etasmiṃ udumbare olambantī’’ti āha. ‘‘Sace me hadayaṃ dassasi, ahaṃ taṃ na māressāmī’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi maṃ ettha nehi, ahaṃ te rukkhe olambantaṃ dassāmī’’ti. So taṃ ādāya tattha agamāsi. Bodhisatto tassa piṭṭhito uppatitvā udumbararukkhe nisīditvā ‘‘samma, bāla susumāra, ‘imesaṃ sattānaṃ hadayaṃ nāma rukkhagge hotī’ti saññī ahosi, bālosi, ahaṃ taṃ vañcesiṃ, tava phalāphalaṃ taveva hotu, sarīrameva pana te mahantaṃ paññā pana natthī’’ti vatvā imamatthaṃ pakāsento imā gāthā avoca –
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875“这些芒果、阎浮果和菠萝蜜,我全都不要了;比起那些大海彼岸的果实,这棵乌敦跋罗树才更合我意。”
‘‘Alaṃ metehi ambehi, jambūhi panasehi ca;
876“比起那些大海彼岸的果实,这棵乌敦跋罗树才更合我意。”
Yāni pāraṃ samuddassa, varaṃ mayhaṃ udumbaro.
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878“你的身体确实巨大,可智慧却一点也不相称;鳄鱼,你被骗啦,现在随便你怎么走吧。”
‘‘Mahatī vata te bondi, na ca paññā tadūpikā;
879“鳄鱼,你被骗啦,现在随便你怎么走吧。”
Susumāra vañcito mesi, gaccha dāni yathāsukha’’nti.
880这里,「alaṃ metehi」意思是:你在岛上提到的那些果实,对我来说已经足够了。「对我来说,这棵乌敦跋罗树才是最好的」是说:这棵乌敦跋罗树对我来说最为可贵。「bondī」指身体。「tadūpikā」则指:你的智慧与那身体并不相称,根本没有配上这身体的智慧。「现在随便走吧」的意思是:现在你随意离去吧,你是拿不到心的。鳄鱼像一个输掉一千金的败者,痛苦、忧郁、一味地沉思着,回到了自己的住处。
Tattha alaṃ metehīti yāni tayā dīpake niddiṭṭhāni, etehi mayhaṃ alaṃ. Varaṃ mayhaṃ udumbaroti mayhaṃ ayameva udumbararukkho varaṃ. Bondīti sarīraṃ. Tadūpikāti paññā pana te tadūpikā tassa sarīrassa anucchavikā natthi. Gaccha dāni yathāsukhanti idāni yathāsukhaṃ gaccha, natthi te hadayamaṃsagahaṇūpāyoti attho. Susumāro sahassaṃ parājito viya dukkhī dummano pajjhāyantova attano nivāsaṭṭhānameva gato.
881导师讲完这一法义之后,把本生故事归结起来说:“那时的鳄鱼就是提婆达多,母鳄鱼是旃遮摩那,而猴王正是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā susumāro devadatto ahosi, susumārī ciñcamāṇavikā, kapirājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
947鳄鱼本生注疏第八。
Susumārajātakavaṇṇanā aṭṭhamā.
882[209]9.鸡本生注疏
[209] 9. Kukkuṭajātakavaṇṇanā
883「我在林中见过的树」这一句,是世尊住在祇园时,针对法将舍利弗长老的一位同住比丘——一位年轻比丘而说的。据说,这位比丘很擅长保养自己的身体。他因为害怕“我的身体会不舒服”,所以不过冷、也不过热地受用东西;因为害怕“身体会被冷热所疲劳”,他不出门;过湿、过软的米饭等食物他都不吃。他这种呵护身体的技巧在僧团里传开了。比丘们在法堂里议论起来:“朋友,听说某个年轻比丘很会保养身体。”世尊来了,问道:“比丘们,你们现在聚在一起在谈论什么?”得知情况后,世尊说:“比丘们,这位年轻比丘并不是现在才善于保养身体,过去他也曾经很善于保养身体。”接着便讲起了过去的事。
Diṭṭhāmayā vane rukkhāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto dhammasenāpatisāriputtattherassa saddhivihārikaṃ daharabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. So kira attano sarīrassa guttikamme cheko ahosi. ‘‘Sarīrassa me na sukhaṃ bhaveyyā’’ti bhayena atisītaṃ accuṇhaṃ paribhogaṃ na karoti, ‘‘sītuṇhehi sarīraṃ kilameyyā’’ti bhayena bahi na nikkhamati, atikilinnauttaṇḍulādīni na bhuñjati. Tassa sā sarīraguttikusalatā saṅghamajjhe pākaṭā jātā. Bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, asuko daharo kira bhikkhu sarīraguttikamme cheko’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, ayaṃ daharo idāneva sarīraguttikamme cheko, pubbepi chekova ahosī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
884过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治时,菩萨是阿兰若处的一位树神。那时,有个捕鸟人带着一只岛上的鸡,拿着毛绳和竿子,在森林里绑鸡时,开始去绑一只逃进森林的老鸡。那只鸡因善于应对毛套,不让自己被绑住,一有动静就躲藏起来。猎人用枝叶遮盖自己,一次又一次地甩出竿子和套索。那只鸡想让猎人感到羞耻,便用人语说出第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto araññāyatane rukkhadevatā ahosi. Atheko sakuṇaluddako ekaṃ dīpakakukkuṭamādāya vālarajjuñca yaṭṭhiñca gahetvā araññe kukkuṭe bandhanto ekaṃ palāyitvā araññaṃ paviṭṭhaṃ porāṇakukkuṭaṃ bandhituṃ ārabhi. So vālapāse kusalatāya attānaṃ bandhituṃ na deti, uṭṭhāyuṭṭhāya nilīyati. Luddako attānaṃ sākhāpallavehi paṭicchādetvā punappunaṃ yaṭṭhiñca pāsañca oḍḍeti. Kukkuṭo taṃ lajjāpetukāmo mānusiṃ vācaṃ nicchāretvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
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886“我在林中见过的那些树,阿萨迦那树、维毗达迦树,
‘‘Diṭṭhā mayā vane rukkhā, assakaṇṇā vibhīṭakā;
887它们都不能像你这样,树啊,你却能行走。”
Na tāni evaṃ sakkanti, yathā tvaṃ rukkha sakkasī’’ti.
888它的意思是:猎人朋友,我以前在这片树林里见过很多阿萨迦那树和维毗达迦树,可是那些树并不能像你这样行走、移动、到处游荡,它们不能行走,不能移动,不能游荡。
Tassattho – samma luddaka, mayā imasmiṃ vane jātā bahū assakaṇṇā ca vibhīṭakā ca rukkhā diṭṭhapubbā, tāni pana rukkhāni yathā tvaṃ sakkasi saṅkamasi ito cito ca vicarasi, evaṃ na sakkanti na saṅkamanti na vicarantīti.
889如此说完,那只鸡就逃到别处去了。在它逃走后,猎人说出第二首偈颂——
Evaṃ vatvā ca pana so kukkuṭo palāyitvā aññattha agamāsi. Tassa palāyitvā gatakāle luddako dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
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891“这是一只老鸡,破开笼子出来了;
‘‘Porāṇakukkuṭo ayaṃ, bhetvā pañjaramāgato;
892它善于应对毛套索,既能避开,又能说话。”
Kusalo vālapāsānaṃ, apakkamati bhāsatī’’ti.
893其中,「善于应对毛套索」:对于用毛制成的套索,它很善巧,不让自己被缚住,既避开又说话;而且说完之后就逃走了。猎人这样说了以后,在树林里游荡,得到什么就取什么,然后回到了家。
Tattha kusalo vālapāsānanti vālamayesu pāsesu kusalo attānaṃ bandhituṃ adatvā apakkamati ceva bhāsati ca, bhāsitvā ca pana palātoti evaṃ vatvā luddako araññe caritvā yathāladdhamādāya gehameva gato.
894世尊讲完这段法谈后,把本生故事连结起来说:“那时的猎人是迭瓦达德,鸡是善于护身的年轻比丘,而那棵树的树神——也就是为那件事作证的树神——就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā luddako devadatto ahosi, kukkuṭo kāyaguttikusalo daharabhikkhu, tassa pana kāraṇassa paccakkhakārikā rukkhadevatā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
961鸡本生注 第九。
Kukkuṭajātakavaṇṇanā navamā.
895第十篇 鹧鸪本生注
[210] 10. Kandagalakajātakavaṇṇanā
896“喂,这到底是什么树?”这是世尊住在竹林精舍时,针对善逝住所这件事而开示的。当时,世尊听说“提婆达多建造了善逝的住所”后,说道:“比丘们,提婆达多并非现在才因模仿我而走向毁灭,过去他也曾如此。”说完便讲起过去的事情。
Ambho ko nāmayaṃ rukkhoti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto sugatālayaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tadā hi satthā ‘‘devadatto sugatālayaṃ akāsī’’ti sutvā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva devadatto mayhaṃ anukiriyaṃ karonto vināsaṃ patto, pubbepi pāpuṇiyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
897过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治的时期,菩萨投生于雪山地区,成了啄木鸟族中的一只鸟,名叫‘佉陀罗林鸟’。它只在佉陀罗林内寻找食物。它有个朋友叫鹧鸪,那鹧鸪在木棉林等林子里觅食。有一天,鹧鸪来到佉陀罗林鸟那里。佉陀罗林鸟心想‘我的朋友来了’,就带着鹧鸪走进佉陀罗林,用喙啄击佉陀罗树干,从树里掏出虫子给它。鹧鸪把递过来的虫子一条接一条地咬断,像吃甜饼一样吃得津津有味。吃着吃着,它心里生起了傲慢:‘它是在啄木鸟族出生的,我也是,我何必依靠它给的食物?我要自己在佉陀罗林里觅食。’于是它对佉陀罗林鸟说:‘朋友,你别费心了,我要自己在佉陀罗林里觅食。’
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto himavantapadese rukkhakoṭṭakasakuṇayoniyaṃ nibbatti, ‘‘khadiravaniyo’’tissa nāmaṃ ahosi. So khadiravaneyeva gocaraṃ gaṇhi, tasseko kandagalako nāma sahāyo ahosi, so simbalipālibhaddakavane gocaraṃ gaṇhāti. So ekadivasaṃ khadiravaniyassa santikaṃ agamāsi. Khadiravaniyo ‘‘sahāyo me āgato’’ti kandagalakaṃ gahetvā khadiravanaṃ pavisitvā khadirakhandhaṃ tuṇḍena paharitvā rukkhato pāṇake nīharitvā adāsi. Kandagalako dinne dinne madhurapūve viya chinditvā chinditvā khādi. Tassa khādantasseva māno uppajji – ‘‘ayampi rukkhakoṭṭakayoniyaṃ nibbatto, ahampi, kiṃ me etena dinnagocarena, sayameva khadiravane gocaraṃ gaṇhissāmī’’ti. So khadiravaniyaṃ āha – ‘‘samma, mā tvaṃ dukkhaṃ anubhavi, ahameva khadiravane gocaraṃ gaṇhissāmī’’ti.
898于是,佉陀罗林鸟对它说:‘喂,朋友,你出生在木棉林等那些没有坚硬木质、只能取食软木的家族里,而名叫佉陀罗的树,心材生来就极为坚硬,你可别打它的主意。’鹧鸪反问:‘难道我不是啄木鸟族出生的吗?’它不听劝告,飞速冲过去,用喙猛地啄向佉陀罗树。就在那一瞬间,它的喙破裂了,眼珠都快掉出来,脑袋也裂开了。它在树干上站不住,跌落到地上,说出第一首偈颂:
Atha naṃ so ‘‘handa tvaṃ samma, simbalipālibhaddakādivane nissāre gocaraggahaṇakule jāto, khadirā nāma jātasārā thaddhā, mā te etaṃ ruccī’’ti āha. Kandagalako ‘‘kiṃ dānāhaṃ na rukkhakoṭṭakayoniyaṃ nibbatto’’ti tassa vacanaṃ anādiyitvā vegena gantvā khadirarukkhaṃ tuṇḍena pahari. Tāvadevassa tuṇḍaṃ bhijji, akkhīni nikkhamanākārappattāni jātāni, sīsaṃ phalitaṃ. So khandhe patiṭṭhātuṃ asakkonto bhūmiyaṃ patitvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
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900“喂,这叫什么树?叶子细滑却长着刺;
‘‘Ambho ko nāmayaṃ rukkho, sinnapatto sakaṇṭako;
901仅一击,头颅就碎了。”
Yattha ekappahārena, uttamaṅgaṃ vibhijjita’’nti.
902其中,「ambho ko nāmayaṃ rukkho」意思是:‘喂,佉陀罗林鸟,这棵树叫什么名字?’也有的版本读作‘Ko nāma so’。「Sinnapatto」即‘叶子细滑’的意思。「Yattha ekappahārena」意思是‘在哪棵树上,仅仅啄了一下’。「Uttamaṅgaṃ vibhijjita」意思是‘头被打碎了’,不只是头,连喙也碎了。它因为疼痛难忍,无法认出那是佉陀罗树,心里想着‘这到底是什么树啊?’在剧痛中,用这首偈颂哀号。
Tattha ambho ko nāmayaṃ rukkhoti, bho khadiravaniya, ko nāma ayaṃ rukkho. ‘‘Ko nāma so’’tipi pāṭho. Sinnapattoti sukhumapatto. Yattha ekappahārenāti yasmiṃ rukkhe ekeneva pahārena. Uttamaṅgaṃ vibhijjitanti sīsaṃ bhinnaṃ, na kevalañca sīsaṃ, tuṇḍampi bhinnaṃ. So vedanāppattatāya khadirarukkhaṃ ‘‘kiṃ rukkho nāmeso’’ti jānituṃ asakkonto vedanāppatto hutvā imāya gāthāya vippalapi.
903听了这话,佉陀罗林鸟说了第二首偈颂:
Taṃ vacanaṃ sutvā khadiravaniyo dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
120一百二十。
120.
905“这只鸟确实曾经穿行啄食于树林,在那些无实心的枯枝朽木之间;
‘‘Acāri vatāyaṃ vitudaṃ vanāni, kaṭṭhaṅgarukkhesu asārakesu;
906后来它飞到了那从小就有实心的佉陀罗树,在那里,鸟撞碎了脑袋。”
Athāsadā khadiraṃ jātasāraṃ, yatthabbhidā garuḷo uttamaṅga’’nti.
907其中,「Acāri vatāyaṃ」是“的确,此鸟曾巡游”的意思。「Vitundaṃ vanāni」指啄食、穿刺那些无实心的木棉树、象乘树等丛林。「Kaṭṭhaṅgarukkhesu」指在林中的枯枝朽木上。「Asārakesu」指没有实心的,比如象乘树、木棉树之类。「Athāsadā khadiraṃ jātasāraṃ」意思是:后来它遇到了从幼苗时期起就具足实心的佉陀罗树。「Yatthabbhidā garuḷo uttamaṅgaṃ」意思是:就在那棵佉陀罗树上,它撞裂了头颅。「Garuḷo」指鸟。这是对所有鸟类表示恭敬的称呼。
Tattha acāri vatāyanti acari vata ayaṃ. Vitudaṃ vanānīti nissārasimbalipālibhaddakavanāni vitudanto vijjhanto. Kaṭṭhaṅgarukkhesūti vanakaṭṭhakoṭṭhāsesu rukkhesu. Asārakesūti nissāresu pālibhaddakasimbaliādīsu. Athāsadā khadiraṃ jātasāranti atha potakakālato paṭṭhāya jātasāraṃ khadiraṃ sampāpuṇi. Yatthabbhidā garuḷo uttamaṅganti yatthabbhidāti yasmiṃ khadire abhindi padālayi. Garuḷoti sakuṇo. Sabbasakuṇānañhetaṃ sagāravasappatissa vacanaṃ.
908金合欢林者说完这些,又说道:“喂,喉泣鸟,你就是在那里撞碎了脑袋,这棵树名叫金合欢,是一种实心树。”那只鸟就在那里结束了生命。
Iti naṃ khadiravaniyo vatvā ‘‘bho kandagalaka, yattha tvaṃ uttamaṅgaṃ abhindi, khadiro nāmeso sārarukkho’’ti āha. So tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇi.
909世尊讲完这个法,把本生故事连贯起来说:“那时的喉泣鸟是提婆达多,而金合欢林者就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā kandagalako devadatto ahosi, khadiravaniyo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
977《喉泣鸟本生》注释 第十。
Kandagalakajātakavaṇṇanā dasamā.
978那坦达拉品 第六
Nataṃdaḷhavaggo chaṭṭho.
910其摄颂如下:
Tassuddānaṃ –
911监牢本生、游戏戒本生、碎片本生、英雄本生、恒河本生;
Bandhanāgāraṃ keḷisīlaṃ, khaṇḍaṃ vīrakagaṅgeyyaṃ;
912鹿本生、赤贫者本生、鳄鱼本生,以及鸡本生;
Kuruṅgamassakañceva, susumārañca kukkuṭaṃ;
913甘达伽拉本生——以上共十个。
Kandagalakanti te dasa.
914第七 毘罗那柱品
7. Bīraṇathambhavaggo
915[211] 一、《索摩达塔本生》注释
[211] 1. Somadattajātakavaṇṇanā
916「作了训练」这是世尊住在祇园时,以懒散优陀夷长老为因缘而宣说的。那位长老即使只是对两三个人的听众,也无法流利地说出一句话,十分羞怯,心里想着“我要说别的”,结果说出来的却完全不同。比丘们坐在法会堂里谈论着他的这件事。世尊来了,问:“比丘们,你们现在聚在这里讨论什么?”听说是这件事后,世尊说:“比丘们,懒散优陀夷不只是现在羞怯,过去就已经很羞怯了。”于是就讲起了过去的故事。
Akāsiyogganti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto lāḷudāyittheraṃ ārabbha kathesi. So hi dvinnaṃ tiṇṇaṃ janānaṃ antare ekavacanampi sampādetvā kathesuṃ na sakkoti, sārajjabahulo ‘‘aññaṃ kathessāmī’’ti aññameva kathesi. Tassa taṃ pavattiṃ bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathentā nisīdiṃsu. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha , bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, lāḷudāyī idāneva sārajjabahulo, pubbepi sārajjabahuloyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
917过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时代,菩萨出生在迦尸国的一个婆罗门家庭。成年后,他去了塔迦尸喇学习技艺,然后回家,发现父母的处境非常悲惨。于是他心想:“我要让这个困穷的家族成为富足之家。”他告别父母,前往波罗奈城侍奉国王。他很快就获得了国王的喜爱和赏识。那时,他的父亲仅靠两头牛耕作维生,结果有一头牛死了。父亲来找菩萨,说:“孩子,死了一头牛,耕作没法进行了。你向国王讨一头牛吧。”菩萨回答:“父亲,我不久前才拜见过国王,现在就开口讨牛不太合适,还是您去讨吧。”父亲说:“孩子,你不知道我有多羞怯,我在两三个人面前都说不成话。要是我去国王那里讨牛,恐怕会把现在这头牛也给出去再回来。”菩萨说:“父亲,不管怎样,我是不能向国王讨要的。不过我可以训练您。”父亲说:“好啊,那你就训练我吧。”
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsiraṭṭhe aññatarasmiṃ brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto takkasilāyaṃ sippaṃ uggaṇhitvā puna gehaṃ āgantvā mātāpitūnaṃ duggatabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘parihīnakulato seṭṭhikulaṃ patiṭṭhapessāmī’’ti mātāpitaro āpucchitvā bārāṇasiṃ gantvā rājānaṃ upaṭṭhāsi. So raññā piyo ahosi manāpo. Athassa pituno ‘‘dvīhiyeva goṇehi kasiṃ katvā jīvikaṃ kappentassa eko goṇo mato. So bodhisattaṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘tāta, eko goṇo mato, kasikammaṃ na pavattati, rājānaṃ ekaṃ goṇaṃ yācāhī’’ti āha. ‘‘Tāta, nacirasseva me rājā diṭṭho, idāneva goṇaṃ yācituṃ na yuttaṃ, tumhe yācathā’’ti. ‘‘Tāta, tvaṃ mayhaṃ sārajjabahulabhāvaṃ na jānāsi, ahañhi dvinnaṃ tiṇṇaṃ sammukhe kathaṃ sampādetuṃ na sakkomi. Sace ahaṃ rañño santikaṃ goṇaṃ yācituṃ gamissāmi, imampi datvā āgamissāmī’’ti. ‘‘Tāta, yaṃ hoti, taṃ hotu, na sakkā mayā rājānaṃ yācituṃ, apica kho panāhaṃ tumhe yoggaṃ kāressāmī’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi sādhu maṃ yoggaṃ kārehī’’ti.
918菩萨带着父亲来到毘罗那柱墓地,在各个地方绑了草捆,并标上名字:“这是国王,这是副王,这是将军”。他依次指给父亲看,然后说:“父亲,您到了国王面前,就这样念诵这首偈颂:‘愿大王胜利’,然后用它来向国王讨牛。”于是他教父亲记诵了这首偈颂——
Bodhisatto pitaraṃ ādāya bīraṇatthambhakasusānaṃ gantvā tattha tattha tiṇakalāpe bandhitvā ‘‘ayaṃ rājā, ayaṃ uparājā, ayaṃ senāpatī’’ti nāmāni katvā paṭipāṭiyā pitu dassetvā ‘‘tāta, tvaṃ rañño santikaṃ gantvā ‘jayatu, mahārājā’ti evaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ vatvā goṇaṃ yāceyyāsī’’ti gāthaṃ uggaṇhāpesi –
919“我有两头牛,大王啊,我们用它们耕田;
‘‘Dve me goṇā mahārāja, yehi khettaṃ kasāmase;
920其中一头已经死了,天神啊,请给第二头,刹帝利啊。”
Tesu eko mato deva, dutiyaṃ dehi khattiyā’’ti.
921那位婆罗门花了一整年的时间,把这首偈颂背得滚瓜烂熟,然后对菩萨说:“索马达多,我的孩子,这首偈颂我已经记熟了,现在在任何人面前我都能说出来。带我到国王跟前去吧。”菩萨回答:“好的,父亲。”他让人准备了合适的礼物,带着父亲去见国王。婆罗门说:“愿大王胜利!”并献上了礼物。国王问:“索马达多,这位婆罗门是你的什么人?”“他是我的父亲,大王。”“他为什么事而来?”就在那时,婆罗门为了请求牛而念出偈颂——
Brāhmaṇo ekena saṃvaccharena imaṃ gāthaṃ paguṇaṃ katvā bodhisattaṃ āha – ‘‘tāta, somadatta, gāthā me paguṇā jātā, idāni ahaṃ yassa kassaci santike vattuṃ sakkomi, maṃ rañño santikaṃ nehī’’ti. So ‘‘sādhu, tātā’’ti tathārūpaṃ paṇṇākāraṃ gāhāpetvā pitaraṃ rañño santikaṃ nesi. Brāhmaṇo ‘‘jayatu, mahārājā’’ti vatvā paṇṇākāraṃ adāsi. Rājā ‘‘ayaṃ te somadatta brāhmaṇo kiṃ hotī’’ti āha. ‘‘Pitā me, mahārājā’’ti. ‘‘Kenaṭṭhenāgato’’ti? Tasmiṃ khaṇe brāhmaṇo goṇayācanatthāya gāthaṃ vadanto –
922“我有两头牛,大王,我们用它们耕田;
‘‘Dve me goṇā mahārāja, yehi khettaṃ kasāmase;
923其中一头已经死了,天神啊,请收下第二头,刹帝利啊。”──他这样说道。
Tesu eko mato deva, dutiyaṃ gaṇha khattiyā’’ti. – āha;
924国王听出婆罗门说错了话,便微笑着说:“索马达多,我想你们家一定有很多牛吧。”“如果您赐予的话,大王,就会有的。”国王对菩萨心生欢喜,便赐给婆罗门十六头牛、装饰用品、作为居住地的村庄,并赐予梵施布施。然后,国王以极大的荣耀欢送了婆罗门。婆罗门坐上套着全白骏马的车,由大队随从簇拥着回到村庄。菩萨与父亲一同坐在车上,在回家途中说道:“父亲,我让您整整训练了一年,可是到了最后的时刻,您却把自己的牛给了国王。”接着,他说出第一首偈颂——
Rājā brāhmaṇena virajjhitvā kathitabhāvaṃ ñatvā sitaṃ katvā ‘‘somadatta, tumhākaṃ gehe bahū maññe goṇā’’ti āha. ‘‘Tumhehi dinnā bhavissanti, mahārājā’’ti. Rājā bodhisattassa tussitvā brāhmaṇassa soḷasa goṇe alaṅkārabhaṇḍake nivāsanagāmañcassa brahmadeyyaṃ datvā mahantena yasena brāhmaṇaṃ uyyojesi. Brāhmaṇo sabbasetasindhavayuttaṃ rathaṃ abhiruyha mahantena parivārena gāmaṃ agamāsi. Bodhisatto pitarā saddhiṃ rathe nisīditvā gacchanto ‘‘tāta, ahaṃ tumhe sakalasaṃvaccharaṃ yoggaṃ kāresiṃ, sanniṭṭhānakāle pana tumhākaṃ goṇaṃ rañño adatthā’’ti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
121一百二十一。
121.
926「你坚固地、不放逸地,在那毗罗那草堆成的墓地中训练了整整一年;
‘‘Akāsi yoggaṃ dhuvamappamatto, saṃvaccharaṃ bīraṇathambhakasmiṃ;
927你进入大众中表明了自己的意图,却又将它扭曲改变;慧浅的人啊,你所行的训练并不能保护你。」
Byākāsi saññaṃ parisaṃ vigayha, na niyyamo tāyati appapañña’’nti.
928在这里,「你坚固地、不放逸地,在那毗罗那草堆成的墓地中训练了整整一年」的意思是:孩子,你恒常不放逸地在毗罗那草堆形成的墓地中进行了那训练。「你深入大众中表明了你的意图」的意思是:然而,你进入大众之后,却把那意图作了改变,使它变异,也就是把它翻转了。「慧浅的人啊,所行的训练并不能保护你」的意思是:对于名为「少慧」的补特伽罗,训练、习惯之行并不能救护他,不能守护他。
Tattha akāsi yoggaṃ dhuvamappamatto, saṃvaccharaṃ bīraṇathambhakasminti, tāta, tvaṃ niccaṃ appamatto bīraṇatthambhamaye susāne yoggaṃ akāsi . Byākāsi saññaṃ parisaṃ vigayhāti atha ca pana parisaṃ vigāhitvā taṃ saññaṃ viakāsi vikāraṃ āpādesi, parivattesīti attho. Na niyyamo tāyati appapaññanti appahaññaṃ nāma puggalaṃ niyyamo yoggāciṇṇaṃ caraṇaṃ na tāyati na rakkhatīti.
929听了他的话后,婆罗门说出第二首偈颂:
Athassa vacanaṃ sutvā brāhmaṇo dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
122「他确实完成了那准备,因为常常保持警觉,全无疏忽;
122.
931儿子苏摩达特,乞求者会遇到两种结果:
‘‘Dvayaṃ yācanako tāta, somadatta nigacchati;
932得不到财富,或得到财富;因为乞求本身就有这样的性质。」
Alābhaṃ dhanalābhaṃ vā, evaṃdhammā hi yācanā’’ti.
933其中,「因为乞求本身就有这样的性质」是指:乞求,确实具有这样的本性。
Tattha evaṃdhammā hi yācanāti yācanā hi evaṃsabhāvāti.
934世尊说:“诸比丘,拉鲁达夷不只是现在才多羞怯,过去也一样多羞怯。”说完,他引出这则法谈,并将本生连接起来:“那时的国王是阿难,苏摩达特的父亲是拉鲁达夷,而苏摩达特正是我。”
Satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, lāḷudāyī idāneva sārajjabahulo, pubbepi sārajjabahuloyevā’’ti vatvā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā rājā ānando, somadattassa pitā lāḷudāyī ahosi, somadatto pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1004《苏摩达特本生注》第一。
Somadattajātakavaṇṇanā paṭhamā.
935[212] 2. 《食残食本生注》
[212] 2. Ucchiṭṭhabhattajātakavaṇṇanā
936“另一上面的颜色”这则故事,是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位比丘被前妻引诱的事情而讲的。那位比丘被世尊问:“听说你心生厌离(梵行),比丘,是真的吗?”他答:“是真的。”世尊又问:“谁让你心生厌离的?”他说:“前妻。”于是世尊对他说:“比丘,这个女人只会给你带来无义,过去世她也曾让自己的情夫吃残食。”说完,他便引出了过去的故事。
Aññouparimo vaṇṇoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto purāṇadutiyikāpalobhanaṃ ārabbha kathesi. So hi bhikkhu satthārā ‘‘saccaṃ kira, tvaṃ bhikkhu, ukkaṇṭhitosī’’ti puṭṭho ‘‘sacca’’nti vatvā ‘‘ko taṃ ukkaṇṭhāpesī’’ti vutte ‘‘purāṇadutiyikā’’ti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘bhikkhu ayaṃ te itthī anatthakārikā, pubbepi attano jārassa ucchiṭṭhakaṃ bhojesī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
937过去,在波罗奈,梵授王统治时,菩萨投生在一个以乞食维生的贫穷舞者家庭。长大后,他变得贫穷、相貌丑陋,依旧以乞食维持生计。那时,在迦尸国的一个村庄里,有一位婆罗门的妻子,她品行不端、本性邪恶,常行邪淫。有一天,婆罗门因事外出,她的情夫看准机会,进入了她家。她与他邪淫后,说:“稍等,吃了饭再走。”她备好饭菜,盛上伴着菜肴的丰盛热饭,递给他:“你吃吧。”她自己则站在门口,望着婆罗门回来的方向。菩萨正好站在婆罗门妻给情夫供食的地方,期待着能得到一口食物。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto ekasmiṃ ṭhāne bhikkhaṃ caritvā jīvikakappake kapaṇe naṭakakule nibbattitvā vayappatto duggato durūpako hutvā bhikkhaṃ caritvā jīvikaṃ kappesi. Tadā kāsiraṭṭhe ekasmiṃ gāmake ekassa brāhmaṇassa brāhmaṇī dussīlā pāpadhammā aticāraṃ carati. Athekadivasaṃ brāhmaṇe kenacideva karaṇīyena bahi gate tassā jāro taṃ khaṇaṃ oloketvā taṃ gehaṃ pāvisi. Sā tena saddhiṃ aticaritvā ‘‘muhuttaṃ accha, bhuñjitvāva gamissasī’’ti bhattaṃ sampādetvā sūpabyañjanasampannaṃ uṇhabhattaṃ vaḍḍhetvā ‘‘tvaṃ bhuñjā’’ti tassa datvā sayaṃ brāhmaṇassa āgamanaṃ olokayamānā dvāre aṭṭhāsi. Bodhisatto brāhmaṇiyā jārassa bhuñjanaṭṭhāne piṇḍaṃ paccāsīsanto aṭṭhāsi.
938就在那时,婆罗门正朝着家里走回来。婆罗门女看见他,急忙跑进屋,说:“快起来,婆罗门来了!”她把情夫藏进储藏室。等婆罗门进屋坐下之后,她递上木板、给他洗了手,然后在别人吃剩下的凉饭上边盖了一层热饭,端给婆罗门。他把手伸向饭食,发现上边热、下面凉,心想:“这肯定是别人吃剩的残食。”于是他询问婆罗门女,说出了第一首偈颂:
Tasmiṃ khaṇe brāhmaṇo gehābhimukho āgacchati. Brāhmaṇī taṃ āgacchantaṃ disvā vegena pavisitvā ‘‘uṭṭhehi, brāhmaṇo āgacchatī’’ti jāraṃ koṭṭhe otāretvā brāhmaṇassa pavisitvā nisinnakāle phalakaṃ upanetvā hatthadhovanaṃ datvā itarena bhuttāvasiṭṭhassa sītabhattassa upari uṇhabhattaṃ vaḍḍhetvā brāhmaṇassa adāsi. So bhatte hatthaṃ otāretvā upari uṇhaṃ heṭṭhā ca bhattaṃ sītalaṃ disvā cintesi – ‘‘iminā aññassa bhuttādhikena ucchiṭṭhabhattena bhavitabba’’nti. So brāhmaṇiṃ pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
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940上面是一种颜色,下面则是另一种颜色;
‘‘Añño uparimo vaṇṇo, añño vaṇṇo ca heṭṭhimo;
941我问那位婆罗门女:‘下面是什么,上面是什么?’
Brāhmaṇī tveva pucchāmi, kiṃ heṭṭhā kiñca upparī’’ti.
942此处的“颜色”指的是外观。因为这位询问者正在问上面的热和下面的冷,所以才这样说。“什么在下面、什么在上面?”一般来说,被加热的饭食应该是上面冷、下面热,但眼前这情形却不是那样,所以我问:“是什么原因使得上面的饭食热,而下面的却冷呢?”
Tattha vaṇṇoti ākāro. Ayañhi uparimassa uṇhabhāvaṃ heṭṭhimassa ca sītabhāvaṃ pucchanto evamāha. Kiṃ heṭṭhā kiñca upparīti vuḍḍhitabhattena nāma upari sītalena, heṭṭhā uṇhena bhavitabbaṃ, idañca pana na tādisaṃ, tena taṃ pucchāmi – ‘‘kena kāraṇena upari bhattaṃ uṇhaṃ, heṭṭhimaṃ sītala’’nti.
943婆罗门女因为害怕自己所做的业被暴露,尽管婆罗门一再问她,她仍然保持沉默。在那个时刻,优伶之子这样想:‘被安置在仓房里的那个坏人肯定是奸夫,而这家主人却不知道;婆罗门女因为怕自己的恶行被揭穿而不说话;那么,让我来揭露她的所作所为,告诉婆罗门奸夫被安顿在仓房里的事。’于是,他从婆罗门离开家的时候开始,讲述了另一个男人进入屋内、通奸、享用最好的食物、婆罗门女站在门口望路以及另一男人被带入仓房的全部经过;然后他唱出了第二首偈颂——
Brāhmaṇī attanā katakammassa uttānabhāvabhayena brāhmaṇe punappunaṃ kathentepi tuṇhīyeva ahosi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe naṭaputtassa etadahosi – ‘‘koṭṭhe nisīdāpitapāpapurisena jārena bhavitabbaṃ, iminā gehassāmikena, brāhmaṇī pana attanā katakammassa pākaṭabhāvabhayena kiñci na katheti, handāhaṃ imissā katakammaṃ pakāsetvā jārassa koṭṭhake nisīdāpitabhāvaṃ brāhmaṇassa kathemī’’ti. So brāhmaṇassa gehā nikkhantakālato paṭṭhāya itarassa gehapavesanaṃ aticaraṇaṃ aggabhattabhuñjanaṃ brāhmaṇiyā dvāre ṭhatvā maggaṃ olokanaṃ itarassa koṭṭhe otāritabhāvanti sabbaṃ taṃ pavattiṃ ācikkhitvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
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945‘尊者,我是一个优伶;我是一个乞食者,来到了这里;’
‘‘Ahaṃ naṭosmi bhaddante, bhikkhakosmi idhāgato;
946‘这个男人进了仓房,他就是你在找的那个人。’
Ayañhi koṭṭhamotiṇṇo, ayaṃ so yaṃ gavesasī’’ti.
947在这里,“尊者,我是优伶”(ahaṃ naṭosmi, bhaddante)意思是:主人呀,我出身于优伶种姓。“我是乞食者,来到了这里”(bhikkhakosmi idhāgato)意思是:我这个乞食者,是为了乞食而来到这个地方。“这个男人进入仓房”(ayañhi koṭṭhamotiṇṇo)意思是:这个女人的奸夫,因为害怕你,就躲进仓房里吃这食物。“他就是你所寻找的那个人”(ayaṃ so yaṃ gavesasi)意思是:你一直在找的那个‘到底谁会吃这剩饭’的人,就是他。说完:‘抓住他的发髻,从仓房里拉出来,让他记住教训,不再做这样的恶事’之后,他就离开了。婆罗门对那两人如此斥责和捶打,教训他们,使他们不再做这样的恶事,然后按照各自的业力离去了。
Tattha ahaṃ naṭosmi, bhaddanteti, sāmi, ahaṃ naṭajātiko. Bhikkhakosmi idhāgatoti svāhaṃ imaṃ ṭhānaṃ bhikkhako bhikkhaṃ pariyesamāno āgatosmi. Ayañhi koṭṭhamotiṇṇoti ayaṃ pana etissā jāro imaṃ bhattaṃ bhuñjanto tava bhayena koṭṭhaṃ otiṇṇo. Ayaṃ so yaṃ gavesasīti yaṃ tvaṃ kassa nu kho iminā ucchiṭṭhakena bhavitabbanti gavesasi, ayaṃ so. Cūḷāya naṃ gahetvā koṭṭhā nīharitvā yathā na punevarūpaṃ pāpaṃ karoti, tathā assa satiṃ janehīti vatvā pakkāmi. Brāhmaṇo ubhopi te yathā naṃ na punevarūpaṃ pāpaṃ karonti, tajjanapothanehi tathā sikkhāpetvā yathākammaṃ gato.
948导师(世尊)开示了这段法义,揭示了诸谛,并连结了过去生的故事。在揭示诸谛结束时,那位心生厌离的比丘证得了入流果。世尊说:‘那时的婆罗门女就是过去世的妻子,那位婆罗门就是心生厌离的比丘,而那位优伶之子就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne ukkaṇṭhito bhikkhu sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā brāhmaṇī purāṇadutiyikā ahosi, brāhmaṇo ukkaṇṭhito bhikkhu, naṭaputto pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1019《剩食本生注》第二。
Ucchiṭṭhabhattajātakavaṇṇanā dutiyā.
949[213] 第三.《婆鲁本生注》
[213] 3. Bharujātakavaṇṇanā
950“以诸仙人之间为缘”这句话,是世尊住在祇园时,以憍萨罗王为因缘而宣说的。因为当时,世尊和比丘僧团获得了极大的利养与恭敬。正如经中所说——
Isīnamantaraṃkatvāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto kosalarājānaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Bhagavato hi bhikkhusaṅghassa ca lābhasakkāro mahā ahosi. Yathāha –
951「就在那个时候,世尊受到恭敬、尊重、推崇、礼拜,并且是衣服、团食、坐卧具、病缘药资具的获得者。比丘僧团也受到恭敬……(中略)……是资具的获得者。然而,那些外道游方者却不受恭敬……(中略)……不是资具的获得者。」(《优陀那》14)
‘‘Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā sakkato hoti garukato mānito pūjito apacito lābhī cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānaṃ. Bhikkhusaṅghopi kho sakkato hoti…pe… parikkhārānaṃ. Aññatitthiyā pana paribbājakā asakkatā honti…pe… parikkhārāna’’nti (udā. 14).
952他们这样因为失去利养恭敬而变得困穷后,就日夜私下集会商议:‘自从沙门乔达摩出世以来,我们就成了利养恭敬被剥夺的人,那沙门乔达摩成了利养之巅、名闻之极者,到底是因为什么原因,使他获得了这样的成就呢?’他们当中有人这样说:‘那沙门乔达摩住在整个阎浮提最殊胜的地方,也就是大地的首脑之处,所以他才会生起这样的利养和恭敬。’其余人则说:‘这确实是个原因,那我们也应该在祇园寺后头建造一座外道寺院,这样我们也会成为大有收获的人。’他们全都下定决心:‘就这么办!’然后又商议说:‘就算我们不禀告国王就直接建寺院,比丘们也会来阻止。收了贿赂却不偏袒的人,这世上是不存在的。因此,我们要给国王送贿赂,把寺院用地弄到手。’他们在请求了护持者之后,便献给国王十万钱,说道:‘大王,我们要在祇园寺后方建造外道寺院。如果比丘们向您报告,说“不让我们建”,请您千万不要给他们答复。’国王因为贪图贿赂,就答应了:‘好吧。’
Te evaṃ parihīnalābhasakkārā ahorattaṃ guḷhasannipātaṃ katvā mantayanti ‘‘samaṇassa gotamassa uppannakālato paṭṭhāya mayaṃ hatalābhasakkārā jātā , samaṇo gotamo lābhaggayasaggappatto jāto, kena nu kho kāraṇenassa esā sampattī’’ti. Tatreke evamāhaṃsu – ‘‘samaṇo gotamo sakalajambudīpassa uttamaṭṭhāne bhūmisīse vasati. Tenassa lābhasakkāro uppajjatī’’ti, sesā ‘‘atthetaṃ kāraṇaṃ, mayampi jetavanapiṭṭhe titthiyārāmaṃ kāremu, evaṃ lābhino bhavissāmā’’ti āhaṃsu. Te sabbepi ‘‘evameta’’nti sanniṭṭhānaṃ katvā ‘‘sacepi mayaṃ rañño anārocetvā ārāmaṃ kāressāma, bhikkhū vāressanti, lañjaṃ labhitvā abhijjanako nāma natthi, tasmā rañño lañjaṃ datvā ārāmaṭṭhānaṃ gaṇhissāmā’’ti sammantetvā upaṭṭhāke yācitvā rañño satasahassaṃ datvā ‘‘mahārāja, mayaṃ jetavanapiṭṭhiyaṃ titthiyārāmaṃ karissāma, sace bhikkhū ‘kātuṃ na dassāmā’ti tumhākaṃ ārocenti, nesaṃ paṭivacanaṃ na dātabba’’nti āhaṃsu. Rājā lañjalobhena ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchi.
953外道们笼络了国王之后,就召来工匠开始动工,发出了巨大的声响。导师问道:‘阿难,这些高声喧哗的人是谁啊?’阿难回答:‘世尊,是外道们在祇园寺后头建造外道寺院,声音就是从那里传来的。’导师说:‘阿难,那个地方不适合建造外道寺院。外道们喜欢吵闹,不可能和他们共处。’说完,他便召集比丘僧团,说道:‘去吧,比丘们,把这件事禀告国王,阻止他们建造外道寺院。’比丘僧团来到国王住所的门前站定。国王虽然听说僧团来了,但心想:‘他们肯定是冲着外道寺院那件事来的。’因为已经收了贿赂,他就让人传话说:‘国王不在宫里。’比丘们回去禀告了导师。导师心想:‘他是仗着收了贿赂才这么做的。’于是派遣了两位上首弟子前去。国王听说他们也来了,同样让人传话说不在。两位弟子也回来禀告了导师。导师说:‘舍利弗,现在国王在宫里坐不住了,他将会外出的。’第二天上午,导师穿好下衣,持钵与衣,带着五百位比丘,一起前往国王住所的门前。国王听说后,从宫殿上下来,接过钵,将导师迎请入内,为以佛陀为首的僧团供养了粥和嚼食。国王礼敬导师后,坐在一旁。导师开始为国王作了一段法义开示,说道:‘大王,古代的国王们因为收了贿赂,就让持戒者之间互相争斗,结果导致自己的国土失去了主人,遭受了巨大的毁灭。’在国王的请求下,导师便开示了过去的故事。
Titthiyā rājānaṃ saṅgaṇhitvā vaḍḍhakiṃ pakkosāpetvā kammaṃ paṭṭhapesuṃ, mahāsaddo ahosi. Satthā ‘‘ke panete, ānanda, uccāsaddamahāsaddā’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Aññatitthiyā, bhante, jetavanapiṭṭhiyaṃ titthiyārāmaṃ kārenti, tattheso saddo’’ti. ‘‘Ānanda, netaṃ ṭhānaṃ titthiyārāmassa anucchavikaṃ, titthiyā uccāsaddakāmā, na sakkā tehi saddhiṃ vasitu’’nti vatvā bhikkhusaṅghaṃ sannipātetvā ‘‘gacchatha, bhikkhave, rañño ācikkhitvā titthiyārāmakaraṇaṃ nivārethā’’ti āha. Bhikkhusaṅgho gantvā rañño nivesanadvāre aṭṭhāsi. Rājā saṅghassa āgatabhāvaṃ sutvāpi ‘‘titthiyārāmaṃ nissāya āgatā bhavissantī’’ti lañjassa gahitattā ‘‘rājā gehe natthī’’ti vadāpesi. Bhikkhū gantvā satthu ārocesuṃ. Satthā ‘‘lañjaṃ nissāya evaṃ karotī’’ti dve aggasāvake pesesi. Rājā tesampi āgatabhāvaṃ sutvā tatheva vadāpesi. Tepi āgantvā satthu ārācesuṃ. Satthā ‘‘na idāni, sāriputta, rājā gehe nisīdituṃ labhissati, bahi nikkhamissatī’’ti punadivase pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya pañcahi bhikkhusatehi saddhiṃ rañño nivesanadvāraṃ agamāsi. Rājā sutvā pāsādā otaritvā pattaṃ gahetvā satthāraṃ pavesetvā buddhappamukhassa saṅghassa yāgukhajjakaṃ datvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Satthā rañño ekaṃ pariyāyadhammadesanaṃ ārabhanto ‘‘mahārāja, porāṇakarājāno lañjaṃ gahetvā sīlavante aññamaññaṃ kalahaṃ kāretvā attano raṭṭhassa assāmino hutvā mahāvināsaṃ pāpuṇiṃsū’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
954过去世时,在跋罗国,有一位名叫跋罗的国王在治理国家。那时,菩萨是一位具足五神通、获得了八种禅定成就的苦行者,同时也是众人的老师。他长久地住在雪山地区,后来为了尝用咸酸的食物,便在五百名苦行者的围绕下,从雪山走下来。他们次第游历,来到了跋罗城。在那里乞食之后,出城到了北门,菩萨坐在一棵枝叶繁茂的榕树下,用过斋饭之后,就在那棵树下安住下来。当这群仙人这样在此地住了半个月之后,另一位众师之长也带着五百随从来到了。他在城中乞食后,出城到了南门,在一棵同样茂盛的榕树下,用过斋饭之后,也就在那棵树下安住下来。就这样,这两群仙人都随自己的心意在此地安住了一段时间,然后便都回雪山去了。
Atīte bharuraṭṭhe bharurājā nāma rajjaṃ kāresi. Tadā bodhisatto pañcābhiñño aṭṭhasamāpattilābhī gaṇasatthā tāpaso hutvā himavantapadese ciraṃ vasitvā loṇambilasevanatthāya pañcasatatāpasaparivuto himavantā otaritvā anupubbena bharunagaraṃ patvā tattha piṇḍāya caritvā nagarā nikkhamitvā uttaradvāre sākhāviṭapasampannassa vaṭarukkhassa mūle nisīditvā bhattakiccaṃ katvā tattheva rukkhamūle vāsaṃ kappesi. Evaṃ tasmiṃ isigaṇe tattha vasante aḍḍhamāsaccayena añño gaṇasatthā pañcasataparivāro āgantvā nagare bhikkhāya caritvā nagarā nikkhamitvā dakkhiṇadvāre tādisasseva vaṭarukkhassa mūle nisīditvā bhattakiccaṃ katvā tattha rukkhamūle vāsaṃ kappesi. Iti te dvepi isigaṇā tattha yathābhirantaṃ viharitvā himavantameva agamaṃsu.
955他们走后,南门的榕树枯死了。等到下一轮他们再来时,之前住在南门榕树的那一群先到,发现自己的榕树已经枯死,便在城里乞食后,出城去了北门的榕树下,吃完饭就在那里住了下来。另一群仙人后到,在城里乞食后,回到自己原来的树下,吃完饭也住了下来。因为那棵树,他们便互相争吵起来,说道:“这棵树不是你们的,是我们的。”争吵得越来越激烈。有一方说:“我们原先住的地方,你们别想得到。”另一方说:“我们在这轮抢先到了这里,你们别想得到。”就这样,他们一直争吵着:“我们是主人,我们是主人。”为了树下场的归属,他们闹到了王宫。国王把先前住过的那群仙人判定为主人。另一群心想:“现在我们可不能被人说输给了他们。”他们用天眼观察,看见了一个曾是转轮王受用过的车棚,就取来当作贿赂献给国王,说道:“大王,也请把我们定为所有者吧。”
Tesaṃ gatakāle dakkhiṇadvāre vaṭarukkho sukkho. Punavāre tesu āgacchantesu dakkhiṇadvāre vaṭarukkhavāsino paṭhamataraṃ āgantvā attano vaṭarukkhassa sukkhabhāvaṃ ñatvā bhikkhāya caritvā nagarā nikkhamitvā uttaradvāre vaṭarukkhamūlaṃ gantvā bhattakiccaṃ katvā tattha vāsaṃ kappesuṃ. Itare pana isayo pacchā āgantvā nagare bhikkhāya caritvā attano rukkhamūlameva gantvā bhattakiccaṃ katvā vāsaṃ kappesuṃ. Te ‘‘na so tumhākaṃ rukkho, amhākaṃ rukkho’’ti rukkhaṃ nissāya aññamaññaṃ kalahaṃ kariṃsu, kalaho mahā ahosi. Eke ‘‘amhākaṃ paṭhamaṃ vasitaṭṭhānaṃ tumhe na labhissathā’’ti vadanti. Eke ‘‘mayaṃ imasmiṃ vāre paṭhamataraṃ idhāgatā, tumhe na labhissathā’’ti vadanti. Iti te ‘‘mayaṃ sāmino, mayaṃ sāmino’’ti kalahaṃ karontā rukkhamūlassatthāya rājakulaṃ agamaṃsu. Rājā paṭhamaṃ vutthaisigaṇaññeva sāmikaṃ akāsi . Itare ‘‘na dāni mayaṃ imehi parājitāti attānaṃ vadāpessāmā’’ti dibbacakkhunā oloketvā ekaṃ cakkavattiparibhogaṃ rathapañjaraṃ disvā āharitvā rañño lañjaṃ datvā ‘‘mahārāja, amhepi sāmike karohī’’ti āhaṃsu.
956国王收下贿赂后,说:“两群都住下吧。”把双方都判为主人。另一群仙人把那车棚的车轮拆下来,当作贿赂献上,说道:“大王,请只把我们定为所有者吧。”国王照着做了。这群仙人心生懊悔:“我们这些舍弃了住所之欲和烦恼欲而出家的人,为了一棵树下争吵,还去行贿,这实在是不合宜。”于是他们迅速逃离,逃回了雪山。整个跋罗国的天神们聚集在一起,对跋罗王感到愤慨,说:“让持戒者争吵的国王做了不合宜的事情。”他们便把方圆三百由旬的跋罗国翻沉入大海,使其成为无人的国度。就这样,只因为一个跋罗国王,全国的人民都遭到了毁灭。
Rājā lañjaṃ gahetvā ‘‘dvepi gaṇā vasantū’’ti dvepi sāmike akāsi. Itare isayo tassa rathapañjarassa rathacakkāni nīharitvā lañjaṃ datvā ‘‘mahārāja, amheyeva sāmike karohī’’ti āhaṃsu. Rājā tathā akāsi. Isigaṇā ‘‘amhehi vatthukāme ca kilesakāme ca pahāya pabbajitehi rukkhamūlassa kāraṇā kalahaṃ karontehi lañjaṃ dadantehi ayuttaṃ kata’’nti vippaṭisārino hutvā vegena palāyitvā himavantameva agamaṃsu. Sakalabharuraṭṭhavāsino devatā ekato hutvā ‘‘sīlavante kalahaṃ karontena raññā ayuttaṃ kata’’nti bharurañño kujjhitvā tiyojanasatikaṃ bharuraṭṭhaṃ samuddaṃ ubbattetvā araṭṭhamakaṃsu. Iti ekaṃ bharurājānaṃ nissāya sakalaraṭṭhavāsinopi vināsaṃ pattāti.
957导师讲述完这段往事,作为已正觉者,宣说了以下这些偈颂:
Satthā imaṃ atītaṃ āharitvā abhisambuddho hutvā imā gāthā avoca –
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959「在仙人之间制造了隔阂,关于跋罗王(据我所闻),
‘‘Isīnamantaraṃ katvā, bharurājāti me sutaṃ;
960那位国王连同他的国土,都一起被毁灭,归于『非有』。」
Ucchinno saha raṭṭhehi, sa rājā vibhavaṅgato.
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962「因此,智者不称赞『随欲而行』,」
‘‘Tasmā hi chandāgamanaṃ, nappasaṃsanti paṇḍitā;
963应该以无嗔恨的心,说与真实相应的言语。」
Aduṭṭhacitto bhāseyya, giraṃ saccupasaṃhita’’nti.
964其中,「antaraṃ katvā」指因为随欲而行而制造了隔阂。「Bharurājā」指跋罗国的国王。「Iti me sutaṃ」意思是我从前是这样听闻的。「Tasmā hi chandāgamanan」意思是:正因为随欲而行,跋罗王连同国家一起被毁灭了,所以智者们不称赞随欲而行。「Aduṭṭhacitto」意为以未被烦恼染污的心,应说与真实相应之语,也就是只说基于自性、基于意义、基于原因的话。当时在那里,那些反对跋罗王收受贿赂、认为这不应该的人,说了与真实相应的话,他们所在的地方,至今在椰子岛还显现出上千个岛屿。
Tattha antaraṃ katvāti chandāgativasena vivaraṃ katvā. Bharurājāti bharuraṭṭhe rājā. Iti me sutanti iti mayā pubbe etaṃ sutaṃ. Tasmā hi chandāgamananti yasmā hi chandāgamanaṃ gantvā bharurājā saha raṭṭhena ucchinno, tasmā chandāgamanaṃ paṇḍitā nappasaṃsanti. Aduṭṭhacittoti kilesehi adūsitacitto hutvā. Bhāseyya giraṃ saccupasaṃhitanti sabhāvanissitaṃ atthanissitaṃ kāraṇanissitameva giraṃ bhāseyya. Ye hi tattha bharurañño lañjaṃ gaṇhantassa ayuttaṃ etanti paṭikkosantā saccupasaṃhitaṃ giraṃ bhāsiṃsu, tesaṃ ṭhitaṭṭhānaṃ nāḷikeradīpe ajjāpi dīpakasahassaṃ paññāyatīti.
965世尊做完这个法开示后,说:“大王,不要成为被贪欲支配的人,也不应该让两个出家僧团产生争执。”讲完后,他总结本生故事:“那时年长的仙人就是我。”国王供养如来饭食后,在如来离开时派人捣毁了外道的园林,那些外道便无处容身。
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā ‘‘mahārāja, chandavasikena nāma na bhavitabbaṃ, dve pabbajitagaṇe kalahaṃ kāretuṃ na vaṭṭatī’’ti vatvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘ahaṃ tena samayena jeṭṭhakaisi ahosi’’nti, rājā tathāgatassa bhattakiccaṃ katvā gatakāle manusse pesetvā titthiyārāmaṃ viddhaṃsāpesi, titthiyā appatiṭṭhā ahesuṃ.
1037婆卢本生注 第三
Bharujātakavaṇṇanā tatiyā.
966[214] 4. 富那底河本生注
[214] 4. Puṇṇanadījātakavaṇṇanā
967“Puṇṇaṃ nadiṃ”——这是世尊住在祇园时,就慧波罗蜜而宣说的。有一天,在法堂里,比丘们就如来的智慧展开了谈论:“贤友,正自觉者具有大智慧、广智慧、喜智慧、速疾智、锋利智、甚深智、决择智,具足方便善巧的智慧。”世尊到来后问:“比丘们,你们现在聚在一起谈论什么?”待他们回答后,世尊说:“比丘们,不但是现在,过去如来也是有智慧的,而且善于运用方便。”接着便讲述了过去的事。
Puṇṇaṃ nadinti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto paññāpāramiṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekasmiñhi divase dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū tathāgatassa paññaṃ ārabbha kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, sammāsambuddho mahāpañño puthupañño hāsapañño javanapañño tikkhapañño gambhīrapañño nibbedhikapañño upāyapaññāya samannāgato’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva, pubbepi tathāgato paññavā upāyakusaloyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
968过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时候,菩萨出生在国师家庭。成年后,他到塔迦尸喇学习了一切技艺。父亲去世后,他获得国师之位,成为波罗奈王在利益和正法上的指导者。后来,国王听信了挑拨离间者的话,对菩萨发怒,说:“不要住在我附近!”就把菩萨赶出了波罗奈城。菩萨带着妻儿,住在迦尸国的一个村庄里。过了一些时候,国王想起了他的德行,心里想:“派人去请老师回来并不妥当,我编一首偈颂写在贝叶上,再煮好乌鸦肉,用白布将贝叶和肉包好,盖上王印送去。如果他是智者,读了贝叶就会明白那是乌鸦肉而前来;如果不是,就不会来。”于是他就在贝叶上写下了“puṇṇaṃ nadiṃ”这首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto purohitakule nibbattitvā vayappatto takkasilāyaṃ sabbasippāni uggaṇhitvā pitu accayena purohitaṭṭhānaṃ labhitvā bārāṇasirañño atthadhammānusāsako ahosi. Aparabhāge rājā paribhedakānaṃ kathaṃ gahetvā bodhisattassa kuddho ‘‘mā mama santike vasī’’ti bodhisattaṃ bārāṇasito pabbājesi. Bodhisatto puttadāraṃ gahetvā ekasmiṃ kāsikagāmake vāsaṃ kappesi. Aparabhāge rājā tassa guṇaṃ saritvā ‘‘mayhaṃ kañci pesetvā ācariyaṃ pakkosituṃ na yuttaṃ, ekaṃ pana gāthaṃ bandhitvā paṇṇaṃ likhitvā kākamaṃsaṃ pacāpetvā paṇṇañca maṃsañca setavatthena paliveṭhetvā rājamuddikāya lañchetvā pesessāmi. Yadi paṇḍito bhavissati, paṇṇaṃ vācetvā kākamaṃsabhāvaṃ ñatvā āgamissati, no ce, nāgamissatī’’ti ‘‘puṇṇaṃ nadi’’nti imaṃ gāthaṃ paṇṇe likhi –
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970「人们把满水的河称为『乌鸦可饮』,把长起来的庄稼称为『乌鸦可藏』;
‘‘Puṇṇaṃ nadiṃ yena ca peyyamāhu, jātaṃ yavaṃ yena ca guyhamāhu;
971人们还这样称呼那远行离去的人。那个人已经被带来了,喂,婆罗门,你好好享用吧!」
Dūraṃ gataṃ yena ca avhayanti, so tyāgato handa ca bhuñja brāhmaṇā’’ti.
972在这里,“人们把满水的河称为『乌鸦可饮』”(puṇṇaṃ nadiṃ yena ca peyyamāhū)的意思是:那些说某条河是「乌鸦可饮之河」的人,是指河水涨满时,才这么称呼它;因为一条不满的河,是不会被称为「乌鸦可饮」的。只有当乌鸦站在河岸边,伸出脖子就能喝到水时,人们才说这条河是「乌鸦可饮的河」。“人们把长起来的庄稼称为『乌鸦可藏』”(Jātaṃ yavaṃ yena ca guyhamāhū)这句话里,“yava”(谷物)只是开示时提的一个例子而已,在这里,实际是指一切已经生长、已经抽穗、繁茂的嫩庄稼。当这样的庄稼长得足以把钻进去的乌鸦遮蔽起来时,它就叫做「可隐藏者」(guyha),也就是能被遮蔽的意思。把什么遮蔽起来呢?把乌鸦遮蔽起来。因此,所谓‘乌鸦的所藏之处’(kākaguyha),人们在表达‘乌鸦的所藏之处’时,因为是乌鸦导致了‘隐藏’这个说法,就把庄稼称为「可隐藏者」。所以,才会有“人们称为『可隐藏者』”这样的说法。“人们还这样称呼那远行离去的人”(Dūraṃ gataṃ yena ca avhayanti)这句话的意思是:对于一个远走他乡、久别不见的、心爱的人,当看到他回来坐定后,或者听到有人说‘某某来了’,或者只是听到下雨声,就说‘只要乌鸦一叫,某某就会来啦’——人们就是用这样的方式去呼唤、去谈论、去说那个远行的人。“那个人已经被带来了”(so tyāgato)的意思,就是那个人被带到了你面前。“喂,婆罗门,请享用吧”(handa ca bhuñja, brāhmaṇā)的意思是:拿着,婆罗门,吃掉它吧,把这乌鸦肉吃下去。
Tattha puṇṇaṃ nadiṃ yena ca peyyamāhūti kākapeyyā nadīhi vadantā yena puṇṇaṃ nadiṃ kākapeyyamāhu, na hi apuṇṇā nadī ‘‘kākapeyyā’’ti vuccati. Yadāpi nadītīre ṭhatvā gīvaṃ pasāretvā kākena pātuṃ sakkā hoti, tadā naṃ ‘‘kākapeyyā’’ti vadanti. Jātaṃ yavaṃ yena ca guyhamāhūti yavanti desanāsīsamattaṃ, idha pana sabbampi jātaṃ uggataṃ sampannataruṇasassaṃ adhippetaṃ. Tañhi yadā anto paviṭṭhakākaṃ paṭicchādetuṃ sakkoti, tadā guyhatīti guyhaṃ. Kiṃ guyhati? Kākaṃ. Iti kākassa guyhaṃ kākaguyhanti taṃ vadamānā kākena guyhavacanassa kāraṇabhūtena ‘‘guyha’’nti vadanti. Tena vuttaṃ ‘‘yena ca guyhamāhū’’ti. Dūraṃ gataṃ yena ca avhayantīti dūraṃ gataṃ vippavutthaṃ piyapuggalaṃ yaṃ āgantvā nisinnaṃ disvā sace itthannāmo āgacchati, vassa kākāti vā vassantaññeva vā sutvā ‘‘yathā kāko vassati, itthannāmo āgamissatī’’ti evaṃ vadantā yena ca avhayanti kathenti mantenti, udāharantīti attho. So tyāgatoti so te ānīto. Handa ca bhuñja, brāhmaṇāti gaṇha, brāhmaṇa, bhuñjassu naṃ, khāda idaṃ kākamaṃsanti attho.
973就这样,国王把这偈颂写在树叶上,派人送给了菩萨。菩萨读完了树叶上的字,明白了“国王是想见我”,便说出了第二首偈颂:
Iti rājā imaṃ gāthaṃ paṇṇe likhitvā bodhisattassa pesesi. So paṇṇaṃ vācetvā ‘‘rājā maṃ daṭṭhukāmo’’ti ñatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
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975“只要国王想到了我,哪怕是为了送块乌鸦肉也会派人来;
‘‘Yato maṃ saratī rājā, vāyasampi pahetave;
976“天鹅、鹳和孔雀,只有不念旧情才更可恶。”
Haṃsā koñcā mayūrā ca, asatīyeva pāpiyā’’ti.
977在这里,“只要国王想到了我,哪怕是为了送块乌鸦肉也会派人来”(Yato maṃ saratī rājā, vāyasampi pahetave)的意思是:当国王得到一块乌鸦肉,哪怕只是为了派人送这乌鸦肉,他都会想起我来。“天鹅、鹳和孔雀”(Haṃsā koñcā mayūrā ca)的意思是:然而,等到将来这些天鹅之类的珍禽被进献给他的时候,他会得到各种天鹅肉等等,到那时候,他又怎么会想不起我呢?这是表达反诘的语气。而且,在义注里,还有“haṃsakoñcamayūrānaṃ”这种读法。这个读法更加优美,它的意思是:得到了这些天鹅、鹳和孔雀的肉之后,他怎么会不记得我呢?他一定会记得我的!“不念旧情才更可恶”(asatīyeva pāpiyā)的意思是:无论得到什么,能记得这份情谊,这叫做「美好的」。在这世间,不念旧情才更可恶,不念旧情就是低劣、卑鄙的。然而我们的国王并没有这种毛病。国王想念我,期盼我去见他,既然如此,我就去吧。于是,菩萨让人备好车乘,前往拜见了国王。国王非常高兴,就把他安置在国师的位置上。
Tattha yato maṃ saratī rājā, vāyasampi pahetaveti yadā rājā vāyasamaṃsaṃ labhitvā tampi pahetuṃ maṃ sarati. Haṃsā koñcā mayūrā cāti yadā panassa ete haṃsādayo upanītā bhavissanti, ekāni haṃsamaṃsādīni lacchati, tadā maṃ kasmā na sarissatīti attho? Aṭṭhakathāyaṃ pana ‘‘haṃsakoñcamayūrāna’’nti pāṭho. So sundaratarā, imesaṃ haṃsādīnaṃ maṃsaṃ labhitvā kasmā maṃ na sarissati, sarissatiyevāti attho. Asatīyeva pāpiyāti yaṃ vā taṃ vā labhitvā saraṇaṃ nāma sundaraṃ, lokasmiṃ pana asatiyeva pāpiyā, asatikaraṇaṃyeva hīnaṃ lāmakaṃ, tañca amhākaṃ rañño natthi. Sarati maṃ rājā, āgamanaṃ me paccāsīsati, tasmā gamissāmīti yānaṃ yojāpetvā gantvā rājānaṃ passi, rājā tussitvā purohitaṭṭhāneyeva patiṭṭhāpesi.
978世尊讲完这个法教之后,总结本生故事说:“那时的国王是阿难,而国师就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā rājā ānando ahosi, purohito pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1051富楼那河本生故事注释第四。
Puṇṇanadījātakavaṇṇanā catutthā.
979[215] 龟本生故事注释第五。
[215] 5. Kacchapajātakavaṇṇanā
980“杀死了自己啊”,这是世尊住在祇园时,以咖利咖为起因所讲述的。这一事件将在《大喋喋本生》中详细显现。当时,世尊说:“比丘们,咖利咖不只在现在被言语所害,过去他也被言语害过。”然后,世尊就讲起了过去的故事。
Avadhī vata attānanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto kokālikaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu mahātakkārijātake (jā. 1.13.104 ādayo) āvi-bhavissati. Tadā pana satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, kokāliko idāneva vācāya hato, pubbepi vācāya hatoyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
981过去,在波罗奈城梵授王治理国家的时候,菩萨出生在一个大臣家里,长大之后成为国王在利益和法方面的指导老师。但这位国王非常多话,他一开口,别人完全没有插话的机会。菩萨想要制止他的多语,就一边寻找方便方法,一边各处游走。那时,在雪山地区的一个湖里住着一只乌龟,有两只小天鹅在觅食时和它交上了朋友。它们情谊深厚,有一天就对乌龟说:“朋友乌龟啊,我们在雪山心峰山脚下的黄金洞窟住处,是个非常宜人的地方,你要不要跟我们一起去?”乌龟问:“可我怎么去呢?”天鹅说:“我们带你飞过去。只要你能管住自己的嘴,不对任何人说任何话就行。”乌龟说:“我能管住,朋友们,带我去吧。”天鹅说“好的”,就让乌龟咬住一根棍子,自己再咬住棍子的两端,然后飞上天空。当乌龟被天鹅这样带着飞时,一些村童看见后就喊道:“两只天鹅用棍子驮着一只乌龟!”
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto amaccakule nibbattitvā vayappatto tassa atthadhammānusāsako ahosi. So pana rājā bahubhāṇī ahosi, tasmiṃ kathente aññesaṃ vacanassa okāso nāma natthi. Bodhisatto tassa taṃ bahubhāṇitaṃ vāretukāmo ekaṃ upāyaṃ upadhārento vicarati. Tasmiñca kāle himavantapadese ekasmiṃ sare kacchapo vasati, dve haṃsapotakā gocarāya carantā tena saddhiṃ vissāsaṃ akaṃsu. Te daḷhavissāsikā hutvā ekadivasaṃ kacchapaṃ āhaṃsu – ‘‘samma kacchapa, amhākaṃ himavante cittakūṭapabbatatale kañcanaguhāyaṃ vasanaṭṭhānaṃ ramaṇīyo padeso, gacchasi amhākaṃ saddhi’’nti. ‘‘Ahaṃ kinti katvā gamissāmī’’ti? ‘‘Mayaṃ taṃ gahetvā gamissāma, sace tvaṃ mukhaṃ rakkhituṃ sakkhissasi, kassaci kiñci na kathessasī’’ti. ‘‘Rakkhissāmi, sāmi, gahetvā maṃ gacchathā’’ti. Te ‘‘sādhū’’ti vatvā ekaṃ daṇḍakaṃ kacchapena ḍaṃsāpetvā sayaṃ tassa ubho koṭiyo ḍaṃsitvā ākāsaṃ pakkhandiṃsu. Taṃ tathā haṃsehi nīyamānaṃ gāmadārakā disvā ‘‘dve haṃsā kacchapaṃ daṇḍakena harantī’’ti āhaṃsu.
982乌龟想开口说:“如果朋友们带我走,你们这些坏孩子在这里乱叫什么?”但是天鹅飞得很快,当它们飞到波罗奈城王宫的正上方时,乌龟松开了咬住的棍子,从空中掉落在天井里,摔成了两半。顿时到处喧哗:“乌龟从空中掉下来,摔成两半了!”国王带着菩萨,在大臣们围绕之下,来到那里,看见乌龟后,问菩萨:“智者,这乌龟是怎么掉下来的?”菩萨心中思维:“我长久以来一直想要以方便来教诫国王,正在寻找方法。这乌龟一定和天鹅结下了交情,天鹅说要带它去雪山,让它咬住棍子飞上空中。后来这乌龟因为听到了别人的说话声,没有防护好自己的嘴巴,想要说话,于是松开了棍子,就这样从空中掉下来丧了命。”于是菩萨说:“是的,大王,那些太过多嘴的人,确实会遭受这样的苦。”说完,便诵出了以下的偈颂:
Kacchapo ‘‘yadi maṃ sahāyakā nenti, tumhākaṃ ettha kiṃ duṭṭhaceṭakā’’ti vattukāmo haṃsānaṃ sīghavegatāya bārāṇasinagare rājanivesanassa uparibhāgaṃ sampattakāle daṭṭhaṭṭhānato daṇḍakaṃ vissajjetvā ākāsaṅgaṇe patitvā dvebhāgo ahosi, ‘‘kacchapo ākāsato patitvā dvedhā bhinno’’ti ekakolāhalaṃ ahosi. Rājā bodhisattaṃ ādāya amaccagaṇaparivuto taṃ ṭhānaṃ gantvā kacchapaṃ disvā bodhisattaṃ pucchi – ‘‘paṇḍita, kinti katvā esa patito’’ti? Bodhisatto ‘‘cirapaṭikaṅkhohaṃ rājānaṃ ovaditukāmo upāyaṃ upadhārento carāmi, iminā kacchapena haṃsehi saddhiṃ vissāso kato bhavissati, tehi imaṃ ‘himavantaṃ nesssāmā’ti daṇḍakaṃ ḍaṃsāpetvā ākāsaṃ pakkhantehi bhavitabbaṃ, atha iminā kassaci vacanaṃ sutvā arakkhitamukhatāya kiñci vattukāmena daṇḍakā vissaṭṭho bhavissati, evaṃ ākāsato patitvā jīvitakkhayaṃ patteneva bhavitabba’’nti cintetvā ‘‘āma mahārāja, atimukharā nāma apariyantavacanā evarūpaṃ dukkhaṃ pāpuṇantiyevā’’ti vatvā imā gāthā avoca –
129一百二十九。
129.
984“那乌龟因为说出了话语,确实杀死了自己(Avadhī vata attānaṃ, kacchapo byāharaṃ giraṃ);”
‘‘Avadhī vata attānaṃ, kacchapo byāharaṃ giraṃ;
985「在紧紧咬住的木棍上」:他嘴巴牢牢咬着木棍,却因为自己说出的话而害死了自己。
Suggahītasmiṃ kaṭṭhasmiṃ, vācāya sakiyāvadhi.
130一百三十。
130.
987「见到此事后,人中精进最胜者啊」:看到这个情况之后,人中以精进最为卓越的圣王啊,「应说善法而不超越时限」:应当只说有益且合时的善语,不要说不合时宜、毫无节制的话。
‘‘Etampi disvā naravīriyaseṭṭha, vācaṃ pamuñce kusalaṃ nātivelaṃ;
988「你亲眼见到」:你不是亲眼看见了吗?「由于多言,这乌龟遭遇了不幸」:这只乌龟因为说得太多而落到了丧命的地步。
Passasi bahubhāṇena, kacchapaṃ byasanaṃ gata’’nti.
989在这里,「avadhī vata」就是「确实杀死了」的意思。「Byāharaṃ」指的是「正在发出(话语)」。「在紧紧咬住的木棍上」:指用嘴巴紧紧咬住的木棍。「因自己的言语而杀死了自己」:由于极度多嘴,在不恰当的时候开口说话,松开了原本咬住的地方,于是用自己的话把自己害死了。就这样,这只乌龟丧了命,而不是因为其他原因。「见到此事后」:就是看清了这个原因之后。「人中精进最胜者」:指在众人当中以精进最为第一、拥有最上精进的尊王。「应说善法而不超越时限」:智者应当只说与真实等相应的善法,只说有益且合宜的话,不应超越时限,不说超过适当时间、毫无节制的话。「你亲眼见到」:不就是你亲眼所见吗?「由于多言」:因为话说得太多。「乌龟遭遇了不幸」:就是这只乌龟落到了断送性命的下场。
Tattha avadhī vatāti ghātesi vata. Byāharanti byāharanto. Suggahītasmiṃ kaṭṭhasminti mukhena suṭṭhu ḍaṃsitvā gahite daṇḍake. Vācāya sakiyāvadhīti atimukharatāya akāle vācaṃ nicchārento daṭṭhaṭṭhānaṃ vissajjetvā tāya sakāya vācāya attānaṃ avadhi ghātesi. Evamesa jīvitakkhayaṃ patto, na aññathāti. Etampi disvāti etampi kāraṇaṃ disvā. Naravīriyaseṭṭhāti naresu vīriyena seṭṭha uttamavīriya rājavara. Vācaṃ pamuñce kusalaṃ nātivelanti saccādipaṭisaṃyuttaṃ kusalameva paṇḍito puriso muñceyya nicchāreyya, tampi hitaṃ kālayuttaṃ, na ativelaṃ, atikkantakālaṃ apariyantavācaṃ na bhāseyya. Passasīti nanu paccakkhato passasi. Bahubhāṇenāti bahubhaṇanena. Kacchapaṃ byasanaṃ gatanti etaṃ kacchapaṃ jīvitakkhayaṃ pattanti.
990国王明白“这话是针对我而说的”,便说道:“贤者,你是在针对我们而说吧。”菩萨把事情挑明之后,回答说:“大王,不管是你,还是其他人,只要是说话超过限度的人,都会遭遇这样的不幸。”国王从此以后便收敛了,成了一个话语很少的人。
Rājā ‘‘maṃ sandhāya bhāsatī’’ti ñatvā ‘‘amhe sandhāya kathesi, paṇḍitā’’ti āha. Bodhisatto ‘‘mahārāja, tvaṃ vā hohi añño vā, yo koci pamāṇātikkantaṃ bhāsanto evarūpaṃ byasanaṃ pāpuṇātī’’ti pākaṭaṃ katvā kathesi. Rājā tato paṭṭhāya viramitvā mandabhāṇī ahosi.
991世尊宣讲完这个法的开示之后,把本生故事对应起来,说道:“那时的乌龟就是拘迦利,两只幼天鹅是两位大长老,国王是阿难,而那位大臣贤者就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā kacchapo kokāliko ahosi, dve haṃsapotakā dve mahātherā, rājā ānando, amaccapaṇḍito pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
992乌龟本生注疏第五。
Kacchapajātakavaṇṇanā pañcamā.
993第216则 第6篇 鱼本生注疏
[216] 6. Macchajātakavaṇṇanā
994“并不是这火焰使我感到热恼”(Na māyamaggi tapatī)——这则故事是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位比丘被前妻诱惑而讲述的。世尊问那位比丘:“比丘,听说你确实感到厌烦,是真的吗?”比丘回答:“是真的,大德。”世尊又问:“是被什么导致厌烦的呢?”比丘说:“被前妻。”于是世尊告诉他:“比丘,这个女人只会对你做毫无意义的事。过去你也曾因为依赖她,被烤叉刺穿、在炭火上被烤熟,落到几乎要被吃掉的地步,后来是靠着一位贤者才保住了性命。”说完这些,世尊便开示了过去的事情。
Na māyamaggi tapatīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto purāṇadutiyikāpalobhanaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tañhi bhikkhuṃ satthā ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, bhikkhu, ukkaṇṭhitosī’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Saccaṃ, bhante’’ti vutte ‘‘kena ukkaṇṭhāpitosī’’ti puṭṭho ‘‘purāṇadutiyikāyā’’ti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘ayaṃ te bhikkhu itthī anatthakārikā, pubbepi tvaṃ etaṃ nissāya sūlena vijjhitvā aṅgāresu pacitvā khāditabbataṃ patto paṇḍite nissāya jīvitaṃ alatthā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
995过去,在波罗奈,梵授王统治国家的时候,菩萨是他的国师。有一天,一些渔夫从网里捞起了一条鱼,把它取出来放在滚烫的沙地上,说:“等放在炭火上烤熟后,我们就要吃掉它。”说完便动手削尖烤叉。那条鱼因为思念它的母鱼,悲叹着说出了这些偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto tassa purohito ahosi. Athekadivasaṃ kevaṭṭā jāle laggaṃ macchaṃ uddharitvā uṇhavālukāpiṭṭhe ṭhapetvā ‘‘aṅgāresu naṃ pacitvā khādissāmā’’ti sūlaṃ tacchiṃsu. Maccho macchiṃ ārabbha paridevamāno imā gāthā avoca –
131一百三十一。
131.
997“这火焰并不能烧灼我,这支被削得锋利的烤叉也伤不到我;
‘‘Na māyamaggi tapati, na sūlo sādhutacchito;
998母鱼以为我还牵挂着她,但其实她的心早已转向别处,去和其他的鱼寻欢作乐了。
Yañca maṃ maññate macchī, aññaṃ so ratiyā gato.
132一百三十二。
132.
1000真正灼烧我的,是她那贪欲之火,是她的心意在不断地煎熬、折磨着我;
‘‘So maṃ dahati rāgaggi, cittaṃ cūpatapeti maṃ;
1001「持网者」啊,请放了我吧,主人!从来没有人是因为贪着欲乐而被杀的。
Jālino muñcathāyirā maṃ, na kāme haññate kvacī’’ti.
1002在这里,「这火不烧我」(na māyamaggi tapati) 的意思是:这团火并没有烧我,没有让我产生灼热,也没有让我感到忧伤。「烤叉也不烧我」(na sūlo) 这句:这根削得光滑的烤叉,同样没有烧我,没有让我生起忧愁。至于「她还以为我」(yañca maṃ maññate) 这句:反而,是那条母鱼这样猜想我:‘他一定是去和别的鱼享受五欲之乐了’ —— 单单这个念头,就烧得我忧苦不堪。「它焚烧我」(so maṃ dahati) 指的是:就是这个贪欲之火,在焚烧着我、灼烤着我。「心也折磨着我」(cittaṃ cūpatapeti maṃ) 的意思是:我这颗与贪爱相应的心,它反复地折磨我、让我疲惫、伤害我。「持网者」(jālino):这是对渔夫的称呼。因为他们有网,所以被称为‘持网者’。「请释放我,尊主」(muñcathāyirā maṃ):这是在哀求说:‘请放了我吧,主人!’「未曾有人因欲乐而被杀」(na kāme haññate kvaci):是说一个沉溺于五欲、被欲望牵着鼻子走的众生,就不会在任何地方被杀掉吗?他悲叹道:‘因为像你们这样的人,是不应该杀他的。’ 或者,也可以把「在欲乐上」(kāme) 理解为表示原因的处格,那么他悲叹的意思就是:‘一个为了欲望而追逐母鱼的人,无论在哪里,都不应该被你们这样的人杀掉啊。’ 就在那时,菩萨来到河边,听到那条鱼的悲叹声,便走近渔夫,把那条鱼放了。
Tattha na māyamaggi tapatīti na maṃ ayaṃ aggi tapati, na tāpaṃ janeti, na socayatīti attho. Na sūloti ayaṃ sūlopi sādhutacchito maṃ na tapati, na me sokaṃ uppādeti. Yañca maṃ maññateti yaṃ pana maṃ macchī evaṃ maññati ‘‘aññaṃ macchiṃ so pañcakāmaguṇaratiyā gato’’ti, tadeva maṃ tapati socayati. So maṃ dahatīti yo panesa rāgaggi, so maṃ dahati jhāpeti. Cittaṃ cūpatapeti manti rāgasampayuttakaṃ mama cittameva ca maṃ upatāpeti kilameti viheṭheti. Jālinoti kevaṭṭe ālapati. Te hi jālassa atthitāya ‘‘jālino’’ti vuccanti. Muñcathāyirā manti muñcatha maṃ sāminoti yācati. Na kāme haññate kvacīti kāme patiṭṭhito kāmena nīyamāno satto na kvaci haññati. Na hi taṃ tumhādisā hanituṃ anucchavikāti paridevati. Atha vā kāmeti hetuvacane bhummaṃ, kāmahetu macchiṃ anubandhamāno nāma na kvaci tumhādisehi haññatīti paridevati. Tasmiṃ khaṇe bodhisatto nadītīraṃ gato tassa macchassa paridevitasaddaṃ sutvā kevaṭṭe upasaṅkamitvā taṃ macchaṃ mocesi.
1003导师(佛陀)作了这个法教的开示之后,揭示了诸谛,并且把本生故事串联起来。在诸谛结束时,那位心生厌离的比丘就证得了入流果。‘那时的那条母鱼,就是他过去世的妻子;那条公鱼,就是那位心生厌离的比丘;而那位国师,就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhu sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi . ‘‘Tadā macchī purāṇadutiyikā ahosi, maccho ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhu, purohito pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1004第六、鱼本生注释完毕。
Macchajātakavaṇṇanā chaṭṭhā.
1005[217] 第七、色古本生注释
[217] 7. Seggujātakavaṇṇanā
1006「一切世间」(sabbo loko):这个故事是导师住在祇园时,针对一位卖菜叶的近事男讲述的。这个故事背景在《一集》里已经详细说过了。在这里,导师也是这样问他:“近事男,你好久没来了,是怎么回事啊?”卖菜叶近事男回答说:“尊者,我的女儿总是笑盈盈的,我考验了她一番之后,把她嫁给了一个好人家子弟。因为在那边要处理一些事情,所以一直没有机会来拜见您。” 导师听了之后,就对他说:“近事男,你女儿不只现在是个有德行的女子,她过去也是个有德行的女子;你也不是只有现在才考验她,你过去也考验过她。” 应这位近事男的请求,导师就讲起了过去世的事情。
Sabbo lokoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ paṇṇikaupāsakaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu ekakanipāte vitthāritameva. Idhāpi satthā taṃ ‘‘kiṃ, upāsaka, cirassaṃ āgatosī’’ti pucchi. Paṇṇikaupāsako ‘‘dhītā me, bhante, niccaṃ pahaṃsitamukhī, tamahaṃ vīmaṃsitvā ekassa kuladārakassa adāsiṃ, tattha itikattabbatāya tumhākaṃ dassanāya āgantuṃ okāsaṃ na labhi’’nti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘na kho, upāsaka, idānevesā sīlavatī, pubbepi sīlavatī, tvañca na idānevetaṃ vīmaṃsasi, pubbepi vīmaṃsiyevā’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
1007在过去,波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时候,菩萨是一位树神。那时,这位卖菜叶的近事男,心想:‘我要考验考验女儿’,就把她带到了森林里,就像被烦恼驱使,对她产生了欲望一样,抓住了她的手。当时,对着正在悲泣的女儿,他用第一首偈颂说道——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto rukkhadevatā ahosi. Tadā ayameva paṇṇikaupāsako ‘‘dhītaraṃ vīmaṃsissāmī’’ti araññaṃ netvā kilesavasena icchanto viya hatthe gaṇhi. Atha naṃ paridevamānaṃ paṭhamagāthāya ajjhabhāsi –
133一三三。
133.
1009整个世界的人都感到欢喜,名叫Seggu的你,对村法却一无所知;
‘‘Sabbo loko attamano ahosi, akovidā gāmadhammassa seggu;
1010少女啊,你这算什么法?我在林中抓住你的手,你却放声大哭?
Komāri ko nāma tavajja dhammo, yaṃ tvaṃ gahitā pavane parodasī’’ti.
1011在这里,「一切世人都心满意足」是指:母亲啊,整个有情世间因为享受这种欲乐,都变得欢喜。「名为Seggu的你对村法愚昧无知」:Seggu是她的名字。所以,母亲,你这位Seggu,对村法、贱民之法不擅长,这是在说她对村法愚昧无知。「少女啊,你如今这是什么法?」:母亲,你这个少女,今天这是什么性情?「你在林中被我抓住手却号啕痛哭」:你在这树林里,被我以亲近为目的抓住手,却号啕痛哭,不肯接受。你这性情是什么?难道你是个少女吗?他这样问。
Tattha sabbo loko attamano ahosīti, amma, sakalopi sattaloko etissā kāmasevanāya attamano jāto. Akovidā gāmadhammassa seggūti seggūti tassā nāmaṃ. Tena tvaṃ pana, amma, seggu akovidā gāmadhammassa, imasmiṃ gāmadhamme vasaladhamme akusalāsīti vuttaṃ hoti. Komāri ko nāma tavajja dhammoti, amma, kumāri ko nāmesa tava ajja sabhāvo. Yaṃ tvaṃ gahitā pavane parodasīti tvaṃ mayā imasmiṃ pavane santhavavasena hatthe gahitā parodasi na sampaṭicchasi, ko esa tava sabhāvo, kiṃ kumārikāyeva tvanti pucchati.
1012听了这话,少女说:“是的,父亲,我确实是少女,我根本不懂什么是淫欲法。”然后她一边悲泣,一边说出了第二首偈颂——
Taṃ sutvā kumārikā ‘‘āma, tāta, kumārikāyevāhaṃ, nāhaṃ methunadhammaṃ nāma jānāmī’’ti vatvā paridevamānā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
134第一三四项。
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1014“那个本该在痛苦袭来时作我救护的人——我的父亲,却在树林里对我行恶;
‘‘Yo dukkhaphuṭṭhāya bhaveyya tāṇaṃ, so me pitā dubbhi vane karoti;
1015我在森林深处为谁哭泣?那个本应救护我的人,竟对我施暴。”
Sā kassa kandāmi vanassa majjhe, yo tāyitā so sahasaṃ karotī’’ti.
1016这第二首偈颂的意思与下文所说相同。就这样,那位卖菜叶的商人当时考验了女儿,然后带她回家,把她嫁给一位良家子弟,之后便随着自己所造的业离去。
Sā heṭṭhā kathitāyeva. Iti so paṇṇiko tadā dhītaraṃ vīmaṃsitvā gehaṃ netvā kuladārakassa datvā yathākammaṃ gato.
1017世尊作了这次法说后,阐明诸谛,并将之结集为本生。在诸谛结束时,卖菜叶的近事男证得了入流果。‘那时的女儿就是这女儿,父亲就是这父亲,而当时亲眼目睹那件事的树神,也就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne paṇṇikaupāsako sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā dhītā dhītāyeva, pitā pitāyeva ahosi, tassa kāraṇassa paccakkhakārikā rukkhadevatā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1091第七 色古本生注释
Seggujātakavaṇṇanā sattamā.
1018[218] 八、奸商本生注释
[218] 8. Kūṭavāṇijajātakavaṇṇanā
1019「奸诈者的奸诈」这则故事,是导师住在祇园精舍时,针对一位奸商而宣说的。据说,舍卫城有两位商人——一位奸商和一位贤商,本是朋友。他们装了五百辆车的货物,从东到西四处游历,做了买卖,获得很多利益后,回到了舍卫城。贤商对奸商说:‘朋友,我们把货物分了吧。’奸商心想:‘这个人长时间睡不舒服、吃得很差,劳累不堪,现在回到自己家里,吃了各种美味饭食,肯定会因消化不良而死,到时所有这些货物就全是我的了。’于是就推脱说:‘星宿不吉利,日子不好;明天再说,后天再说吧。’就这样拖延时间。后来,贤商硬是让他分了货,然后拿了香和花鬘,来到导师跟前,供养、礼敬导师后,坐在一边。导师问:‘你什么时候回来的?’他回答:‘大德,我回来大约有半个月了。’导师又问:‘那你为什么拖了这么久才来亲近佛陀?’他就把事情的经过报告了。导师说:‘近事男,不光是现在,过去他也是个奸商。’应他的请求,导师讲起了过去的事。
Saṭhassasāṭheyyamidanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ kūṭavāṇijaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Sāvatthivāsino hi kūṭavāṇijo ca paṇḍitavāṇijo ca dve vāṇijā mittikā hutvā pañca sakaṭasatāni bhaṇḍassa pūrāpetvā pubbantato aparantaṃ vicaramānā vohāraṃ katvā bahuṃ lābhaṃ labhitvā sāvatthiṃ paccāgamiṃsu. Paṇḍitavāṇijo kūṭavāṇijaṃ āha – ‘‘samma, bhaṇḍaṃ bhājemā’’ti. Kūṭavāṇijo ‘‘ayaṃ dīgharattaṃ dukkhaseyyāya dubbhojanena kilanto attano ghare nānaggarasaṃ bhattaṃ bhuñjitvā ajīrakena marissati, atha sabbampetaṃ bhaṇḍaṃ mayhameva bhavissatī’’ti cintetvā ‘‘nakkhattaṃ na manāpaṃ, divaso na manāpo, sve jānissāmi , punadivase jānissāmī’’ti kālaṃ khepeti. Atha naṃ paṇḍitavāṇijo nippīḷetvā bhājāpetvā gandhamālaṃ ādāya satthu santikaṃ gantvā satthāraṃ pūjetvā vanditvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Satthā ‘‘kadā āgatosī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘aḍḍhamāsamatto me, bhante, āgatassā’’ti vatvā ‘‘atha kasmā evaṃ papañcaṃ katvā buddhupaṭṭhānaṃ āgatosī’’ti puṭṭho taṃ pavattiṃ ārocesi. Satthā ‘‘na kho, upāsaka, idāneva, pubbepesa kūṭavāṇijoyevā’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
1020过去,在波罗奈梵授王统治时,菩萨出生在大臣家,成年后,成为了国王的断案大臣。那时,有一个乡下商人和一个城里商人,两人是朋友。乡下商人在城里商人那里存放了五百张犁头。城里商人把那些犁头卖了,拿到本钱后,在原来放犁头的地方撒上鼠粪,放在那里。后来,乡下商人回来,说:‘把犁头还给我。’奸商说:‘你的犁头被老鼠啃了。’并拿出鼠粪给他看。乡下商人说:‘啃了就被啃了吧,被老鼠啃了,我又能怎样?’于是,他要去洗澡,就带着奸商的儿子,到一个朋友家,交代说:‘别让这孩子去任何地方。’让他坐在内室里,自己洗完澡后,来到奸商家里。奸商问:‘我儿子呢?’他回答:‘朋友,我把你儿子放在岸边,我沉入水里的时候,飞来一只鹞,用爪子抓起你儿子飞上天了。我拍手喊叫,拼命想办法也救不下来。’奸商说:‘你说谎!从来没有鹞能抓走小孩的事。’乡下商人说:‘朋友,好吧,就算不合常理,我又能怎样?你儿子就是被鹞抓走了。’奸商恐吓他说:‘喂,你这恶贼、杀人犯!我现在就拉你去裁判所!’说完就走了出去。乡下商人说:‘随你的便。’于是两人一同去了裁判所。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto amaccakule nibbattitvā vayappatto tassa vinicchayāmacco ahosi. Tadā gāmavāsī ca nagaravāsī ca dve vāṇijā mittā ahesuṃ. Gāmavāsī nagaravāsissa santike pañca phālasatāni ṭhapesi. So te phāle vikkiṇitvā mūlaṃ gahetvā phālānaṃ ṭhapitaṭṭhāne mūsikavaccaṃ ākiritvā ṭhapesi. Aparabhāge gāmavāsī āgantvā ‘‘phāle me dehī’’ti āha. Kūṭavāṇijo ‘‘phālā te mūsikāhi khāditā’’ti mūsikavaccaṃ dassesi. Itaro ‘‘khāditāva hontu, mūsikāhi khādite kiṃ sakkā kātu’’nti nhānatthāya tassa puttaṃ ādāya gacchanto ekassa sahāyakassa gehe ‘‘imassa katthaci gantuṃ mā adatthā’’ti vatvā antogabbhe nisīdāpetvā sayaṃ nhāyitvā kūṭavāṇijassa gehaṃ agamāsi. So ‘‘putto me kaha’’nti āha. ‘‘Samma, tava puttaṃ tīre ṭhapetvā mama udake nimuggakāle eko kulalo āgantvā tava puttaṃ nakhapañjarena gahetvā ākāsaṃ pakkhanto, ahaṃ pāṇiṃ paharitvā viravitvā vāyamantopi mocetuṃ nāsakkhi’’nti. ‘‘Tvaṃ musā bhaṇasi, kulalā dārake gahetvā gantuṃ samatthā nāma natthī’’ti. ‘‘Samma, hotu, ayuttepi honte ahaṃ kiṃ karomi, kulaleneva te putto nīto’’ti. So taṃ santajjetvā ‘‘are duṭṭhacora manussamāraka , idāni taṃ vinicchayaṃ gantvā kaḍḍhāpessāmī’’ti nikkhami. So ‘‘mama ruccanakameva karosī’’ti teneva saddhiṃ vinicchayaṭṭhānaṃ agamāsi.
1021奸商对菩萨说:‘主人,这个人带了我儿子去洗澡。我问他“我儿子呢”,他说“被鹞抓走了”。请为我审理这件案子。’菩萨问乡下商人:‘你说实话。’他回答:‘是的,主人。我确实带他去了。他被鹞抓走,那也是真事,主人。’菩萨问:‘可是世间上,鹞真的能叼走小孩吗?’乡下商人说:‘主人,我也想请教您:鹞不能抓走小孩飞上天空,那老鼠就能啃吃铁犁头吗?这又怎么说呢?’他说:‘主人,我在他家里存放了五百张犁头,他却说:“你的犁头被老鼠吃了。”还拿鼠粪给我看,说:“这就是吃了你犁头的老鼠的粪。”主人,如果老鼠能啃犁头,那鹞也能叼走小孩;如果老鼠不能啃,那鹞也不会叼走他。可这个人却说“你的犁头被老鼠吃了”。请您判别犁头到底是被吃了还是没被吃,为我裁决这件案子。’菩萨了知:‘他这是想了:“以狡诈回击狡诈者,我就能赢。”’于是说:‘你想得好。’然后说出了以下这些偈颂:
Kūṭavāṇijo bodhisattaṃ āha – ‘‘ayaṃ, sāmi, mama puttaṃ gahetvā nhāyituṃ gato, ‘kahaṃ me putto’ti vutte ‘kulalena haṭo’ti āha, vinicchinatha me aḍḍa’’nti. Bodhisatto ‘‘saccaṃ bhaṇe’’ti itaraṃ pucchi. So āha – ‘‘āma, sāmi, ahaṃ taṃ ādāya gato, senena pahaṭabhāvo saccameva, sāmī’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ pana loke kulalā nāma dārake harantī’’ti? ‘‘Sāmi, ahampi tumhe pucchāmi – ‘‘kulalā dārake gahetvā ākāse gantuṃ na sakkonti, mūsikā pana ayaphāle khādantī’’ti. ‘‘Idaṃ kiṃ nāmā’’ti? ‘‘Sāmi, mayā etassa ghare pañca phālasatāni ṭhapitāni, svāyaṃ ‘phālā te mūsikāhi khāditā’ti vatvā ‘idaṃ te phāle khāditamūsikānaṃ vacca’nti vaccaṃ dasseti, sāmi, mūsikā ce phāle khādanti, kulalāpi dārake harissanti. Sace na khādanti, senāpi taṃ na harissanti. Eso pana ‘phālā te mūsikāhi khāditā’ti vadati, tesaṃ khāditabhāvaṃ vā akhāditabhāvaṃ vā jānātha, aḍḍaṃ me vinicchinathā’’ti. Bodhisatto ‘‘saṭhassa paṭisāṭheyyaṃ katvā jinissāmīti iminā cintitaṃ bhavissatī’’ti ñatvā ‘‘suṭṭhu te cintita’’nti vatvā imā gāthā avoca –
135135.
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1023「奸诈者的奸诈,这真是一个巧妙的计谋:就像用反制之法,把奸诈者的诡计,反过来掷回给了奸诈者自己。」
‘‘Saṭhassa sāṭheyyamiṃda sucintitaṃ, paccoḍḍitaṃ paṭikūṭassa kūṭaṃ;
1024「如果老鼠会啃吃犁头,那么鹞为什么不会叼走男孩?」
Phālaṃ ce khādeyyuṃ mūsikā, kasmā kumāraṃ kulalā na hareyyuṃ.
136一百三十六
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1026「对于欺诈者,自然有对付欺诈的欺诈;对于耍诡计的人,也另有耍诡计的人。」
‘‘Kūṭassa hi santi kūṭakūṭā, bhavati cāpi nikatino nikatyā;
1027「丢了儿子的人,把犁头还给丢了犁头的人吧;别让丢了犁头的人把你的儿子带走。」
Dehi puttanaṭṭha phālanaṭṭhassa phālaṃ, mā te puttamahāsi phālanaṭṭho’’ti.
1028这里的「奸诈者」(saṭhassa)指的是那些奸诈成性、用欺骗手段行事的人,他们心里想:“只要想出一个计策,把别人的财物拿来享用,这没什么不合理的。” 「这真是一条妙计」(sāṭheyyamidaṃ sucintitaṃ)意思是:你在谋划这个反奸计的时候,想得实在高明。 「以诈对诈的欺诈被巧妙地回掷」(paccoḍḍitaṃ paṭikūṭassa kūṭaṃ)意思是:对那个欺诈的人,你用反计巧妙地回掷了回去,就像用同一种欺诈回击一样,这就是它的意思。 「若老鼠啃吃犁头」(Phālaṃ ce khādeyyuṃ mūsikā)意思是:如果老鼠会啃食犁头。 「为什么鹞不叼走男孩?」(kasmā kumāraṃ kulalā na hareyyuṃ)意思是:既然老鼠能啃犁头,那鹞又有什么理由不能叼走男孩呢?
Tattha saṭhassāti saṭhabhāvena kerāṭikena ‘‘ekaṃ upāyaṃ katvā parasantakaṃ khādituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti saṭhassa. Sāṭheyyamidaṃ sucintitanti idaṃ paṭisāṭheyyaṃ cintentena tayā suṭṭhu cintitaṃ. Paccoḍḍitaṃ paṭikūṭassa kūṭanti kūṭassa puggalassa tayā paṭikūṭaṃ suṭṭhu paccoḍḍitaṃ, paṭibhāgaṃ katvā oḍḍitasadisameva katanti attho. Phālaṃ ce khādeyyuṃ mūsikāti yadi mūsikā phālaṃ khādeyyuṃ. Kasmā kumāraṃ kulalā na hareyyunti mūsikāsu phāle khādantīsu kulalā kiṃ kāraṇā kumāraṃ no hareyyuṃ.
1029“对于欺诈者,自有欺诈的欺诈”(Kūṭassa hi santi kūṭakūṭā)的意思是:你以为“只有我这个让老鼠啃了犁头的人才是骗子”,然而对于那样的骗子,这世上还有许多骗子,「欺诈的欺诈」(kūṭakūṭā)就是反欺诈者的名称,意思是存在着对付欺诈者的反欺诈者。 “对于诡计者,也另有诡计者”(Bhavati cāpi nikatino nikatyā)意思是:对于一个奸诈诡谲、施行骗术的人,肯定还会出现另一个玩弄诡计、施展骗术的人。 “你这丢了儿子的人,把犁头还给丢了犁头的人”(Dehi puttanaṭṭha phālanaṭṭhassa phālaṃ)意思是:喂,丢了儿子的男人,把这个丢了犁头的人的犁头还给他。 “别让丢了犁头的人把你的儿子带走”(Mā te puttamahāsi phālanaṭṭho)意思是:如果你不把犁头给他,他就会把你的儿子带走;你不要让他带走你的儿子,快把犁头给他吧。于是,丢了儿子的得到了儿子,丢了犁头的得到了犁头,两人各自依业而往。
Kūṭassahi santi kūṭakūṭāti tvaṃ ‘‘ahameva mūsikāhi phāle khādāpitapuriso kūṭo’’ti maññasi, tādisassa pana kūṭassa imasmiṃ loke bahū kūṭā santi, kūṭassa kūṭāti kūṭapaṭikūṭānaṃ etaṃ nāmaṃ, kūṭassa paṭikūṭā nāma santīti vuttaṃ hoti. Bhavati cāpi nikatino nikatyāti nikatino nekatikassa vañcanakapuggalassa nikatyā aparo nikatikārako vañcanakapuriso bhavatiyeva. Dehi puttanaṭṭha phālanaṭṭhassa phālanti ambho naṭṭhaputta purisa, etassa naṭṭhaphālassa phālaṃ dehi. Mā te puttamahāsi phālanaṭṭhoti sace hissa phālaṃ na dassasi, puttaṃ te harissati, taṃ te esa mā haratu, phālamassa dehīti. ‘‘Demi, sāmi, sace me puttaṃ detī’’ti. ‘‘Demi, sāmi, sace me phāle detī’’ti. Evaṃ naṭṭhaputto puttaṃ, naṭṭhaphālo ca phālaṃ paṭilabhitvā ubhopi yathākammaṃ gatā.
1030导师宣说了这个法之后,连接起本生故事:「那时候的奸商就是现在的奸商,明智的商人就是现在的明智商人,而当时的法官就是我。」
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā kūṭavāṇijo idāni kūṭavāṇijova, paṇḍitavāṇijo paṇḍitavāṇijoyeva, vinicchayāmacco pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1105《奸商本生》注释第八
Kūṭavāṇijajātakavaṇṇanā aṭṭhamā.
1031第九 被呵责者本生注疏
[219] 9. Garahitajātakavaṇṇanā
1032“我有金币,我有金钱”这一教导,是世尊住在祇园时,为了一位因不满而心生厌倦的比丘而说的。据说,这位比丘并没有固定的所缘可取,当他处于不满的状态时,比丘们把他带到世尊面前。世尊问他:“比丘,听说你心生厌倦,是真的吗?”他回答:“是真的。”世尊又问:“是什么原因?”他说:“因为烦恼。”于是世尊说:“比丘,烦恼这东西,过去连畜生都曾呵责过。你在这样的教法中出家,为什么还会因为连畜生都曾呵责的烦恼而心生厌倦呢?”说完,便引出了过去的故事。
Hiraññaṃ me suvaṇṇaṃ meti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ anabhiratiyā ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Etassa hi paccekaṃ gahitaṃ ārammaṇaṃ nāma natthi, anabhirativāsaṃ vasantaṃ pana taṃ satthu santikaṃ ānesuṃ. So satthārā ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, bhikkhu, ukkaṇṭhitosī’’ti puṭṭho ‘‘sacca’’nti vatvā ‘‘kiṃkāraṇā’’ti vutte ‘‘kilesavasenā’’ti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘ayaṃ, bhikkhu, kileso nāma pubbe tiracchānehipi garahito, tvaṃ evarūpe sāsane pabbajito kasmā tiracchānehipi garahitakilesavasena ukkaṇṭhito’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1033过去,在波罗奈,梵授王统治国家时,菩萨投生到雪山地区的一只母猴胎中。有一位在林野中活动的人捉住了它,带来献给国王。这只猴长期住在王宫里,举止变得非常得体,大体上通晓了人界中种种行为的规矩。国王对它的举止生起了信心,便召来那位林野人,命令说:“把这个猴放回你们当初捉住它的地方。”那人照做了。猴群得知菩萨回来了,为了见它,就聚集在一块大石板上,与菩萨互相寒暄交谈后问道:“朋友,你这么久都住在哪儿?”它回答:“在波罗奈的王宫中。”又问:“那你是怎么被放出来的?”答:“国王把我当作一只玩赏猴,对我的行为很满意,就释放了我。”
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto himavantapadese vānarayoniyaṃ nibbatti. Tamenaṃ eko vanacarako gahetvā ānetvā rañño adāsi. So ciraṃ rājagehe vasamāno vattasampanno ahosi, manussaloke vattamānaṃ kiriyaṃ yebhuyyena aññāsi. Rājā tassa vatte pasīditvā vanacarakaṃ pakkosāpetvā ‘‘imaṃ vānaraṃ gahitaṭṭhāneyeva vissajjehī’’ti āṇāpesi , so tathā akāsi. Vānaragaṇo bodhisattassa āgatabhāvaṃ ñatvā tassa dassanatthāya mahante pāsāṇapiṭṭhe sannipatitvā bodhisattena saddhiṃ sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ katvā ‘‘samma, kahaṃ ettakaṃ kālaṃ vutthosī’’ti āha. ‘‘Bārāṇasiyaṃ rājanivesane’’ti. ‘‘Atha kathaṃ muttosī’’ti? ‘‘Rājā maṃ keḷimakkaṭaṃ katvā mama vatte pasanno maṃ vissajjesī’’ti.
1034于是那些猴对它说:“你们一定了解人界里现行的种种行为,也请对我们讲讲吧,我们很想听。”菩萨说:“别问我人类的行为。”它们坚持:“就讲讲吧,我们真的想听。”菩萨便说:“人类啊,不管是刹帝利还是婆罗门,整天都说‘我的,我的’,却不知道一切事物在生起之后必定会坏灭,这就是无常。现在,你们就听听这些愚昧瞎眼者的原由吧。”说完,就诵出了以下偈颂:
Atha naṃ te vānarā ‘‘manussaloke vattamānakiriyaṃ nāma tumhe jānissatha , amhākampi tāva kathetha, sotukāmamhā’’ti āhaṃsu. ‘‘Mā maṃ manussānaṃ kiriyaṃ pucchathā’’ti. ‘‘Kathetha sotukāmamhā’’ti. Bodhisattopi ‘‘manussā nāma khattiyāpi brāhmaṇāpi ‘mayhaṃ mayha’nti vadanti, hutvā abhāvaṭṭhena aniccataṃ na jānanti, suṇātha dāni tesaṃ andhabālānaṃ kāraṇa’’nti vatvā imā gāthā avoca –
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1036“我有金币,我有金钱”——这就是他们日夜不断的谈论;
‘‘Hiraññaṃ me suvaṇṇaṃ me, esā rattiṃ divā kathā;
1037这是愚蠢人们的谈论,他们看不见圣法。
Dummedhānaṃ manussānaṃ, ariyadhammaṃ apassataṃ.
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1039每家有两个居士,其中一人没有胡须;
‘‘Dve dve gahapatayo gehe, eko tattha amassuko;
1040乳房下垂,扎着辫子,耳朵还穿了孔。
Lambatthano veṇikato, atho aṅkitakaṇṇako;
1041花了许多钱买来的,他却折磨众人。
Kīto dhanena bahunā, so taṃ vitudate jana’’nti.
1042在那里,「这是我的金子,这是我的金钱」只是开示的要点罢了。然而,透过这两个词,他显示了十种宝的全部,以及所有的谷物、田地、宅基地、两足众生和四足众生,说“这是我的,这是我的”。这就是日以继夜的谈论——也就是人们日夜不断的谈论。他们不知道其他的,例如“五蕴无常”或“有后便不存在”,就这样悲叹着四处游荡。「愚痴者」指智慧浅薄的人。「不见圣法」指不见圣者如佛陀等的法,或不见无过失的九种出世间法。对这些不见者而言,就只有这种谈论了。至于其他如“无常、苦”的谈论,他们是没有的。
Tattha hiraññaṃ me suvaṇṇaṃ meti desanāsīsamattametaṃ, iminā pana padadvayena dasavidhampi ratanaṃ sabbaṃ, pubbaṇṇāparaṇṇaṃ khettavatthuṃ dvipadacatuppadañca sabbaṃ dassento ‘‘idaṃ me idaṃ me’’ti āha. Esā rattiṃ divā kathāti esā manussānaṃ rattiñca divā ca niccakālaṃ kathā. Aññaṃ pana te ‘‘pañcakkhandhā aniccā’’ti vā ‘‘hutvā na bhavantī’’ti vā na jānanti, evameva paridevantā vicaranti. Dummedhānanti appapaññānaṃ. Ariyadhammaṃ apassatanti ariyānaṃ buddhādīnaṃ dhammaṃ, ariyaṃ vā niddosaṃ navavidhaṃ lokuttaradhammaṃ apassantānaṃ esāva kathā. Aññā pana ‘‘aniccaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā’’ti tesaṃ kathā nāma natthi.
1043「居士们」指在家之主人。「其中一人」是指在两位家主中,指的是女人。「扎有发辫的」指编了发辫,即用种种方式整理而成的发髻。「并且穿孔耳朵的」指那有穿孔、有洞的耳朵,这是针对垂耳说的。「用许多金钱买来的」:那个没有胡须、乳房下垂、扎着发辫、耳朵穿孔的人,是父母花了许多钱买来的;然后给他装饰打扮,用车子载着,带着大批随从带回家里。「他折磨众人」:那个居士从到来的那一刻起,就在那家中,对奴隶、仆人等众人,用粗暴的言语斥责:“喂,可恶的奴隶、可恶的女仆!你连这个都不做!”像主人一样统治大家。就这样,他先责备人界说:“在人界中太不正当了。”
Gahapatayoti gehe adhipatibhūtā. Eko tatthāti tesu dvīsu gharasāmikesu ‘‘eko’’ti mātugāmaṃ sandhāya vadati. Tattha veṇikatoti kataveṇī, nānappakārena saṇṭhāpitakesakalāpoti attho. Atho aṅkitakaṇṇakoti atha sveva viddhakaṇṇo chiddakaṇṇoti lambakaṇṇataṃ sandhāyāha. Kīto dhanena bahunāti so panesa amassuko lambatthano veṇikato aṅkitakaṇṇo mātāpitūnaṃ bahuṃ dhanaṃ datvā kīto, maṇḍetvā pasādhetvā yānaṃ āropetvā mahantena parivārena gharaṃ ānīto. So taṃ vitudate jananti so gahapati āgatakālato paṭṭhāya tasmiṃ gehe dāsakammakarādibhedaṃ janaṃ ‘‘are duṭṭhadāsa duṭṭhadāsi, imaṃ na karosī’’ti mukhasattīhi vitudati, sāmiko viya hutvā mahājanaṃ vicāreti. Evaṃ tāva ‘‘manussaloke ativiya ayutta’’nti manussalokaṃ garahi.
1044听了这话,所有猴子都说:“别说,别说!我们听到了不该听的事。”然后用双手紧紧捂住耳朵。他们责备那个地方说:“在这个地方,我们听到了这不适当的事。”之后便去了别处。而那块背岩石,据说就变成了“被责备的背岩石”。
Taṃ sutvā sabbe vānarā ‘‘mā kathetha, mā kathetha, asotabbayuttakaṃ assumhā’’ti ubhohi hatthehi kaṇṇe daḷhaṃ pidahiṃsu. ‘‘Imasmiṃ ṭhāne amhehi idaṃ ayuttaṃ suta’’nti taṃ ṭhānampi garahitvā aññattha agamaṃsu. So piṭṭhipāsāṇo garahitapiṭṭhipāsāṇoyeva kira nāma jāto.
1045导师引出这段法说,阐明了诸谛后,将本生故事联结起来。在谛说结束时,那位比丘安住于入流果。“那时,那群猴子是佛陀的随众,而猴王就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne so bhikkhu sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā vānaragaṇo buddhaparisā ahosi, vānarindo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1121《被责备本生注》第九。
Garahitajātakavaṇṇanā navamā.
1046[220] 第十、《法幢本生注》。
[220] 10. Dhammadhajajātakavaṇṇanā
1047世尊在竹林精舍居住时,针对提婆达多企图杀害他的事情,说了「安乐生活追求者」这句话。当时世尊说:‘比丘们,不单是现在,过去世提婆达多也曾企图杀害我,但连一点点伤害都没能造成。’说完之后,便引出过去世的故事。
Sukhaṃ jīvitarūposīti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto devadattassa vadhāya parisakkanaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tadā hi satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva, pubbepi devadatto mayhaṃ vadhāya parisakkiyeva, santāsamattampi pana kātuṃ nāsakkhī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1048在过去,波罗奈城有位名叫耶沙巴尼的国王统治国家,他的将军名叫卡拉迦。那时,菩萨正是国王的国师,名叫法幢,而国王的理发师名叫持伞。国王依法治国,然而将军在审理案件时收受贿赂,是个搜刮百姓、昧着良心的人,收了贿赂就让无权利的人变成有权利的人。有一天,一位在判决中败诉的人,举手哭泣着从判决处出来,看见正要前去侍奉国王的菩萨,便拜倒在菩萨脚前,说:‘大人,有像您这样教导国王利益与正法的人,卡拉迦将军却收受贿赂,让无权利的人变成有权利的人。’他把败诉的情形告诉了菩萨。菩萨生起悲悯之心,说:‘来吧,我来为你重新审理这件案子。’便带着他去了审判所。大众聚集过来,菩萨重新审断那个案件,使真正有权利的人得到了正义。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ yasapāṇi nāma rājā rajjaṃ kāresi, kāḷako nāmassa senāpati ahosi. Tadā bodhisatto tasseva purohito ahosi nāmena dhammadhajo nāma, rañño pana sīsappasādhanakappako chattapāṇi nāma. Rājā dhammena rajjaṃ kāreti, senāpati panassa vinicchayaṃ karonto lañjaṃ khādati parapiṭṭhimaṃsiko, lañjaṃ gahetvā assāmike sāmike karoti. Athekadivasaṃ vinicchaye parājito manusso bāhā paggayha kandanto vinicchayā nikkhanto rājupaṭṭhānaṃ gacchantaṃ bodhisattaṃ disvā tassa pādesu patitvā ‘‘tumhādisesu nāma, sāmi, rañño atthañca dhammañca anusāsantesu kāḷakasenāpati lañjaṃ gahetvā assāmike sāmike karotī’’ti attano parājitabhāvaṃ bodhisattassa kathesi. Bodhisatto kāruññaṃ uppādetvā ‘‘ehi bhaṇe, aḍḍaṃ te vinicchinissāmī’’ti taṃ gahetvā vinicchayaṭṭhānaṃ agamāsi. Mahājano sannipati, bodhisatto taṃ aḍḍaṃ paṭivinicchinitvā sāmikaññeva sāmikaṃ akāsi.
1049大众发出了喝彩声,那声音非常洪大。国王听到后,问:‘这是什么声音?’有人回答:‘陛下,法幢智者将错判的案件正确审理了,这是那里的喝彩声。’国王听了很高兴,召来菩萨,问:‘老师,听说你审理了案件?’菩萨说:‘是的,大王,我把卡拉迦错判的案子重新审理了。’国王说:‘从今以后,就由你来审理案件,这既让我听着高兴,也会给世间带来增长。’尽管菩萨不愿意,国王还是请求说:‘出于对众生的悲悯,请你坐上审判座吧。’最终让他答应了。从此以后,菩萨便坐上审判席,使真正有权利的人总能得到正义。
Mahājano sādhukāraṃ adāsi, so saddo mahā ahosi. Rājā taṃ sutvā ‘‘kiṃ saddo nāmeso’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Deva, dhammadhajapaṇḍitena dubbinicchito aḍḍo suvinicchito, tatresa sādhukārasaddo’’ti. Rājā tuṭṭho bodhisattaṃ pakkosāpetvā ‘‘aḍḍo kira te ācariya vinicchito’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Āma, mahārāja, kāḷakena dubbinicchitaṃ aḍḍaṃ vinicchini’’nti vutte ‘‘ito dāni paṭṭhāya tumheva aḍḍaṃ vinicchinatha, mayhañca kaṇṇasukhaṃ bhavissati lokassa ca vuḍḍhī’’ti vatvā anicchantampi taṃ ‘‘sattānuddayāya vinicchaye nisīdathā’’ti yācitvā sampaṭicchāpesi. Tato paṭṭhāya bodhisatto vinicchaye nisīdati, sāmikeyeva sāmike karoti.
1050从那时起,卡拉迦再也拿不到贿赂,利养损失殆尽,心中对菩萨生起愤恨,便挑拨离间说:‘大王,法幢智者企图篡夺您的王位。’国王并不相信,拒绝道:‘不要这样说。’后来他又说:‘如果您不相信我,那当他来的时候,从窗户看看吧。那时您就会看到整个城市都已落入他手。’国王看见菩萨那一大群随从,误以为是他的势力,心生猜疑,于是问:‘将军,我们该怎么办?’卡拉迦说:‘陛下,应当杀死他。’国王说:‘没有看到明显罪行,怎么能杀?’卡拉迦说:‘有一个办法。’国王问:‘什么办法?’卡拉迦说:‘交给他一件做不到的任务,当他办不到时,就以这个过失杀死他。’国王问:‘什么任务是他做不到的呢?’卡拉迦说:‘大王,园林要种在肥沃土地上,好好照料,经过三四年才能结果。您召他来,对他说:“明天我们要去园林游玩,你给我造一座园林来。”他肯定造不出来,那时我们就以此为由杀了他。’
Kāḷako tato paṭṭhāya lañjaṃ alabhanto lābhato parihāyitvā bodhisattassa āghātaṃ bandhitvā ‘‘mahārāja, dhammadhajapaṇḍito tava rajjaṃ patthetī’’ti bodhisattaṃ rañño antare paribhindi. Rājā asaddahanto ‘‘mā evaṃ avacā’’ti paṭikkhipitvā puna tena ‘‘sace me na saddahatha, tassāgamanakāle vātapānena oloketha. Athānena sakalanagarassa attano hatthe katabhāvaṃ passissathā’’ti vutte rājā tassa aḍḍakārakaparisaṃ disvā ‘‘etasseva parisā’’ti saññāya bhijjitvā ‘‘kiṃ karoma senāpatī’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Deva, etaṃ māretuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti . ‘‘Oḷārikadosaṃ apassantā kathaṃ māressāmā’’ti? ‘‘Attheko upāyo’’ti. ‘‘Katarūpāyo’’ti. ‘‘Asayhamassa kammaṃ āropetvā taṃ kātuṃ asakkontaṃ taṃ tena dosena māressāmā’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ pana asayhakamma’’nti? ‘‘Mahārāja, uyyānaṃ nāma sārabhūmiyaṃ ropitaṃ paṭijaggiyamānaṃ tīhi catūhi saṃvaccharehi phalaṃ deti. Tumhe taṃ pakkosāpetvā ‘sve uyyānaṃ kīḷissāma, uyyānaṃ me māpehī’ti vadatha, so māpetuṃ na sakkhissati. Atha naṃ tasmiṃ dose māressāmā’’ti.
1051国王召来菩萨,说:‘智者,我们在旧园林里玩了很久了,现在想去新园林游玩,明天我们就要去,你为我们造一座园林。如果你造不出来,你就没命了。’菩萨知道:‘这是卡拉迦因为拿不到贿赂,在国王面前离间了我们。’便回答:‘大王,只要我能办到,就会去办。’然后他回到家中,吃过美味的食物,躺在床上思考,帝释天的宫殿便发热了。帝释天察觉到异样,了知菩萨的心意,迅速降临,进入内宫,浮在半空中问:‘智者,你在想什么?’菩萨问:‘你是谁?’帝释天说:‘我是帝释天。’菩萨说:‘国王命令我造一座园林,我正在想这件事。’帝释天说:‘智者,别担心,我会为你造一座像欢喜园和杂色园那样的园林。要造在哪里?’菩萨说:‘造在某某地方。’帝释天造好之后,就返回天宫去了。
Rājā bodhisattaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘paṇḍita, mayhaṃ purāṇauyyāne ciraṃ kīḷimha, idāni navauyyāne kīḷitukāmamha, sve kīḷissāma, uyyānaṃ no māpehi, sace māpetuṃ na sakkhissasi, jīvitaṃ te natthī’’ti. Bodhisatto ‘‘kāḷakena lañjaṃ alabhamānena rājā antare paribhinno bhavissatī’’ti ñatvā ‘‘sakkonto jānissāmi, mahārājā’’ti vatvā gehaṃ gantvā subhojanaṃ bhuñjitvā cintayamāno sayane nipajji, sakkassa bhavanaṃ uṇhākāraṃ dassesi. Sakko āvajjento bodhisattassa cittaṃ ñatvā vegenāgantvā sirigabbhaṃ pavisitvā ākāse ṭhatvā ‘‘kiṃ cintesi paṇḍitā’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Kosi tva’’nti? ‘‘Sakkohamasmī’’ti. ‘‘Rājā maṃ ‘uyyānaṃ māpehī’ti āha, taṃ cintemī’’ti. ‘‘Paṇḍita, mā cintayi, ahaṃ te nandanavanacittalatāvanasadisaṃ uyyānaṃ māpessāmi, katarasmiṃ ṭhāne māpemī’’ti? ‘‘Asukaṭṭhāne māpehī’’ti. Sakko māpetvā devapurameva gato.
1052第二天,菩萨亲眼看到园林后,前去禀告国王:‘大王,您的园林已经建好了,请去游玩吧。’国王前去一看,只见园林被十八肘高、呈雌黄色(红砷色)的围墙环绕,建有门楼,园中各种树木挂满花果,精美绝伦,便问卡拉迦:‘智者完成了我们的命令,现在我们该怎么办?’卡拉迦说:‘大王,能在一夜之间造出这样的园林,夺取王位又有何难?’国王说:‘那现在我们该怎么办?’卡拉迦说:‘再交给他一件办不到的事。’国王问:‘什么事?’卡拉迦说:‘让他造一个七宝造成的池塘。’国王说:‘好。’便对菩萨说:‘老师,园林你已经造好了,现在你再造一个与之相配的七宝池塘。如果造不出来,你就没命了。’菩萨回答:‘好的,大王,只要我能办到,就会去造。’于是帝释天又为他造了一个极其瑰丽的池塘,具有百个渡口、千道弯折,水面覆盖着五色莲花,如同欢喜园里的池塘一般。
Punadivase bodhisatto uyyānaṃ paccakkhato disvā gantvā rañño ārocesi – ‘‘niṭṭhitaṃ te, mahārāja, uyyānaṃ, kīḷassū’’ti. Rājā gantvā aṭṭhārasahatthena manosilāvaṇṇena pākārena parikkhittaṃ dvāraṭṭālakasampannaṃ pupphaphalabhārabharitanānārukkhapaṭimaṇḍitaṃ uyyānaṃ disvā kāḷakaṃ pucchi – ‘‘paṇḍitena amhākaṃ vacanaṃ kataṃ, idāni kiṃ karomā’’ti. ‘‘Mahārāja, ekarattena uyyānaṃ māpetuṃ sakkonto rajjaṃ gahetuṃ kiṃ na sakkotī’’ti? ‘‘Idāni kiṃ karomā’’ti? ‘‘Aparampi naṃ asayhakammaṃ kāremā’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ kammaṃ nāmā’’ti? ‘‘Sattaratanamayaṃ pokkharaṇiṃ māpemā’’ti. Rājā ‘‘sādhū’’ti bodhisattaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘ācariya, uyyānaṃ tāva te māpitaṃ , etassa pana anucchavikaṃ sattaratanamayaṃ pokkharaṇiṃ māpehi. Sace māpetuṃ na sakkhissasi, jīvitaṃ te natthī’’ti āha. Bodhisatto ‘‘sādhu, mahārāja, sakkonto māpessāmī’’ti āha. Athassa sakko pokkharaṇiṃ māpesi sobhaggappattaṃ satatitthaṃ sahassavaṅkaṃ pañcavaṇṇapadumasañchannaṃ nandanapokkharaṇisadisaṃ.
1053第二天,菩萨又亲眼见到池塘建成,便报告国王:‘陛下,池塘已经建好了。’国王去看过以后,又问卡拉迦:‘现在我们该怎么办?’卡拉迦说:‘请命令他造一所与园林相配的房屋。’国王便对菩萨说:‘老师,现在你要为这园林和池塘造一所完全用象牙建造的房屋。如果造不出来,你就没命了。’于是帝释天又为他造好了房屋。菩萨第二天看到后,又禀告国王。国王看过之后,再问卡拉迦:‘现在我们该怎么办?’卡拉迦说:‘大王,命令他造一颗与房屋相配的宝珠。’国王对菩萨说:‘智者,你再为这象牙屋造一颗相配的宝珠,我们好借着宝珠的光芒游玩。如果造不出来,你就没命了。’于是帝释天又为他造出了宝珠。
Punadivase bodhisatto tampi paccakkhaṃ katvā rañño ārocesi – ‘‘māpitā, deva, pokkharaṇī’’ti. Rājā tampi disvā ‘‘idāni kiṃ karomā’’ti kāḷakaṃ pucchi. ‘‘Uyyānassa anucchavikaṃ gehaṃ māpetuṃ āṇāpehi, devā’’ti. Rājā bodhisattaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘idāni, ācariya, imassa uyyānassa ceva pokkharaṇiyā ca anucchavikaṃ sabbadantamayaṃ gehaṃ māpehi, no ce māpessasi, jīvitaṃ te natthī’’ti āha. Athassa sakko gehampi māpesi. Bodhisatto punadivase tampi paccakkhaṃ katvā rañño ārocesi. Rājā tampi disvā ‘‘idāni kiṃ karomā’’ti kāḷakaṃ pucchi. ‘‘Gehassa anucchavikaṃ maṇiṃ māpetuṃ āṇāpehi, mahārājā’’ti āha. Rājā bodhisattaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘paṇḍita, imassa dantamayagehassa anucchavikaṃ maṇiṃ māpehi, maṇiālokena vicarissāma. Sace māpetuṃ na sakkosi, jīvitaṃ te natthī’’ti āha. Athassa sakko maṇimpi māpesi.
1054菩萨第二天亲眼看到了这一切,便去禀告国王。国王见到后,问卡拉迦:‘现在我们该怎么办?’卡拉迦说:‘大王,我想法幢婆罗门一定有位有求必应的天神。现在您就命令他做一件连天神也造不出来的事。所谓四支具足的人,天神也造不出来。所以您对他说:给我造一个四支具足的守园人。’国王对菩萨说:‘老师,你为我们造了园林、池塘、象牙宫殿,还有用来照明的摩尼宝珠,现在你再给我造一个守护园林的四支具足的守园人。如果你造不出来,你就没命了。’菩萨说:‘好的,如果能找得到,我会造的。’回到家,吃了美味的食物,躺下休息。凌晨醒来,坐在床上思量:‘帝释天王能造的都造了,但四支具足的守园人他造不出来。既然如此,与其死在别人手上,倒不如在林中无依无靠地死去更好。’于是他没有告诉任何人,从宫殿下来,从正门出了城,走进树林,坐在一棵树下,一心思索着正法。
Bodhisatto punadivase taṃ paccakkhaṃ katvā rañño ārocesi . Rājā tampi disvā ‘‘idāni kiṃ karissāmā’’ti kāḷakaṃ pucchi. ‘‘Mahārāja, dhammadhajabrāhmaṇassa icchiticchitadāyikā devatā atthi maññe, idāni yaṃ devatāpi māpetuṃ na sakkoti, taṃ āṇāpehi. Caturaṅgasamannāgataṃ nāma manussaṃ devatāpi māpetuṃ na sakkoti, tasmā ‘caturaṅgasamannāgataṃ me uyyānapālaṃ māpehī’ti taṃ vadāhī’’ti. Rājā bodhisattaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘ācariya, tayā amhākaṃ uyyānaṃ, pokkharaṇī, dantamayapāsādo, tassa ālokakaraṇatthāya maṇiratanañca māpitaṃ, idāni me uyyānarakkhakaṃ caturaṅgasamannāgataṃ uyyānapālaṃ māpehi, no ce māpessasi, jīvitaṃ te natthī’’ti āha. Bodhisatto ‘‘hotu, labhamāno jānissāmī’’ti gehaṃ gantvā subhojanaṃ bhuñjitvā nipanno paccūsakāle pabujjhitvā sayanapīṭhe nisinno cintesi – ‘‘sakko devarājā yaṃ attanā sakkā māpetuṃ, taṃ māpesi, caturaṅgasamannāgataṃ pana uyyānapālaṃ na sakkā māpetuṃ, evaṃ sante paresaṃ hatthe maraṇato araññe anāthamaraṇameva varatara’’nti. So kassaci anārocetvā pāsādā otaritvā aggadvāreneva nagarā nikkhamitvā araññaṃ pavisitvā aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle sataṃ dhammaṃ āvajjamāno nisīdi.
1055帝释天知道了这个情况,就变成一个林中居民的模样,走近菩萨,问道:‘婆罗门,你这么娇弱,看起来从没经历过苦似的,走进这片树林,坐在这里干什么呢?’为了问明此事,他说了第一首偈颂:
Sakko taṃ kāraṇaṃ ñatvā vanacarako viya hutvā bodhisattaṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘brāhmaṇa, tvaṃ sukhumālo, adiṭṭhapubbadukkharūpo viya imaṃ araññaṃ pavisitvā kiṃ karonto nisinnosī’’ti imamatthaṃ pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
136第二天,菩萨视察园地后,禀告国王:“大王,园地已经准备就绪,可以嬉戏了。”国王去查看园林,见园子宽八十八肘,颜色如同红磨玉,装饰着门廊,花和果实累累,树木掩映,心里非常高兴。他问迦罗迦:“你叫我做什么?”迦罗迦说:“大王,不妨在一夜之间毁掉这个园子,难道我们王国就得不到吗?”国王问:“现在该怎么办?”迦罗迦说:“不妨再做一件有障碍的事。”国王问:“什么是有障碍的事?”迦罗迦回答:“大王,毁掉一个七宝池塘,不让别人碰。”国王赞叹说:“好。”于是召来菩萨说:“园子已经建好,你再去园旁造一个七宝池塘,如果造不出来,你的命就保不住了。”菩萨回答:“好的,大王,我一定造出来。”帝释天王便筑起池塘,池水清澈,宽千肘,周长千丈,五色莲花覆盖满了池塘,就像天国的乐园水池一样。
136.
1057你看起来像个生活安乐的人,却离开人群来到这僻静处;
‘‘Sukhaṃ jīvitarūposi, raṭṭhā vivanamāgato;
1058独自一人坐在树下,像个可怜人那样沉思。
So ekako rukkhamūle, kapaṇo viya jhāyasī’’ti.
1059其中,「你像是生活安乐之人」意思是,你看起来像是快乐地活着的人,就像是受快乐滋养、被快乐围绕的人。「离开人群」指的是远离人群聚集的地方。「来到这僻静处」指进入无水的山林。「在树下」就是在树的附近。「像个可怜人在沉思」是说,像个可怜人一样独自坐着沉思、忧心忡忡,你在想些什么呢?他这样问道。
Tattha sukhaṃ jīvitarūposīti tvaṃ sukhena jīvitasadiso sukhedhito sukhaparihato viya. Raṭṭhāti ākiṇṇamanussaṭṭhānā. Vivanamāgatoti nirudakaṭṭhānaṃ araññaṃ paviṭṭho. Rukkhamūleti rukkhasamīpe. Kapaṇo viyajhāyasīti kapaṇo viya ekako nisinno jhāyasi pajjhāyasi, kiṃ nāmetaṃ cintesīti pucchi.
1060菩萨听后,说了第二首偈颂:
Taṃ sutvā bodhisatto dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
140你是快乐的生命形态,来到了王国的森林之地;
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1062我本来喜爱舒适的生活,却从国土来到这林野。
‘‘Sukhaṃ jīvitarūposmi, raṭṭhā vivanamāgato;
1063现在我孤零零一个人坐在树下,像个可怜人一样陷在忧愁里。
So ekako rukkhamūle, kapaṇo viya jhāyāmi;
1064随念诸善士的法。
Sataṃ dhammaṃ anussara’’nti.
1065在此,“随念诸善士之法”:朋友,这是真的,我本是喜爱舒适生活的人,却从国土来到林野;如今我孤零零地在这棵树下坐着,像个可怜人一样沉思。你所说的“你在想什么?”,我告诉你,是“诸善士之法”。因为我正忆念着诸善士之法,坐在这里。“诸善士之法”指佛陀、辟支佛、佛陀声闻弟子们,即那些善士、善人、智者们所行的法。得、失、誉、毁、称、讥、乐、苦,这八种是世间法。善士们被这八种世间法冲击时,不会动摇,不会颤抖;这就是此处所说的“不摇动的善士之法”。我正是忆念着这个法,坐在这里。
Tattha sataṃ dhammaṃ anussaranti, samma, saccametaṃ, ahaṃ sukhaṃ jīvitarūpo raṭṭhā ca vivanamāgato, sohaṃ ekakova imasmiṃ rukkhamūle nisīditvā kapaṇo viya jhāyāmi. Yaṃ pana vadesi ‘‘kiṃ nāmetaṃ cintesī’’ti, taṃ te pavedemi ‘‘sataṃ dhamma’’nti. Ahañhi sataṃ dhammaṃ anussaranto idha nisinno. Sataṃ dhammanti buddhapaccekabuddhabuddhasāvakānaṃ sataṃ sappurisānaṃ paṇḍitānaṃ dhammaṃ. Lābho alābho yaso ayaso nindā pasaṃsā sukhaṃ dukkhanti ayañhi aṭṭhavidho lokadhammo. Iminā pana abbhāhatā santo na kampanti na pavedhenti, ayamettha akampanasaṅkhāto sataṃ dhammo imaṃ anussaranto nisinnomhīti dīpeti.
1066于是,帝释天对他说:“既然如此,婆罗门,你为什么坐在这里?”(菩萨答:)“国王要找一位四支具足的园林守护者,我找不到那样的人。我想:‘何必死在别人手里呢?不如进入森林,无依无靠地死去。’这样想过之后,我就来到这里坐下。”帝释天说:“婆罗门,我是帝释天王。我已经为你建造了园林等,但没办法造出一个四支具足的园林守护者。你们国王有一位理发师,名叫持伞者,他就是四支具足。如果需要四支具足的园林守护者,你就让那位理发师来担任吧。”于是,帝释天这样教导菩萨,安慰他说:“不要害怕。”然后便返回了自己的天城。
Atha naṃ sakko ‘‘evaṃ sante, brāhmaṇa, imasmiṃ ṭhāne kasmā nisinnosī’’ti. ‘‘Rājā caturaṅgasamannāgataṃ uyyānapālaṃ āharāpeti, tādisaṃ na sakkomi laddhuṃ, sohaṃ ‘kiṃ me parassa hatthe maraṇena, araññaṃ pavisitvā anāthamaraṇaṃ marissāmī’ti cintetvā idhāgantvā nisinno’’ti. ‘‘Brāhmaṇa, ahaṃ sakko devarājā, mayā te uyyānādīni māpitāni, caturaṅgasamannāgataṃ uyyānapālaṃ māpetuṃ na sakkā, tumhākaṃ rañño sīsappasādhanakappako chattapāṇi nāma, so caturaṅgasamannāgato, caturaṅgasamannāgatena uyyānapālena atthe sati etaṃ kappakaṃ uyyānapālaṃ kātuṃ vadehī’’ti. Iti sakko bodhisattassa ovādaṃ datvā ‘‘mā bhāyī’’ti samassāsetvā attano devapurameva gato.
1067菩萨回到家中,吃完早餐,就来到王宫门口,在那里看见持伞者,便抓住他的手问道:“喂,持伞者,听说你四支具足,是真的吗?” 对方问:“谁告诉你我四支具足的事?” “帝释天王说的。” 菩萨又问:“他为什么告诉你?” 持伞者便将一切缘由说明,并承认:“是的,我四支具足。” 于是,菩萨仍然拉着他的手,来到国王面前,说:“大王,这位持伞者四支具足。如果大王需要四支具足的园林守护者,就任命他吧。” 国王便问他:“听说你四支具足,是吗?” “是的,大王。” 国王问:“你以哪四支而具足?”
Bodhisatto gehaṃ gantvā bhuttapātarāso rājadvāraṃ gantvā chattapāṇimpi tattheva disvā hatthe gahetvā ‘‘tvaṃ kira, samma chattapāṇi, caturaṅgasamannāgatosī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘ko te mayhaṃ caturaṅgasamannāgatabhāvaṃ ācikkhī’’ti vutte ‘‘sakko, devarājā’’ti vatvā ‘‘kiṃkāraṇā ācikkhī’’ti puṭṭho ‘‘iminā nāma kāraṇenā’’ti sabbaṃ ācikkhi. So ‘‘āma, ahaṃ caturaṅgasamannāgato’’ti āha. Atha naṃ bodhisatto hatthe gahetvāva rañño santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘ayaṃ, mahārāja, chattapāṇi, caturaṅgasamannāgato, caturaṅgasamannāgatena uyyānapālena atthe sati imaṃ uyyānapālaṃ karothā’’ti āha. Atha naṃ rājā ‘‘tvaṃ kira caturaṅgasamannāgatosī’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Āma, mahārājā’’ti. ‘‘Katamehi caturaṅgehi samannāgatosī’’ti?
1068“大王,我不嫉妒,也不饮酒;
‘‘Anusūyako ahaṃ deva, amajjapāyako ahaṃ;
1069大王,我不偏私,安住于不嗔恚。
Nisnehako ahaṃ deva, akkodhanaṃ adhiṭṭhito’’ti.
1070大王,我确实没有嫉妒之心,我也从来没有喝过酒,对别人我从没有过偏爱或嗔怒。我正是以这四项而成就的。
‘‘Mayhañhi, mahārāja, usūyā nāma natthi, majjaṃ me na pivitapubbaṃ, paresu me sneho vā kodho vā na bhūtapūbbo. Imehi catūhi aṅgehi samannāgatomhī’’ti.
1071于是国王问他说:“喂,持伞者,你说‘我不嫉妒’吗?”“是的,大王,我不嫉妒。”“你见到了什么所缘,从而成为不嫉妒的人?”“请听,大王。”他便讲述自己不嫉妒的原因,诵出了这首偈颂——
Atha naṃ rājā, bho chattapāṇi, ‘‘anusūyakosmī’’ti vadasīti. ‘‘Āma, deva, anusūyakomhī’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ ārammaṇaṃ disvā anusūyako jātosī’’ti? ‘‘Suṇāhi devā’’ti attano anusūyakakāraṇaṃ kathento imaṃ gāthamāha –
1072“因为一个女人,大王,我让人绑了国师;
‘‘Itthiyā kāraṇā rāja, bandhāpesiṃ purohitaṃ;
1073他向我阐明了义利,因此我成了不嫉妒的人。”
So maṃ atthe nivedesi, tasmāhaṃ anusūyako’’ti.
1074其义为:大王啊,过去就在这波罗奈城,我曾是那样的国王,因为一个女人,我绑了国师。
Tassattho – ahaṃ, deva, pubbe imasmiṃyeva bārāṇasinagare tādisova rājā hutvā itthiyā kāraṇā purohitaṃ bandhāpesiṃ.
1075“在那里,未被绑的人会被绑住,那是愚人说话的地方;在那里,已被绑的人会获得解脱,那是智者说话的地方。”(本生经1.1.120)
‘‘Abaddhā tattha bajjhanti, yattha bālā pabhāsare;
1076关于这个本生故事,按照已经说明的方式:在某个时候,这位持伞者成为国王,他与六十四名侍从一起极度堕落放逸。后来,因为菩萨不能满足王妃的欲望,她想毁掉菩萨,便离间国王,国王于是绑了菩萨。那时,菩萨被绑缚带来后,如实指出了王妃的过失,自己得以释放,并且让国王释放了所有被绑的侍从。然后菩萨劝诫道:“请宽恕这些人和王妃的罪过吧,大王。”这一切都应按照前面所说的方式详细了解。正是针对这件事,他说道——
Baddhāpi tattha muccanti, yattha dhīrā pabhāsare’’ti. (jā. 1.1.120) –
1077“因为一个女人,大王,我曾让人绑了国师;他向我指明了义利,因此我成了不嫉妒的人。”
Imasmiñhi jātake āgatanayeneva ekasmiṃ kāle ayaṃ chattapāṇi rājā hutvā catusaṭṭhiyā pādamūlikehi saddhiṃ sampadussitvā bodhisattaṃ attano manorathaṃ apūrentaṃ nāsetukāmāya deviyā paribhinno bandhāpesi. Tadā naṃ bandhitvā ānīto bodhisatto yathābhūtaṃ deviyā dosaṃ āropetvā sayaṃ mutto raññā bandhāpite sabbepi te pādamūlike mocetvā ‘‘etesañca deviyā ca aparādhaṃ khamatha, mahārājā’’ti ovadi. Sabbaṃ heṭṭhā vuttanayeneva vitthārato veditabbaṃ. Taṃ sandhāyāha –
1078“因为一个女人,大王,我让人绑了国师;
‘‘Itthiyā kāraṇā rāja, bandhāpesiṃ purohitaṃ;
1079他向我指明了义利,因此我成了不嫉妒的人。”
So maṃ atthe nivedesi, tasmāhaṃ anusūyako’’ti.
1080然而那时,我这样想:‘我抛弃了一万六千个女人,只抓住这一个,因为烦恼的力量,即使想让她满意也办不到。女人就是这样难以满足,她们发起脾气来,就像在穿着的衣服弄脏时责怪“为什么弄脏”一样,也像吃下的饭食变成粪便时责怪“为什么变成这种状态”一样。从现在起,直到我证得阿拉汉果为止,愿那种依于烦恼而对我生起的嫉妒不再产生。’他这样下了决心。从此以后,他成了不嫉妒者。正是因为这件事,他说:‘因此我是不嫉妒者。’
Tadā pana sohaṃ cintesiṃ – ‘‘ahaṃ soḷasa sahassaitthiyo pahāya etaṃ ekameva kilesavasena saṅgaṇhantopi santappetuṃ nāsakkhiṃ, evaṃ duppūraṇīyānaṃ itthīnaṃ kujjhanaṃ nāma nivatthavatthe kilissante ‘kasmā kilissasī’ti kujjhanasadisaṃ hoti, bhuttabhatte gūthabhāvaṃ āpajjante ‘kasmā etaṃ sabhāvaṃ āpajjasī’ti kujjhanasadisaṃ hoti. ‘Ito dāni paṭṭhāya yāva arahattaṃ na pāpuṇāmi, tāva kilesaṃ nissāya mayi usūyā mā uppajjatū’’’ti adhiṭṭhahiṃ. Tato paṭṭhāya anusūyako jāto. Idaṃ sandhāya – ‘‘tasmāhaṃ anusūyako’’ti āha.
1081于是国王问他:‘朋友持伞者,你见到了什么所缘,才成为不饮酒的人?’他为了说明原因,诵出了这首偈颂:
Atha naṃ rājā ‘‘samma chattapāṇi, kiṃ ārammaṇaṃ disvā amajjapo jātosī’’ti pucchi. So taṃ kāraṇaṃ ācikkhanto imaṃ gāthamāha –
1082“我醉了,大王啊,我吃了亲生儿子的肉;
‘‘Matto ahaṃ mahārāja, puttamaṃsāni khādayiṃ;
1083被那悲伤所触动,我就远离了饮酒。”
Tassa sokenahaṃ phuṭṭho, majjapānaṃ vivajjayi’’nti.
1084大王,我从前就是那样的波罗奈国王,没有酒就无法过活,连无肉的饭食也吃不下。在城里,每逢布萨日便不杀生。厨师在半个月的第十三天取了肉存放起来,那肉因未放好而被狗吃了。厨师在布萨日找不到肉,为国王烹煮了种种美味饭食,送到宫殿后却不敢呈上,便来到王后面前说:‘王后,今天我没有得到肉,不敢呈上无肉的饭食,我该怎么办?’她说:‘贤友,我的儿子是国王所喜爱、悦意的。国王一见到我儿子,只顾亲吻他、拥抱他,连自己的存在都不知道了。我把儿子打扮好,让他坐在国王的膝上,等国王和儿子一起玩耍时,你就把饭食送上去。’她这样说完,便将自己的儿子以各种装饰品打扮好,让他坐在国王的膝上。正当国王和儿子一起嬉戏时,厨师送上了饭食。国王醉醺醺的,看到钵里没有肉,便问:‘肉在哪里?’被告知‘今天,大王,是布萨日,因为不杀生,所以没有拿到肉’之后,国王说:‘对我来说肉还会难得吗!’说着就把坐在膝上的爱子的脖子拧断,夺去他的性命,扔到厨师面前说:‘赶快做好拿来!’厨师照做了,国王便用儿子的肉吃了饭。由于害怕国王,竟没有一个人敢哭、敢叫、敢说一句话。
Ahaṃ, mahārāja, pubbe tādiso bārāṇasirājā hutvā majjena vinā vattituṃ nāsakkhiṃ, amaṃsakabhattampi bhuñjituṃ nāsakkhiṃ. Nagare uposathadivasesu māghāto hoti, bhattakārako pakkhassa terasiyaññeva maṃsaṃ gahetvā ṭhapesi, taṃ dunnikkhittaṃ sunakhā khādiṃsu. Bhattakārako uposathadivase maṃsaṃ alabhitvā rañño nānaggarasabhojanaṃ pacitvā pāsādaṃ āropetvā upanāmetuṃ asakkonto deviṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘devi, ajja me maṃsaṃ na laddhaṃ, amaṃsakabhojanaṃ nāma upanāmetuṃ na sakkomi, kinti karomī’’ti āha. ‘‘Tāta, mayhaṃ putto raññā piyo manāpo, puttaṃ me disvā rājā tameva cumbanto parissajanto attano atthibhāvampi na jānāti, ahaṃ puttaṃ maṇḍetvā rañño ūrumhi nisīdāpeyyaṃ, rañño puttena saddhiṃ kīḷanakāle tvaṃ bhattaṃ upaneyyāsī’’ti. Sā evaṃ vatvā attano puttaṃ alaṅkatābharaṇaṃ maṇḍetvā rañño ūrumhi nisīdāpesi. Rañño puttena saddhiṃ kīḷanakāle bhattakārako bhattaṃ upanāmesi. Rājā surāmadamatto pātiyaṃ maṃsaṃ adisvā ‘‘maṃsaṃ kaha’’nti pucchitvā ‘‘ajja, deva, uposathadivasaṃ māghātatāya maṃsaṃ na laddha’’nti vutte ‘‘mayhaṃ maṃsaṃ nāma dullabha’’nti vatvā ūrumhi nisinnassa piyaputtassa gīvaṃ vaṭṭetvā jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā bhattakārakassa purato khipitvā ‘‘vegena sampādetvā āharā’’ti āha. Bhattakārako tathā akāsi, rājā puttamaṃsena bhattaṃ bhuñji. Rañño bhayena ekopi kandituṃ vā rodituṃ vā kathetuṃ vā samattho nāma nāhosi.
1085国王吃罢,上床入睡,到了黎明时分醒来,酒意消退,说:‘把我儿子带来。’这时王后哭着扑倒在他的脚边。国王问:‘怎么了,贤妻?’她说:‘大王,昨天您杀了儿子,用儿子的肉吃了饭啊。’国王因失子之痛而哭泣、悲号,心想:‘我这苦是由于饮酒而生起的。’看到酒的过患后,便抓起一把尘土擦了擦嘴,发愿说:‘从今以后,直到我证得阿罗汉果为止,像这样能带来毁灭的酒,我绝不再喝。’从那时起,他确实再也没有沾过酒。正是为了说明这件事情,他才说了‘我醉了,大王……’这一偈。
Rājā bhuñjitvā sayanapiṭṭhe niddaṃ upagantvā paccūsakāle pabujjhitvā vigatamado ‘‘puttaṃ me ānethā’’ti āha. Tasmiṃ kāle devī kandamānā pādamūle pati. ‘‘Kiṃ, bhadde’’ti ca vutte , ‘‘deva, hiyyo te puttaṃ māretvā puttamaṃsena bhattaṃ bhutta’’nti āha. Rājā puttasokena roditvā kanditvā ‘‘idaṃ me dukkhaṃ surāpānaṃ nissāya uppanna’’nti surāpāne dosaṃ disvā ‘‘ito paṭṭhāya yāva arahattaṃ na pāpuṇāmi, tāva evarūpaṃ vināsakārakaṃ suraṃ nāma na pivissāmī’’ti paṃsuṃ gahetvā mukhaṃ puñchitvā adhiṭṭhāsi. Tato paṭṭhāya majjaṃ nāma na piviṃ. Imamatthaṃ sandhāya – ‘‘matto ahaṃ, mahārājā’’ti imaṃ gāthamāha.
1086于是国王问他:“朋友持伞者,你见到了什么「所缘」,变得「无爱著」了呢?”他为了说明原因,便诵出这首偈颂——
Atha naṃ rājā ‘‘kiṃ pana, samma chattapāṇi, ārammaṇaṃ disvā nisneho jātosī’’ti pucchi. So taṃ kāraṇaṃ ācikkhanto imaṃ gāthamāha –
1087“大王,我名叫赌徒王,我的儿子是辟支佛;
‘‘Kitavāso nāmahaṃ rāja, putto paccekabodhi me;
1088他打破了钵而去世,因为这个缘故,我没有爱著。”
Pattaṃ bhinditvā cavito, nisneho tassa kāraṇā’’ti.
1089大王,从前我就是在波罗奈城,名叫赌徒的国王。我那时生了一个儿子。相师们见到他后说:‘大王,这个王子会因为得不到水而死。’于是给他取名叫‘恶童子’。他长大成人后,担任了副王。国王无论到哪里,总是把王子带在身边,有时在前有时在后。因为害怕他得不到水而死,国王便在四座城门内和城中各处挖了许多池塘,又在十字路口等地方建了凉亭,安放了水缸。有一天,王子盛装打扮,一早要去园林,在路上遇见了一位辟支佛。大众看见辟支佛,都向他礼拜、赞叹,并对他合掌行礼。
Mahārāja, pubbe ahaṃ bārāṇasiyaṃyeva kitavāso nāma rājā. Tassa me putto vijāyi. Lakkhaṇapāṭhakā taṃ disvā ‘‘mahārāja, ayaṃ kumāro pānīyaṃ alabhitvā marissatī’’ti āhaṃsu. ‘‘Duṭṭhakumāro’’tissa nāmaṃ ahosi. So viññutaṃ patto oparajjaṃ kāresi, rājā kumāraṃ purato vā pacchato vā katvā vicari, pānīyaṃ alabhitvā maraṇabhayena cassa catūsu dvāresu antonagaresu ca tattha tattha pokkharaṇiyo kāresi, catukkādīsu maṇḍape kāretvā pānīyacāṭiyo ṭhapāpesi. So ekadivase alaṅkatapaṭiyatto pātova uyyānaṃ gacchanto antarāmagge paccekabuddhaṃ passi. Mahājanopi paccekabuddhaṃ disvā tameva vandati pasaṃsati, añjaliñcassa paggaṇhāti.
1090王子心想:‘这些人跟我一起行走,却去礼拜、赞叹这个剃头者,还向他合掌!’于是他愤怒地从象背上下来,走到辟支佛面前,问道:‘沙门,你得到食物了吗?’辟支佛回答:‘是的,王子。’王子便从他手中夺过钵,摔在地上,连食物一起踩踏,又用脚踢得粉碎。辟支佛心想:‘这个有情真是毁掉了。’便看着他的脸。王子说:‘沙门,我是赌徒王的儿子,名叫恶童子。你生气地睁大眼睛瞪着我,又能把我怎么样?’
Kumāro cintesi – ‘‘mādisena saddhiṃ gacchantā imaṃ muṇḍakaṃ vandanti pasaṃsanti, añjaliñcassa paggaṇhantī’’ti. So kupito hatthikkhandhato oruyha paccekabuddhaṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘laddhaṃ te, samaṇa, bhatta’’nti vatvā ‘‘āma, kumārā’’ti vutte tassa hatthato pattaṃ gahetvā bhūmiyaṃ pātetvā saddhiṃ bhattena madditvā pādappahārena cuṇṇavicuṇṇaṃ akāsi. Paccekabuddho ‘‘naṭṭho vatāyaṃ satto’’ti tassa mukhaṃ olokesi. Kumāro ‘‘ahaṃ, samaṇa, kitavāsarañño putto, nāmena duṭṭhakumāro nāma, tvaṃ me kuddho akkhīni ummīletvā olokento kiṃ karissasī’’ti āha.
1091辟支佛没了食物,便腾空而起,向北方雪山中的欢喜窟飞去。就在那一刻,王子的恶业成熟了。他浑身烧得难受,喊着‘烧啊!烧啊!’,就倒在了那里。当时他所到之处,凡是有水的地方,水全都断流;沟渠也全都干涸了。他就在那里命终,往生到无间地狱。国王听到这个消息,被失去儿子的悲伤所淹没,他心想:‘我这个悲伤,是由于可爱的事物而生的。如果我没有爱著,悲伤就不会生起。从今以后,不论是对有生命的东西,还是没有生命的东西,我都不要再起任何爱著。’他这样下了决心,从此便真的没有了爱著。正因为这件事,他才诵出‘我名赌徒王……’这一偈。
Paccekabuddho chinnabhatto hutvā vehāsaṃ abbhuggantvā uttarahimavante nandanamūlapabbhārameva gato. Kumārassāpi taṅkhaṇaññeva pāpakammaṃ paripacci. So ‘‘ḍayhāmi ḍayhāmī’’ti samuggatasarīraḍāho tattheva pati. Tattha tattheva yattakaṃ pānīyaṃ, tattakaṃ pānīyaṃ sabbaṃ chijji, mātikā sussiṃsu, tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ patvā avīcimhi nibbatti. Rājā taṃ pavattiṃ sutvā puttasokena abhibhūto cintesi – ‘‘ayaṃ me soko piyavatthuto uppajji, sace me sneho nābhavissa, soko na uppajjissa, ito dāni me paṭṭhāya saviññāṇake vā aviññāṇake vā kismiñci vatthusmiṃ sneho nāma mā uppajjatū’’ti adhiṭṭhāsi, tato paṭṭhāya sneho nāma natthi. Taṃ sandhāya ‘‘kitavāso nāmāha’’nti gāthamāha.
1092其中,‘我的儿子是辟支佛’,以及‘他打破了钵而去世’,意思是:我的儿子打破了辟支佛的钵而去世。‘因为他的缘故而无爱著’,意思是:由于那时生起爱著的那个对象,我变得没有爱著了。
Tattha putto paccekabodhi me. Pattaṃ bhinditvā cavitoti mama putto paccekabodhipattaṃ bhinditvā cavitoti attho. Nisneho tassa kāraṇāti tadā uppannasnehavatthussa kāraṇā ahaṃ nisneho jātoti attho.
1093然后国王问他:‘朋友,你见到了什么「所缘」,变得「无嗔」了呢?’他说明原因时,诵出这首偈颂:
Atha naṃ rājā ‘‘kiṃ pana, samma, ārammaṇaṃ disvā nikkodho jātosī’’ti pucchi. So taṃ kāraṇaṃ ācikkhanto imaṃ gāthamāha –
1094我成为名叫阿拉苟的苦行者后,修习了七年慈心;
‘‘Arako hutvā mettacittaṃ, satta vassāni bhāvayiṃ;
1095因此在梵天界住了七劫,所以我是个不嗔恚的人。
Satta kappe brahmaloke, tasmā akkodhano aha’’nti.
1096它的意思是:大王,我成为名叫阿拉苟的苦行者,修习慈心七年之后,在七个世界坏灭与生成的劫中,一直住在梵天界。正因为长时间地修习慈心,已经反复修习、完全纯熟,所以我成为不嗔恚的人。
Tassattho – ahaṃ, mahārāja, arako nāma tāpaso hutvā satta vassāni mettacittaṃ bhāvetvā satta saṃvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe brahmaloke vasiṃ, tasmā ahaṃ dīgharattaṃ mettābhāvanāya āciṇṇapariciṇṇattā akkodhano jātoti.
1097当持伞者这样讲完自己的四种情况,国王便向大众示意。就在那一刹那,大臣、婆罗门、居士等纷纷站起来,说道:‘嘿!你这受贿的坏蛋、邪恶的盗贼!因为没拿到贿赂,就诽谤智者,还想杀害他!’他们抓住黑将军的手和脚,把他从王宫里拖出来,随手拿起石塊和木槌,打破了他的头,结束了他的性命,然后拖着他的脚,把他扔到了垃圾堆里。从那以后,国王便依正法治理国家,后来也随着自己的业力去世了。
Evaṃ chattapāṇinā attano catūsu aṅgesu kathitesu rājā parisāya iṅgitasaññaṃ adāsi. Taṅkhaṇaññeva amaccā ca brāhmaṇagahapatikādayo ca uṭṭhahitvā ‘‘are lañjakhādaka duṭṭhacora, tvaṃ lañjaṃ alabhitvā paṇḍitaṃ upavaditvā māretukāmo jāto’’ti kāḷakaṃ senāpatiṃ hatthapādesu gahetvā rājanivesanā otāretvā gahitagahiteheva pāsāṇamuggarehi sīsaṃ bhinditvā jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā pādesu gahetvā kaḍḍhantā saṅkāraṭṭhāne chaḍḍesuṃ. Tato paṭṭhāya rājā dhammena rajjaṃ kārento yathākammaṃ gato.
1098世尊讲完这个法义后,把本生故事对应起来,说道:‘那时的黑将军是提婆达多,持伞的理髮师是舍利弗,帝释天王是阿那律,而法旗就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā kāḷakasenāpati devadatto ahosi, chattapāṇikappako sāriputto, sakko anuruddho, dhammadhajo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1175《法旗本生》注释 第十。
Dhammadhajajātakavaṇṇanā dasamā.
1176比拉那塔巴婆迦品 第七。
Bīraṇathambhavaggo sattamo.
1099其摄颂如下:
Tassuddānaṃ –
1100「Somadatta」以及「残食」,以及「Kuru」与「Puṇṇanadī」;
Somadattañca ucchiṭṭhaṃ, kuru puṇṇanadīpi ca;
1101「乌龟与鱼」以及「Segu」,以及「奸商的斥责」;
Kacchapamacchaseggu ca, kūṭavāṇijagarahi;
1102「Dhammadhaja」,这些是十(本生故事)。
Dhammadhajanti te dasa.
1103第八品:袈裟品
8. Kāsāvavaggo
1104221. 袈裟本生注
[221] 1. Kāsāvajātakavaṇṇanā
1105这部「Anikkasāvo kāsāvaṃ」(尚未去除污秽者,若披袈裟)的经典,是世尊住在祇园精舍时,以提婆达多为缘起而宣说的。不过,故事的开端是在王舍城。那时,法将舍利弗尊者正与五百位比丘一起住在竹林精舍。提婆达多也带着与他臭味相投的一群破戒徒众,住在象头山。当时,王舍城的居民们按照各自的意愿集资,筹办了一场布施活动。就在那时,有一位来做生意的商人,放下了自己带来的布料,捐出了一件价值不菲的香袈裟,并请求道:‘请让我也参与成为功德主吧。’于是城中居民举行了大施,所有按照意愿筹集的物资都折换成了钱币来购置供品,最后就剩下了那件布料,成了多余之物。大众聚集在一起商议:‘这件香袈裟布料多出来了。我们要把它给谁呢?是给舍利弗长老,还是给提婆达多呢?’
Anikkasāvokāsāvanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto devadattaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu pana rājagahe samuṭṭhitaṃ. Ekasmiṃ samaye dhammasenāpati pañcahi bhikkhusatehi saddhiṃ veḷuvane viharati. Devadattopi attano anurūpāya dussīlaparisāya parivuto gayāsīse viharati. Tasmiṃ samaye rājagahavāsino chandakaṃ saṅgharitvā dānaṃ sajjayiṃsu. Atheko vohāratthāya āgatavāṇijo imaṃ sāṭakaṃ vissajjetvā ‘‘mampi pattikaṃ karothā’’ti mahagghaṃ gandhakāsāvaṃ adāsi. Nāgarā mahādānaṃ pavattayiṃsu, sabbaṃ chandakena saṅkaḍḍhitaṃ kahāpaṇeheva niṭṭhāsi. So sāṭako atireko ahosi. Mahājano sannipatitvā ‘‘ayaṃ gandhakāsāvasāṭako atireko. Kassa naṃ dema, kiṃ sāriputtattherassa, udāhu devadattassā’’ti mantayiṃsu.
1106当时,有一部分人说:‘给舍利弗长老。’另一些人则说:‘舍利弗长老只是暂住几天,之后就会随他的意愿离开;可提婆达多长老却是长期依止我们的城镇常住,不管遇上吉祥事还是不吉祥事,他才是我们真正的依靠。我们就把它给提婆达多吧。’在进行多数表决时,说‘给提婆达多’的人占了绝大多数,于是他们就把那件袈裟给了提婆达多。提婆达多拿到后,叫人裁去袈裟的边须,缝上镶边,重新染色,把它弄得像金色条带一样光鲜亮丽,然后披在身上。那时,大约有三十位比丘从王舍城出发,前往舍卫城。他们礼拜世尊,互相亲切问候之后,就将此事禀告世尊:‘大德,就是这样,提婆达多披上了与他自身德行毫不相配的阿拉汉幢相之衣。’世尊听后说:‘诸位比丘,提婆达多并非仅在今日才穿上这与他自身不相应的阿拉汉幢相之衣,他在过去世也曾经穿过。’于是,世尊便开示了过去世的因缘。
Tattheke ‘‘sāriputtattherassā’’ti āhaṃsu. Apare ‘‘sāriputtatthero katipāhaṃ vasitvā yathāruci pakkamissati , devadattatthero pana nibaddhaṃ amhākaṃ nagarameva upanissāya viharati, maṅgalāmaṅgalesu ayameva amhākaṃ avassayo, devadattassa dassāmā’’ti āhaṃsu. Sambahulikaṃ karontesupi ‘‘devadattassa dassāmā’’ti vattāro bahutarā ahesuṃ, atha naṃ devadattassa adaṃsu. Devadatto tassa dasā chindāpetvā ovaṭṭikaṃ sibbāpetvā rajāpetvā suvaṇṇapaṭṭavaṇṇaṃ katvā pārupi. Tasmiṃ kāle tiṃsamattā bhikkhū rājagahā nikkhamitvā sāvatthiṃ gantvā satthāraṃ vanditvā katapaṭisanthārā taṃ pavattiṃ ārocetvā ‘‘evaṃ, bhante, attano ananucchavikaṃ arahaddhajaṃ pārupī’’ti ārocesuṃ. Satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, devadatto idāneva attano ananurūpaṃ arahaddhajaṃ paridahati, pubbepi paridahiyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1107在过去,波罗奈国是由梵授王统治。那时,菩萨投生在雪山地区的一支象族中,长大后成为拥有一群约八万头大象作为眷属的象群首领,住在森林深处。当时,有个穷困潦倒的人住在波罗奈城里。他有一天在象牙匠街上,看见象牙匠们正在制作象牙手环等饰物,就上前问道:‘如果我弄到象牙,你们会收购吗?’匠人们回答:‘是的,我们会收购。’于是,这人就带上武器,故意穿着一件袈裟样式的衣服,伪装成辟支佛的模样,戴上面罩,埋伏在大象出没的道路上。他会用武器杀死大象,取走象牙,再带到波罗奈城变卖,以此维持生计。后来,他又开始把目标转向菩萨眷属象群中走在最后的那头大象,想把它也杀掉。象群成员每天都有减少,它们便去向菩萨报告:‘象群一直在减员,这到底是什么缘故呢?’
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto himavantapadese hatthikule nibbattitvā vayappatto asītisahassamattavāraṇaparivāro yūthapati hutvā araññāyatane vasati. Atheko duggatamanusso bārāṇasiyaṃ viharanto dantakāravīthiyaṃ dantakāre dantavalayādīni karonte disvā ‘‘hatthidante labhitvā gaṇhissathā’’ti pucchi. Te ‘‘āma gaṇhissāmā’’ti āhaṃsu. So āvudhaṃ ādāya kāsāvavatthavasano paccekabuddhavesaṃ gaṇhitvā paṭisīsakaṃ paṭimuñcitvā hatthivīthiyaṃ ṭhatvā āvudhena hatthiṃ māretvā dante ādāya bārāṇasiyaṃ vikkiṇanto jīvikaṃ kappesi. So aparabhāge bodhisattassa parivārahatthīnaṃ sabbapacchimaṃ hatthiṃ māretuṃ ārabhi. Hatthino devasikaṃ hatthīsu parihāyantesu ‘‘kena nu kho kāraṇena hatthino parihāyantī’’ti bodhisattassa ārocesuṃ.
1108菩萨观察时想道:“有一个人扮成辟支佛的模样,站在象道边缘,难道是他杀的?我要调查一下。”有一天,菩萨让象群走在前面,自己走在最后。那人见到菩萨,便拿起武器冲了过来。菩萨转身站定,心想:“我要把他摔在地上打死。”当他伸出象鼻,看到那人身上披着的袈裟时,又想:“对于这阿拉汉的旗帜,我应该尊重。”于是收回象鼻,说了以下的偈颂:“喂,你这人!这阿拉汉的旗帜与你不相应,你为什么披着它?”
Bodhisatto pariggaṇhanto ‘‘paccekabuddhavesaṃ gahetvā hatthivīthipariyante eko puriso tiṭṭhati, kacci nu kho so māreti, pariggaṇhissāmi na’’nti ekadivasaṃ hatthī purato katvā sayaṃ pacchato ahosi. So bodhisattaṃ disvā āvudhaṃ ādāya pakkhandi. Bodhisatto nivattitvā ṭhito ‘‘bhūmiyaṃ pothetvā māressāmi na’’nti soṇḍaṃ pasāretvā tena paridahitāni kāsāvāni disvā ‘‘imaṃ arahaddhajaṃ mayā garuṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti soṇḍaṃ paṭisaṃharitvā ‘‘ambho purisa, nanu esa arahaddhajo ananucchaviko tuyhaṃ, kasmā etaṃ paridahasī’’ti imā gāthā avoca –
141一百四十一。
141.
1110“尚未去除污秽的人,若披上这件袈裟衣,”
‘‘Anikkasāvo kāsāvaṃ, yo vatthaṃ paridahissati;
1111“他远离调御和真实,所以不配穿袈裟。”
Apeto damasaccena, na so kāsāvamarahati.
142一百四十二。
142.
1113“但如果已经吐弃了污垢,在戒律上善加安住,”
‘‘Yo ca vantakasāvassa, sīlesu susamāhito;
1114“具足调御和真实,他才确实配穿袈裟衣。”
Upeto damasaccena, sa ve kāsāvamarahatī’’ti.
1115这里,「未离垢者」:垢指的是贪、嗔、痴、覆、恼、嫉、悭、诳、谄、固执、暴躁、慢、过慢、放逸、懈怠,以及一切不善法、一切恶行、一切导向有的业、一千五百种烦恼,这些称为垢。如果某个补特伽罗的这些垢还没有断除,还没有从相续中脱离、没有离去,这个人就叫做「未离垢者」。「袈裟」:指用黄褐色染成的、作为阿拉汉旗帜的衣服。「有人将穿衣」:即像这样的人,穿着、下着或披裹这样的衣服。「远离调御与真实」:远离了称为诸根调御的调御,以及称为涅槃的究竟真实。或者,这里是工具格表示从格的意义,即从这调御与真实远离的意思。这里的「真实」也包括爱语真实和四圣谛。「他不配穿袈裟」:由于没有离垢,这个补特伽罗不配穿、不适合穿那作为阿拉汉旗帜的袈裟。
Tattha anikkasāvoti kasāvo vuccati rāgo doso moho makkho paḷāso issā macchariyaṃ māyā sāṭheyyaṃ thambho sārambho māno atimāno mado pamādo, sabbe akusalā dhammā sabbe duccaritā sabbaṃ bhavagāmikammaṃ diyaḍḍhakilesasahassaṃ, eso kasāvo nāma. So yassa puggalassa appahīno santānato anissaṭṭho anikkhanto, so anikkasāvo nāma. Kāsāvanti kasāyarasapītaṃ arahaddhajabhūtaṃ. Yo vatthaṃ paridahissatīti yo evarūpo hutvā evarūpaṃ vatthaṃ paridahissati nivāseti ceva pārupati ca. Apeto damasaccenāti indriyadamasaṅkhātena damena ca nibbānasaṅkhātena ca paramatthasaccena apeto parivajjito. Nissakkatthe vā karaṇavacanaṃ, etasmā damasaccā apetoti attho. ‘‘Sacca’’nti cettha vacīsaccaṃ catusaccampi vaṭṭatiyeva. Na so kāsāvamarahatīti so puggalo anikkasāvattā arahaddhajaṃ kāsāvaṃ na arahati ananucchaviko etassa.
1116而「若已吐弃垢者」: 指的是某位补特伽罗,由于已经吐掉了上面所说的那种垢秽,所以称为「已吐弃垢者」(vantakasāvo)。「于戒善住」: 是指他在修道层次的戒和证果层次的戒上,都妥善地安住,就好像被引导进来、安置好一样,稳稳地立足在这两种戒中。这也是对那些具足这些戒的人的同义称呼。「具足」: 就是成就、具备的意思。「调御与真实」: 指的就是前面所说的那种自我调御和真实不虚。「彼实堪着袈裟」: 像这样的补特伽罗,才真正配得上穿上这件作为阿拉汉旗帜的袈裟。
Yo ca vantakasāvassāti yo pana puggalo yathāvuttasseva kasāvassa vantattā vantakasāvo assa. Sīlesu susamāhitoti maggasīlesu ceva phalasīlesu ca sammā āhito, ānetvā ṭhapito viya tesu patiṭṭhito. Tehi sīlehi samaṅgībhūtassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ. Upetoti samannāgato. Damasaccenāti vuttappakārena damena ca saccena ca. Sa ve kāsāvamarahatīti so evarūpo puggalo imaṃ arahaddhajaṃ kāsāvaṃ arahati.
1117就这样,菩萨向那个男子讲明了这个道理后,威胁他说:‘从今以后不许再来这里,如果敢再来,你的小命就不保了。’然后就把他赶走了。
Evaṃ bodhisatto tassa purisassa imaṃ kāraṇaṃ kathetvā ‘‘ito paṭṭhāya mā idha āgami, āgacchasi ce, jīvitaṃ te natthī’’’ti tajjetvā palāpesi.
1118世尊做了这次佛法开示后,将本生故事总结如下:‘那时那个杀象的男子,就是提婆达多;而那个象群的首领,就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā hatthimārakapuriso devadatto ahosi, yūthapati pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1197袈裟本生注疏 第一
Kāsāvajātakavaṇṇanā paṭhamā.
1119[222] 2. 小难提本生注疏
[222] 2. Cūḷanandiyajātakavaṇṇanā
1120「此为当时老师之言」:这句话是世尊住在竹林精舍时,以提婆达多为缘起而说的。有一天,比丘们在法堂里发起了一场讨论:‘贤友们,那个叫提婆达多的,粗暴、言语粗鲁、生性残忍。他试图谋害正自觉者,推石头砸他,还放出那罗祇梨象攻击他。他对如来连一丝一毫的忍辱、慈爱与悲悯都没有。’世尊到来后,问道:‘比丘们,你们现在聚在一起讨论什么话题呢?’众人回答:‘在讨论这事。’世尊便说:‘比丘们啊,并非只是现在如此,过去世的提婆达多也一样是粗暴、言语粗鲁、毫无怜悯心的。’接着,他就开始讲述过去的故事。
Idaṃtadācariyavacoti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto devadattaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekadivasañhi bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, devadatto nāma kakkhaḷo pharuso sāhasiko sammāsambuddhe abhimāre payojesi, silaṃ pavijjhi, nāḷāgiriṃ payojesi, khantimettānuddayamattampissa tathāgate natthī’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva, pubbepi devadatto kakkhaḷo pharuso nikkāruṇikoyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1121在过去,波罗奈的梵授王统治国家时,菩萨在雪山一带是一只名叫‘大难提’(大欢喜)的猿猴,他有一个弟弟,名叫‘小难提’(小欢喜)。他们俩统领着八万只猿猴眷属,住在雪山地区,负责照顾瞎眼的母亲。他们把母亲安置在睡觉的树丛里,然后进入森林,把甜美的各种水果送给母亲。但那些负责运送的猿猴们却不把水果给她,母亲被饥饿折磨,瘦得只剩皮包骨。菩萨就问她:‘母亲,我们给您送了那么多甜美的水果,您怎么还瘦成这样?’她回答:‘孩子,我根本没吃到啊。’菩萨心想:‘在我忙于照顾猴群的时候,我母亲可能会这样死掉。我应该舍弃猴群,专心照顾母亲。’他把小难提叫来,说:‘弟弟,你来带领猴群,我来照顾母亲。’弟弟也说:‘哥哥,我不需要带领猴群这差事,我也只想照顾母亲。’就这样,他们俩心意相通,舍弃了整个猴群,带着母亲离开雪山,下到山区边地,住在一棵孟加拉榕树下,一起照顾母亲。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto himavantapadese mahānandiyo nāma vānaro ahosi, kaniṭṭhabhātiko panassa cūḷanandiyo nāma. Te ubhopi asītisahassavānaraparivārā himavantapadese andhamātaraṃ paṭijaggantā vāsaṃ kappesuṃ. Te mātaraṃ sayanagumbe ṭhapetvā araññaṃ pavisitvā madhurāni phalāphalāni mātuyā pesenti. Āharaṇakavānarā tassā na denti, sā khudāpīḷitā aṭṭhicammāvasesā kisā ahosi. Atha naṃ bodhisatto āha – ‘‘mayaṃ, amma, tumhākaṃ madhuraphalāphalāni pesema, tumhe kasmā milāyathā’’ti. ‘‘Tāta, nāhaṃ labhāmī’’ti. Bodhisatto cintesi – ‘‘mayi yūthaṃ pariharante mātā me nassissati, yūthaṃ pahāya mātaraṃyeva paṭijaggissāmī’’ti. So cūḷanandiyaṃ pakkositvā ‘‘tāta, tvaṃ yūthaṃ parihara, ahaṃ mātaraṃ paṭijaggissāmī’’ti āha. Sopi naṃ ‘‘bhātika, mayhaṃ yūthapariharaṇena kammaṃ natthi, ahampi mātarameva paṭijaggissāmī’’ti āha. Iti te ubhopi ekacchandā hutvā yūthaṃ pahāya mātaraṃ gahetvā himavantā oruyha paccante nigrodharukkhe vāsaṃ kappetvā mātaraṃ paṭijaggiṃsu.
1122当时,有一位住在波罗奈的婆罗门青年,在塔迦尸喇一位著名的导师门下学完了一切技艺后,向老师告辞说:‘我准备走了。’导师通过相术,看出他粗暴、言语粗鲁、生性残忍的本性,便告诫他说:‘孩子,你这个人粗暴、说粗话、做事情冲动。像这种性格的人,不可能永远一帆风顺,你将来一定会遭遇巨大的毁灭和极大的痛苦。你不要这么粗暴,不要做那些会导致日后懊悔的业。’说完就让他离开了。青年礼敬了老师后,回到了波罗奈,过上了居家生活。可他没办法凭其他技艺谋生,心想:‘我就靠弓箭吃饭吧,干猎人这行来维持生计。’于是他离开波罗奈,在一个边地小村住下,全副武装地背着弓箭进入森林,猎杀各种鹿,靠卖肉过日子。有一天,他在森林里一无所获,在回家的路上,看到村庄广场边界有一棵孟加拉榕树,心想:‘嘿,说不定那上面会有什么东西呢?’就朝着那棵孟加拉榕树走去。
Atheko bārāṇasivāsī brāhmaṇamāṇavo takkasilāyaṃ disāpāmokkhassa ācariyassa santike sabbasippāni uggaṇhitvā ‘‘gamissāmī’’ti ācariyaṃ āpucchi. Ācariyo aṅgavijjānubhāvena tassa kakkhaḷapharusasāhasikabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘tāta, tvaṃ kakkhaḷo pharuso sāhasiko, evarūpānaṃ na sabbakālaṃ ekasadisameva ijjhati, mahāvināsaṃ mahādukkhaṃ pāpuṇissasi, mā tvaṃ kakkhaḷo hohi, pacchānutāpanakāraṇaṃ kammaṃ mā karī’’ti ovaditvā uyyojesi. So ācariyaṃ vanditvā bārāṇasiṃ gantvā gharāvāsaṃ gahetvā aññehi sippehi jīvikaṃ kappetuṃ asakkonto ‘‘dhanukoṭiṃ nissāya jīvissāmi, luddakammaṃ katvā jīvikaṃ kappessāmī’’ti bārāṇasito nikkhamitvā paccantagāmake vasanto dhanukalāpasannaddho araññaṃ pavisitvā nānāmige māretvā maṃsavikkayena jīvikaṃ kappesi. So ekadivasaṃ araññe kiñci alabhitvā āgacchanto aṅgaṇapariyante ṭhitaṃ nigrodharukkhaṃ disvā ‘‘api nāmettha kiñci bhaveyyā’’ti nigrodharukkhābhimukho pāyāsi.
1123就在那时,两兄弟让母亲吃了果子,让她待在前方,自己坐在树枝间隙中。他们看到那男子走过来,心想:‘他会对我们母亲做什么?’便藏到枝叶间。那个残忍的男人来到树下,看见他们的母亲年老体弱、双目失明,便盘算:‘我空手回去有什么用?不如射死这只母猴带回去。’于是他举起弓准备射她。菩萨看到后,对弟弟小难提说:‘弟弟,这男人想射杀我们母亲。我要把生命布施给她,我死后你要照顾母亲。’说完便从枝叶间走出来,说道:‘喂,先生,别射杀我母亲!她眼瞎又年老体弱。我用我的命换她的命,你别杀她,杀我吧。’得到那人的承诺后,他就坐到箭能射到的地方。那毫无悲悯心的男人射倒菩萨后,为了再射杀他的母亲,又搭上了弓。小难提看到后,心想:‘这男人要杀我母亲,母亲哪怕多活一天也算是得了生命。我要把我的生命也布施给她。’于是他从枝叶间走出来,说:‘喂,先生,不要射杀我母亲。我用我的命换她的命,你射杀我,带走我们兄弟俩,放过我们母亲一命吧。’得到那人承诺后,他也坐到箭能射到的地方。那人又把小难提射倒,心想:‘这只母猴带回家,可以给孩子们玩。’便也射杀了他们的母亲,然后把三只猴子都用扁担挑起来,朝家走去。
Tasmiṃ khaṇe ubhopi te bhātaro mātaraṃ phalāni khādāpetvā purato katvā viṭapabbhantare nisinnā taṃ āgacchantaṃ disvā ‘‘kiṃ no mātaraṃ karissatī’’ti sākhantare nilīyiṃsu. Sopi kho sāhasikapuriso rukkhamūlaṃ āgantvā taṃ tesaṃ mātaraṃ jarādubbalaṃ andhaṃ disvā cintesi – ‘‘kiṃ me tucchahatthagamanena imaṃ makkaṭiṃ vijjhitvā gahetvā gamissāmī’’ti. So tassā vijjhanatthāya dhanuṃ gaṇhi. Taṃ disvā bodhisatto ‘‘tāta cūḷanandiya, eso me puriso mātaraṃ vijjhitukāmo, ahamassā jīvitadānaṃ dassāmi, tvaṃ mamaccayena mātaraṃ paṭijaggeyyāsī’’ti vatvā sākhantarā nikkhamitvā ‘‘bho purisa, mā me mātaraṃ vijjhi, esā andhā jarādubbalā, ahamassā jīvitadānaṃ demi, tvaṃ etaṃ amāretvā maṃ mārehī’’ti tassa paṭiññaṃ gahetvā sarassa āsannaṭṭhāne nisīdi. So nikkaruṇo bodhisattaṃ vijjhitvā pātetvā mātarampissa vijjhituṃ puna dhanuṃ sannayhi. Taṃ disvā cūḷanandiyo ‘‘ayaṃ me mātaraṃ vijjhitukāmo, ekadivasampi kho me mātā jīvamānā laddhajīvitāyeva nāma hoti, jīvitadānamassā dassāmī’’ti sākhantarā nikkhamitvā ‘‘bho purisa, mā me mātaraṃ vijjhi, ahamassā jīvitadānaṃ dammi, tvaṃ maṃ vijjhitvā amhe dve bhātike gahetvā amhākaṃ mātu jīvitadānaṃ dehī’’ti tassa paṭiññaṃ gahetvā sarassa āsannaṭṭhāne nisīdi. So tampi vijjhitvā pātetvā ‘‘ayaṃ makkaṭī ghare dārakānaṃ bhavissatī’’ti mātarampi tesaṃ vijjhitvā pātetvā tayopi kājenādāya gehābhimukho pāyāsi.
1124那时,这恶人的家被雷电击中,他的妻子和两个孩子连同房屋一起被烧尽,只剩下一根脊梁骨柱。当时,有个男人在村门口看到他,就把这件事告诉了他。他被丧子失妻的悲伤所压倒,当场就把肉担和弓丢掉,脱光衣服,赤身裸体地举着双手,一路悲哭着跑回家。这时,那柱子断裂掉下,砸在他头上,砸破了头;大地裂开一道口子,无间地狱的火焰升腾而起。他在被大地吞没之际,回想起老师的教诫,悲叹道:‘正是看到了这样的原因,那位婆罗门老师才给了我教诫啊。’并说出了以下两首偈颂:
Athassa pāpapurisassa gehe asani patitvā bhariyañca dve dārake ca geheneva saddhiṃ jhāpesi, piṭṭhivaṃsathūṇamattaṃ avasissi. Athassa naṃ gāmadvāreyeva eko puriso disvā taṃ pavattiṃ ārocesi. So puttadārasokena abhibhūto tasmiṃyeva ṭhāne maṃsakājañja dhanuñca chaḍḍetvā vatthaṃ pahāya naggo bāhā paggayha paridevamāno gantvā gharaṃ pāvisi. Athassa sā thūṇā bhijjitvā sīse patitvā sīsaṃ bhindi, pathavī vivaraṃ adāsi, avīcito jālā uṭṭhahi. So pathaviyā giliyamāno ācariyassa ovādaṃ saritvā ‘‘imaṃ vata kāraṇaṃ disvā pārāsariyabrāhmaṇo mayhaṃ ovādamadāsī’’ti paridevamāno imaṃ gāthādvayamāha –
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1126这就是当时老师(婆罗门师)所说的话,
‘‘Idaṃ tadācariyavaco, pārāsariyo yadabravi;
1127‘你千万不要作恶,以免将来你为所做的恶行感到懊悔。’
Māsu tvaṃ akari pāpaṃ, yaṃ tvaṃ pacchā kataṃ tape.
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1129凡是人所造作的业,他都会在自己身上见到它的果报。
‘‘Yāni karoti puriso, tāni attani passati;
1130行善的人得善果,作恶的人受恶报。
Kalyāṇakārī kalyāṇaṃ, pāpakārī ca pāpakaṃ;
1131种下什么样的种子,就收获什么样的果实。
Yādisaṃ vapate bījaṃ, tādisaṃ harate phala’’nti.
1132它的意思是:那位婆罗门老师曾经说过:‘你千万不要作恶,那作下的事以后你会后悔。’这就是老师的话。一个人通过身体、语言和心意所造的那些业,在领受果报时,就会在自己身上亲眼见到它们。行善的人享受善果,作恶的人则只能享受低劣、差劲、不可意的恶果。因为在世间也正是如此,‘种下什么样的种子,就收获什么样的果实’,也就是收获与种子相应、与种子相称的果实,去拿取、去领受、去体会。就这样,他悲叹着,沉入大地,出生于无间大地狱。
Tassattho – yaṃ pārāsariyo brāhmaṇo abravi – ‘‘māsu tvaṃ pāpaṃ akarī, yaṃ kataṃ pacchā tvaññeva tapeyyā’’ti, idaṃ taṃ ācariyassa vacanaṃ. Yāni kāyavacīmanodvārehi kammāni puriso karoti, tesaṃ vipākaṃ paṭilabhanto tāniyeva attani passati. Kalyāṇakammakārī kalyāṇaṃ phalamanubhoti, pāpakārī ca pāpakameva hīnaṃ lāmakaṃ aniṭṭhaphalaṃ anubhoti. Lokasmimpi hi yādisaṃ vapate bījaṃ, tādisaṃ harate phalaṃ, bījānurūpaṃ bījānucchavikameva phalaṃ harati gaṇhāti anubhavatīti. Iti so paridevanto pathaviṃ pavisitvā avīcimahāniraye nibbatti.
1133世尊说:‘诸比丘,提婆达多不仅仅是现在,过去他也是粗恶、严厉、没有悲悯的人。’这样说完后,便开示了这个法,并将本生连结起来:‘那时,那个猎人是提婆达多,地方师长是舍利弗,小难提是阿难,母亲是大爱道,而大难提则是我。’
Satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, devadatto idāneva, pubbepi kakkhaḷo pharuso nikkāruṇikoyevā’’ti vatvā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā luddakapuriso devadatto ahosi, disāpāmokkho ācariyo sāriputto, cūḷanandiyo ānando, mātā mahāpajāpatigotamī, mahānandiyo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1213小难提本生注释,第二。
Cūḷanandiyajātakavaṇṇanā dutiyā.
1134[223] 3. 背包饭食本生注
[223] 3. Puṭabhattajātakavaṇṇanā
1135“应恭敬恭敬者,亲近亲近者……”这个法门是世尊住在祇园时,因一位居士而说出的。相传,舍卫城有一位城中居士与一位地方居士有债务往来。他带着自己的妻子,前往那位债务人那里。债务人说:“我无法偿还。”便什么也没给。那位城中居士生了气,连饭也没吃就离开了。这时,一些路人看到他又饿又憔悴,便给了他一个饭包,说:“也分一些给妻子吃吧。”他接过饭包后不想分给她,便说:“贤友,这里是盗贼出没的地方,你往前走。”支开她后,他自己吃光了所有饭,然后拿出空包给她看,说:“贤友,他们什么也没给,只给了个空包。”她得知他独自吃了之后,心生忧愁。他们两人从祇园精舍后方经过,因为想喝水,便进入了祇园。
Namenamantassa bhaje bhajantanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ kuṭumbikaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Sāvatthinagaravāsī kireko kuṭumbiko ekena janapadakuṭumbikena saddhiṃ vohāraṃ akāsi. So attano bhariyaṃ ādāya tassa dhāraṇakassa santikaṃ agamāsi. Dhāraṇako ‘‘dātuṃ na sakkomī’’ti na kiñci adāsi, itaro kujjhitvā bhattaṃ abhuñjitvāva nikkhami. Atha naṃ antarāmagge chātajjhattaṃ disvā maggapaṭipannā purisā ‘‘bhariyāyapi datvā bhuñjāhī’’ti bhattapuṭaṃ adaṃsu. So taṃ gahetvā tassā adātukāmo hutvā ‘‘bhadde, idaṃ corānaṃ tiṭṭhanaṭṭhānaṃ, tvaṃ purato yāhī’’ti uyyojetvā sabbaṃ bhattaṃ bhuñjitvā tucchapuṭaṃ dassetvā ‘‘bhadde, abhattakaṃ tucchapuṭameva adaṃsū’’ti āha. Sā tena ekakeneva bhuttabhāvaṃ ñatvā domanassappattā ahosi. Te ubhopi jetavanapiṭṭhivihārena gacchantā ‘‘pānīyaṃ pivissāmā’’ti jetavanaṃ pavisiṃsu.
1136世尊预见到他们到来,便像站定的猎人一样,在香室的阴凉处坐下。他们见到世尊,上前礼敬后坐下。世尊与他们寒暄之后,问道:“优婆夷,你这位丈夫是对你善意、有爱的吗?”“大德,我是爱他的,但他却对我没有爱。不说别的日子,就在今天,他在路上得到了一个背包饭食,却不分给我,自己独吃了。”“优婆夷,你一直以来对他都是善意、有爱的,而他却没有爱。不过,当他依靠智者而认识到你的德行时,那时他就会把全部的自在交给你。”这样说后,应她的请求,世尊讲起了过去的事。
Satthāpi tesaññeva āgamanaṃ olokento maggaṃ gahetvā ṭhitaluddako viya gandhakuṭichāyāya nisīdi, te satthāraṃ disvā upasaṅkamitvā vanditvā nisīdiṃsu. Satthā tehi saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ katvā ‘‘kiṃ, upāsike, ayaṃ te bhattā hitakāmo sasneho’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Bhante, ahaṃ etassa sasnehā, ayaṃ pana mayhaṃ nisneho, tiṭṭhantu aññepi divasā, ajjevesa antarāmagge puṭabhattaṃ labhitvā mayhaṃ adatvā attanāva bhuñjī’’ti. ‘‘Upāsike, niccakālampi tvaṃ etassa hitakāmā sasnehā, ayaṃ pana nisnehova. Yadā pana paṇḍite nissāya tava guṇe jānāti, tadā te sabbissariyaṃ niyyādetī’’ti vatvā tāya yācito atītaṃ āhari.
1137在过去,波罗奈城由梵授王统治时,菩萨出生在一个大臣家族,长大之后成为他的利法指导者。后来,国王怀疑自己的儿子可能会背叛,便把他驱逐了。他带着自己的妻子出城,住在了迦尸国的一个村庄里。后来,他听说父亲去世的消息,心想:“我要拿回属于家族的王国。”在返回波罗奈的路上,他得到了一个饭包,心想“也给妻子分着吃吧”,却没有给她,自己全部吃光了。她想:“这个男人真是粗恶!”心生忧愁。他取得波罗奈的王位后,把她安置在首席王后的位置上,却只想:“这样对她也就够了。”不再给她任何恭敬或尊重,也不问她“过得怎么样”。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto amaccakule nibbattitvā vayappatto tassa atthadhammānusāsako ahosi. Atha rājā ‘‘padubbheyyāpi me aya’’nti attano puttaṃ āsaṅkanto nīhari. So attano bhariyaṃ gahetvā nagarā nikkhamma ekasmiṃ kāsikagāmake vāsaṃ kappesi. So aparabhāge pitu kālakatabhāvaṃ sutvā ‘‘kulasantakaṃ rajjaṃ gaṇhissāmī’’ti bārāṇasiṃ paccāgacchanto antarāmagge ‘‘bhariyāyapi datvā bhuñjāhī’’ti bhattapuṭaṃ labhitvā tassā adatvā sayameva taṃ bhuñji. Sā ‘‘kakkhaḷo vatāyaṃ puriso’’ti domanassappattā ahosi. So bārāṇasiyaṃ rajjaṃ gahetvā taṃ aggamahesiṭṭhāne ṭhapetvā ‘‘ettakameva etissā ala’’nti na aññaṃ sakkāraṃ vā sammānaṃ vā karoti, ‘‘kathaṃ yāpesī’’tipi naṃ na pucchati.
1138菩萨心想:“这位王后对国王有大恩,而且慈爱,但国王却一点也不重视她。我们应该让她得到尊敬和礼遇。”于是菩萨来到她面前,恭敬问候后,站在一旁。王后问:“孩子,有什么事吗?”菩萨说:“王后,我们该如何向您表示供养呢?难道给年长的父亲们一块布或一团饭都不可以吗?”“孩子,我自己什么都得不到,能给你们什么呢?以前有东西的时候我难道没给过吗?现在国王什么也不给我。别说别的布施了,就是他在来夺取王位时,半路上得到饭团,连一口饭都不分给我,自己独吞了。”“母亲,您敢在国王面前这样说吗?”“我敢,孩子。”“那好,今天我就站在国王身边,当我的面提问时,您就这样说。今天我会让国王知道您的品行。”菩萨说完,提前走到国王跟前站着,王后也走到国王身边站着。
Bodhisatto cintesi – ‘‘ayaṃ devī rañño bahūpakārā sasnehā, rājā panetaṃ kismiñci na maññati, sakkārasammānamassā kāressāmī’’ti taṃ upasaṅkamitvā upacāraṃ katvā ekamantaṃ ṭhatvā ‘‘kiṃ, tātā’’ti vutte ‘‘kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpetuṃ mayaṃ, devi, tumhe upaṭṭhahāma, kiṃ nāma mahallakānaṃ pitūnaṃ vatthakhaṇḍaṃ vā bhattapiṇḍaṃ vā dātuṃ na vaṭṭatī’’ti āha. ‘‘Tāta, ahaṃ attanāva kiñci na labhāmi, tumhākaṃ kiṃ dassāmi, nanu labhanakāle adāsiṃ, idāni pana me rājā na kiñci deti. Tiṭṭhatu aññaṃ dānaṃ, rajjaṃ gaṇhituṃ āgacchanto antarāmagge bhattapuṭaṃ labhitvā bhattamattampi me adatvā attanāva bhuñjī’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ pana, amma, rañño santike evaṃ kathetuṃ sakkhissathā’’ti? ‘‘Sakkhissāmi, tātā’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi ajjeva mama rañño santike ṭhitakāle mayi pucchante evaṃ kathetha ajjeva vo guṇaṃ jānāpessāmī’’ti evaṃ vatvā bodhisatto purimataraṃ gantvā rañño santike aṭṭhāsi. Sāpi gantvā rañño samīpe aṭṭhāsi.
1139于是菩萨对她说:“母亲,您实在太苛刻了,怎么连给父亲们一块布或一口饭都不可以呢?”“孩子,我自己从国王那里什么都得不到,又能给你们什么呢?”“您不是已经获得了首席王后的地位吗?”“孩子,如果没有任何尊敬,首席王后的地位又有什么用?现在你们的国王会给我什么?他半路上得到饭团,一点都不分给我,自己独吞了。”菩萨问:“是这样吗,大王?”国王认同了。菩萨知道国王认同后,便说:“那么,母亲,自从国王不喜爱您以来,您住在这里有什么用?在这个世界上,与不相喜爱的人相处就是痛苦。如果您还住在这里,国王的不喜爱对您来说就是痛苦。这些众生啊,只亲近那些亲近他们的人,明白了不被亲近的状态后,就应该去往别处。世界广大,众生杂居。”说完后,他诵出了以下偈颂:
Atha naṃ bodhisatto ‘‘amma, tumhe ativiya kakkhaḷā, kiṃ nāma pitūnaṃ vatthakhaṇḍaṃ vā bhattapiṇḍamattaṃ vā dātuṃ na vaṭṭatī’’ti āha. ‘‘Tāta, ahameva rañño santikā kiñci na labhāmi, tumhākaṃ kiṃ dassāmī’’ti? ‘‘Nanu aggamahesiṭṭhānaṃ te laddha’’nti? ‘‘Tāta, kismiñci sammāne asati aggamahesiṭṭhānaṃ kiṃ karissati, idāni me tumhākaṃ rājā kiṃ dassati, so antarāmagge bhattapuṭaṃ labhitvā tato kiñci adatvā sayameva bhuñjī’’ti. Bodhisatto ‘‘evaṃ kira, mahārājā’’ti pucchi. Rājā adhivāsesi. Bodhisatto tassa adhivāsanaṃ viditvā ‘‘tena hi, amma, rañño appiyakālato paṭṭhāya kiṃ tumhākaṃ idha vāsena. Lokasmiñhi appiyasampayogo ca dukkho, tumhākaṃ idha vāse sati rañño appiyasampayogova dukkhaṃ bhavissati, ime sattā nāma bhajante bhajanti, abhajanabhāvaṃ ñatvā aññattha gantabbaṃ, mahanto lokasannivāso’’ti vatvā imā gāthā avoca –
145145.
145.
1141应当礼敬那礼敬者,亲近那亲近者;为那随行应作事者作应作事;不应为那目标不同者谋求利益;不应亲近那不亲近者。
‘‘Name namantassa bhaje bhajantaṃ, kiccānukubbassa kareyya kiccaṃ;
1142不应为那目标不同者谋求利益,不应亲近那不亲近者。
Nānatthakāmassa kareyya atthaṃ, asambhajantampi na sambhajeyya.
146146.
146.
1144应当舍弃那舍弃者,不应生起渴爱之林;不应以疏远之心去亲近;
‘‘Caje cajantaṃ vanathaṃ na kayirā, apetacittena na sambhajeyya;
1145如鸟知树果已尽,便另寻他树;因为世界如此广大。
Dijo dumaṃ khīṇaphalanti ñatvā, aññaṃ samekkheyya mahā hi loko’’ti.
1146在这里,「礼敬那礼敬者,亲近那亲近者」的意思是:谁礼敬自己,就回报礼敬那个人;谁亲近自己,也就亲近那个人。「应作那随行应作事者之事」的意思是:对于那些顺随自己、正在做自己分内事的人,也应当回报他、去完成他分内的事。「舍离那舍离者,不要制造渴爱之林」的意思是:应当舍离那个正在舍离自己的人,对于他,不要生起名为渴爱的丛林。「离心」是指心已经远离、颠倒。「不应亲近」的意思是:不应该与那样的人相处。「如鸟对树」的意思是:就像鸟对于一棵以前结过果的树,当果实耗尽时,知道“这棵树的果已尽”,便丢弃它,去打量、寻找另一棵树;同样地,应当去观察另一棵树。因为这个世界很大,而你们将会找到一位有爱的男人。
Tattha name namantassa bhaje bhajantanti yo attano namati, tasseva paṭinameyya. Yo ca bhajati, tameva bhajeyya. Kiccānukubbassa kareyya kiccanti attano uppannakiccaṃ anukubbantasseva tassapi uppannakiccaṃ paṭikareyya. Caje cajantaṃ vanathaṃ na kayirāti attānaṃ jahantaṃ jaheyyeva, tasmiṃ taṇhāsaṅkhātaṃ vanathaṃ na kareyya. Apetacittenāti vigatacittena vipallatthacittena. Na sambhajeyyāti tathārūpena saddhiṃ na samāgaccheyya. Dijo dumanti yathā sakuṇo pubbe phalitampi rukkhaṃ phale khīṇe ‘‘khīṇaphalo aya’’nti ñatvā taṃ chaḍḍetvā aññaṃ samekkhati pariyesati, evaṃ aññaṃ samekkheyya. Mahā hi esa loko, atha tumhe sasnehaṃ ekaṃ purisaṃ labhissathāti.
1147听后,波罗奈王便把全部的自在都交给了那位王后。从那时起,他们就恩爱和合、欢喜地一同生活。
Taṃ sutvā bārāṇasirājā deviyā sabbissariyaṃ adāsi. Tato paṭṭhāya samaggā sammodamānā vasiṃsu.
1148导师引出这段法的开示后,阐明了圣谛,结合了本生故事。在讲完圣谛之时,那一对佳偶都安住在了入流果。‘那时的那对佳偶就是现在的这对佳偶,而那位贤明的大臣就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne dve jayampatikā sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahiṃsu. ‘‘Tadā jayampatikā ime dve jayampatikā ahesuṃ, paṇḍitāmacco pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1229《袋饭本生注释》第三。
Puṭabhattajātakavaṇṇanā tatiyā.
1149[224] 四、鳄鱼本生注释。
[224] 4. Kumbhilajātakavaṇṇanā
1150「如你具备这四法」这一段,是导师住在竹林精舍时,针对提婆达多而说出的。
Yassetecaturo dhammāti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto devadattaṃ ārabbha kathesi.
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1152「猴王啊,就像你具备这四种法——」
‘‘Yassete caturo dhammā, vānarinda yathā tava;
1153「谛、法、坚固、舍离,具备这些,他便超越所见。」
Saccaṃ dhammo dhiti cāgo, diṭṭhaṃ so ativattati.
148一百四十八。
148.
1155如果一个人没有这些最胜功德——
‘‘Yassa cete na vijjanti, guṇā paramabhaddakā;
1156没有谛、法、坚固、舍离,他便不能超越所见。
Saccaṃ dhammo dhiti cāgo, diṭṭhaṃ so nātivattatī’’ti.
1157在这里,「最胜功德」:如果某人没有这些最胜功德——也就是从积聚的意义或集合的意义上说的四种功德,那么他就不能战胜敌人。此处其余的内容,都与下面《鳄鱼本生》中已叙述的方法结合起来理解即可。
Tattha guṇā paramabhaddakāti yassa ete paramabhaddakā cattāro rāsaṭṭhena piṇḍaṭṭhena guṇā na vijjanti, so paccāmittaṃ atikkamituṃ na sakkotīti. Sesamettha sabbaṃ heṭṭhā kumbhilajātake vuttanayameva saddhiṃ samodhānenāti.
1239《鳄鱼本生注疏》第四。
Kumbhilajātakavaṇṇanā catutthā.
1158[225] 5. 《忍德本生注释》
[225] 5. Khantivaṇṇajātakavaṇṇanā
1159「我有男子,天神」这一段,是世尊住在祇园时,针对憍萨罗王而说的。据说,他有一位曾给予很多帮助的大臣,在后宫犯了过失。国王虽然知道“他对我有恩”,还是容忍了下来,并向世尊禀告了这件事。世尊说:“大王,古代的国王们也是这样容忍的。”应国王的请求,世尊便叙述了过去的事情。
Atthi me puriso, devāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto kosalarājānaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tassa kireko bahūpakāro amacco antepure padussi. Rājā ‘‘upakārako me’’ti ñatvāpi adhivāsetvā satthu ārocesi. Satthā ‘‘porāṇakarājānopi, mahārāja, evaṃ adhivāsesuṃyevā’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
1160过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时期,有一位大臣在国王的后宫中犯了过失。而这位大臣的侍者也在大臣的家中犯了过失。大臣无法容忍这个侍者的过错,便带着他来到国王面前,询问道:“天神,我有一名侍者,负责打理所有事务,但他在我家中犯了过失,该如何处置他才合适?”如此询问时,说出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente eko amacco tassa antepure padussi, amaccassāpi sevako tassa gehe padussi. So tassa aparādhaṃ adhivāsetuṃ asakkonto taṃ ādāya rañño santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘deva, eko me upaṭṭhāko sabbakiccakārako , so mayhaṃ gehe padussi, tassa kiṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
149一百四十九。
149.
1162“天神,我有一名男子,他忙于处理一切事务;
‘‘Atthi me puriso deva, sabbakiccesu byāvaṭo;
1163但他犯有一个过失,针对这件事,您意下如何?”
Tassa cekoparādhatthi, tattha tvaṃ kinti maññasī’’ti.
1164在这里,「他犯有一个过失」的意思是:这名男子确有一项过错。「针对这件事,您意下如何」的意思是:对于这名男子的这个过失,您认为“应该怎么做”?这一句是在表明:请您依据内心生起的判断,给予他相应的惩罚。
Tattha tassa cekoparādhatthīti tassa ca purisassa eko aparādho atthi. Tattha tvaṃ kinti maññasīti tattha tassa purisassa aparādhe tvaṃ ‘‘kiṃ kātabba’’nti maññasi, yathā te cittaṃ uppajjati, tadanurūpamassa daṇḍaṃ paṇehīti dīpeti.
1165国王听了这话,便说出了第二首偈颂:
Taṃ sutvā rājā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
150一百五十。
150.
1167“我们这里也有这样的男子,像这样的人这里也有;
‘‘Amhākampatthi puriso, ediso idha vijjati;
1168具足支分的人确实难得,我们乐于忍耐。
Dullabho aṅgasampanno, khantirasmāka ruccatī’’ti.
1169它的意思是:在我们这些国王当中,也有这样一个在家作恶却有大恩的人,他现在就在这里,此刻就在这里。我们虽然身为国王,但感念他的大恩而容忍了他;你虽然住在森林里,却也必须承担起容忍的责任。所谓「具足支分」,就是指具足一切功德的人,这种人确实难得。因此,在这样的处境中,我们只愿意安忍。
Tassattho – amhākampi rājūnaṃ sataṃ ediso bahūpakāro agāre dussanakapuriso atthi, so ca kho idha vijjati, idānipi idheva saṃvijjati, mayaṃ rājānopi samānā tassa bahūpakārataṃ sandhāya adhivāsema, tuyhaṃ pana araññopi sato adhivāsanabhāro jāto. Aṅgasampanno hi sabbehi guṇakoṭṭhāsehi samannāgato puriso nāma dullabho, tena kāraṇena asmākaṃ evarūpesu ṭhānesu adhivāsanakhantiyeva ruccatīti.
1170大臣明白了国王那番话指的就是自己之后,从此不敢再在后宫作恶;他的那个仆人得知国王已经知道了这件事,从此也不敢再做那件事。
Amacco attānaṃ sandhāya rañño vuttabhāvaṃ ñatvā tato paṭṭhāya antepure padussituṃ na visahi, sopissa sevako rañño ārocitabhāvaṃ ñatvā tato paṭṭhāya taṃ kammaṃ kātuṃ na visahi.
1171世尊引用这段开示之后,将本生故事总结道:‘那时我就是波罗奈国王。’那位大臣得知导师(世尊)所说之后,从此不敢再做那件事。
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā ahameva bārāṇasirājā ahosi’’nti. Sopi amacco rañño satthu kathitabhāvaṃ ñatvā tato paṭṭhāya taṃ kammaṃ kātuṃ nāsakkhīti.
1254《忍德本生注释》第五。
Khantivaṇṇajātakavaṇṇanā pañcamā.
1172[226] 第六 枭本生注释
[226] 6. Kosiyajātakavaṇṇanā
1173「适时出离是善的」这一段,是世尊住在祇园时,针对憍萨罗国王而说的。憍萨罗国王为了平定边境,在不适当的时候出城。这件事的前因后果与前面所说的相同。
Kālenikkhamanā sādhūti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto kosalarājānaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Kosalarājā paccantavūpasamanatthāya akāle nikkhami. Vatthu heṭṭhā vuttanayameva.
1174世尊便引用过去的事情说道:‘大王,过去波罗奈国王在不适当的时候出城,在园林中扎营。那时,有一只枭鸟钻进竹丛里躲了起来。一群乌鸦飞来说:“等它一出来,我们就抓住它。”于是将竹丛包围起来。那只枭鸟没有看日落,就不合时宜地跑出来试图逃跑。乌鸦们立刻将它围住,用嘴啄击,使它跌落下来。国王问菩萨:“智者,这些乌鸦为什么让那只枭鸟跌落下来?”菩萨说:“大王,凡是不合时宜地从自己住处跑出来的人,都会遭受这样的苦头,因此,不应该在不适当的时候离开自己的住处。”’如此阐明这个道理,说了下面这两首偈颂:
Satthā pana atītaṃ āharitvā āha – ‘‘mahārāja, atīte bārāṇasirājā akāle nikkhamitvā uyyāne khandhāvāraṃ nivesayi. Tasmiṃ kāle eko ulūkasakuṇo veḷugumbaṃ pavisitvā nilīyi. Kākasenā āgantvā ‘nikkhantameva taṃ gaṇhissāmā’’’ti parivāresi. So sūriyatthaṅgamanaṃ anoloketvā akāleyeva nikkhamitvā palāyituṃ ārabhi. Atha naṃ kākā parivāretvā tuṇḍehi koṭṭentā paripātesuṃ. Rājā bodhisattaṃ āmantetvā ‘‘kiṃ nu kho, paṇḍita, ime kākā kosiyaṃ paripātentī’’ti pucchi. Bodhisatto ‘‘akāle, mahārāja, attano vasanaṭṭhānā nikkhamantā evarūpaṃ dukkhaṃ paṭilabhantiyeva, tasmā akāle attano vasanaṭṭhānā nikkhamituṃ na vaṭṭatī’’ti imamatthaṃ pakāsento imaṃ gāthādvayamāha –
151一百五十一
151.
1176在恰当的时机出离是善的,在不恰当的时机出离则是不善的。
‘‘Kāle nikkhamanā sādhu, nākāle sādhu nikkhamo;
1177因为在不当的时机出离,即使他独自一人,也会被众人——
Akālena hi nikkhamma, ekakampi bahujjano;
1178不能成就任何利益,就像乌鸦群对付枭那样。
Na kiñci atthaṃ joteti, dhaṅkasenāva kosiyaṃ.
152一百五十二
152.
1180但智者了知种种规则和方法,洞悉他人的疏忽。
‘‘Dhīro ca vidhividhānaññū, paresaṃ vivarānugū;
1181降伏所有敌人后,就能像枭一样获得安乐。
Sabbāmitte vasīkatvā, kosiyova sukhī siyā’’ti.
1182在这里,「kāle nikkhamanā sādhu」(应时出离为善)这句:大王,所谓「出离」,指的是离开或出征,在恰当的时机进行是善的。「nākāle sādhu nikkhamo」(非时出离不善):在不恰当的时机,从自己的住处前往别处的出离,也就是那种离开或出征,则不是善的。对于「因非时……」等四句,应该把第一句与第三句结合,第二句与第四句结合,这样来理解其中的义理:如果有人在不恰当的时机从自己的住处离开或出征,他不能成就任何利益,连微小的进步也无法产生;相反,即使他只身一人,也会有许多敌人——那些敌对的人群——会包围这个在不当时机离开或出征的独行者,使他遭受彻底毁灭。这里有一个譬喻:就像「乌鸦群对于枭」,好比这群乌鸦会用嘴去啄这只在不当时机离开和出征的枭,让它彻底毁灭;因此,即便是以畜生道众生为例,任何人也不应在不恰当的时机从自己的住处离开或出征。
Tattha kāle nikkhamanā sādhūti, mahārāja, nikkhamanā nāma nikkhamanaṃ vā parakkamanaṃ vā yuttapayuttakāle sādhu. Nākāle sādhu nikkhamoti akāle pana attano vasanaṭṭhānato aññattha gantuṃ nikkhamo nāma nikkhamanaṃ vā parakkamanaṃ vā na sādhu. ‘‘Akālena hī’’tiādīsu catūsu padesu paṭhamena saddhiṃ tatiyaṃ, dutiyena catutthaṃ yojetvā evaṃ attho veditabbo. Attano vasanaṭṭhānato hi koci puriso akālena nikkhamitvā vā parakkamitvā vā na kiñciatthaṃ joteti, attano appamattakampi vuḍḍhiṃ uppādetuṃ na sakkoti, atha kho ekakampi bahujjano bahupi so paccatthikajano etaṃ akāle nikkhamantaṃ vā parakkamantaṃ vā ekakaṃ parivāretvā mahāvināsaṃ pāpeti. Tatrāyaṃ upamā – dhaṅkasenāva kosiyaṃ, yathā ayaṃ dhaṅkasenā imaṃ akāle nikkhamantañca parakkamantañca kosiyaṃ tuṇḍehi vitudanti mahāvināsaṃ pāpenti, tathā tasmā tiracchānagate ādiṃ katvā kenaci akāle attano vasanaṭṭhānato na nikkhamitabbaṃ na parakkamitabbanti.
1183在第二首偈颂中,「智者」指贤明的人。「规则」指古代智者们所确立下来的传承。「分类」指类别划分,或指安排、筹划。「了知疏漏」指顺着漏洞去发现、了知。「降伏一切敌人」就是把所有敌人置于自己的控制之下。「犹如枭」是指并非如同那只愚蠢的枭,而是像另一只有智慧的枭。这段话的意思是:确实,一个有智慧的贤者,他知道“什么时候应该出发、应该努力,什么时候不该出发、不该努力”;他通晓古代智者们所确立的、名为传承的规则,也通晓属于该规则的分类安排,或者通晓对这项规则的规划与践行。他成为了通达规则与安排的人,看穿了自己那些敌人——对手——的薄弱环节。然后,就像那只有智慧的枭,在名为夜晚、属于自己的时机里出动、发力,把在各处躺着的乌鸦一一砍掉脑袋,把所有敌人全部制服后获得安乐;同样,这位智者也应在恰当的时机出发、努力,制服自己的敌人,从而成为安乐、无苦的人。国王听完菩萨的话,就返回了。
Dutiyagāthāya dhīroti paṇḍito. Vidhīti porāṇakapaṇḍitehi ṭhapitapaveṇī. Vidhānanti koṭṭhāso vā saṃvidahanaṃ vā. Vivarānugūti vivaraṃ anugacchanto jānanto. Sabbāmitteti sabbe amitte. Vasīkatvāti attano vase katvā. Kosiyovāti imamhā bālakosiyā añño paṇḍitakosiyo viya. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti – yo ca kho paṇḍito ‘‘imasmiṃ kāle nikkhamitabbaṃ parakkamitabbaṃ, imasmiṃ na nikkhamitabbaṃ na parakkamitabba’’nti porāṇakapaṇḍitehi ṭhapitassa paveṇisaṅkhātassa vidhino koṭṭhāsasaṅkhātaṃ vidhānaṃ vā tassa vā vidhino vidhānaṃ saṃvidahanaṃ anuṭṭhānaṃ jānāti, so vidhividhānaññū paresaṃ attano paccāmittānaṃ vivaraṃ ñatvā yathā nāma paṇḍito kosiyo rattisaṅkhāte attano kāle nikkhamitvā ca parakkamitvā ca tattha tattha sayitānaññeva kākānaṃ sīsāni chindamāno te sabbe amitte vasīkatvā sukhī siyā, evaṃ dhīropi kāle nikkhamitvā parakkamitvā attano paccāmitte vasīkatvā sukhī niddukkho bhaveyyāti. Rājā bodhisattassa vacanaṃ sutvā nivatti.
1184世尊开示了这段法之后,把本生故事连结起来说:“当时的国王是阿难,而那位智者大臣就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā rājā ānando ahosi, paṇḍitāmacco pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1268枭本生注第六
Kosiyajātakavaṇṇanā chaṭṭhā.
1185粪虫本生注第七
[227] 7. Gūthapāṇajātakavaṇṇanā
1186“勇士与勇士会遇”这则教示,是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位比丘而说的。据说当时,在距离祇园大约三牛吼声半由旬的地方,有一个市镇。那里有很多筹食和定期食。镇里住着一个爱问问题、名叫孔达的粗人。每当有年轻的比丘和沙弥来享用筹食和定期食的时候,他就会问:“你们谁在吃?谁在喝?谁在用食?”让他们回答不出来,十分难堪。那些比丘和沙弥因为怕他,就不敢再为了筹食和定期食去那个村子了。有一天,一位比丘在取筹签时问道:“大德,某某村里有筹食或者定期食吗?”他被告知:“有的,贤友,不过那里有个叫孔达的人会问问题,如果回答不出来,他就辱骂、嘲讽。因为怕他,没人敢去。”这位比丘就说:“大德,请把那里的饭食让给我吧。我去调伏他,让他变得不会害人。从今以后,叫他看见你们就逃跑。”比丘们同意说:“好的。”就把那里的饭食让给了他。
Sūro sūrena saṅgammāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ bhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tasmiṃ kira kāle jetavanato tigāvutaḍḍhayojanamatte eko nigamagāmo, tattha bahūni salākabhattapakkhiyabhattāni atthi. Tatreko pañhapucchako koṇḍo vasati. So salākabhattapakkhiyabhattānaṃ atthāya āgate dahare ca sāmaṇere ca ‘‘ke khādanti, ke pivanti, ke bhuñjantī’’ti pañhaṃ pucchitvā kathetuṃ asakkonte lajjāpesi. Te tassa bhayena salākabhattapakkhiyabhattatthāya taṃ gāmaṃ na gacchanti. Athekadivasaṃ eko bhikkhu salākaggaṃ gantvā ‘‘bhante, asukagāme salākabhattaṃ vā pakkhiyabhattaṃ vā atthī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘atthāvuso, tattha paneko koṇḍo pañhaṃ pucchati, taṃ kathetuṃ asakkonte akkosati paribhāsati, tassa bhayena koci gantuṃ na sakkotī’’ti vutte ‘‘bhante, tattha bhattāni mayhaṃ pāpetha, ahaṃ taṃ dametvā nibbisevanaṃ katvā tato paṭṭhāya tumhe disvā palāyanakaṃ karissāmī’’ti āha. Bhikkhū ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchitvā tassa tattha bhattāni pāpesuṃ.
1187那位比丘就去了那里,在村门口披上袈裟。孔达一看见他,就像发怒的公羊一样猛冲过来,说:“沙门,回答我的问题!”比丘说:“近事男,请先在村子里走走,取些粥来,暂且让我先去集会堂。”孔达取了粥来到集会堂,又说了同样的话。比丘便说:“你先让我把粥喝完,让我把集会堂打扫一下,让我把筹食取来。”等孔达把筹食拿来,比丘就让孔达捧着钵,带他走到村外,把自己的袈裟叠好放在肩上,从孔达手里接过钵,站在那里。孔达还在那里说:“沙门,回答我的问题!”比丘说:“我这就回答你的问题!”一拳就把他打倒了,像要把骨头碾碎一样狠狠揍了他一顿,又拿粪塞进他嘴里,然后威胁说:“从今往后,你要是还敢问任何一个来到这村子的比丘问题,我就知道该怎么处置你!”说完就离开了。从此以后,孔达一见到比丘就逃跑。后来,这位比丘的这番举动在比丘僧团里传开了。有一天,在法堂里,比丘们这样议论起来:“贤友们,听说某某比丘把粪塞进了孔达的嘴里。”世尊过来问:“比丘们,你们现在聚集在这里讨论什么话题?”听说是在谈这件事,世尊说:“比丘们,这位比丘并不是现在才用粪去折辱他,过去他也曾折辱过他。”接着,就讲起了过去的事。
So tattha gantvā gāmadvāre cīvaraṃ pārupi. Taṃ disvā koṇḍo caṇḍameṇḍako viya vegena upagantvā ‘‘pañhaṃ me, samaṇa, kathehī’’ti āha. ‘‘Upāsaka, gāme caritvā yāguṃ ādāya āsanasālaṃ tāva me āgantuṃ dehī’’ti. So yāguṃ ādāya āsanasālaṃ āgatepi tasmiṃ tatheva āha. Sopi naṃ bhikkhu ‘‘yāguṃ tāva me pātuṃ dehi, āsanasālaṃ tāva sammajjituṃ dehi, salākabhattaṃ tāva me āharituṃ dehī’’ti vatvā salākabhattaṃ āharitvā tameva pattaṃ gāhāpetvā ‘‘ehi, pañhaṃ te kathessāmī’’ti bahigāmaṃ netvā cīvaraṃ saṃharitvā aṃse ṭhapetvā tassa hatthato pattaṃ gahetvā aṭṭhāsi. Tatrāpi naṃ so ‘‘samaṇa, pañhaṃ me kathehī’’ti āha. Atha naṃ ‘‘kathemi te pañha’’nti ekappahāreneva pātetvā aṭṭhīni saṃcuṇṇento viya pothetvā gūthaṃ mukhe pakkhipitvā ‘‘ito dāni paṭṭhāya imaṃ gāmaṃ āgataṃ kañci bhikkhuṃ pañhaṃ pucchitakāle jānissāmī’’ti santajjetvā pakkāmi. So tato paṭṭhāya bhikkhū disvāva palāyati. Aparabhāge tassa bhikkhuno sā kiriyā bhikkhusaṅghe pākaṭā jātā. Athekadivasaṃ dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, asukabhikkhu kira koṇḍassa mukhe gūthaṃ pakkhipitvā gato’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, so bhikkhu idāneva taṃ mīḷhena āsādeti, pubbepi āsādesiyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1188在过去,鸯伽国和摩揭陀国的人互相前往对方的国土。有一天,他们住在两国边界的一个湖边,喝了酒,吃了鱼肉,第二天一早就套好车离开了。他们走了以后,一只吃粪的小虫被粪味吸引过来,看见他们喝酒的地方吐出来的酒,因为口渴就喝了,醉醺醺地爬到了一堆粪上。湿粪在它爬上去时稍稍陷下去一点,它便心想:‘大地竟然承受不住我了!’于是大声叫嚷起来。就在那时候,一头醉象来到那个地方,闻到粪味,心生厌恶,便退开了。那只虫看见了,自以为‘它是害怕我才逃跑的’,就想:‘我应该跟它大战一场。’于是,它向那头象叫阵,说出了第一首偈:
Atīte aṅgamagadhavāsino aññamaññassa raṭṭhaṃ gacchantā ekadivasaṃ dvinnaṃ raṭṭhānaṃ sīmantare ekaṃ saraṃ nissāya vasitvā suraṃ pivitvā macchamaṃsaṃ khāditvā pātova yānāni yojetvā pakkamiṃsu. Tesaṃ gatakāle eko gūthakhādako pāṇako gūthagandhena āgantvā tesaṃ pītaṭṭhāne chaḍḍitaṃ suraṃ disvā pipāsāya pivitvā matto hutvā gūthapuñjaṃ abhiruhi, allagūthaṃ tasmiṃ āruḷhe thokaṃ onami. So ‘‘pathavī maṃ dhāretuṃ na sakkotī’’ti viravi. Tasmiññeva khaṇe eko mattavaravāraṇo taṃ padesaṃ patvā gūthagandhaṃ ghāyitvā jigucchanto paṭikkami. So taṃ disvā ‘‘esa mama bhayena palāyatī’’ti saññī hutvā ‘‘iminā me saddhiṃ saṅgāmaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti taṃ avhayanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
153一百五十三
153.
1190勇士与勇士相遇,你是英勇的击打者;
‘‘Sūro sūrena saṅgamma, vikkantena pahārinā;
1191来吧,象!转回来,你为什么害怕而逃跑?
Ehi nāga nivattassu, kiṃ nu bhīto palāyasi;
1192让鸯伽人、摩揭陀人,看见你和我的英勇吧。
Passantu aṅgamagadhā, mama tuyhañca vikkama’’nti.
1193这首偈的意思是:你这位勇士与我这位勇士相遇之后,你凭着精进的威力而堪称英勇,因为具有给予打击的能力而称为击打者,为什么不经交战就要走呢?难道不该至少给予一击吗?所以来吧,象!转回来!你只是被这么一点死亡恐怖所吓住,才害怕逃跑的吗?让这些以此边界为区域居住的鸯伽人、摩揭陀人,看见你和我彼此的英勇,也就是我们双方各自的努力吧!
Tassattho – tvaṃ sūro mayā sūrena saddhiṃ samāgantvā vīriyavikkamena vikkantena pahāradānasamatthatāya pahārinā kiṃkāraṇā asaṅgāmetvāva gacchasi, nanu nāma ekasampahāropi dātabbo siyā, tasmā ehi nāga nivattassu, ettakeneva maraṇabhayatajjito hutvā kiṃ nu bhīto palāyasi, ime imaṃ sīmaṃ antaraṃ katvā vasantā passantu, aṅgamagadhā mama tuyhañca vikkamaṃ ubhinnampi amhākaṃ parakkamaṃ passantūti.
1194那头象竖起耳朵听完他的话后,便转回去,走到小虫跟前,用轻蔑的语气说出第二首偈:
So hatthī kaṇṇaṃ datvā tassa vacanaṃ sutvā nivattitvā tassa santikaṃ gantvā taṃ apasādento dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
154一百五十四。
154.
1196「我不会用脚杀你,不会用牙,不会用鼻;
‘‘Na taṃ pādā vadhissāmi, na dantehi na soṇḍiyā;
1197我会用粪便杀你,污秽者当被污秽所杀。」
Mīḷhena taṃ vadhissāmi, pūti haññatu pūtinā’’ti.
1198这句话的意思是:我不会用脚等去打你,而是要用跟你很相配的粪来打你。
Tassattho – na taṃ pādādīhi vadhissāmi, tuyhaṃ pana anucchavikena mīḷhena taṃ vadhissāmīti.
1199他这样说过后,心想'让这腐臭的粪虫被腐臭的粪打死吧!',然后就把一大块粪团扔在它头上,放出水,当场让它断了命,接着发出像苍鹭一样的叫声,走进森林里去了。
Evañca pana vatvā ‘‘pūtigūthapāṇako pūtināva haññatū’’ti tassa matthake mahantaṃ laṇḍaṃ pātetvā udakaṃ vissajjetvā tattheva taṃ jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā koñcanādaṃ nadanto araññameva pāvisi.
1200导师宣说了这个法之后,把本生故事总结起来说:'那时,那只粪虫就是昆陀,那头象就是那位比丘。亲眼见到那原因后,住在那个森林丛里的天神就是我。'
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā gūthapāṇako koṇḍo ahosi, vāraṇo so bhikkhu, taṃ kāraṇaṃ paccakkhato disvā tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe nivutthadevatā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1285粪虫本生注释 第七
Gūthapāṇajātakavaṇṇanā sattamā.
1201[228] 八、所欲经本生注释
[228] 8. Kāmanītajātakavaṇṇanā
1202'三城山间':这是导师住在祇园时,针对一位名叫所欲经婆罗门的人而说的。当前的故事和过去的故事,将在十二集本生中的《爱欲本生》(《本生经》1.12.37等)里面详细说明。那两位王子当中,兄长回到波罗奈城当了国王,弟弟做了副王。这两个人里,国王对事欲和烦恼欲都不满足,贪求财富。那时,菩萨是帝释天王,他观察阎浮提,知道那位国王对两种欲都不满足,心想:'我要惩治这位国王,让他感到惭耻。'于是就以青年婆罗门的形象前来拜见国王。国王问他:'青年,你为何事而来?'他说:'大王,我看见三座城,它们安稳、食物丰足,拥有很多象、马、车、步兵,又充满金银装饰品,而且只需少量兵力就能夺取。我能为你夺取它们献给你,所以才来的。'国王问:'我们什么时候出发,青年?'回答:'明天,大王。'国王说:'那么,你去吧,明天一早就要来啊。'青年说:'好的,大王,请迅速集结军队。'说完后,帝释便回到自己的住处去了。
Tayogirinti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto kāmanītabrāhmaṇaṃ nāma ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu paccuppannañca atītañca dvādasakanipāte kāmajātake (jā. 1.12.37 ādayo) āvibhavissati. Tesu pana dvīsu rājaputtesu jeṭṭhako āgantvā bārāṇasiyaṃ rājā ahosi, kaniṭṭho uparājā. Tesu rājā vatthukāmakilesakāmesu atitto dhanalolo ahosi. Tadā bodhisatto sakko devarājā hutvā jambudīpaṃ olokento tassa rañño dvīsupi kāmesu atittabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘imaṃ rājānaṃ niggaṇhitvā lajjāpessāmī’’ti brāhmaṇamāṇavavaṇṇena āgantvā rājānaṃ passi, raññā ca ‘‘kenatthena āgatosi māṇavā’’ti vutte ‘‘ahaṃ, mahārāja, tīṇi nagarāni passāmi khemāni subhikkhāni pahūtahatthiassarathapattīni hiraññasuvaṇṇālaṅkārabharitāni, sakkā ca pana tāni appakeneva balena gaṇhituṃ, ahaṃ te tāni gahetvā dātuṃ āgato’’ti āha. ‘‘Kadā gacchāma, māṇavā’’ti vutte ‘‘sve mahārājā’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi gaccha, pātova āgaccheyyāsī’’ti. ‘‘Sādhu, mahārāja, vegena balaṃ sajjehī’’ti vatvā sakko sakaṭṭhānameva gato.
1203第二天,国王命人击鼓巡城,集合军队,又召集大臣们,说道:'昨天有一位青年婆罗门说:我将夺取北般阇罗、因陀罗钵、盖迦这三座城的王权献给你。我们应该带着那位青年去夺取那三座城的王权,快去把他召来。'大臣们问:'大王,您让人为他安排住处了吗?'国王答:'我没有让人为他安排住处。'又问:'那么,住处所需的费用给了吗?'国王说:'那也没有给。'大臣们就说:'这样的话,我们到哪里去找他呢?'国王说:'你们到城里各条街道去找找看。'他们四处寻找,没有见到,便回禀:'大王,我们没有找到。'国王见不到那位青年,心里想:'我竟然失去了这么巨大的王权。'生起了很大的忧愁。他的心脏部位发热,体内的血液紊乱,生起痢疾,宫廷医生们都医治不了。
Rājā punadivase bheriṃ carāpetvā balasajjaṃ kāretvā amacce pakkosāpetvā hiyyo eko brāhmaṇamāṇavo ‘‘uttarapañcāle indapatte kekaketi imesu tīsu nagaresu rajjaṃ gahetvā dassāmī’’ti āha, taṃ māṇavaṃ ādāya tīsu nagaresu rajjaṃ gaṇhissāma, vegena naṃ pakkosathāti. ‘‘Katthassa, deva, nivāso dāpito’’ti? ‘‘Na me tassa nivāsagehaṃ dāpita’’nti. ‘‘Nivāsaparibbayo pana dinno’’ti? ‘‘Sopi na dinno’’ti. Atha ‘‘kahaṃ naṃ passissāmā’’ti? ‘‘Nagaravīthīsu olokethā’’ti. Te olokentā adisvā ‘‘na passāma, mahārājā’’ti āhaṃsu. Rañño māṇavaṃ apassantassa ‘‘evaṃ mahantā nāma issariyā parihīnomhī’’ti mahāsoko udapādi, hadayavatthu uṇhaṃ ahosi, vatthulohitaṃ kuppi, lohitapakkhandikā udapādi, vejjā tikicchituṃ nāsakkhiṃsu.
1204过了三四天,帝释观察时知道了他的这场病,心想“我要医治他”,便以婆罗门的形象前来,站在门外,让人通报:“有一位婆罗门医生前来为你们治病。”国王听后说:“那些了不起的国王御医们都治不了我,给他一些费用,打发他走吧。”帝释听后说:“我既不需要住处费用,也不会收取医酬。我要医治他,请国王再见我一次。”国王听后说:“那么,让他进来吧。”帝释进去,请国王赐予胜利后站在一旁。国王问:“你能医治我吗?”答:“是的,陛下。”国王说:“那就请你医治吧。”帝释说:“好的,大王。请告诉我这病的征相:是由于什么原因引起的,是因为吃了什么、喝了什么,还是因为见到了什么、听到了什么?”国王说:“贤者,我的病是因为听到什么而引起的。”问:“你听到了什么?”国王说:“贤者,有一位青年来对我说:‘我将夺取三座城的王权献给你。’我没有为他安排住处,也没有给住处费用。他一定是生我的气,投靠别的国王去了。我于是心想:‘我竟然失去了这么巨大的王权。’这样想着,这病就生起来了。如果你能医治我这基于欲心生起的病,那就请你医治吧。”为了说明这个意思,他说出了第一首偈颂:
Tato tīhacatūhaccayena sakko āvajjamāno tassa taṃ ābādhaṃ ñatvā ‘‘tikicchissāmi na’’nti brāhmaṇavaṇṇena āgantvā dvāre ṭhatvā ‘‘vejjabrāhmaṇo tumhākaṃ tikicchanatthāya āgato’’ti ārocāpesi. Rājā taṃ sutvā ‘‘mahantamahantā rājavejjā maṃ tikicchituṃ nāsakkhiṃsu, paribbayamassa dāpetvā uyyojethā’’ti āha. Sakko taṃ sutvā ‘‘mayhaṃ neva nivāsaparibbayena attho, vejjalābhampi na gaṇhissāmi, tikicchissāmi naṃ, puna rājā maṃ passatū’’ti āha. Rājā taṃ sutvā ‘‘tena hi āgacchatū’’ti āha. Sakko pavisitvā jayāpetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi, rājā ‘‘tvaṃ maṃ tikicchasī’’ti āha. ‘‘Āma, devā’’ti. ‘‘Tena hi tikicchassū’’ti. ‘‘Sādhu, mahārāja, byādhino me lakkhaṇaṃ kathetha, kena kāraṇena uppanno, kiṃ khāditaṃ vā pītaṃ vā nissāya, udāhu diṭṭhaṃ vā sutaṃ vā’’ti? ‘‘Tāta, mayhaṃ byādhi sutaṃ nissāya uppanno’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ te suta’’nti. ‘‘Tāta eko māṇavo āgantvā mayhaṃ ‘tīsu nagaresu rajjaṃ gaṇhitvā dassāmī’ti āha, ahaṃ tassa nivāsaṭṭhānaṃ vā nivāsaparibbayaṃ vā na dāpesiṃ, so mayhaṃ kujjhitvā aññassa rañño santikaṃ gato bhavissati. Atha me ‘evaṃ mahantā nāma issariyā parihīnomhī’ti cintentassa ayaṃ byādhi uppanno. Sace sakkosi tvaṃ me kāmacittaṃ nissāya uppannaṃ byādhiṃ tikicchituṃ, tikicchāhī’’ti etamatthaṃ pakāsento paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
155一百五十五。
155.
1206我渴望得到三座山之间的地方:般遮罗、俱卢和盖迦;
‘‘Tayo giriṃ antaraṃ kāmayāmi, pañcālā kuruyo kekake ca;
1207我渴望得到比那更超越的,婆罗门啊,请治疗我吧,婆罗门,我被欲望所牵引。
Tatuttariṃ brāhmaṇa kāmayāmi, tikiccha maṃ brāhmaṇa kāmanīta’’nti.
1208其中,“tayo giri”就是“三座山”,这其实是另一种读法。就像在“善见山之门户昭示”这个句子中,善见天城因为难以执取、难以动摇,所以被称作“善见山”;同样地,这里也是用“三座山”来指代三座城市。因此,这句话的意思是:我渴望得到那三座城市,以及它们中间的所有国土。接着,“般遮罗、俱卢、盖迦”就是那些国土的名称。其中,“般遮罗”指北般遮罗,那里有一座名为迦毗罗的城市;“俱卢”指俱卢国,那里有一座名为因陀钵底的城市;“盖迦”一词用的是直接受格,所以表示盖迦国,那地方的首都就是盖迦王城本身。“更上”的意思是:我此前已经得到了波罗奈的王权,现在更进而渴望那种超越此上的三种王权。“婆罗门,请治疗我吧,为欲所牵引者”这句话的意思是:我被这些感官对象欲和烦恼欲所牵引、所伤害、所击溃,如果你能做到,请治疗我吧,婆罗门!
Tattha tayo girinti tayo girī, ayameva vā pāṭho. Yathā ‘‘sudassanassa girino, dvārañhetaṃ pakāsatī’’ti ettha sudassanaṃ devanagaraṃ yujjhitvā duggaṇhatāya duccalanatāya ‘‘sudassanagirī’’ti vuttaṃ, evamidhāpi tīṇi nagarāni ‘‘tayo giri’’nti adhippetāni. Tasmā ayamettha attho – tīṇi ca nagarāni tesañca antaraṃ tividhampi raṭṭhaṃ kāmayāmi. ‘‘Pañcālā kuruyo kekake cā’’ti imāni tesaṃ raṭṭhānaṃ nāmāni. Tesu pañcālāti uttarapañcālā, tattha kapilaṃ nāma nagaraṃ. Kuruyoti kururaṭṭhaṃ, tattha indapattaṃ nāma nagaraṃ. Kekake cāti paccatte upayogavacanaṃ, tena kekakaraṭṭhaṃ dasseti. Tattha kekakarājadhānīyeva nagaraṃ. Tatuttarinti taṃ ahaṃ ito paṭiladdhā bārāṇasirajjā tatuttariṃ tividhaṃ rajjaṃ kāmayāmi. Tikiccha maṃ, brāhmaṇa, kāmanītanti imehi vatthukāmehi ca kilesakāmehi ca nītaṃ hataṃ pahataṃ sace sakkosi, tikiccha maṃ brāhmaṇāti.
1209接着,帝释天王对他说:“大王,你用根茎之类的药物是无法治愈的,只有靠智慧之药才能治疗。”说完这话,他便诵出了第二首偈颂——
Atha naṃ sakko ‘‘mahārāja, tvaṃ mūlosadhādīhi atekiccho. Ñāṇosadheneva tikicchitabbo’’ti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
156一百五十六。
156.
1211有些人能为被黑蛇咬伤的人治疗,智者能为被非人附体的人治疗;
‘‘Kaṇhāhidaṭṭhassa karonti heke, amanussapaviṭṭhassa karonti paṇḍitā;
1212但没有人能为被欲望所牵引的人治疗,因为一个已经越过善法界限的人,哪里还有什么治疗可言呢?
Na kāmanītassa karoti koci, okkantasukkassa hi kā tikicchā’’ti.
1213其中,“有些人能为被黑蛇咬中者施行治疗”:确实,有些医师能用咒语和药物,为被剧毒黑蛇所咬的人治疗。“贤者则能为被非人附体者治疗”:另外有些贤者、鬼病医,能用祭祀、护咒、药物调治等方法,为被非人如鬼、夜叉等附体、征服、抓取的人治疗。“却无任何人对为欲所牵引者施治”:可是,对于一个被欲所牵引、受欲支配的人,除了那些贤者之外,其他任何人既不会替他治疗,就算想治也没有这个能力。为什么呢?因为“对于越过善法界限者,何有治疗可言?”:就是说,对于一个已经逾越善法界限、安住在不善法中的人,咒术和药物又能算是什么治疗呢?根本不可能靠药物来治愈他。
Tattha kaṇhāhidaṭṭhassa karonti heketi ekacce hi tikicchakā ghoravisena kāḷasappena daṭṭhassa mantehi ceva osadhehi ca tikicchaṃ karonti. Amanussapaviṭṭhassa karonti paṇḍitāti apare paṇḍitā bhūtavejjā bhūtayakkhādīhi amanussehi paviṭṭhassa abhibhūtassa gahitassa balikammaparittakaraṇaosadhaparibhāvitādīhi tikicchaṃ karonti. Na kāmanītassa karoti kocīti kāmehi pana nītassa kāmavasikassa puggalassa aññatra paṇḍitehi añño koci tikicchaṃ na karoti, karontopi kātuṃ samattho nāma natthi. Kiṃkāraṇā? Okkantasukkassa hi kā tikicchāti, okkantasukkassa avakkantassa kusaladhammamariyādaṃ atikkantassa akusaladhamme patiṭṭhitassa puggalassa mantosadhādīhi kā nāma tikicchā, na sakkā osadhehi tikicchitunti.
1214这样,大士指出了这番道理后,又进一步说道:“大王,就算你得到了那三个王国,难道你在治理这四座城时,能同时穿四套衣服、用四个金钵吃饭、躺在四张床上吗?大王,被爱欲奴役是不应该的。因为这种爱欲,就叫做衰败的根源。它一旦增长,就会把滋养它的人丢进八大地狱、十六小地狱,以及其它各种各样不同的恶趣里去。”大士就这样用地狱等的恐怖来警醒国王,然后为他说法。国王听了法之后,忧愁顿时消失,病马上就好了。帝释天教导他之后,让他安住在戒律中,便回天界去了。国王从那时起,便广行布施等种种福德,后来就随着他的业力而去了。
Itissa mahāsatto imaṃ kāraṇaṃ dassetvā uttari evamāha – ‘‘mahārāja, sace tvaṃ tāni tīṇi rajjāni lacchasi, api nu kho imesu catūsu nagaresu rajjaṃ karonto ekappahāreneva cattāri sāṭakayugāni paridaheyyāsi, catūsu vā suvaṇṇapātīsu bhuñjeyyāsi, catūsu vā sayanesu sayeyyāsi, mahārāja, taṇhāvasikena nāma bhavituṃ na vaṭṭati, taṇhā hi nāmesā vipattimūlā. Sā vaḍḍhamānā yo taṃ vaḍḍheti, taṃ puggalaṃ aṭṭhasu mahānirayesu soḷasasu ussadanirayesu nānappakārabhedesu ca avasesesu apāyesu khipatī’’ti. Evaṃ rājānaṃ nirayādibhayena tajjetvā mahāsatto dhammaṃ desesi. Rājāpissa dhammaṃ sutvā vigatasoko hutvā tāvadeva nibyādhitaṃ pāpuṇi . Sakkopissa ovādaṃ datvā sīlesu patiṭṭhāpetvā devalokameva gato. Sopi tato paṭṭhāya dānādīni puññāni katvā yathākammaṃ gato.
1215世尊讲了这段法义,阐明真理之后,把本生故事对应起来说:“那时候的国王,就是贪欲婆罗门,而帝释天就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā rājā kāmanītabrāhmaṇo ahosi, sakko pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1301贪欲本生注释 第八
Kāmanītajātakavaṇṇanā aṭṭhamā.
1216[229] 9. 逃遁本生注释
[229] 9. Palāyitajātakavaṇṇanā
1217「以象群、云群……」这个故事,是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位逃遁的游方者说的。据说,那位游方者为了找人辩论,周游了整个阎浮提,却找不到对手,于是渐次来到舍卫城,问人们说:“有没有人能和我辩论?”众人回答:“能和千百个像你这种人辩论的,是一切知者、两足之尊、大乔达摩,他是法中之王,能摧破外道论议。整个阎浮提出现的外道论议,没有一个能超越那位世尊。就像海浪碰到海岸一样,任何论议一到他脚下,就彻底粉碎了。”他们就这样称扬佛陀的功德。游方者问:“那么他现在在哪里?”听说“在祇园”,便说:“我现在就去跟他辩论。”于是,在大群人的簇拥下前往祇园。当他看见祇园王子耗资九亿钱币建造的祇园门楼时,就问:“这是沙门乔达摩居住的宫殿吗?”听人回答“这是门楼”后,便说:“门楼都这样了,住处又会是什么样啊!”别人告诉他:“那叫香室,是无法思量的。”他便说:“谁能跟这样的沙门辩论啊!”说完当场就逃走了。众人闹哄哄地进了祇园。世尊问他们:“你们怎么在非时来了?”他们就把这件事说了一遍。世尊说:“居士们,不止是现在,过去这个人看到我住处的门楼时,也一样逃走过。”在大家请求下,世尊便讲起了过去的事。
Gajaggameghehīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto palāyitaparibbājakaṃ ārabbha kathesi. So kira vādatthāya sakalajambudīpaṃ vicaritvā kañci paṭivādiṃ alabhitvā anupubbena sāvatthiṃ gantvā ‘‘atthi nu kho koci mayā saddhiṃ vādaṃ kātuṃ samattho’’ti manusse pucchi. Manussā ‘‘tādisānaṃ sahassenapi saddhiṃ vādaṃ kātuṃ samattho sabbaññū dvipadānaṃ aggo mahāgotamo dhammissaro parappavādamaddano, sakalepi jambudīpe uppanno parappavādo taṃ bhagavantaṃ atikkamituṃ samattho nāma natthi. Velantaṃ patvā samuddaūmiyo viya hi sabbavādā tassa pādamūlaṃ patvā cuṇṇavicuṇṇā hontī’’ti buddhaguṇe kathesuṃ. Paribbājako ‘‘kahaṃ pana so etarahī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘jetavane’’ti sutvā ‘‘idānissa vādaṃ āropessāmī’’ti mahājanaparivuto jetavanaṃ gacchanto jetena rājakumārena navakoṭidhanaṃ vissajjetvā kāritaṃ jetavanadvārakoṭṭhakaṃ disvā ‘‘ayaṃ samaṇassa gotamassa vasanapāsādo’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘dvārakoṭṭhako aya’’nti sutvā ‘‘dvārakoṭṭhako tāva evarūpo, vasanagehaṃ kīdisaṃ bhavissatī’’ti vatvā ‘‘gandhakuṭi nāma appameyyā’’ti vutte ‘‘evarūpena samaṇena saddhiṃ ko vādaṃ karissatī’’ti tatova palāyi. Manussā unnādino hutvā jetavanaṃ pavisitvā satthārā ‘‘kiṃ akāle āgatatthā’’ti vuttā taṃ pavattiṃ kathayiṃsu. Satthā ‘‘na kho upāsakā idāneva, pubbepesa mama vasanaṭṭhānassa dvārakoṭṭhakaṃ disvā palāyatevā’’ti vatvā tehi yācito atītaṃ āhari.
1218从前,在健陀罗国的塔迦尸喇城,菩萨是那里的国王,而波罗奈城则由梵授王统治。梵授王心想:“我要攻下塔迦尸喇。”于是率领大军,来到离城不远的地方扎营,并指挥军队说:“按这样的方式派遣象兵,这样派遣马兵,这样派遣车兵,这样派遣步兵;像这样冲上去用武器攻击,像这样,如同厚重的雨云一般射出箭雨。”做完了这番部署,他就说了下面两首偈颂:
Atīte gandhāraraṭṭhe takkasilāyaṃ bodhisatto rajjaṃ kāresi, bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatto. So ‘‘takkasilaṃ gaṇhissāmī’’ti mahantena balakāyena gantvā nagarato avidūre ṭhatvā ‘‘iminā niyāmena hatthī pesetha, iminā asse, iminā rathe, iminā pattī, evaṃ dhāvitvā āvudhehi paharatha, evaṃ ghanavassavalāhakā viya saravassaṃ vassathā’’ti tenaṃ vicārento imaṃ gāthādvayamāha –
157一百五十七。
157.
1220以象首般的云(指先锋象群)、以马首般的花鬘(指先锋马队),生起战车的波涛(指战车部队),降下箭雨(指箭雨纷飞)。
‘‘Gajaggameghehi hayaggamālibhi, rathūmijātehi sarābhivassebhi;
1221执利剑猛力回旋打击者(指手持宝剑、凶猛回旋攻击的步兵们),从四面八方包围了塔迦尸喇。
Tharuggahāvaṭṭadaḷhappahāribhi, parivāritā takkasilā samantato.
158一百五十八。
158.
1223“冲啊!奔啊!”发出各种各样的呼啸声。
‘‘Abhidhāvatha cūpadhāvatha ca, vividhā vināditā vadantibhi;
1224今天要让轰然巨响如同乌云咆哮时迸出的闪电一样猛烈。”
Vattatajja tumulo ghoso yathā, vijjulatā jaladharassa gajjato’’ti.
1225这里所说的「象首之云」(gajaggameghehi),指先锋象群形成的云团,也就是那些发出春情鸣叫、如同乌云般的最上等吉祥象群。「马首之鬘」(hayaggamālibhi),指先锋马队构成的花鬘,也就是如同乌云般的优良信度宝马的队伍。「生起车乘之波涛」(rathūmijātehi),指如同大海生起波涛一般,涌现出车乘的波浪,即车乘部队。「箭雨降下」(sarābhivassebhi),指由那些车乘部队像浓重的雨云一样降下箭雨。「执利剑猛力回旋打击者」(tharuggahāvaṭṭadaḷhappahāribhi),指执利剑者回旋猛击,也就是那些拿起宝剑、手持盾牌,四处回旋、转身猛击的步兵战士。「从四面八方包围塔迦尸喇」(parivāritā takkasilā samantato),意思是:要尽快把这座塔迦尸喇城包围起来,就像现在这样把它包围住。
Tattha gajaggameghehīti aggagajameghehi, koñcanādaṃ gajjantehi mattavaravāraṇavalāhakehīti attho. Hayaggamālibhīti aggahayamālīhi, varasindhavavalāhakakulehi assānīkehīti attho. Rathūmijātehīti sañjātaūmivegehi sāgarasalilehi viya sañjātarathūmīhi, rathānīkehīti attho. Sarābhivassebhīti tehiyeva rathānīkehi ghanavassamegho viya saravassaṃ vassantehi . Tharuggahāvaṭṭadaḷhappahāribhīti tharuggahehi āvaṭṭadaḷhappahārīhi, ito cito ca āvattitvā parivattitvā daḷhaṃ paharantehi gahitakhaggaratanatharudaṇḍehi pattiyodhehi cāti attho. Parivāritā takkasilā samantatoti yathā ayaṃ takkasilā parivāritā hoti, sīghaṃ tathā karothāti attho.
1226「冲啊,奔啊」(abhidhāvatha cūpadhāvatha ca)指快速地冲过去,再跑上去。「发出各种呼啸之声」(vividhā vināditā vadantibhi)指与最胜大象一起发出各种呼啸声,也就是发出雷鸣般的象吼等各种不同的吼声。「今日要兴起如雷云咆哮时闪电般猛烈的巨响」(vattatajja tumulo ghoso yathā vijjulatā jaladharassa gajjato)意思是:今天要生起如同霹雳声般的巨大响声。就像正在咆哮的雨云嘴里迸出闪电到处游走那样,你们也要这样游动,把整座城包围起来,把王位夺到手。他这样说道。
Abhidhāvathacūpadhāvatha cāti vegena dhāvatha ceva upadhāvatha ca. Vividhā vināditā vadantibhīti varavāraṇehi saddhiṃ vividhā vinaditā bhavatha, selitagajjitavāditehi nānāviravā hothāti attho. Vattatajja tumulo ghosoti vattatu ajja tumulo mahanto asanisaddasadiso ghoso. Yathā vijjulatā jaladharassa gajjatoti yathā gajjantassa jaladharassa mukhato niggatā vijjulatā caranti, evaṃ vicarantā nagaraṃ parivāretvā rajjaṃ gaṇhathāti vadati.
1227于是,那位国王这样豪言壮语之后,指挥军队,来到城门口。他看到门楼,问道:“这是国王的住所吗?”有人回答:“这是城门楼。”他便说:“仅仅城门楼就已经这样了,那国王的住所会是什么样子呢?”当听到回答说“像最胜殿一样”之后,他说:“与这样拥有盛誉的国王交战,我们是不可能获胜的。”一看见门楼,他就掉头逃跑,回到了波罗奈城。
Iti so rājā gajjitvā senaṃ vicāretvā nagaradvārasamīpaṃ gantvā dvārakoṭṭhakaṃ disvā ‘‘idaṃ rañño vasanageha’’nti pucchitvā ‘‘ayaṃ nagaradvārakoṭṭhako’’ti vutte ‘‘nagaradvārakoṭṭhako tāva evarūpo, rañño nivesanaṃ kīdisaṃ bhavissatī’’ti vatvā ‘‘vejayantapāsādasadisa’’nti sutvā ‘‘evaṃ yasasampannena raññā saddhiṃ yujjhituṃ na sakkhissāmā’’ti dvārakoṭṭhakaṃ disvāva nivattitvā palāyitvā bārāṇasimeva agamāsi.
1228导师开示完这个法义之后,将本生连接起来说:“那时,波罗奈国王就是那位逃跑的游方者,而塔迦尸喇国王就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā bārāṇasirājā palāyitaparibbājako ahosi, takkasilarājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1315逃跑本生经注释 第九
Palāyitajātakavaṇṇanā navamā.
1229第二逃跑本生注释
[230] 10. Dutiyapalāyitajātakavaṇṇanā
1230(以“旗帜无数”这一句为始)导师住在祇园时,以一位逃跑的游方者为缘起而讲说了此经。在这故事中,那位游方者进入了祇园。那时,导师被大众围绕,坐在庄严的法座上,如同幼狮在赭石台上发出狮子吼一般开示法。游方者见到十力(导师)那如同梵天之身的形体、似满月般光辉的脸庞、如金片般的额头后,心想:“谁能战胜如此殊胜的人中至尊?”便转身挤进人群逃跑了。大众追去后又返回来,将此事禀告导师。导师说:“这位游方者并非现在才这样,过去他也曾见到我的金色面容便逃跑了。”于是引出过去世。
Dhajamaparimitanti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ palāyitaparibbājakameva ārabbha kathesi. Imasmiṃ pana vatthusmiṃ so paribbājako jetavanaṃ pāvisi. Tasmiṃ khaṇe satthā mahājanaparivuto alaṅkatadhammāsane nisinno manosilātale sīhanādaṃ nadanto sīhapotako viya dhammaṃ deseti. Paribbājako dasabalassa brahmasarīrapaṭibhāgaṃ rūpaṃ puṇṇacandasassirikaṃ mukhaṃ suvaṇṇapaṭṭasadisaṃ nalāṭañca disvā ‘‘ko evarūpaṃ purisuttamaṃ jinituṃ sakkhissatī’’ti nivattitvā parisantaraṃ pavisitvā palāyi. Mahājano taṃ anubandhitvā nivattitvā satthussa taṃ pavattiṃ ārocesi. Satthā ‘‘na so paribbājako idāneva, pubbepi mama suvaṇṇavaṇṇaṃ mukhaṃ disvā palātoyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1231过去世,菩萨是波罗奈的国王。在塔迦尸喇,有一位健陀罗王。他想:“我要夺取波罗奈!”便率领四支军队前来,包围了城市,停在城门前。他看见自己的强大军队,心想:“谁能战胜这样庞大的军力?”于是称赞自己的军队,说出第一首偈颂:
Atīte bodhisatto bārāṇasiyaṃ rajjaṃ kāresi, takkasilāyaṃ eko gandhārarājā. So ‘‘bārāṇasiṃ gahessāmī’’ti caturaṅginiyā senāya āgantvā nagaraṃ parivāretvā nagaradvāre ṭhito attano balavāhanaṃ oloketvā ‘‘ko ettakaṃ balavāhanaṃ jinituṃ sakkhissatī’’ti attano senaṃ saṃvaṇṇetvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
159第159偈。
159.
1233“Dhajamaparimitaṃ anantapāraṃ, duppasahaṃ dhaṅkehi sāgaraṃva;
‘‘Dhajamaparimitaṃ anantapāraṃ, duppasahaṃ dhaṅkehi sāgaraṃva;
1234Girimiva anilena duppasayho, duppasaho ahamajja tādisenā”ti.(指:我的旗帜多不胜数,无边无际,就像大海不会被乌鸦战胜一样难以攻克;就像高山不会被风动摇一样不可动摇,今天我拥有这样的大军,是难以被征服的。)
Girimiva anilena duppasayho, duppasaho ahamajja tādisenā’’ti.
1235这里,「dhajamaparimitaṃ(我的旗帜无数)」:先是指我战车上安置孔雀翎后竖起的旗帜,确实是无量、众多,有数百面之多。「anantapāraṃ(无边无际)」:我的军力也是如此——“这么多象,这么多马,这么多车,这么多步兵”——无法用计数来衡量,真是无边无际。「duppasahaṃ(难被征服)」:指不能被敌人战胜、压制。比如像什么呢?就像「dhaṅkehi sāgaraṃva(被群鸦征服的大海)」,也就是像大海那样,因为有冲击的浪涛或者无法被超越,连众多乌鸦也根本拿它没办法,同样地难被征服。又比如「girimiva anilena duppasayho(又如山不被风动摇)」:再进一步说,我的这支军队就像山不会被风吹动那样,不会被其他军队所征服。「duppasaho ahamajja tādisenā(今日有如此大军的我难被征服)」:(意思是)我拥有这样一支军队,今天实在是难以被征服——这是针对那位站在塔楼上的菩萨而说的。
Tattha dhajamaparimitanti idaṃ tāva me rathesu morachade ṭhapetvā ussāpitadhajameva aparimitaṃ bahuṃ anekasatasaṅkhyaṃ. Anantapāranti balavāhanampi me ‘‘ettakā hatthī ettakā assā ettakā rathā ettakā pattī’’ti gaṇanaparicchedarahitaṃ anantapāraṃ. Duppasahanti na sakkā paṭisattūhi sahituṃ abhibhavituṃ . Yathā kiṃ? Dhaṅkehi sāgaraṃva, yathā sāgaro bahūhi kākehi vegavikkhambhanavasena vā atikkamanavasena vā duppasaho, evaṃ duppasahaṃ. Girimiva anilena duppasayhoti apica me ayaṃ balakāyo yathā pabbato vātena akampanīyato duppasaho, tathā aññena balakāyena duppasaho. Duppasaho ahamajja tādisenāti svāhaṃ iminā balena samannāgato ajja tādisena duppasahoti aṭṭālake ṭhitaṃ bodhisattaṃ sandhāya vadati.
1236于是,菩萨便向犍陀罗王展示自己如满月般光辉的面容,呵斥说:“愚人!别说废话,我现在就要把你的军队彻底粉碎,就像醉象粉碎芦苇林一样。”接着诵出第二首偈颂:
Athassa so puṇṇacandasassirikaṃ attano mukhaṃ dassetvā ‘‘bāla, mā vippalapasi, idāni te balavāhanaṃ mattavāraṇo viya naḷavanaṃ viddhaṃsessāmī’’ti santajjetvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
160第160偈。
160.
1238“Mā bāliyaṃ vilapi na hissa tādisaṃ, viḍayhase na hi labhase nisedhakaṃ;(不要作愚痴的言论,因为并没有那样的人;你只是被烧灼,你还未找到能制止的人。)”
‘‘Mā bāliyaṃ vilapi na hissa tādisaṃ, viḍayhase na hi labhase nisedhakaṃ;
1239“Āsajjasi gajamiva ekacārinaṃ, yo taṃ padā naḷamiva pothayissatī”ti.(你轻率地接近,如同独行的醉象,而他将用脚踩碎你,就像踩碎芦苇一样。)
Āsajjasi gajamiva ekacārinaṃ, yo taṃ padā naḷamiva pothayissatī’’ti.
1240这里,「mā bāliyaṃ vilapi(莫作痴言)」:意思是不要讲自己那些愚蠢的话。「na hissa tādisaṃ(并非有如此之人)」:因为实在没有那样的人;另一种读法是“ayameva vā pāṭho”。所谓「tādiso(如此之人)」,是指有人心里想着“我的军力无边无际”,并且有本事去夺取王国,但这样的人实际上是不存在的。「viḍayhase(你被烧灼)」:愚人,你纯粹是被贪嗔痴和骄慢的火焰所烧灼。「na hi labhase nisedhakaṃ(你未找到能制止者)」:不过,你还没有遇到像我这样能强力压倒并制止你的人;今天,我就会让你从原路狼狈逃回。「āsajjasi(你轻率接近)」:指你走过来、靠近。「gajamiva ekacārinaṃ(如独行大象)」:就像一头独行的醉象。「yo taṃ padā naḷamiva pothayissati(他将以足粉碎你如粉碎芦苇)」:意思是那个人会像醉象用脚踩碎、碾烂芦苇一样,把你彻底粉碎;而你竟轻率地去靠近他——这是菩萨指自己而说的。
Tattha mā bāliyaṃ vilapīti mā attano bālabhāvaṃ vippalapasi. Na hissa tādisanti na hi assa tādiso, ayameva vā pāṭho. Tādiso ‘‘anantapāraṃ me balavāhana’’nti evarūpaṃ takkento rajjañca gahetuṃ samattho nāma na hi assa, na hotīti attho. Viḍayhaseti tvaṃ bāla, kevalaṃ rāgadosamohamānapariḷāhena viḍayhasiyeva. Na hi labhase nisedhakanti mādisaṃ pana pasayha abhibhavitvā nisedhakaṃ na tāva labhasi, ajja taṃ āgatamaggeneva palāpessāmi. Āsajjasīti upagacchasi. Gajamiva ekacārinanti ekacārinaṃ mattavaravāraṇaṃ viya. Yo taṃ padā naḷamiva pothayissatīti yo taṃ yathā nāma mattavaravāraṇo pādā naḷaṃ potheti saṃcuṇṇeti, evaṃ pothayissati, taṃ tvaṃ āsajjasīti attānaṃ sandhāyāha.
1241当菩萨这样恐吓他之后,犍陀罗王听了这番话,抬头看见那如金板般的大额头,害怕自己被抓住,于是转身逃跑,回到了自己的城市。
Evaṃ tajjentassa panassa kathaṃ sutvā gandhārarājā ullokento kañcanapaṭṭasadisaṃ mahānalāṭaṃ disvā attano gahaṇabhīto nivattitvā palāyanto sakanagarameva agamāsi.
1242世尊开示了这段法之后,总结本生说:“那时的犍陀罗王就是那位逃跑的游方者,而波罗奈城国王正是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā gandhārarājā palāyitaparibbājako ahosi, bārāṇasirājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1330《第二逃跑本生》的注释(第十)结束。
Dutiyapalāyitajātakavaṇṇanā dasamā.
1331第八 袈裟品
Kāsāvavaggo aṭṭhamo.
1243它的摄颂如下:
Tassuddānaṃ –
1244袈裟、小难提、饭团、鳄鱼,
Kāsāvaṃ cūḷanandiyaṃ, puṭabhattañca kumbhilaṃ;
1245忍耐称赞、枭、粪饮、欲求,
Khantivaṇṇaṃ kosiyañca, gūthapāṇaṃ kāmanītaṃ;
1246以及两次逃跑。
Palāyitadvayampi ca.
1247第九 凉鞋品
9. Upāhanavaggo
1248[231] 1. 凉鞋本生注释
[231] 1. Upāhanajātakavaṇṇanā
1249「Yathāpikītā」(意为:如同那双被买下的凉鞋)这一句,是世尊住在祇园时,针对提婆达多而开示的。因为在法堂中,比丘们引起了一场议论:“贤友啊,提婆达多背弃了老师,成为如来的对立者和敌人后,遭遇了巨大的毁灭。”世尊过来问道:“比丘们,你们现在聚在一起议论什么?”被告知“我们在议论这件事”后,世尊说:“比丘们,提婆达多并不是现在才背弃老师、成为我的敌人而遭遇巨大毁灭,他过去也遭遇过。”说完,就讲起了过去的故事。
Yathāpikītāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto devadattaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Dhammasabhāyañhi bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, devadatto ācariyaṃ paccakkhāya tathāgatassa paṭipakkho paṭisattu hutvā mahāvināsaṃ pāpuṇī’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, devadatto idāneva ācariyaṃ paccakkhāya mama paṭipakkho hutvā mahāvināsaṃ patto, pubbepi pattoyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1250在过去的波罗奈城,梵授王统治的时候,菩萨出生于象师家族,长大成人后精通了调象的一切技艺。那时,有一位迦尸村的年轻人前来,在他座下学习技艺。菩萨这样的老师教授技艺时,从不留一手(ācariyamuṭṭhiṃ),而是按照自己所知的次第,毫无保留地教导。因此,那位年轻人完整地学到了菩萨所掌握的全部技艺后,对菩萨说:“老师,我要去侍奉国王了。”菩萨说:“好啊,孩子。”于是就去禀告国王:“大王,我的学童想侍奉您。”“好的,让他来侍奉吧。”“那么,请大王知道他的酬劳是多少。”“你的学童不能得到和你相等的酬劳。你能得到一百时,他得五十;你能得到二时,他得一。”菩萨回到家,把这情况告诉了学童。学童说:“老师,我所懂的技艺与您相等。如果能得到相同的酬劳,我就去侍奉;如果不能,我就不去。”菩萨又把这情况禀告国王。国王说:“如果他技术和你相当,能展示出相同的技艺,那就能得到相同的酬劳。”菩萨把这情况告知学童,学童说:“好的,我会展示。”菩萨再禀告国王。国王说:“既然如此,明天就展示技艺吧。”“好的,我们会展示,请在城中击鼓宣告。”国王便命人击鼓宣布:“据悉,明天老师和学童二人将展示象术,想要观看的人,请聚到王宫广场来观看。”
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto hatthācariyakule nibbattitvā vayappatto hatthisippe nipphattiṃ pāpuṇi. Atheko kāsigāmako māṇavako āgantvā tassa santike sippaṃ uggaṇhi. Bodhisattā nāma sippaṃ vācentā ācariyamuṭṭhiṃ na karonti, attano jānananiyāmena niravasesaṃ sikkhāpenti. Tasmā so māṇavo bodhisattassa jānanasippaṃ niravasesamuggaṇhitvā bodhisattaṃ āha – ‘‘ācariya , ahaṃ rājānaṃ upaṭṭhahissāmī’’ti. Bodhisatto ‘‘sādhu, tātā’’ti gantvā rañño ārocesi – ‘‘mahārāja, mama antevāsiko tumhe upaṭṭhātuṃ icchatī’’ti. ‘‘Sādhu, upaṭṭhātū’’ti. ‘‘Tena hissa paribbayaṃ jānāthā’’ti? ‘‘Tumhākaṃ antevāsiko tumhehi samakaṃ na lacchati, tumhesu sataṃ labhantesu paṇṇāsaṃ lacchati, dve labhantesu ekaṃ lacchatī’’ti. So gehaṃ gantvā taṃ pavattiṃ antevāsikassa ārocesi. Antevāsiko ‘‘ahaṃ, ācariya, tumhehi samaṃ sippaṃ jānāmi. Sace samakaññeva paribbayaṃ labhissāmi, upaṭṭhahissāmi. No ce, na upaṭṭhahissāmī’’ti āha. Bodhisatto taṃ pavattiṃ rañño ārocesi. Rājā ‘‘sace so tumhehi samappakāro, tumhehi samakaññeva sippaṃ dassetuṃ sakkonto samakaṃ labhissatī’’ti āha. Bodhisatto taṃ pavattiṃ tassa ārocetvā tena ‘‘sādhu dassessāmī’’ti vutte rañño ārocesi. Rājā ‘‘tena hi sve sippaṃ dassethā’’ti. ‘‘Sādhu, dassessāma, nagare bheriṃ carāpethā’’ti. Rājā ‘‘sve kira ācariyo ca antevāsiko ca ubho hatthisippaṃ dassessanti, rājaṅgaṇe sannipatitvā daṭṭhukāmā passantū’’ti bheriṃ carāpesi.
1251老师心想:“我这个学童不懂善巧方便(upāyakosallaṃ)。”便牵了一头象,只用了一个晚上,就训练它做出相反的指令。他教它:喊“前进”时后退,喊“后退”时前进;喊“站住”时卧倒,喊“卧倒”时站起;喊“拿取”时放下,喊“放下”时拿取。第二天,他骑上这头象,来到了王宫广场。学童也骑上了一头讨人喜欢的象。大众聚集起来。他们两人同样展示了一番技艺。接着,菩萨让他的象做出逆反动作:喊“前进”时,它后退;喊“后退”时,它向前跑;喊“站住”时,它卧倒;喊“卧倒”时,它站起;喊“拿取”时,它放下;喊“放下”时,它拿取。大家喊道:“喂,你这个坏学童,竟敢与老师忿争(sārambhaṃ)!不知道自己斤两,还自以为‘我和老师懂得一样多’!”众人便用土块、棍棒等打他,当场结束了他的生命。
Ācariyo ‘‘na me antevāsiko upāyakosallaṃ jānātī’’ti ekaṃ hatthiṃ gahetvā ekaratteneva vilomaṃ sikkhāpesi. So taṃ ‘‘gacchā’’ti vutte osakkituṃ, ‘‘osakkā’’ti vutte gantuṃ, ‘‘tiṭṭhā’’ti vutte nipajjituṃ, ‘‘nipajjā’’ti vutte ṭhātuṃ, ‘‘gaṇhā’’ti vutte ṭhapetuṃ, ‘‘ṭhapehī’’ti vutte gaṇhituṃ sikkhāpetvā punadivase taṃ hatthiṃ abhiruhitvā rājaṅgaṇaṃ agamāsi. Antevāsikopi ekaṃ manāpaṃ hatthiṃ abhiruhi. Mahājano sannipati. Ubhopi samakaṃ sippaṃ dassesuṃ. Puna bodhisatto attano hatthiṃ vilomaṃ kāresi, so ‘‘gacchā’’ti vutte osakki, ‘‘osakkā’’ti vutte purato dhāvi, ‘‘tiṭṭhā’’ti vutte nipajji, ‘‘nipajjā’’ti vutte aṭṭhāsi, ‘‘gaṇhā’’ti vutte nikkhipi, ‘‘nikkhipā’’ti vutte gaṇhi. Mahājano ‘‘are duṭṭhaantevāsika, tvaṃ ācariyena saddhiṃ sārambhaṃ karosi, attano pamāṇaṃ na jānāsi, ‘ācariyena samakaṃ jānāmī’ti evaṃsaññī hosī’’ti leḍḍudaṇḍādīhi paharitvā tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpesi.
1252菩萨从象背上下来,走到国王身边,说:“大王,人们学习技艺(sippaṃ)本是为了自身的安乐,可是有些人(ekaccassa)所学的技艺,反倒像那双劣质凉鞋一样,给他带来彻底的毁灭(vināsameva)。”说完,便开示了下面这两首偈颂:
Bodhisatto hatthimhā oruyha rājānaṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘mahārāja, sippaṃ nāma attano sukhatthāya gaṇhanti, ekaccassa pana gahitasippaṃ dukkaṭaupāhanā viya vināsameva āvahatī’’ti vatvā idaṃ gāthādvayamāha –
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1254“如同有人为了安乐而买下这双凉鞋,它却带来痛苦;”
‘‘Yathāpi kītā purisassupāhanā, sukhassa atthāya dukhaṃ udabbahe;
1255“凉鞋被暑热烤得发烫,又被脚底压迫,反倒啃咬起那个人的双脚。”
Ghammābhitattā talasā papīḷitā, tasseva pāde purisassa khādare.
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1257“同样地,如果一个出身卑劣、不是圣者的人,从达玛咖(tammāka)老师那里掌握了‘明’(vijja,各种知识与技艺)与‘闻’(suta,所学教法),”
‘‘Evameva yo dukkulīno anariyo, tammāka vijjañca sutañca ādiya;
1258“他就在那里,用所听闻的教法反噬了自己,这个非圣者就被称为‘如同烂鞋一样’。”
Tameva so tattha sutena khādati, anariyo vuccati pānadūpamo’’ti.
1259(释词)在这里,「udabbahe」(引发)的意思是“可能会引发”。「Ghammābhitattā talasā papīḷitā」(被暑热烤炙,又被脚底压迫):意思是被暑热烤炙,又被脚底压迫。「Tasseva」(正是那个人的):指的是那个人为了舒适而买来穿在脚上的劣鞋,正是那个人的。「Khādare」(反噬):意思是造成伤口,啃噬着双脚。
Tattha udabbaheti udabbaheyya. Ghammābhitattā talasā papīḷitāti ghammena abhitattā pādatalena ca pīḷitā. Tassevāti yena tā sukhatthāya kiṇitvā pādesu paṭimukkā dukkaṭūpāhanā, tasseva. Khādareti vaṇaṃ karontā pāde khādanti.
1260「Dukkulīno」(出身低劣者):指出身卑贱、非良家之子的人。「Anariyo」(非圣者):指舍弃了惭与愧的恶人。「Tammāka vijjañca sutañca ādiya」(从达玛咖那里掌握了明与闻):在此,“taṃ taṃ manati”(他思量种种)应说为“tammo”,而“tammāka”的意思是“反复练习、反复运用种种技艺的人”,这是那位老师的名字。因此,其原形为“tammākā”,只是为了便于偈颂的吟咏,才将元音缩短了。「Vijja」(明):指十八种明处中的任何一种。「Suta」(闻):指任何一种听闻的教法。「Ādiya」:意思是掌握之后。「Tameva so tattha sutena khādatī」:其中,“tameva”是指他自己。“so”是指那位出身低劣的非圣者,他从老师那里掌握了明与闻。“tattha sutena khādatī”的意思是:他用在那里听闻的教法,反噬了自身。在注疏中,也有“tena eva so tattha sutena khādatī”的读法,其意思同样是他就在那里,用所闻的教法,自己反噬了自己。「Anariyo vuccati pānadūpamo」:如此,这个非圣者被称为“如劣鞋一般”或“劣鞋的譬喻”。正如劣鞋会啃噬那个人的脚一样,他以所闻反噬自身,便是自己害了自己。又或者,“pānadū”是“鞋子之害”的意思,这是对被鞋子啃噬了脚的人的称呼。因此,那个用所闻反噬自身的人,由于被所闻反噬,而被叫做“非圣者”,也就是“pānadūpamo”(像鞋子所害者),意思是和被鞋子所害的脚相似。这就是此处的意义。国王非常欢喜,赐给了菩萨极大的荣誉。
Dukkulīnoti dujjātiko akulaputto. Anariyoti hirottappavajjito asappuriso. Tammāka vijjañca sutañca ādiyāti ettha taṃ taṃ manatīti ‘‘tammo’’ti vattabbe tammāko, taṃ taṃ sippaṃ āsevati parivattetīti attho, ācariyassetaṃ nāmaṃ. Tasmā tammākā, gāthābandhasukhatthaṃ panassa rassabhāvo kato. Vijjanti aṭṭhārasasu vijjāṭṭhānesu yaṃkiñci. Sutanti yaṃkiñci sutapariyatti. Ādiyātiādiyitvā. Tameva so tattha sutena khādatīti tamevāti attānameva. Soti yo dukkulīno anariyo ācariyamhā vijjañca sutañca ādiyati, so. Tattha sutena khādatīti tassa santike sutena so attānameva khādatīti attho. Aṭṭhakathāyaṃ pana ‘‘teneva so tattha sutena khādatī’’tipi pāṭho. Tassāpi so tena tattha sutena attānameva khādatīti ayameva attho. Anariyo vuccati pānadūpamoti iti anariyo dupāhanūpamo dukkaṭūpāhanūpamo vuccati. Yathā hi dukkaṭūpāhanā purisaṃ khādanti, evamesa sutena khādanto attanāva attānaṃ khādati. Atha vā pānāya dutoti pānadu, upāhanūpatāpitassa upāhanāya khāditapādassetaṃ nāmaṃ. Tasmā yo so attānaṃ sutena khādati, so tena sutena khāditattā ‘‘anariyo’’ti vuccati pānadūpamo, upāhanūpatāpitapādasadisoti vuccatīti ayamettha attho. Rājā tuṭṭho bodhisattassa mahantaṃ yasaṃ adāsi.
1261世尊讲完这段佛法后,把前生的故事连接起来说:“那时,那位学生是提婆达多,而老师就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā antevāsiko devadatto ahosi, ācariyo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1351《凉鞋本生》的注释第一。
Upāhanajātakavaṇṇanā paṭhamā.
1262[232] 第二《琴柱本生》的注释。
[232] 2. Vīṇāthūṇajātakavaṇṇanā
1263“这件事是独自思量”(Ekacintitoyamattho),这是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位少女讲述的。据说,她是舍卫城一位商主的女儿。她在自己家中看见人们对牛王恭敬供养,就问乳母:“妈妈,这个叫什么?为什么受到这样的恭敬?”乳母说:“小姐,这叫牛王。”后来有一天,她站在楼阁上眺望街道,看见了一个驼背的人,心想:“在牛群里,领头的牛背上长有肉峰,那么人中的领头者应该也有这样的特征。这个人就是人中的牛王吧,我应该做他的婢女服侍他。”于是她就派了一个婢女去告诉那个驼背者:“商主的女儿想和你一起走,你到某某地方等着。”然后她带上一些细软之物,换上了不引人注目的衣服,从楼阁下来,跟他一起私奔了。过了一段时间,这件事在城里和比丘僧团中传扬开来。比丘们在法堂里议论说:“贤友们,听说某位商主的女儿和一个驼背者私奔了呢。”世尊来了,问道:“比丘们,现在你们聚在一起在谈论什么呢?”他们回答说在谈论这件事,世尊就说:“比丘们,这个女人并不是现在才爱恋驼背之人,过去世她也爱恋过。”于是,世尊就讲述了过去的事情。
Ekacintitoyamatthoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ kumārikaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Sā kirekā sāvatthiyaṃ seṭṭhidhītā attano gehe usabharājassa sakkāraṃ kayiramānaṃ disvā dhātiṃ pucchi – ‘‘amma, ko nāmesa evaṃ sakkāraṃ labhatī’’ti. ‘‘Usabharājā nāma, ammā’’ti. Puna sā ekadivasaṃ pāsāde ṭhatvā antaravīthiṃ olokentī ekaṃ khujjaṃ disvā cintesi – ‘‘gunnaṃ antare jeṭṭhakassa piṭṭhiyaṃ kakudhaṃ hoti, manussajeṭṭhakassapi tena bhavitabbaṃ, ayaṃ manussesu purisūsabho bhavissati, etassa mayā pādaparicārikāya bhavituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti. Sā dāsiṃ pesetvā ‘‘seṭṭhidhītā tayā saddhiṃ gantukāmā, asukaṭṭhānaṃ kira gantvā tiṭṭhā’’ti tassa ārocetvā sārabhaṇḍakaṃ ādāya aññātakavesena pāsādā otaritvā tena saddhiṃ palāyi. Aparabhāge taṃ kammaṃ nagare ca bhikkhusaṅghe ca pākaṭaṃ jātaṃ. Dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, asukā kira seṭṭhidhītā khujjena saddhiṃ palātā’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idānevesā khujjaṃ kāmeti, pubbepi kāmesiyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1264过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时期,菩萨出生于一个市镇的商主家庭。长大后过着居家生活,儿女渐渐多了起来。他为自己的儿子聘定了一位波罗奈城商主的女儿,并定下了婚期。那位商主的女儿在自己家中,看到一头公牛受到恭敬的礼遇供养,便问乳母:“这叫什么的?”听到回答说是“牛王”后,她又看见一个驼背的人从街上走过,心想:“这个人应该就是人中的牛王吧。”于是她拿了细软物品,与那驼背者私奔了。菩萨这边也心想:“我要把商主的女儿迎娶回家。”便带着庞大的随从队伍前往波罗奈城,刚好踏上了同一条路。他们两人整夜都在赶路。那个驼背者一整夜都在承受寒冷的折磨,拂晓时分,身体内的风界失调,生起了剧烈的痛苦。他偏离道路,痛苦不堪,像维纳琴的琴柄一样蜷缩着躺了下来,商主的女儿则坐在他的脚边。菩萨看见商主的女儿坐在驼背者的脚旁,认出她来了,便走上前去与商主的女儿交谈,说出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto ekasmiṃ nigamagāme seṭṭhikule nibbattitvā vayappatto gharāvāsaṃ vasanto puttadhītāhi vaḍḍhamāno attano puttassa bārāṇasīseṭṭhissa dhītaraṃ vāretvā divasaṃ ṭhapesi. Seṭṭhidhītā attano gehe usabhassa sakkārasammānaṃ disvā ‘‘ko nāmeso’’ti dhātiṃ pucchitvā ‘‘usabho’’ti sutvā antaravīthiyā gacchantaṃ ekaṃ khujjaṃ disvā ‘‘ayaṃ purisūsabho bhavissatī’’ti sārabhaṇḍakaṃ gahetvā tena saddhiṃ palāyi. Bodhisattopi kho ‘‘seṭṭhidhītaraṃ gehaṃ ānessāmī’’ti mahantena parivārena bārāṇasiṃ gacchanto tameva maggaṃ paṭipajji. Te ubhopi sabbarattiṃ maggaṃ agamaṃsu. Atha khujjassa sabbarattiṃ sītāsihatassa aruṇodaye sarīre vāto kuppi, mahantā vedanā vattanti. So maggā okkamma vedanāppatto hutvā vīṇādaṇḍako viya saṃkuṭito nipajji, seṭṭhidhītāpissa pādamūle nisīdi. Bodhisatto seṭṭhidhītaraṃ khujjassa pādamūle nisinnaṃ disvā sañjānitvā upasaṅkamitvā seṭṭhidhītāya saddhiṃ sallapanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
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1266「这件事是你自己盘算的,愚者没有引导者;
‘‘Ekacintitoyamattho , bālo apariṇāyako;
1267「女士,与那弯曲的驼背者同行,实在不该。」
Na hi khujjena vāmena, bhoti saṅgantumarahasī’’ti.
1268其中,「这件事是你自己盘算的」意思是:姑娘,你盘算的那件事,就是跟这个驼背者私奔这件事,这完全是你自己一个人想出来的。「愚者没有引导者」意思是:这个驼背者是个愚人,因为智慧低劣,就算年纪很大了也还是个愚人;同时,当没有别人带着他走时,他自己不能行走,所以说他「没有引导者」。「女士,与那弯曲的驼背者同行,实在不该」意思是:因为他是驼背,所以是「弯曲的」驼背者。女士,您出生在高贵的家族,容貌美丽动人,实在不应该与这种人结伴同行、一起生活。
Tattha ekacintitoyamatthoti amma, yaṃ tvaṃ atthaṃ cintetvā iminā khujjena saddhiṃ palātā, ayaṃ tayā ekikāya eva cintito bhavissati. Bālo apariṇāyakoti ayaṃ khujjo bālo, duppaññabhāvena mahallakopi bālova, aññasmiṃ gahetvā gacchante asati gantuṃ asamatthatāya apariṇāyako. Na hi khujjena vāmena, bhoti saṅgantumarahasīti iminā hi khujjena vāmanattā vāmena bhoti tvaṃ mahākule jātā abhirūpā dassanīyā saṅgantuṃ saha gantuṃ nārahasīti.
1269听了他的话后,商主的女儿便说了第二首偈颂:
Athassa taṃ vacanaṃ sutvā seṭṭhidhītā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
164一百六十四。
164.
1271我误以为他是人中之牛王,便爱上了这个驼背;
‘‘Purisūsabhaṃ maññamānā, ahaṃ khujjamakāmayiṃ;
1272如今他蜷缩着躺在那里,就像断了弦的琴柱一样。
Soyaṃ saṃkuṭito seti, chinnatanti yathā thuṇā’’ti.
1273其含义是:“尊者,我看见一头牛王,心想:‘牛群首领的背上有峰,这个人背上也有峰,他一定也是人中之牛王。’我就这样把这个驼背误认作人中之牛王,爱上了他。如今,他就像一把断了弦、带共鸣箱的琴柱一样,蜷缩着躺在那里。”
Tassattho – ahaṃ, ayya, ekaṃ usabhaṃ disvā ‘‘gunnaṃ jeṭṭhakassa piṭṭhiyaṃ kakudhaṃ hoti, imassapi taṃ atthi, imināpi purisūsabhena bhavitabba’’nti evamahaṃ khujjaṃ purisūsabhaṃ maññamānā akāmayiṃ. Soyaṃ yathā nāma chinnatanti sadoṇiko vīṇādaṇḍako, evaṃ saṃkuṭito setīti.
1274菩萨知道她是以陌生人的身份离家出走的,便让她沐浴、梳妆打扮,扶上马车,直接带回了家。
Bodhisatto tassā aññātakavesena nikkhantabhāvameva ñatvā taṃ nhāpetvā alaṅkaritvā rathaṃ āropetvā gehameva agamāsi.
1275世尊开示了这个法之后,这样把本生连接起来:‘那时的商主之女就是现在的这一位,而波罗奈的商主就是我。’
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā ayameva seṭṭhidhītā ahosi, bārāṇasīseṭṭhi pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1366《琴柱本生经注》第二。
Vīṇāthūṇajātakavaṇṇanā dutiyā.
1276[233] 第三、《倒钩本生经注》
[233] 3. Vikaṇṇakajātakavaṇṇanā
1277‘随你所欲,去那里吧。’这件事,是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位心生厌离的比丘而说的。那位比丘被带到法堂后,世尊问他:‘比丘,听说你心生厌离,是真的吗?’他回答:‘是真的。’世尊又问:‘为什么心生厌离?’他说:‘因为五欲。’于是世尊对他说:‘比丘,这些五欲就像是倒钩刺,一旦在心里扎了根,就会像被倒钩刺射中的鳄鱼那样,只会导致死亡。’接着就引出过去世的故事。
Kāmaṃyahiṃ icchasi tena gacchāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. So hi dhammasabhaṃ ānīto ‘‘saccaṃ kira, tvaṃ bhikkhu, ukkaṇṭhito’’ti satthārā puṭṭho ‘‘sacca’’nti vatvā ‘‘kasmā ukkaṇṭhitosī’’ti vutte ‘‘kāmaguṇakāraṇā’’ti āha. Atha naṃ satthā ‘‘kāmaguṇā nāmete bhikkhu vikaṇṇakasallasadisā, sakiṃ hadaye patiṭṭhaṃ labhamānā vikaṇṇakaṃ viya viddhaṃ suṃsumāraṃ maraṇameva pāpentī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1278过去世时,菩萨在波罗奈依法治国。有一天前往园林,来到池塘岸边。擅长歌舞的人表演歌舞,池中的鱼和龟因为贪恋歌声而聚集过来,跟随着国王一起游动。国王看见一大群鱼,面积大得像棕榈树干一样,就问大臣:‘这些鱼为什么总是跟着我游?’大臣们回答:‘大王,它们在侍奉您。’国王心想:‘原来它们是在侍奉我啊。’心生欢喜,便为它们安排了常供的饭食,每天供给一升米。到了供食的时候,有些鱼来,有些鱼不来,饭食就浪费了。有人把这事报告国王。国王说:‘从今以后,在第七个时辰敲响大鼓,以鼓声作为信号,等鱼聚集后再给它们食物。’从那时起,负责供食的人让人敲鼓,然后给聚集的鱼食物。那些鱼也听到鼓声便聚集进食。
Atīte bodhisatto bārāṇasiyaṃ dhammena rajjaṃ kārento ekadivasaṃ uyyānaṃ gantvā pokkharaṇītīraṃ sampāpuṇi. Naccagītāsu kusalā naccagītāni payojesuṃ, pokkharaṇiyaṃ macchakacchapā gītasaddalolatāya sannipatitvā raññāva saddhiṃ gacchanti. Rājā tālakkhandhappamāṇaṃ macchaghaṭaṃ disvā ‘‘kiṃ nu kho ime macchā mayā saddhiṃyeva carantī’’ti amacce pucchi. Amaccā ‘‘ete, deva, upaṭṭhahantī’’ti āhaṃsu. Rājā ‘‘ete kira maṃ upaṭṭhahantī’’ti tussitvā tesaṃ niccabhattaṃ paṭṭhapesi. Devasikaṃ taṇḍulambaṇaṃ pācesi. Macchā bhattavelāya ekacce āgacchanti, ekacce nāgacchanti, bhattaṃ nassati. Rañño tamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. Rājā ‘‘ito paṭṭhāya sattavelāya bheriṃ paharitvā bherisaññāya macchesu sannipatitesu bhattaṃ dethā’’ti āha. Tato paṭṭhāya bhattakammiko bheriṃ paharāpetvā sannipatitānaṃ macchānaṃ bhattaṃ deti. Tepi bherisaññāya sannipatitvā bhuñjanti.
1279正当它们这样聚在一起进食时,一只鳄鱼跑过来吃鱼。负责喂食的人报告了国王。国王听后说:‘当鳄鱼来吃鱼时,你就用倒钩箭射它,把它抓住。’那人说‘好’,便坐上船守候,对着前来吃鱼的鳄鱼射出倒钩箭,箭穿进了它的背脊内部。鳄鱼剧痛难忍,带着箭就逃跑了。喂食的人知道它已被射中,便对它呼喊,说出第一首偈颂:
Tesu evaṃ sannipatitvā bhuñjantesu eko suṃsumāro āgantvā macche khādi. Bhattakammiko rañño ārocesi. Rājā taṃ sutvā ‘‘suṃsumāraṃ macchānaṃ khādanakāle vikaṇṇakena vijjhitvā gaṇhā’’ti āha . So ‘‘sādhū’’ti gantvā nāvāya ṭhatvā macche khādituṃ āgataṃ suṃsumāraṃ vikaṇṇakena pahari, taṃ tassa antopiṭṭhiṃ pāvisi. So vedanāppatto hutvā taṃ gahetvāva palāyi. Bhattakammiko tassa viddhabhāvaṃ ñatvā taṃ ālapanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
165一百六十五。
165.
1281“随你高兴,想去哪里就去哪里吧,你已经被这支倒钩箭射中了要害;
‘‘Kāmaṃ yahiṃ icchasi tena gaccha, viddhosi mammamhi vikaṇṇakena;
1282你已被那善奏的食物所杀,而且贪婪地追逐着鱼。”
Hatosi bhattena suvāditena, lolo ca macche anubandhamāno’’ti.
1283其中,「kāmaṃ」是“确实”的意思,表决定。「yahiṃ icchasi tena gaccha」的意思是“你想去哪里,就去那里”,也就是你所希望去的地方,你就去那里。「mammamhi」是指要害部位。「vikaṇṇakena」是指用带倒钩的箭。「hatosi bhattena suvāditena, lolo ca macche anubandhamāno」的意思是:当食物伴随着“鼓被敲响”的认知而被投下时,你变得贪婪,为了吞食而追逐着鱼,结果被那善奏的食物所杀。也就是说,无论你逃到哪里,都活不成了。鳄鱼回到自己的住处后,就命尽了。
Tattha kāmanti ekaṃsena. Yahiṃ icchasi tena gacchāti yasmiṃ icchasi, tasmiṃ gaccha. Mammamhīti mammaṭṭhāne. Vikaṇṇakenāti vikaṇṇakasallena. Hatosi bhattena suvāditena, lolo ca macche anubandhamānoti tvaṃ bherivāditasaññāya bhatte dīyamāne lolo hutvā khādanatthāya macche anubandhamāno tena savāditena bhattena hato, gataṭṭhānepi te jīvitaṃ natthīti attho. So attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā jīvitakkhayaṃ patto.
1284世尊指出这个因缘以后,作为已正觉者,说出第二首偈颂:
Satthā imaṃ kāraṇaṃ dassetvā abhisambuddho hutvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
166一百六十六。
166.
1286“即使这样,贪染世间欲乐的人,随顺着心欲而转,便会备受折磨;
‘‘Evampi lokāmisaṃ opatanto, vihaññatī cittavasānuvattī;
1287他在亲友之中被毁灭,犹如跟随鱼的鳄鱼一般。”
So haññatī ñātisakhāna majjhe, macchānugo soriva suṃsumāro’’ti.
1288其中,「lokāmisaṃ」指五种欲乐(五欲)。世间人执取它为可意、可爱、悦意,因此称为「世间欲乐」。「Opatanto」(贪着):指追求此世间欲乐,以烦恼力随顺心欲的人,他会疲惫、受苦。「so haññatī」(他遭毁灭):这样一类人,在亲友们中间,就像被带倒刺的箭射中、追逐鱼的鳄鱼一样,抓住五种欲乐以为悦意,因此遭毁灭、受苦,必定走向大灭亡。
Tattha lokāmisanti pañca kāmaguṇā. Te hi loko iṭṭhato kantato manāpato gaṇhāti, tasmā ‘‘lokāmisa’’nti vuccati. Opatantoti taṃ lokāmisaṃ anupatanto kilesavasena cittavasānuvattī puggalo vihaññati kilamati, so haññatīti so evarūpo puggalo ñātīnañca sakhānañca majjhe so vikaṇṇakena viddho macchānugo suṃsumāro viya pañca kāmaguṇe manāpāti gahetvā haññati kilamati mahāvināsaṃ pāpuṇātiyevāti.
1289世尊这样开示此法后,阐明诸谛,并将本生故事连接起来。在揭示诸谛结束时,那位心生厌倦的比丘证得了入流果。‘那时,鳄鱼是提婆达多,鱼是佛陀的弟子们,而波罗奈王则是我。’
Evaṃ satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne ukkaṇṭhitabhikkhu sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. ‘‘Tadā suṃsumāro devadatto, macchā buddhaparisā, bārāṇasirājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1381《倒钩本生经注》第三。
Vikaṇṇakajātakavaṇṇanā tatiyā.
1290[234] 4. 《阿私陀腹本生经注》
[234] 4. Asitābhūjātakavaṇṇanā
1291“现在你独自作了”——这是世尊住在祇园时,以一位少女为缘而说的。据说,在舍卫城,有一个护持两位上首弟子的家庭,家中有一位少女,相貌美丽,享有盛誉。她成年后,嫁给了相同种姓的家庭。丈夫心里不把她当回事,心总是被别处吸引。她并不在意丈夫对自己的轻视,邀请两位上首弟子,供养布施,听闻佛法,证得了入流果。从那时起,她以道果之乐度日,心想:‘丈夫既然不爱我,居家生活对我已无必要,我应该出家。’于是她告知父母,出家后证得了阿拉汉果。她的这一事迹在比丘们中传开了。后来有一天,比丘们在法堂中议论:‘贤友们,某家的女儿真是寻求真实利益的人。她明知丈夫不爱自己,听闻上首弟子的法后证得入流果,又辞别父母出家,证得阿拉汉果。这位少女就是这样一位寻求真实利益的人,贤友们。’世尊到来后,问:‘比丘们,你们现在聚集在这里谈论什么?’他们回答后,世尊便说:‘比丘们,这位族姓女不仅是现在才寻求真实利益,过去世她也是如此。’然后世尊就讲起过去的故事。
Tvamevadānimakarāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ kumārikaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Sāvatthiyaṃ kirekasmiṃ dvinnaṃ aggasāvakānaṃ upaṭṭhākakule ekā kumārikā abhirūpā sobhaggappattā, sā vayappattā samānajātikaṃ kulaṃ agamāsi. Sāmiko taṃ kismiñci amaññamāno aññattha cittavasena carati. Sā tassa taṃ attani anādarataṃ agaṇetvā dve aggasāvake nimantetvā dānaṃ datvā dhammaṃ suṇantī sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhahi. Sā tato paṭṭhāya maggaphalasukhena vītināmayamānā ‘‘sāmikopi maṃ na icchati, gharāvāsena me kammaṃ natthi, pabbajissāmī’’ti cintetvā mātāpitūnaṃ ācikkhitvā pabbajitvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tassā sā kiriyā bhikkhūsu pākaṭā jātā. Athekadivasaṃ bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, asukakulassa dhītā atthagavesikā sāmikassa anicchabhāvaṃ ñatvā aggasāvakānaṃ dhammaṃ sutvā sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhāya puna mātāpitaro āpucchitvā pabbajitvā arahattaṃ pattā, evaṃ atthagavesikā, āvuso sā kumārikā’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idānevesā kuladhītā atthagavesikā, pubbepi atthagavesikāyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1292过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治时期,菩萨出家为仙人,证得了神通和等至,住在雪山地区。那时,波罗奈王看到自己的儿子梵授王子拥有众多眷属,心生疑虑,便把王子流放出国土。王子带着名叫阿私陀跋胡的王妃,进入雪山,以鱼肉、果实为食,住在草屋中。他看见一位紧那罗女,心生爱著,心想:‘我要让她做我的妻子。’于是他不顾阿私陀跋胡,紧跟着她追去。阿私陀跋胡见他追随那紧那罗女,心想:‘他不顾我,紧追着紧那罗女,此人对我有何用呢?’于是心生出离,前往亲近菩萨,顶礼之后,请菩萨教她遍业处。她修习遍相,证得神通和等至,礼敬菩萨后,回到自己的草屋,站在门口。梵授王子追逐紧那罗女,四处游荡,不见她的踪迹,灰心失望,便朝着草屋方向走来。阿私陀跋胡看见他走来,便升入空中,立于宝石般色彩的天空中,说:‘王子,正是依靠你,我才获得这禅那之乐。’然后她诵出此偈:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā himavantapadese vāsaṃ kappesi. Tadā bārāṇasirājā attano puttassa brahmadattakumārassa parivārasampattiṃ disvā uppannāsaṅko puttaṃ raṭṭhā pabbājesi. So asitābhuṃ nāma attano deviṃ ādāya himavantaṃ pavisitvā macchamaṃsaphalāphalāni khādanto paṇṇasālāya nivāsaṃ kappesi. So ekaṃ kinnariṃ disvā paṭibaddhacitto ‘‘imaṃ pajāpatiṃ karissāmī’’ti asitābhuṃ agaṇetvā tassā anupadaṃ agamāsi. Sā taṃ kinnariṃ anubandhamānaṃ disvā ‘‘ayaṃ maṃ agaṇetvā kinnariṃ anubandhati, kiṃ me iminā’’ti virattacittā hutvā bodhisattaṃ upasaṅkamitvā vanditvā attano kasiṇaparikammaṃ kathāpetvā kasiṇaṃ olokentī abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā bodhisattaṃ vanditvā āgantvā attano paṇṇasālāya dvāre aṭṭhāsi. Brahmadattopi kinnariṃ anubandhanto vicaritvā tassā gatamaggampi adisvā chinnāso hutvā paṇṇasālābhimukhova āgato. Asitābhū taṃ āgacchantaṃ disvā vehāsaṃ abbhuggantvā maṇivaṇṇe gaganatale ṭhitā ‘‘ayyaputta, taṃ nissāya mayā idaṃ jhānasukhaṃ laddha’’nti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
167一百六十七。
167.
1294“现在你独自作了,你对我的爱欲已离去”:爱人啊,你抛弃了我而去追逐那紧那罗女,现在你才作出了这样的事。“你对我的爱欲已离去”:我对你的爱欲已经消失,通过镇伏与断除而彻底舍断。正因为舍断了它,我才证得了这殊胜的境界——这句话正是在表明这个意思。
‘‘Tvameva dānimakara, yaṃ kāmo byagamā tayi;
1295“那个爱欲如今不再结生,如同被利锯截断的象牙一般”:“那个爱欲如今不再结生”:然而,那个爱欲现在已经变成了不再结生的状态,不可能再结生。“如同被利锯截断的象牙一般”:“利锯”指的是凿锯,“象牙”指的是象的牙齿。就像被凿锯截断的象牙无法再接合,不可能再像以前那样连接起来一样,今后,我与你的心再也不可能彼此粘合了。这样说完之后,她就在他那注视之下飞身腾空而起,去了别的地方。
Soyaṃ appaṭisandhiko, kharachinnaṃva renuka’’nti.
1296其中,“现在你独自作了”的意思是:王子啊,你抛弃了我,紧追紧那罗女,现在你才独自作了这件事。“你对我的爱欲已离去”:我对你的爱欲已消失,通过镇伏和断除而舍断。因为舍断了它,我证得了这殊胜境界。这是所表明的。“那爱欲不再结生”:但是那爱欲现在已经不再结生,无法再结生。“如被利锯截断的象牙”:利锯指凿锯,象牙指象的牙齿。就像被凿锯截断的象牙不再接合,不能再次像以前那样连接,同样,今后我与你的心再也不可能粘合。这么说罢,她就当面飞升而去,到了别处。
Tattha tvameva dānimakarāti, ayyaputta, maṃ pahāya kinnariṃ anubandhanto tvaññeva idāni idaṃ akara. Yaṃ kāmo byagamā tayīti yaṃ mama tayi kāmo vigato vikkhambhanappahānena pahīno, yassa pahīnattā ahaṃ imaṃ visesaṃ pattāti dīpeti. Soyaṃ appaṭisandhikoti so pana kāmo idāni appaṭisandhiko jāto, na sakkā paṭisandhituṃ. Kharachinnaṃva renukanti kharo vuccati kakaco, renukaṃ vuccati hatthidanto. Yathā kakacena chinno hatthidanto appaṭisandhiko hoti, na puna purimanayena allīyati, evaṃ puna mayhaṃ tayā saddhiṃ cittassa ghaṭanaṃ nāma natthīti vatvā tassa passantasseva uppatitvā aññattha agamāsi.
1297她离去时,他悲叹着说出了第二首偈颂:
So tassā gatakāle paridevamāno dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
168一百六十八。
168.
1299“以过度贪求、以过度贪欲,以及以过度贪欲的骄慢;
‘‘Atricchaṃ atilobhena , atilobhamadena ca;
1300就这样,他从利益上衰败,如同我因阿私陀跋胡女而衰败。”
Evaṃ hāyati atthamhā, ahaṃva asitābhuyā’’ti.
1301在这里,「过度贪求」是指到处、各处的贪求,也就是无限制的渴爱;「过度贪欲」是指越过了常度而生起的贪。而「过度贪欲的骄慢」:因为能令男子产生骄慢,所以称为过度贪欲的骄慢。这句话的意思是:一个被过度渴求所驱使而贪求的人,由于过度贪欲以及过度贪欲的骄慢,就会如同我被阿私陀跋胡公主所抛弃那样,从利益中衰败下来。
Tattha atricchaṃ atilobhenāti atricchā vuccati atra atra icchāsaṅkhātā apariyantataṇhā, atilobho vuccati atikkamitvā pavattalobho. Atilobhamadena cāti purisamadaṃ uppādanato atilobhamado nāma jāyati. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti – atricchāvasena atricchamāno puggalo atilobhena ca atilobhamadena ca yathā ahaṃ asitābhuyā rājadhītāya parihīno, evaṃ atthā hāyatīti.
1302他这样以偈颂悲叹过后,就独自住在阿兰若中。父亲去世后,他便回去继承了王位。
Iti so imāya gāthāya paridevitvā araññe ekakova vasitvā pitu accayena gantvā rajjaṃ gaṇhi.
1303世尊开示了这个法教之后,连接起本生故事,说道:“那时的王子与公主,就是现在的这两个人;而那位苦行者,就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā rājaputto ca rājadhītā ca ime dve janā ahesuṃ, tāpaso pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1396阿西塔布本生注释 第四。
Asitābhūjātakavaṇṇanā catutthā.
1304[235] 5. 瓦洽纳卡本生注释
[235] 5. Vacchanakhajātakavaṇṇanā
1305「Sukhāgharā vacchanakhā」这句,是世尊住在祇园时,针对罗加马喇而说的。据说他是阿难长老在家时的朋友。有一天,他为了邀请长老,派人送信给长老。长老禀白世尊后便去了。他用各种上等美味的食物款待长老,然后坐在一旁,与长老亲切交谈后,便用在家财富和五欲享受来劝请长老,说:“大德阿难,我家里有许多有意识和无意识的宝物,我想把这些财富从中间劈开,一半给您。来吧,我们两人一起过在家生活吧。”长老便对他讲述了五欲的过患,随后从座而起,回到寺院。世尊问长老:“阿难,你见到罗加了吗?”长老答:“是的,世尊。”世尊又问:“你对他说了什么?”长老说:“世尊,罗加用在家生活来劝请我,于是我就对他讲了在家生活和五欲的过患。”世尊便说:“阿难,罗加马喇并不是现在才劝请出家人过在家生活,过去他也曾这样劝请过。”于是,应阿难的请求,世尊讲述了过去的事情。
Sukhāgharā vacchanakhāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto rojamallaṃ ārabbha kathesi. So kirāyasmato ānandassa gihisahāyo. So ekadivasaṃ āgamanatthāya therassa sāsanaṃ pāhesi, thero satthāraṃ āpucchitvā agamāsi. So theraṃ nānaggarasabhojanaṃ bhojetvā ekamantaṃ nisinno therena saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ katvā theraṃ gihibhogehi pañcahi kāmaguṇehi nimantento ‘‘bhante ānanda, mama gehe pahūtaṃ saviññāṇakaaviññāṇakaratanaṃ, idaṃ majjhe bhinditvā tuyhaṃ dammi, ehi ubho agāraṃ ajjhāvasāmā’’ti. Thero tassa kāmaguṇesu ādīnavaṃ kathetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā vihāraṃ gantvā ‘‘diṭṭho te, ānanda, rojo’’ti satthārā pucchito ‘‘āma, bhante’’ti vatvā ‘‘kimassa kathesī’’ti vutte ‘‘bhante, maṃ rojo gharāvāsena nimantesi, athassāhaṃ gharāvāse ceva kāmaguṇesu ca ādīnavaṃ kathesi’’nti. Satthā ‘‘na kho, ānanda, rojo mallo idāneva pabbajite gharāvāsena nimantesi, pubbepi nimantesiyevā’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
1306在过去,波罗奈的梵授王治理国家的时候,菩萨出生于某个村镇的婆罗门家中。他长大以后,出家成为仙人,在雪山地区住了很久。后来为了食用咸酸粥,他来到波罗奈,住在王家园林。第二天他进入波罗奈城内。当时,波罗奈的首富看见菩萨的行仪和住处,生起了净信,就把他请到家中,供养饭食,并请他答应住在那个园林里。首富悉心照料菩萨,让菩萨住在园中。两人彼此间生起了亲密的感情。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto aññatarasmiṃ nigamagāme brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā himavantapadese ciraṃ vasitvā loṇambilasevanatthāya bārāṇasiṃ patvā rājuyyāne vasitvā punadivase bārāṇasiṃ pāvisi. Athassa bārāṇasiseṭṭhi ācāravihāre pasīditvā gehaṃ netvā bhojetvā uyyāne vasanatthāya paṭiññaṃ gahetvā taṃ paṭijagganto uyyāne vasāpesi. Te aññamaññaṃ uppannasinehā ahesuṃ.
1307有一天,波罗奈的首富出于对菩萨的敬爱和信赖,这样想:“出家的生活确实是苦的,我要让我的朋友瓦洽纳卡游方者还俗,然后把所有财产从中间劈开,分一半给他,我们两个和合地一起生活。”于是在某一天,用完餐后,他与菩萨进行了亲切甘甜的款待,然后说道:“大德瓦洽纳卡啊,出家的生活实在是苦,在家的生活才快乐。来吧,我们两个和合地享受欲乐,一起生活吧。”说完,就诵出了第一首偈颂:
Athekadivasaṃ bārāṇasiseṭṭhi bodhisatte pemavissāsavasena evaṃ cintesi – ‘‘pabbajjā nāma dukkhā, mama sahāyaṃ vacchanakhaparibbājakaṃ uppabbājetvā sabbaṃ vibhavaṃ majjhe bhinditvā tassa datvā dvepi samaggavāsaṃ vasissāmā’’ti. So ekadivasaṃ bhattakiccapariyosāne tena saddhiṃ madhurapaṭisanthāraṃ katvā ‘‘bhante vacchanakha, pabbajjā nāma dukkhā, sukho gharāvāso, ehi ubho samaggā kāme paribhuñjantā vasāmā’’ti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
169一百六十九。
169.
1309瓦洽纳卡啊,有金钱、有食物的家,是快乐的;
‘‘Sukhā gharā vacchanakha, sahiraññā sabhojanā;
1310在那里吃吃喝喝之后,你就可以无忧无虑地躺卧休息了。
Yattha bhutvā pivitvā ca, sayeyyātha anussuko’’ti.
1311其中,「有金钱」是指具足七宝。「有食物」是指有很多可嚼食和可啖食。「在那里吃喝了」是指在那些有金钱、有食物的家中,享用各种上味食物,饮用各种饮品。「可以无忧地睡卧」是指在那些装饰华丽的卧榻上,无忧无虑地躺卧休息。那样的家,确实极其快乐。
Tattha sahiraññāti sattaratanasampannā. Sabhojanāti bahukhādanīyabhojanīyā. Yattha bhutvā pivitvā cāti yesu sahiraññabhojanesu gharesu nānaggarasāni bhojanāni paribhuñjitvā nānāpānāni ca pivitvā. Sayeyyātha anussukoti yesu alaṅkatasirisayanapiṭṭhe anussuko hutvā sayeyyāsi, te gharā nāma ativiya sukhāti.
1312菩萨听了这些话之后,说道:“大富翁,你因为无知而贪著欲乐,说出了居家生活的功德与出家的无功德。现在我来指出居家生活的无功德,你且听着。”然后,说出了第二首偈颂:
Athassa taṃ sutvā bodhisatto ‘‘mahāseṭṭhi, tvaṃ aññāṇatāya kāmagiddho hutvā gharāvāsassa guṇaṃ, pabbajjāya ca aguṇaṃ kathesi, gharāvāsassa te aguṇaṃ kathessāmi, suṇāhi dānī’’ti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
170170.
170.
1314家对于不精勤的人来说,不是安稳的;对于不说妄语的人来说,也不是没有口业的;
‘‘Gharā nānīhamānassa, gharā nābhaṇato musā;
1315家对于不执刑杖、不伤害他人的人来说,也不是没有过失的;
Gharā nādinnadaṇḍassa, paresaṃ anikubbato;
1316这样充满缺陷、难以成就的居家生活,谁会去从事呢?
Evaṃ chiddaṃ durabhisambhavaṃ, ko gharaṃ paṭipajjatī’’ti.
1317其中,「gharā nānīhamānassa」:对于由于总是从事耕作、牧牛等工作而不懈怠、不努力的人,所谓家其实是不存在的,意思是居家生活无法建立。「Gharā nābhaṇato musā」:就算为了田地、房屋、金银等财物而不说虚妄的假话,家同样不存在。「Gharā nādinnadaṇḍassa, paresaṃ anikubbato」:对于不拿起刑杖的人,也就是没拿起刑杖、已放下刑杖的人,以及不伤害他人的人,家也不存在。可是,如果有人拿起刑杖,对仆人、佣工等在犯下各种过失时,根据其过失给以杀害、捆绑、截肢、鞭打等惩罚,那么只有他的居家生活才能成立,这就是其中的意思。这样,这种居家生活就有了漏洞,很难成就。如果不做这些努力之事,就会因种种损失出现漏洞;如果去做,又因为必须一直不停地做,所以很难成就、很难满足;即使不间断地去做,也依然难以成就、无法填满。于是问:‘谁会去从事这样的居家生活,想“我将无忧无虑地安住”呢?’
Tattha gharā nānīhamānassāti niccakālaṃ kasigorakkhādikaraṇena anīhamānassa avāyamantassa gharā nāma natthi, gharāvāso na patiṭṭhātīti attho. Gharā nābhaṇato musāti khettavatthuhiraññasuvaṇṇādīnaṃ atthāya amusābhaṇatopi gharā nāma natthi. Gharā nādinnadaṇḍassa, paresaṃ anikubbatoti nādinnadaṇḍassāti aggahitadaṇḍassa, nikkhittadaṇḍassa paresaṃ anikubbato gharā nāma natthi. Yo pana ādinnadaṇḍo hutvā paresaṃ dāsakammakarādīnaṃ tasmiṃ tasmiṃ aparādhe aparādhānurūpaṃ vadhabandhanachedanatāḷanādivasena karoti, tasseva gharāvāso saṇṭhahatīti attho. Evaṃ chiddaṃ durabhisambhavaṃ, ko gharaṃ paṭipajjatīti taṃ dāni evaṃ etesaṃ īhanādīnaṃ akaraṇe sati tāya tāya parihāniyā chiddaṃ karaṇepi sati niccameva kātabbato durabhisambhavaṃ durārādhanīyaṃ, niccaṃ karontassapi vā durabhisambhavameva duppūraṃ gharāvāsaṃ ‘‘ahaṃ nipparitasso hutvā ajjhāvasissāmī’’ti ko paṭipajjatīti.
1318大士这样讲说了居家的过患后,就前往园林了。
Evaṃ mahāsatto gharāvāsassa dosaṃ kathetvā uyyānameva agamāsi.
1319世尊开示了这个法之后,将本生连接起来说:“那时的波罗奈富豪是罗加马喇,而瓦洽纳卡游行者就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā bārāṇasiseṭṭhi rojo mallo ahosi, vacchanakhaparibbājako pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1320第五 瓦洽那卡本生注
Vacchanakhajātakavaṇṇanā pañcamā.
1321[236] 6. 白鹭本生注
[236] 6. Bakajātakavaṇṇanā
1322“此鸟确实极妙”这句经文,是世尊住在祇园时,以一位骗人比丘为缘而讲说的。世尊把他叫来,看到所呈现的情况后,说:“比丘们,不是只有现在,过去世他也是个骗人者。”然后讲述了过去的本生。
Bhaddakovatayaṃ pakkhīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ kuhakabhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tañhi satthā ānetvā dassitaṃ disvā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva, pubbepesa kuhakoyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1323过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治时,菩萨在雪山地区的一个湖中投生为鱼,有大眷属而住。当时,有一只苍鹭心想:“我要吃鱼。”便来到湖的附近,垂下头,展开翅膀,慢慢地观察着鱼,等待它们的疏忽。就在那时,菩萨在鱼群围绕下觅食,来到了那个地方。鱼群见到那只苍鹭,便说出第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto himavantapadese ekasmiṃ sare maccho hutvā mahāparivāro vasi. Atheko bako ‘‘macche khādissāmī’’ti sarassa āsannaṭṭhāne sīsaṃ pātetvā pakkhe pasāretvā mandamando macche olokento aṭṭhāsi tesaṃ pamādaṃ āgamayamāno. Tasmiṃ khaṇe bodhisatto macchagaṇaparivuto gocaraṃ gaṇhanto taṃ ṭhānaṃ pāpuṇi. Macchagaṇo taṃ bakaṃ passitvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
171一百七十一。
171.
1325“这只飞禽实在吉祥,像白睡莲一样的双生鸟;
‘‘Bhaddako vatayaṃ pakkhī, dijo kumudasannibho;
1326它收拢翅膀,缓缓地仿佛在禅思。”
Vūpasantehi pakkhehi, mandamandova jhāyatī’’ti.
1327在这里,“缓缓地仿佛在禅思”意思是:它就像一个无力的人那样,好像什么都不知道似的,独自一人在那里禅思。
Tattha mandamandova jhāyatīti abalabalo viya hutvā kiñci ajānanto viya ekakova jhāyatīti.
1328接着,菩萨看着它,说出第二首偈颂:
Atha naṃ bodhisatto oloketvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
172172.
172.
1330“你们不知道它的戒行,不了解就赞美它;
‘‘Nāssa sīlaṃ vijānātha, anaññāya pasaṃsatha;
1331这只鸟并不保护我们,因此这飞禽才不动。”
Amhe dijo na pāleti, tena pakkhī na phandatī’’ti.
1332在这里,“不了解”指不知道、不了解。所谓“这只鸟不保护我们”,意思是这只鸟并不保护我们、不守护我们,它心里在盘算:“在这些鱼当中,我到底要抓哪一条呢?”所谓“因此,这飞禽不动”,意思是因此这只飞禽才不摆动、不移动。当这些话说完,那群鱼便把水搅浑,把那只苍鹭给赶跑了。
Tattha anaññāyāti ajānitvā. Amhe dijo na pāletīti esa dijo amhe na rakkhati na gopāyati, ‘‘kataraṃ nu kho etesu kabaḷaṃ karissāmī’’ti upadhāreti. Tena pakkhī na phandatīti tenāyaṃ sakuṇo na phandati na calatīti. Evaṃ vutte macchagaṇo udakaṃ khobhetvā bakaṃ palāpesi.
1333世尊引用这个法开示,总结本生故事说:“那时,那只苍鹭就是那个骗人的比丘,而鱼王就是我本人。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā bako kuhako bhikkhu ahosi, maccharājā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1427第六《苍鹭本生注疏》。
Bakajātakavaṇṇanā chaṭṭhā.
1334第七《萨咖答本生注疏》。
[237] 7. Sāketajātakavaṇṇanā
1335“世尊因何因缘?”这句话,是世尊住在萨咖答附近时,针对萨咖答婆罗门而说的。不过,这件事无论是过去还是现在,都已经在《独一集》里讲过了。后来,比丘们来到如来的精舍,问道:“大德,这种亲爱是如何建立的呢?”这样问过后,便说出了第一首偈颂:
Konu kho bhagavā hetūti idaṃ satthā sāketaṃ upanissāya viharanto sāketaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Vatthu panettha atītampi paccuppannampi heṭṭhā ekakanipāte (jā. aṭṭha. 1.1.sāketajātakavaṇṇanā) kathitameva. Tathāgatassa pana vihāraṃ gatakāle bhikkhū ‘‘sineho nāmesa, bhante, kathaṃ patiṭṭhātī’’ti pucchantā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāhaṃsu –
173一百七十三。
173.
1337“世尊啊,是什么原因,对于这里的某些人,
‘‘Ko nu kho bhagavā hetu, ekacce idha puggale;
1338心极度清凉,内心也变得净信?”
Atīva hadayaṃ nibbāti, cittañcāpi pasīdatī’’ti.
1339它的意思是:是什么原因,使得只是见到这里的某些人,心就变得极度清凉,就像被一千壶散发着芳香清凉的水浇灌过一样,变得凉爽,而有的人却不是这样。有的人仅仅是看到,心就生起净信,变得柔和,因为喜爱而亲近依恋,而有的人却不会这样依恋。
Tassattho – ko nu kho hetu, yena idhekacce puggale diṭṭhamatteyeva hadayaṃ ativiya nibbāti, suvāsitassa sītassa udakassa ghaṭasahassena parisittaṃ viya sītalaṃ hoti, ekacce na nibbāti. Ekacce diṭṭhamatteyeva cittaṃ pasīdati, mudu hoti, pemavasena allīyati, ekacce na allīyatīti.
1340这时,他们的导师为了说明亲爱产生的原因,诵出了第二首偈颂:
Atha nesaṃ satthā pemakāraṇaṃ dassento dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
174174.
174.
1342“因为过去曾一起生活,或由于现世的利益;
‘‘Pubbeva sannivāsena, paccuppannahitena vā;
1343爱就这样产生,就如同水中的青莲。”
Evaṃ taṃ jāyate pemaṃ, uppalaṃva yathodake’’ti.
1344(这句偈颂的)意思是:比丘们,被称为“爱”的这种情感,由两种原因而生起。在过去的生命里,或为母、或为父、或为子、或为女、或为兄弟、或为姊妹、或为夫、或为妻、或为同伴、或为朋友,只要某人曾与某人在同一处生活过,以这“过去的共住”作为因缘,那种亲密的情感就会一直相随相伴,即使到了另一生也不会消失。或者,以今生今世所做的利益他人之事,这“现世的利益”作为因缘。以上这两种方式,“爱就这样产生”,也就是说,由这两种原因,名为‘爱’的情感便生起了。这就像什么呢?“就如同水中的青莲”。“如同”这个词(巴利语va)是省略了元音的形式。这个词在这里是表示‘集合’的意思,所以指的不单是青莲,还包括其他水中生长的花。正如这些花在水里生长,必须依靠两种条件才能产生,那就是水和淤泥;同样地,爱也是由这两种原因而生起。这就是此处应理解的含义。
Tassattho – bhikkhave, pemaṃ nāmetaṃ dvīhi kāraṇehi jāyati, purimabhave mātā vā pitā vā putto vā dhītā vā bhātā vā bhaginī vā pati vā bhariyā vā sahāyo vā mitto vā hutvā yo yena saddhiṃ ekaṭṭhāne vutthapubbo, tassa iminā pubbeva sannivāsena bhavantarepi anubandhanto so sineho na vijahati. Imasmiṃ attabhāve katena paccuppannahitena vā evaṃ taṃ jāyate pemaṃ, imehi dvīhi kāraṇehi pemaṃ nāma jāyati. Yathā kiṃ? Uppalaṃva yathodaketi. Vā-kārassa rassattaṃ kataṃ. Samuccayatthe cesa vutto, tasmā uppalañca sesaṃ jalajapupphañca yathā udake jāyamānaṃ dve kāraṇāni nissāya jāyati udakañceva kalalañca, tathā etehi dvīhi kāraṇehi pemaṃ jāyatīti evamettha attho daṭṭhabbo.
1345导师作了这个法开示之后,总结这个本生故事说:“那个时候的婆罗门和婆罗门女,就是现在的这两位;而那个儿子,就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā brāhmaṇo ca brāhmaṇī ca ime dve janā ahesuṃ, putto pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1440《萨咖答本生注疏》,第七篇。
Sāketajātakavaṇṇanā sattamā.
1346[238] 第八 《一句本生注疏》
[238] 8. Ekapadajātakavaṇṇanā
1347“来吧,一个词,孩子啊”这段话,是世尊住在祇园的时候,针对一位居士而说的。据说,这位舍卫城的居士,有一天把儿子抱在膝上坐着,儿子问了他一个名叫“义之门”的问题。他想:“这是属于佛陀境界的问题,别人是没办法解说的。”于是就带着儿子前往祇园,礼拜世尊后说:“大德,我这孩子坐在我腿上,问了我一个叫作‘义之门’的问题,我因为不知道,所以来到这里。大德,请您为他解说这个问题吧。”世尊说:“近事男啊,这个孩子并不是现在才寻求义利,过去他也曾经是一个求义者,向智者们问过这个同样的问题,古代的智者也为他解说过,只不过因为被生死轮回所障蔽,他自己没有觉察到罢了。”说完后,在世尊的请求下,便开示了过去的事情。
Iṅghaekapadaṃ, tātāti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ kuṭumbikaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Sāvatthivāsī kiresa kuṭumbiko, athassa ekadivasaṃ aṅke nisinno putto atthassa dvāraṃ nāma pañhaṃ pucchi. So ‘‘buddhavisayo esa pañho, na taṃ añño kathetuṃ sakkhissatī’’ti puttaṃ gahetvā jetavanaṃ gantvā satthāraṃ vanditvā ‘‘bhante, ayaṃ me dārako ūrumhi nisinno atthassa dvāraṃ nāma pañhaṃ pucchi, ahaṃ taṃ ajānanto idhāgato, kathetha, bhante, imaṃ pañha’’nti. Satthā ‘‘na kho, upāsaka, ayaṃ dārako idāneva atthagavesako, pubbepi atthagavesakova hutvā imaṃ pañhaṃ paṇḍite pucchi, porāṇakapaṇḍitāpissa kathesuṃ, bhavasaṅkhepagatattā pana na sallakkhesī’’ti vatvā tena yācito atītaṃ āhari.
1348过去世,在波罗奈城由梵授王治理国家的时候,菩萨生于一个富豪之家,长大成年后,在父亲去世时继承了长者的地位。那时,他年幼的儿子坐在他膝上,问道:“父亲,请您告诉我一个词,一个能作为多种意义依据的理由。”接着便说出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto seṭṭhikule nibbattitvā vayappatto pitu accayena seṭṭhiṭṭhānaṃ labhi. Athassa putto daharo kumāro ūrumhi nisīditvā ‘‘tāta, mayhaṃ ekapadaṃ anekatthanissitaṃ ekaṃ kāraṇaṃ kathethā’’ti pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
175175.
175.
1350“来吧,父亲,请您说一个词,一个能作为多种意义依据的词;
‘‘Iṅgha ekapadaṃ tāta, anekatthapadassitaṃ;
1351请说一个能总摄一切的词,让我们借它来成就种种义利。”
Kiñci saṅgāhikaṃ brūsi, yenatthe sādhayemase’’ti.
1352其中,「iṅgha」是一个表示请求或催促的不变词。「一种词」(ekapadaṃ)指一个理由之词,或者也可以指一个与理由相关的文句。「为多种义句所依」(anekatthapadassitaṃ)意思是,它依止于多种义句、多种理由句。「请说某种能含摄的」(kiñci saṅgāhikaṃ brūsi)意思是:请说某一个词,它能总摄众多词;或者这只是经文的一种读法。「我们借此成就诸义」(yenatthe sādhayemase)意思是:通过这一个与多种义相关的词,我们能成就自己的增长,请你为我开示这个词。他就是这样提问的。
Tattha iṅghāti yācanatthe codanatthe vā nipāto. Ekapadanti ekaṃ kāraṇapadaṃ, ekaṃ kāraṇūpasañhitaṃ vā byañjanapadaṃ. Anekatthapadassitanti anekāni atthapadāni kāraṇapadāni nissitaṃ. Kiñci saṅgāhikaṃ brūsīti kiñci ekapadaṃ bahūnaṃ padānaṃ saṅgāhikaṃ brūhi, ayameva vā pāṭho. Yenatthe sādhayemaseti yena ekena padena anekatthanissitena mayaṃ attano vuḍḍhiṃ sādheyyāma, taṃ me kathehīti pucchi.
1353于是父亲为他解说道,说出了第二首偈颂:
Athassa pitā kathento dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
176176.
176.
1355「孩子,应善巧的一种词」(dakkheyyekapadaṃ),它以多种义理为依托;
‘‘Dakkheyyekapadaṃ tāta, anekatthapadassitaṃ;
1356它结合了戒(sīlena),由忍耐(khantiyā)成就;
Tañca sīlena saññuttaṃ, khantiyā upapāditaṃ;
1357足以让朋友快乐,也足以让敌人痛苦。”
Alaṃ mitte sukhāpetuṃ, amittānaṃ dukhāya cā’’ti.
1358其中,「dakkheyyekapadaṃ」指的是「dakkheyyaṃ ekapadaṃ」,意即“应善巧的一个词”。「应善巧」(dakkheyyaṃ)就是指能产生利益、善巧、善、与智相应的精进(vīriya)。「为多种义所依」(anekatthapadassitaṃ)是说,像这样所说的精进,依止于多种义句。依止哪些呢?依止于戒等。因此接着说“它结合了戒”等。它的意思是:而且,这种精进与行持之戒相结合,具足安忍的忍耐,足以让朋友快乐,也足以给敌人痛苦。因为,哪一位具足能产生利益、与智相应、善的精进,又具足行持和忍耐的人,会不能令朋友快乐,或不能令敌人痛苦呢?
Tattha dakkheyyekapadanti dakkheyyaṃ ekapadaṃ. Dakkheyyaṃ nāma lābhuppādakassa chekassa kusalassa ñāṇasampayuttaṃ vīriyaṃ. Anekatthapadassitanti evaṃ vuttappakāraṃ vīriyaṃ anekehi atthapadehi nissitaṃ. Katarehīti? Sīlādīhi. Teneva ‘‘tañca sīlena saññutta’’ntiādimāha. Tassattho – tañca panetaṃ vīriyaṃ ācārasīlasampayuttaṃ adhivāsanakhantiyā upetaṃ mitte sukhāpetuṃ amittānañca dukkhāya alaṃ samatthaṃ. Ko hi nāma lābhuppādakañāṇasampayuttakusalavīriyasamannāgato ācārakhantisampanno mitte sukhāpetuṃ, amitte vā dukkhāpetuṃ na sakkotīti.
1359就这样,菩萨为儿子解答了问题。儿子也按照父亲讲述的方法,成就了自己的利益后,随业而去。
Evaṃ bodhisatto puttassa pañhaṃ kathesi. Sopi pitu kathitanayeneva attano atthaṃ sādhetvā yathākammaṃ gato.
1360导师引出这个法谈之后,阐明诸谛,并把本生连接起来。在谛的结尾,父子两人安住于入流果。导师说:“那时的儿子就是现在这个儿子,而波罗奈长者就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi, saccapariyosāne pitāputtā sotāpattiphale patiṭṭhitā. ‘‘Tadā putto ayameva putto ahosi, bārāṇasiseṭṭhi pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1456《一偈本生》注释第八。
Ekapadajātakavaṇṇanā aṭṭhamā.
1361[239] 9. 《绿蛙本生》注释
[239] 9. Haritamaṇḍūkajātakavaṇṇanā
1362这则名为「我是有剧毒的蛇……」的法谈,是导师住在竹林精舍时,因为阿阇世而宣说的。据说,高沙罗国王的父亲大高沙罗王,在把女儿许配给频婆娑罗王时,曾将一个名为迦尸村的聚落,作为给女儿的沐资,赠与了她。后来,当阿阇世犯下弑父之罪后,那位王后出于对国王的深情,不久便去世了。阿阇世在母亲去世后,依然持续享用那个村庄的收益。高沙罗王宣称:‘我不会把属于我家族的村庄,交给那个弑父的盗贼。’于是,便与阿阇世交战。战事中,有时是舅舅高沙罗王获胜,有时是外甥阿阇世取胜。然而,每当阿阇世战胜时,他便满心喜悦,在战车上高竖旗帜,以大排场进入城中;而每当他落败时,则满怀忧愁,不通知任何人,悄悄地溜进城。有一天,比丘们在法堂中生起了这样的议论:‘贤友们,阿阇世战胜舅舅就高兴,落败了就忧愁。’导师前来,问道:‘诸比丘,你们此刻聚在一起,是在谈论何事?’当得知‘在谈论这件事’后,导师开示说:‘诸比丘,并非只有现在才如此,过去世他战胜了也同样高兴,落败了也同样忧愁。’接着,便引出了过去的故事。
Āsīvisampimaṃ santanti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto ajātasattuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Kosalarājassa hi pitā mahākosalo bimbisārarañño dhītaraṃ dadamāno dhītu nhānamūlaṃ kāsigāmakaṃ nāma adāsi. Sā ajātasattunā pitughātakakamme kate rañño sinehena nacirasseva kālamakāsi. Ajātasattu mātari kālakatāyapi taṃ gāmaṃ bhuñjateva. Kosalarājā ‘‘pitughātakassa corassa mama kulasantakaṃ gāmaṃ na dassāmī’’ti tena saddhiṃ yujjhati. Kadāci mātulassa jayo hoti, kadāci bhāgineyyassa. Yadā pana ajātasattu jināti, tadā somanassappatto rathe dhajaṃ ussāpetvā mahantena yasena nagaraṃ pavisati. Yadā pana parājayati, tadā domanassappatto kañci ajānāpetvāva pavisati. Athekadivasaṃ dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ ‘‘āvuso, ajātasattu mātulaṃ jinitvā tussati, parājito domanassappatto hotī’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva, pubbepesa jinitvā tussati, parājito domanassappatto hotī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1363在过去世,当梵授王在波罗奈城治理国家时,菩萨投生于一只青绿色的青蛙胎中。那时,人们为了在各处河川、山涧等地方捕鱼,便安放了鱼笼。许多鱼游进了一个鱼笼。当时,有一条水蛇,正吃着鱼时也钻进了那个鱼笼,结果被许多鱼群起而攻之,将它咬得遍体是血。水蛇找不到庇护之所,被死亡怖畏逼迫,挣扎着从鱼笼口逃了出来,饱受痛苦,瘫倒在了水边。而那只青蛙,也在那一刻跳了上去,歇在鱼笼顶端的柱子上。水蛇无处讨个说法,看见了停在那里的青蛙,便向它问道:‘喂,绿蛙之子,你对这些鱼的行径,感到满意吗?’说着,便诵出了第一首偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto nīlamaṇḍūkayoniyaṃ nibbatti. Tadā manussā nadīkandarādīsu tattha tattha macche gahaṇatthāya kumīnāni oḍḍesuṃ. Ekasmiṃ kumīne bahū macchā pavisiṃsu. Atheko udakāsīviso macche khādanto taṃ kumīnaṃ pāvisi, bahū macchā ekato hutvā taṃ khādantā ekalohitaṃ akaṃsu. So paṭisaraṇaṃ apassanto maraṇabhayatajjito kumīnamukhena nikkhamitvā vedanāppatto udakapariyante nipajji. Nīlamaṇḍūkopi tasmiṃ khaṇe uppatitvā kumīnasūlamatthake nipanno hoti. Āsīviso vinicchayaṭṭhānaṃ alabhanto tattha nipannaṃ taṃ disvā ‘‘samma nīlamaṇḍūka, imesaṃ macchānaṃ kiriyā ruccati tuyha’’nti pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
177第一七七偈。
177.
1365「我,本身是条有剧毒的蛇,却落入了鱼笼之口;」
‘‘Āsīvisampi maṃ santaṃ, paviṭṭhaṃ kumināmukhaṃ;
1366「绿蛙之子啊,群鱼这般围攻撕咬我,你觉得这合乎心意吗?」
Ruccate haritāmātā, yaṃ maṃ khādanti macchakā’’ti.
1367在此,短语「我是有剧毒的蛇」:意思是,我是本身具有毒性的。后半句「绿蛙之子,群鱼在咬我,你喜欢吗?」:这是水蛇在说:‘绿蛙之子,你对这件事感到喜欢吗?’
Tattha āsīvisampi maṃ santanti maṃ āgatavisaṃ samānaṃ. Ruccate haritāmātā, yaṃ maṃ khādanti macchakāti etaṃ tava ruccati haritamaṇḍūkaputtāti vadati.
1368于是,绿蛙对它说:‘是的,朋友,我喜欢这样。’ ‘那是什么缘故呢?’ ‘如果你吃的是进入你地盘的鱼,那么鱼也会同样攻击进入它们地盘的你。凡是立足于自己领域、自己地盘、自己活动范围内,就没有所谓的弱者呀。’ 说着,便诵出了第二首偈颂——
Atha naṃ haritamaṇḍūko ‘‘āma, samma, ruccatī’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃkāraṇā’’ti? ‘‘Sace tvampi tava padesaṃ āgate macche khādasi, macchāpi attano padesaṃ āgataṃ taṃ khādanti, attano visaye padese gocarabhūmiyaṃ abalavā nāma natthī’’ti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
178第一七八偈。
178.
1370一个人只要还有能力,确实就会掠夺;
‘‘Vilumpateva puriso, yāvassa upakappati;
1371当别人来掠夺时,那个掠夺者自己也被掠夺了。
Yadā caññe vilumpanti, so vilutto vilumpatī’’ti.
1372其中,「一个人只要还有能力,确实就会掠夺」的意思是:只要这个人的权力还适用、成就、持续,他就一定会掠夺他人。也有读作「只要他还有能力」的版本,意思是只要这个人还能掠夺的时候。「当别人来掠夺时」是指当其他有势力的人前来掠夺的时候。「那个掠夺者自己也被掠夺」就是指这时,那个掠夺者被其他人所掠夺。也有读作「被掠夺」的,意思相同。还有读作「掠夺」的,但这个意思不合。菩萨在裁决那笔钱财时,知道水蛇已经虚弱,于是鱼群想着「我们要抓住仇敌」,便从鳄鱼的口中出来,就在那里结束了它的生命后离开了。
Tattha vilumpateva puriso, yāvassa upakappatīti yāva assa purisassa issariyaṃ upakappati ijjhati pavattati, tāva so aññaṃ vilumpatiyeva. ‘‘Yāva so upakappatī’’tipi pāṭho , yattakaṃ kālaṃ so puriso sakkoti vilumpitunti attho. Yadā caññe vilumpantīti yadā ca aññe issarā hutvā vilumpanti. So vilutto vilumpatīti atha so vilumpako aññehi vilumpati. ‘‘Vilumpate’’tipi pāṭho, ayamevattho. ‘‘Vilumpana’’ntipi paṭhanti, tassattho na sameti. Evaṃ ‘‘vilumpako puna vilumpaṃ pāpuṇātī’’ti bodhisattena aḍḍe vinicchite udakāsīvisassa dubbalabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘paccāmittaṃ gaṇhissāmā’’ti macchagaṇā kumīnamukhā nikkhamitvā tattheva naṃ jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā pakkamuṃ.
1373导师讲述了这项法义的教导之后,将本生故事联系起来说:“那时,水蛇是阿阇世,而青蛙就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā udakāsīviso ajātasattu ahosi, nīlamaṇḍūko pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1470《绿蛙本生注疏》第九。
Haritamaṇḍūkajātakavaṇṇanā navamā.
1374[240] 十.《大品嘎拉本生注疏》
[240] 10. Mahāpiṅgalajātakavaṇṇanā
1375《一切人众》这个故事,是导师住在祇园时,针对提婆达多而宣说的。提婆达多对导师生起怨恨,九个月后,在祇园的门楼处陷入大地。祇园的住众以及全国的人民都欢喜踊跃,说:「佛陀的反对者提婆达多被大地吞没了!如今,正自觉者已经灭除了怨敌。」听到这些话,通过辗转传闻,整个阎浮提的人民以及夜叉、鬼神众也都非常欢喜高兴。有一天,比丘们在法堂里引起话题:「贤友啊,当提婆达多沉入大地时,大众都非常欢喜,说:『佛陀的反对者提婆达多被大地吞没了。』」导师前来,问道:「比丘们,你们现在聚集在一起讨论什么话题?」他们回答后,导师说:「比丘们,不只是现在,当提婆达多死后大众才欢喜并笑;过去他们也欢喜并笑。」于是引出过去的故事。
Sabbo janoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto devadattaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Devadatte satthari āghātaṃ bandhitvā navamāsaccayena jetavanadvārakoṭṭhake pathaviyaṃ nimugge jetavanavāsino ca sakalaraṭṭhavāsino ca ‘‘buddhapaṭikaṇṭako devadatto pathaviyā gilito, nihatapaccāmitto dāni sammāsambuddho jāto’’ti tuṭṭhahaṭṭhā ahesuṃ. Tesaṃ kathaṃ sutvā paramparaghosena sakalajambudīpavāsino yakkhabhūtadevagaṇā ca tuṭṭhahaṭṭhā eva ahesuṃ. Athekadivasaṃ bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, devadatte pathaviyaṃ nimugge ‘buddhapaṭikaṇṭako devadatto pathaviyā gilito’ti mahājano attamano jāto’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva devadatte mate mahājano tussati ceva hasati ca, pubbepi tussi ceva hasi cā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1376过去,在波罗奈,有位名叫大品嘎拉的国王,他以非法、不平等的方式治理国家,随顺自己的好恶而做各种恶行,通过罚金、强制劳役、腿税和金币等攫取手段,就像用榨蔗机榨取甘蔗一样压迫大众。他冷酷、粗鲁、暴虐,对他人没有丝毫怜悯。在家里,对于妇女、儿女以及大臣、婆罗门、居士等所有人来说,他都不讨人喜欢,令人厌恶,就像落入眼中的灰尘,饭团中的砂砾,刺入脚跟的荆棘一样。那时,菩萨生为大品嘎拉王的儿子。大品嘎拉王统治了很长时间后去世了。他去世的时候,全波罗奈城的居民都欢喜踊跃,发出大笑。他们用一千车木柴火化了大品嘎拉王,又用成千上万罐水浇灭葬火,随后为菩萨灌顶加冕,说:「我们获得了一位持法的国王。」他们高兴地在城中宣布节庆鼓,竖立旗帜装饰,在每一处门口搭建凉亭,并坐在撒满炒米和鲜花、装饰一新的凉亭中,又吃又喝。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ mahāpiṅgalo nāma rājā adhammena visamena rajjaṃ kāresi, chandādivasena pāpakammāni karonto daṇḍabalijaṅghakahāpaṇādiggahaṇena ucchuyante ucchuṃ viya mahājanaṃ pīḷesi kakkhaḷo pharuso sāhasiko, paresu anuddayāmattampi nāmassa natthi, gehe itthīnampi puttadhītānampi amaccabrāhmaṇagahapatikādīnampi appiyo amanāpo, akkhimhi patitarajaṃ viya, bhattapiṇḍe sakkharā viya, paṇhiṃ vijjhitvā paviṭṭhakaṇṭako viya ca ahosi . Tadā bodhisatto mahāpiṅgalassa putto hutvā nibbatti. Mahāpiṅgalo dīgharattaṃ rajjaṃ kāretvā kālamakāsi. Tasmiṃ kālakate sakalabārāṇasivāsino haṭṭhatuṭṭhā mahāhasitaṃ hasitvā dārūnaṃ sakaṭasahassena mahāpiṅgalaṃ jhāpetvā anekehi ghaṭasahassehi āḷāhanaṃ nibbāpetvā bodhisattaṃ rajje abhisiñcitvā ‘‘dhammiko no rājā laddho’’ti haṭṭhatuṭṭhā nagare ussavabheriṃ carāpetvā samussitadhajapaṭākaṃ nagaraṃ alaṅkaritvā dvāre dvāre maṇḍapaṃ kāretvā vippakiṇṇalājakusumamaṇḍitatalesu alaṅkatamaṇḍapesu nisīditvā khādiṃsu ceva piviṃsu ca.
1377菩萨也坐在装饰华丽的大平台上,处在升起白伞的殊胜结跏趺座中央,享受着广大的荣耀。大臣、婆罗门、居士、国民和守门人等围绕着他站立。这时,有一位守门人站在不远处,一面叹气一面哭泣。菩萨看见他,便问道:“喂,守门人,我的父王去世以后,所有人都欢喜高兴,像是在过节游乐一样,你却站在这里哭泣。难道我的父王单单是你所喜爱、令你悦意的人吗?”为了问明情况,菩萨说出了第一偈——
Bodhisattopi alaṅkate mahātale samussitasetacchattassa pallaṅkavarassa majjhe mahāyasaṃ anubhavanto nisīdi. Amaccā ca brāhmaṇagahapatiraṭṭhikadovārikādayo ca rājānaṃ parivāretvā aṭṭhaṃsu. Atheko dovāriko nātidūre ṭhatvā assasanto passasanto parodi. Bodhisatto taṃ disvā ‘‘samma dovārika, mama pitari kālakate sabbe tuṭṭhapahaṭṭhā ussavaṃ kīḷantā vicaranti, tvaṃ pana rodamāno ṭhito , kiṃ nu kho mama pitā taveva piyo ahosi manāpo’’ti pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
179一百七十九。
179.
1379「所有的人都被品嘎拉折磨迫害,在他死后,他们因为这件事,都表达出庆幸的感受;
‘‘Sabbo jano hiṃsito piṅgalena, tasmiṃ mate paccayā vedayanti;
1380难道这位非黑眼者曾是你所爱的吗?守门人,你为什么要哭泣呢?」
Piyo nu te āsi akaṇhanetto, kasmā nu tvaṃ rodasi dvārapālā’’ti.
1381在此偈中,「被折磨」指被以杖罚、强征贡赋等各种方式所压迫。「以黄褐眼者」指以黄褐色眼睛的人。据说,他的两只眼睛都是穿孔的黄褐色,像猫的眼睛一样,因此人们给他取名叫「黄褐」。「因为这件事,都表达出感受」指说出他们心中的喜悦。「非黑眼者」意思就是黄褐眼者。「为什么你」指你是因为什么原因而哭泣。不过在注疏中,这里的读法是「kasmā tuvaṃ」。
Tattha hiṃsitoti nānappakārehi daṇḍabaliādīhi pīḷito. Piṅgalenāti piṅgalakkhena. Tassa kira dvepi akkhīni nibbiddhapiṅgalāni biḷārakkhivaṇṇāni ahesuṃ, tenevassa ‘‘piṅgalo’’ti nāmaṃ akaṃsu. Paccayā vedayantīti pītiyo pavedayanti. Akaṇhanettoti piṅgalanetto. Kasmā nu tvanti kena nu kāraṇena tvaṃ rodasi. Aṭṭhakathāyaṃ pana ‘‘kasmā tuva’’nti pāṭho.
1382守门人听了他的话后,解释说:「不,大王,我不是因为『大黄褐死了』而感到悲伤哭泣,我的脑袋反而得到了安乐。因为黄褐王每次从宫殿下来或上去的时候,就像铁匠用锤子击打一样,在我头上连续敲打八次、八次的锤击。他去了他世之后,很可能也会像在这边一样,对地狱狱卒和阎王展示他在我头上施展的这套暴行。然后,那些狱卒和阎王会说:『这家伙实在是太折磨我们了』,又把他送回这里释放掉。到那时,他肯定又会在我头上敲打锤击,我是因为害怕这个才哭的。」为了阐明这个意思,他说出了第二偈:
So tassa vacanaṃ sutvā ‘‘nāhaṃ, mahārāja, ‘mahāpiṅgalo mato’ti sokena rodāmi, sīsassa me sukhaṃ jātaṃ. Piṅgalarājā hi pāsādā otaranto ca ārohanto ca kammāramuṭṭhikāya paharanto viya mayhaṃ sīse aṭṭhaṭṭha khaṭake deti, so paralokaṃ gantvāpi mama sīse dadamāno viya nirayapālānampi yamassapi sīle khaṭake dassati, atha naṃ te ‘ativiya ayaṃ amhe bādhatī’ti puna idheva ānetvā vissajjeyyuṃ, atha me so punapi sīse khaṭake dadeyyāti bhayenāhaṃ rodāmī’’ti imamatthaṃ pakāsento dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
180‘众生都对大黄颊心怀怨恨,因此大伙的心里一次次地感到伤痛;
180.
1384非黑眼者并不是我所喜爱的人,我哭泣,是害怕他从他世再回来;
‘‘Na me piyo āsi akaṇhanetto, bhāyāmi paccāgamanāya tassa;
1385从这里离开之后,他就会折磨阎王;被阎王折磨后,他又会被带回这里来。」
Ito gato hiṃseyya maccurājaṃ, so hiṃsito āneyya puna idhā’’ti.
1386于是菩萨安慰他说:“那位国王被上千车柴火焚烧,又被成百罐的水浇淋,他的火葬地四周也都被挖开了。而且,按照常理,已经转生到他世的人,趣向早已转到别处,不会再用原来的身体回来。你不要害怕。”这样安慰之后,菩萨就说了这首偈:
Atha naṃ bodhisatto ‘‘so rājā dārūnaṃ vāhasahassena daḍḍho udakaghaṭasatehi sitto, sāpissa āḷāhanabhūmi samantato khatā, pakatiyāpi ca paralokaṃ gatā nāma aññattha gativasā puna teneva sarīrena nāgacchanti, mā tvaṃ bhāyī’’ti taṃ samassāsento imaṃ gāthamāha –
181一百八十一。
181.
1388他被千车柴火烧过,被百罐水浇过;
‘‘Daḍḍho vāhasahassehi, sitto ghaṭasatehi so;
1389而且那块地四周也已被挖开,别怕,他不会回来了。
Parikkhatā ca sā bhūmi, mā bhāyi nāgamissatī’’ti.
1390从那以后,守门人得到了安心。菩萨如法治理王国,做了布施等功德,便随业而逝。
Tato paṭṭhāya dovāriko assāsaṃ paṭilabhi. Bodhisatto dhammena rajjaṃ kāretvā dānādīni puññāni katvā yathākammaṃ gato.
1391导师开示了这个法义之后,将本生故事联结起来说:“那时的‘大黄褐’就是提婆达多,而那个儿子就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā mahāpiṅgalo devadatto ahosi, putto pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1489大黄褐本生注第十。
Mahāpiṅgalajātakavaṇṇanā dasamā.
1490鞋品第九。
Upāhanavaggo navamo.
1392该品的摄颂如下:
Tassuddānaṃ –
1393鞋、琴柱、维康那咖、阿西达布;
Upāhanaṃ vīṇāthūṇaṃ, vikaṇṇakaṃ asitābhu;
1394瓦洽纳卡、巴卡、萨咖答、一足;
Vacchanakhaṃ bakañceva, sāketañca ekapadaṃ;
1395绿母、品那伽。
Haritamātu piṅgalaṃ.
139610. 豺品
10. Siṅgālavaggo
1397[241] 1. 一切牙本生注
[241] 1. Sabbadāṭhajātakavaṇṇanā
1398「豺因傲慢而僵直」这则故事,是世尊住在竹林精舍时,以提婆达多之事为缘而讲述的。提婆达多使阿阇世生信后,他所获得的利养恭敬却不能长久维持;自从放出那罗祇梨(那时众人见到教诫神变)时起,他的那些利养恭敬便消失了。有一天,比丘们在法堂里议论:“贤友,提婆达多生起了利养恭敬,却不能让它长久持续啊。”世尊到来后,问道:“比丘们,你们现在共聚一处,在谈论什么事呢?”得知他们正是在谈论此事后,世尊说:“比丘们,提婆达多并非只有现在才使自己生起的利养恭敬消失,过去他也曾使其消失。”说完后,便引出了过去世的本生故事。
Siṅgālomānatthaddhoti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto devadattaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Devadatto ajātasattuṃ pasādetvā uppāditaṃ lābhasakkāraṃ ciraṭṭhitikaṃ kātuṃ nāsakkhi, nāḷāgiripayojane pāṭihāriyassa diṭṭhakālato paṭṭhāya tassa so lābhasakkāro antaradhāyi. Athekadivasaṃ bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, devadatto lābhasakkāraṃ uppādetvā ciraṭṭhitikaṃ kātuṃ nāsakkhī’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, devadatto idāneva attano uppannaṃ lābhasakkāraṃ antaradhāpeti, pubbepi antaradhāpesiyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1399过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治时,菩萨是他的国师,通达三部吠陀和十八种技艺。他知道一个咒语,名为「大地胜利咒」,这个咒语也就是被称为「支配咒」的咒语。有一天,菩萨心里想:“我要诵习这个咒语。”于是坐在一处庭院中的石板上,开始了诵习。据说,这个咒语不能在人心有旁骛、定力不足的情况下传授,所以他才选了那样的地方诵习。当他正诵习时,一只豺正卧在洞穴里,听到这个咒语后,就熟练地掌握了它。据说,这只豺在紧邻的过去生中,曾是一位精通大地胜利咒的婆罗门。菩萨诵习完毕,站起身来说:“这个咒语我确实已经熟练了。”豺从洞里出来,说道:“喂,婆罗门!这个咒语我比你更熟练。”说完便逃走了。菩萨心想:“这只豺将会造作很大的不善业。”便一边喊着“抓住它!抓住它!”,一边追赶了一小段。豺逃脱后,跑进了森林。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto tassa purohito ahosi tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ aṭṭhārasannañca sippānaṃ pāraṃ gato. So pathavījayamantaṃ nāma jānāti. Pathavījayamantoti āvaṭṭanamanto vuccati. Athekadivasaṃ bodhisatto ‘‘taṃ mantaṃ sajjhāyissāmī’’ti ekasmiṃ aṅgaṇaṭṭhāne piṭṭhipāsāṇe nisīditvā sajjhāyamakāsi. Taṃ kira mantaṃ aññavihitaṃ dhitivirahitaṃ sāvetuṃ na sakkā, tasmā naṃ so tathārūpe ṭhāne sajjhāyati. Athassa sajjhāyanakāle eko siṅgālo ekasmiṃ bile nipanno taṃ mantaṃ sutvāva paguṇamakāsi. So kira anantarātīte attabhāve paguṇapathavījayamanto eko brāhmaṇo ahosi. Bodhisatto sajjhāyaṃ katvā uṭṭhāya ‘‘paguṇo vata me ayaṃ manto’’ti āha. Siṅgālo bilā nikkhamitvā ‘‘ambho brāhmaṇa, ayaṃ manto tayāpi mameva paguṇataro’’ti vatvā palāyi. Bodhisatto ‘‘ayaṃ siṅgālo mahantaṃ akusalaṃ karissatī’’ti ‘‘gaṇhatha gaṇhathā’’ti thokaṃ anubandhi. Siṅgālo palāyitvā araññaṃ pāvisi.
1400它去后,在一只母豺身上轻轻咬了一口。当母豺问“怎么了,主人?”时,它说:“你知道我吗?不知道吗?”母豺回答:“是的,我知道。”便答应了它。它运用大地胜利咒,号令了数百只豺,把象、马、狮子、老虎、猪、鹿等所有四足众生都召集到自己跟前。随后,它自己成为名叫“一切牙”的国王,立那只母豺为第一王后。在两头皮厚的象背上,有狮子站立;在狮子背上,一切牙豺王与第一王后豺一同安坐,获得了极大的名声。它沉湎于这巨大的名声,生起了骄慢,心想:“我要夺取波罗奈的王位。”于是由一切四足众生簇拥着,来到离波罗奈不远的地方,随行部众多达十二由旬。它在近处停下后,便向国王遣使传话说:“要么把王位交出来,要么就开战。”波罗奈的居民们恐惧惊慌,关闭城门,严阵以待。
So gantvā ekaṃ siṅgāliṃ thokaṃ sarīre ḍaṃsi, ‘‘kiṃ, sāmī’’ti ca vutte ‘‘mayhaṃ jānāsi na jānāsī’’ti āha. Sā ‘‘āma, jānāmī’’ti sampaṭicchi. So pathavījayamantaṃ parivattetvā anekāni siṅgālasatāni āṇāpetvā sabbepi hatthiassasīhabyagghasūkaramigādayo catuppade attano santike akāsi. Katvā ca pana sabbadāṭho nāma rājā hutvā ekaṃ siṅgāliṃ aggamahesiṃ akāsi. Dvinnaṃ hatthīnaṃ piṭṭhe sīho tiṭṭhati, sīhapiṭṭhe sabbadāṭho siṅgālo rājā siṅgāliyā aggamahesiyā saddhiṃ nisīdati, mahanto yaso ahosi. So yasamahantena pamajjitvā mānaṃ uppādetvā ‘‘bārāṇasirajjaṃ gaṇhissāmī’’ti sabbacatuppadaparivuto bārāṇasiyā avidūraṭṭhānaṃ sampāpuṇi, parisā dvādasayojanā ahosi. So avidūre ṭhitoyeva ‘‘rajjaṃ vā detu, yuddhaṃ vā’’ti rañño sāsanaṃ pesesi. Bārāṇasivāsino bhītatasitā nagaradvārāni pidahitvā aṭṭhaṃsu.
1401菩萨来到国王面前说:“大王,请不要害怕。与一切牙豺交战的事,就交给我来承担。除了我,没有人能和他对抗。”这样安慰了国王和市民后,他心想:“我倒要问一问,一切牙到底打算怎么夺取王位?”于是他登上门楼,问道:“喂,一切牙,你要怎样夺取这个王位?”“我要让人发出狮子吼,用震耳的吼声恐吓大众,以此夺取王位。”菩萨知道他的想法后,从门楼下城,命人击鼓巡城宣告:“全十二由旬范围内的波罗奈城居民,都要用绿豆粉塞住自己的耳孔。”大众听到鼓令后,连猫等所有四足众生以及人们自己的耳孔,全都用绿豆粉严严实实地堵住,让自己听不到外面的声音。
Bodhisatto rājānaṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘mā bhāyi, mahārāja, sabbadāṭhasiṅgālena saddhiṃ yuddhaṃ mama bhāro, ṭhapetvā maṃ añño tena saddhiṃ yujjhituṃ samattho nāma natthī’’ti rājānañca nāgare ca samassāsetvā ‘‘kinti katvā nu kho sabbadāṭho rajjaṃ gahessati, pucchissāmi tāva na’’nti dvāraṭṭālakaṃ abhiruhitvā ‘‘samma sabbadāṭha, kinti katvā imaṃ rajjaṃ gaṇhissasī’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Sīhanādaṃ nadāpetvā mahājanaṃ saddena santāsetvā gaṇhissāmī’’ti. Bodhisatto ‘‘attheta’’nti ñatvā aṭṭālakā oruyha ‘‘sakaladvādasayojanikabārāṇasinagaravāsino kaṇṇacchiddāni māsapiṭṭhena lañjantū’’ti bheriṃ carāpesi. Mahājano bheriyā āṇaṃ sutvā antamaso biḷāle upādāya sabbacatuppadānañceva attano ca kaṇṇacchiddāni yathā parassa saddaṃ sotuṃ na sakkā, evaṃ māsapiṭṭhena lañji.
1402于是菩萨再次登上门楼,说道:“一切牙!”“什么事,婆罗门?”“你要怎样夺取这个王位?”“我要让狮子发出狮子吼,恐吓人们,让他们丧命,然后夺取王位。”“你不可能让狮子发出狮子吼。因为那些血统高贵、手足红润、长有鬃毛的狮子王,是不会服从像你这样的老豺的命令的。”那只豺被傲慢冲昏了头,说道:“别的狮子先不说,我骑的那头狮子,我一定能让它吼叫。”“那好,你要是能做到,就叫它吼叫看看吧。”它便用脚向自己坐着的那头狮子示意:“吼叫!”那头狮子在象额上压低脸,发出了三次不可退转的狮子吼。大象们极度恐惧,把豺摔落到脚边,用脚踩碎它的头,挫成粉末。一切牙当场毙命。而那些大象,听到狮子吼声后,被死亡恐惧所震慑,也相互冲撞,全部当场死去。除了狮子以外,其余的鹿、猪等,一直到兔子和猫为止,一切四足众生全都当场毙命。狮子们则全部逃入森林。方圆十二由旬内,堆满了尸肉。菩萨从门楼下来,命人打开城门,并在城中鸣鼓宣布:“大家可以拿掉耳朵里的绿豆粉了,想取肉的就去取肉。”人们吃了新鲜的肉,剩余的则晒干做成了肉干。据说,肉干的制作就是从那时开始的。
Atha bodhisatto puna aṭṭālakaṃ abhiruhitvā ‘‘sabbadāṭhā’’ti āha. ‘‘Kiṃ, brāhmaṇā’’ti? ‘‘Imaṃ rajjaṃ kinti katvā gaṇhissasī’’ti? ‘‘Sīhanādaṃ nadāpetvā manusse tāsetvā jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā gaṇhissāmī’’ti. ‘‘Sīhanādaṃ nadāpetuṃ na sakkhissasi. Jātisampannā hi surattahatthapādā kesarasīharājāno tādisassa jarasiṅgālassa āṇaṃ na karissantī’’ti. Siṅgālo mānatthaddho hutvā ‘‘aññe tāva sīhā tiṭṭhantu, yassāhaṃ piṭṭhe nisinno, taññeva nadāpessāmī’’ti āha. ‘‘Tena hi nadāpehi, yadi sakkosī’’ti. So yasmiṃ sīhe nisinno, tassa ‘‘nadāhī’’ti pādena saññaṃ adāsi. Sīho hatthikumbhe mukhaṃ uppīḷetvā tikkhattuṃ appaṭivattiyaṃ sīhanādaṃ nadi. Hatthī santāsappattā hutvā siṅgālaṃ pādamūle pātetvā pādenassa sīsaṃ akkamitvā cuṇṇavicuṇṇaṃ akaṃsu, sabbadāṭho tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ patto. Tepi hatthī sīhanādaṃ sutvā maraṇabhayatajjitā aññamaññaṃ ovijjhitvā tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu, ṭhapetvā sīhe sesāpi migasūkarādayo sasabiḷārapariyosānā sabbe catuppādā tattheva jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu. Sīhā palāyitvā araññaṃ pavisiṃsu, dvādasayojaniko maṃsarāsi ahosi. Bodhisatto aṭṭālakā otaritvā nagaradvārāni vivarāpetvā ‘‘sabbe attano kaṇṇesu māsapiṭṭhaṃ apanetvā maṃsatthikā maṃsaṃ āharantū’’ti nagare bheriṃ carāpesi. Manussā allamaṃsaṃ khāditvā sesaṃ sukkhāpetvā vallūramakaṃsu. Tasmiṃ kira kāle vallūrakaraṇaṃ udapādīti vadanti.
1403导师讲完这次法教后,诵出了这些已正觉的偈颂,并如此连结本生故事:
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā imā abhisambuddhagāthā vatvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi –
182182.
182.
1405“那只豺被慢心冲昏头脑,又希求众多的眷属;
‘‘Siṅgālo mānatthaddho ca, parivārena atthiko;
1406它得到了广大的土地,成为一切有牙者的王。”
Pāpuṇi mahatiṃ bhūmiṃ, rājāsi sabbadāṭhinaṃ.
183一百八十三。
183.
1408人中也是这样,如果有众多眷属;
‘‘Evameva manussesu, yo hoti parivāravā;
1409他在那里就成为大人物,就像有牙的豺那样。
So hi tattha mahā hoti, siṅgālo viya dāṭhina’’nti.
1410其中,「为慢所僵」指因为依靠眷属而生起傲慢,变得顽固;「希求眷属」是指还想得到更多的眷属;「广大之地」指广大的成就;「为众有牙王」意思是它是一切有牙众生之王。之所以说「于彼处成为大者」,是因为这眷属具足的人,在那些眷属之中被称为‘大’。而「如有牙之豺」是说,如同那豺曾经是有牙众生中的大者,这样的人也成为大人物;但结果他也像那豺一样,放逸疏忽,最终因依靠这些眷属而走向灭亡。
Tattha mānatthaddhoti parivāraṃ nissāya uppannena mānena thaddho. Parivārena atthikoti uttarimpi parivārena atthiko hutvā. Mahatiṃ bhūminti mahantaṃ sampattiṃ. Rājāsi sabbadāṭhinanti sabbesaṃ dāṭhīnaṃ rājā āsi. So hi tattha mahā hotīti so parivārasampanno puriso tesu parivāresu mahā nāma hoti. Siṅgālo viya dāṭhinanti yathā siṅgālo dāṭhīnaṃ mahā ahosi, evaṃ mahā hoti, atha so siṅgālo viya pamādaṃ āpajjitvā taṃ parivāraṃ nissāya vināsaṃ pāpuṇātīti.
1411当时的豺是提婆达多,国王是舍利弗,而国师就是我。
‘‘Tadā siṅgālo devadatto ahosi, rājā sāriputto, purohito pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1511《一切牙本生》的注释第一。
Sabbadāṭhajātakavaṇṇanā paṭhamā.
1412[242] 2. 《狗本生》注释
[242] 2. Sunakhajātakavaṇṇanā
1413「这狗真是愚蠢啊」——这话是世尊住在祇园精舍时,在安巴那库塔卡斋堂中,就一只吃剩饭的狗而说的。据说,那只狗从出生时起,就被运水人们收留喂养。后来,它在那里吃饭,身体长得十分肥壮。有一天,一个村民来到那地方,看见了这只狗,便给了运水人一件上衣和一个迦哈巴那,用绳子绑住狗,带着它离开了。狗被牵着走时并没有吠叫,只是边走边吃着别人给的食物,跟在那人后面。那人以为‘这只狗现在喜欢上我了’,就解开了绳索。狗一被放开,便一口气直接跑回了斋堂。比丘们看见后,了解了它曾离开的缘由,傍晚时分就在法堂里讨论了起来:‘贤友,斋堂那只狗真会解脱束缚,一放开就又回来了。’世尊来到后,问道:‘比丘们,你们现在聚在这里谈论什么呢?’听比丘们说了这事之后,世尊说:‘比丘们,那只狗并非只是现在善于解脱束缚,过去世也同样善巧。’于是,世尊就讲述了过去世的往事。
Bālo vatāyaṃ sunakhoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ambaṇakoṭṭhake āsanasālāya bhattabhuñjanasunakhaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Taṃ kira jātakālato paṭṭhāya pānīyahārakā gahetvā tattha posesuṃ. So aparabhāge tattha bhattaṃ bhuñjanto thūlasarīro ahosi. Athekadivasaṃ eko gāmavāsī puriso taṃ ṭhānaṃ patto sunakhaṃ disvā pānīyahārakānaṃ uttarisāṭakañca kahāpaṇañca datvā gaddūlena bandhitvā taṃ ādāya pakkāmi. So gahetvā nīyamāno na vassi, dinnaṃ dinnaṃ khādanto pacchato pacchato agamāsi. Atha so puriso ‘‘ayaṃ idāni maṃ piyāyatī’’ti gaddūlaṃ mocesi, so vissaṭṭhamatto ekavegena āsanasālameva gato. Bhikkhū taṃ disvā tena gatakāraṇaṃ jānitvā sāyanhasamaye dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, āsanasālāya sunakho bandhanamokkhakusalo vissaṭṭhamattova puna āgato’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, so sunakho idāneva bandhanamokkhakusalo, pubbepi kusaloyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1414过去,在波罗奈由梵授王统治的时期,菩萨投生在迦尸国一个有大受用的家庭,长大成人后,便过起了居家生活。当时,波罗奈城里有个人养了一条狗,那狗靠着乞得的饭食,长得膘肥体壮。后来,有一位村民来到了波罗奈城,看到那条狗,就给了狗的主人一件上衣和一迦哈巴那,把狗买了下来,然后用皮绳把它绑住,牵着绳头往森林走去。到了森林入口附近,他走进一间厅堂,把狗绑好后,就躺在木板上睡着了。就在那时候,菩萨因为有事情要到森林里去,正好看见那条狗被皮绳绑在那里,便说出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsiraṭṭhe ekasmiṃ mahābhogakule nibbattitvā vayappatto gharāvāsaṃ aggahesi. Tadā bārāṇasiyaṃ ekassa manussassa sunakho ahosi, so piṇḍibhattaṃ labhanto thūlasarīro jāto. Atheko gāmavāsī bārāṇasiṃ āgato taṃ sunakhaṃ disvā tassa manussassa uttarisāṭakañca kahāpaṇañca datvā sunakhaṃ gahetvā cammayottena bandhitvā yottakoṭiyaṃ gahetvā gacchanto aṭavimukhe ekaṃ sālaṃ pavisitvā sunakhaṃ bandhitvā phalake nipajjitvā niddaṃ okkami. Tasmiṃ kāle bodhisatto kenacideva karaṇīyena aṭaviṃ paṭipanno taṃ sunakhaṃ yottena bandhitvā ṭhapitaṃ disvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
184一百八十四
184.
1416“这条狗真是蠢啊,居然不咬断那根皮绳;
‘‘Bālo vatāyaṃ sunakho, yo varattaṃ na khādati;
1417这样它既能摆脱束缚,吃饱了也就可以回家了。”
Bandhanā ca pamuñceyya, asito ca gharaṃ vaje’’ti.
1418在这里,「应解脱」是指应该解脱,或者也可以这样读。「吃饱了便可回家」的意思是,吃饱喝足之后,就该回到自己住的地方去。
Tattha pamuñceyyāti pamoceyya, ayameva vā pāṭho. Asito ca gharaṃ vajeti asito suhito hutvā attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gaccheyya.
1419狗听到后,便说出第二首偈颂:
Taṃ sutvā sunakho dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
185一百八十五
185.
1421“这件事,我已经在心里立定了,也刻在我心上了;”
‘‘Aṭṭhitaṃ me manasmiṃ me, atho me hadaye kataṃ;
1422“我等待时机,直到人们都睡着。”
Kālañca paṭikaṅkhāmi, yāva passupatū jano’’ti.
1423其中,“aṭṭhitaṃ me manasmiṃ me”的意思是:你们所说的那些,我早已在心里决意好了,它就在我心里。“atho me hadaye kataṃ”也一样,你们的话确实记在我心里。“kālañca paṭikaṅkhāmi”是说:我等待时机。“yāva passupatu jano”意思是:等到这些众人睡着、进入梦乡,在这之前我一直等。要不然,就会有人叫喊‘这条狗跑了’,所以在夜里所有人都睡熟之后,我才咬断皮绳逃走。他这样说了以后,等到众人睡着了,就咬断绳子,心满意足地跑回了自己主人的家。
Tattha aṭṭhitaṃ me manasmiṃ meti yaṃ tumhe kathetha, taṃ mayā adhiṭṭhitameva, manasmiṃyeva me etaṃ. Atho me hadaye katanti atha ca pana me tumhākaṃ vacanaṃ hadaye katameva. Kālañca paṭikaṅkhāmīti kālaṃ paṭimānemi. Yāva passupatū janoti yāvāyaṃ mahājano pasupatu niddaṃ okkamatu, tāvāhaṃ kālaṃ paṭimānemi . Itarathā hi ‘‘ayaṃ sunakho palāyatī’’ti ravo uppajjeyya, tasmā rattibhāge sabbesaṃ suttakāle cammayottaṃ khāditvā palāyissāmīti. So evaṃ vatvā mahājane niddaṃ okkante yottaṃ khāditvā suhito hutvā palāyitvā attano sāmikānaṃ gharameva gato.
1424导师开示了这个法之后,将本生连结起来:“那时候的狗就是现在的这只狗,而那位贤智者就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā sunakhova etarahi sunakho, paṇḍitapuriso pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1525狗本生注释第二。
Sunakhajātakavaṇṇanā dutiyā.
1425古帝喇本生注释。
[243] 3. Guttilajātakavaṇṇanā
1426“Sattatantiṃ sumadhuraṃ”(七弦甘甜)这句话,是世尊住在竹林精舍时,因为提婆达多的事情而宣说的。那时候,比丘们对提婆达多说:“提婆达多贤友,正自觉者是您的老师,您依止正自觉者学会了三藏,生起了四禅那,对老师是不应该成为怨敌的。”提婆达多说:“贤友们,沙门乔达摩怎么成了我的老师?我不是凭自己的力量学会三藏、生起四禅那的吗?”他否认了老师。比丘们在法堂里议论:“贤友们,提婆达多否认老师,成了正自觉者的怨敌,遭遇了巨大的灾祸。”世尊来到后问:“比丘们,你们现在聚在一起议论什么呢?”大家告诉他“在说这件事”,世尊便说:“比丘们,提婆达多并不是现在才否认老师、成为我的怨敌而遭祸的,过去他也同样遭遇过。”于是世尊讲起了过去的事。
Sattatantiṃ sumadhuranti idaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto devadattaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tasmiñhi kāle bhikkhū devadattaṃ āhaṃsu – ‘‘āvuso devadatta, sammāsambuddho tuyhaṃ ācariyo, tvaṃ sammāsambuddhaṃ nissāya tīṇi piṭakāni uggaṇhi, cattāri jhānāni uppādesi, ācariyassa nāma paṭisattunā bhavituṃ na yutta’’nti. Devadatto ‘‘kiṃ pana me, āvuso, samaṇo gotamo ācariyo, nanu mayā attano baleneva tīṇi piṭakāni uggahitāni, cattāri jhānāni uppāditānī’’ti ācariyaṃ paccakkhāsi. Bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ ‘‘āvuso, devadatto ācariyaṃ paccakkhāya sammāsambuddhassa paṭisattu hutvā mahāvināsaṃ patto’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, devadatto idāneva ācariyaṃ paccakkhāya mama paṭisattu hutvā vināsaṃ pāpuṇāti, pubbepi pattoyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1427过去,在波罗奈城,梵授王治理国家时,菩萨出生在乾闼婆家族,人们给他取名叫“古帝喇童子”。他长大成人后,在乾闼婆的技艺上达到圆满,被称为古帝喇乾闼婆,成了整个阎浮提最杰出的乾闼婆。他没有娶妻成家,而是奉养失明的父母。那时,波罗奈的商人为做生意前往优禅尼城,遇上节日庆典,大家凑了钱,备办了大量的花、香、涂香以及各种嚼食和啖食,聚集在游乐的地方,说:“我们出酬金,去请一位乾闼婆来吧。”当时优禅尼城里有一位名叫木西罗的年长乾闼婆,他们就把他请来,让他为自己演奏乾闼婆音乐。
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto gandhabbakule nibbatti, ‘‘guttilakumāro’’tissa nāmaṃ akaṃsu. So vayappatto gandhabbasippe nipphattiṃ patvā guttilagandhabbo nāma sakalajambudīpe aggagandhabbo ahosi. So dārābharaṇaṃ akatvā andhe mātāpitaro posesi. Tadā bārāṇasivāsino vāṇijā vaṇijjāya ujjeninagaraṃ gantvā ussave ghuṭṭhe chandakaṃ saṃharitvā bahuṃ mālāgandhavilepanañca khajjabhojjādīni ca ādāya kīḷanaṭṭhāne sannipatitvā ‘‘vetanaṃ datvā ekaṃ gandhabbaṃ ānethā’’ti āhaṃsu. Tena ca samayena ujjeniyaṃ mūsilo nāma jeṭṭhagandhabbo hoti, te taṃ pakkosāpetvā attano gandhabbaṃ kāresuṃ.
1428木西罗弹奏维那琴,用最上等的调式把琴调好来弹。那些对古帝喇乾闼婆的音乐已经很熟悉的人,觉得他奏出的音乐就像拿苇席挠痒一样,没有一个人显出欢喜的样子。木西罗看到他们并不欢喜,心想:“大概是我弹得太快了。”于是改用中等的调式、中等的音声来弹,他们还是不感兴趣。接着他又想:“这些人可能什么都不懂吧。”就装作自己也不懂,把琴弦弄松了弹,他们仍然毫无反应。于是木西罗说:“喂,商人们,我弹琴时你们为什么不满意?”他们回答:“你弹什么琴了?我们还以为你在调音呢。”“难道你们认得比我更好的老师,还是因为自己不懂才不满意?”商人们说:“我们是以前听惯了波罗奈古帝喇乾闼婆的琴声,你的琴声就像妇女哄孩子的声音一样。”“那好,你们给的酬金收回去吧,我不需要这个。不过,如果你们去波罗奈的话,请带上我一起去。”他们答应说“好的”,临行时就带他一起去了波罗奈,指给他看“这就是古帝喇的住处”,然后才各自回自己的住所。
Mūsilo vīṇaṃ vādanto vīṇaṃ uttamamucchanāya mucchitvā vādesi. Tesaṃ guttilagandhabbassa gandhabbe jātaparicayānaṃ tassa gandhabbaṃ kilañjakaṇḍūvanaṃ viya hutvā upaṭṭhāsi, ekopi pahaṭṭhākāraṃ na dassesi. Mūsilo tesu tuṭṭhākāraṃ adassentesu ‘‘atikharaṃ katvā vādemi maññe’’ti majjhimamucchanāya mucchitvā majjhimasarena vādesi, te tatthapi majjhattāva ahesuṃ. Atha so ‘‘ime na kiñci jānanti maññe’’ti sayampi ajānanako viya hutvā tantiyo sithile vādesi, te tatthapi na kiñci āhaṃsu. Atha ne mūsilo ‘‘ambho vāṇijā, kiṃ nu kho mayi vīṇaṃ vādente tumhe na tussathā’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ pana tvaṃ vīṇaṃ vādesi, mayañhi ‘ayaṃ vīṇaṃ mucchetī’ti saññaṃ akarimhā’’ti. ‘‘Kiṃ pana tumhe mayā uttaritaraṃ ācariyaṃ jānātha, udāhu attano ajānanabhāvena na tussathā’’ti. Vāṇijā ‘‘bārāṇasiyaṃ guttilagandhabbassa vīṇāsaddaṃ sutapubbānaṃ tava vīṇāsaddo itthīnaṃ dārake tosāpanasaddo viya hotī’’ti āhaṃsu. ‘‘Tena hi, handa, tumhehi dinnaparibbayaṃ paṭiggaṇhatha, na mayhaṃ etenattho, apica kho pana bārāṇasiṃ gacchantā maṃ gaṇhitvā gaccheyyāthā’’ti. Te ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchitvā gamanakāle taṃ ādāya bārāṇasiṃ gantvā tassa ‘‘etaṃ guttilassa vasanaṭṭhāna’’nti ācikkhitvā sakasakanivesanaṃ agamiṃsu.
1429木西罗进入菩萨家,看见菩萨那张家传的琴被挂置在那里,便取下来弹奏。当时菩萨的父母因为眼盲没看见他,以为是“老鼠在咬琴”,便发出“嘘嘘”的声音。木西罗放下琴,礼拜了菩萨的父母。被问道“你从哪里来”时,他回答:“我从优禅尼来,想在老师跟前学习技艺。”他们说“好”,他又问:“老师在哪里?”听到“孩子,他外出了,今天会回来”,木西罗便坐在那儿等候。见到菩萨回来,他上前与菩萨相互问候,然后说明了来意。菩萨精通相术,知道他是非善人,便拒绝说:“去罢,孩子,你学不了这门技艺。”木西罗却抱住菩萨父母的脚,讨好取悦他们,恳求说:“请让他们让我学习技艺吧。”菩萨被父母反复劝说,无法拒绝,只好传授技艺。后来,他跟随菩萨一起去国王的住所。国王见到他问:“老师,这是谁?”菩萨回答:“大王,这是我的弟子。”他逐渐赢得了国王的信赖。菩萨没有保留师门秘诀,按自己掌握的顺序教授了全部技艺,然后说:“孩子,你的技艺学完了。”
Mūsilo bodhisattassa gehaṃ pavisitvā laggetvā ṭhapitaṃ bodhisattassa jātivīṇaṃ disvā gahetvā vādesi, atha bodhisattassa mātāpitaro andhabhāvena taṃ apassantā ‘‘mūsikā maññe vīṇaṃ khādantī’’ti saññāya ‘‘susū’’ti āhaṃsu. Tasmiṃ kāle mūsilo vīṇaṃ ṭhapetvā bodhisattassa mātāpitaro vanditvā ‘‘kuto āgatosī’’ti vutte ‘‘ācariyassa santike sippaṃ uggaṇhituṃ ujjenito āgatomhī’’ti āha. So ‘‘sādhū’’ti vutte ‘‘kahaṃ ācariyo’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘vippavuttho, tāta, ajja āgamissatī’’ti sutvā tattheva nisīditvā bodhisattaṃ āgataṃ disvā tena katapaṭisanthāro attano āgatakāraṇaṃ ārocesi. Bodhisatto aṅgavijjāpāṭhako, so tassa asappurisabhāvaṃ ñatvā ‘‘gaccha tāta, natthi tava sippa’’nti paṭikkhipi. So bodhisattassa mātāpitūnaṃ pāde gahetvā upakāraṃ karonto te ārādhetvā ‘‘sippaṃ me dāpethā’’ti yāci. Bodhisatto mātāpitūhi punappunaṃ vuccamāno te atikkamituṃ asakkonto sippaṃ adāsi. So bodhisatteneva saddhiṃ rājanivesanaṃ gacchati. Rājā taṃ disvā ‘‘ko esa, ācariyā’’ti pucchi. ‘‘Mayhaṃ antevāsiko, mahārājā’’ti. So anukkamena rañño vissāsiko ahosi. Bodhisatto ācariyamuṭṭhiṃ akatvā attano jānananiyāmena sabbaṃ sippaṃ sikkhāpetvā ‘‘niṭṭhitaṃ te, tāta, sippa’’nti āha.
1430木西罗心想:“我的技艺已经纯熟,而这波罗奈城是整个阎浮提最上等的城市,老师也已年迈,我正应该就住在这里。”他便对老师说:“老师,我想侍奉国王。”老师说:“好的,孩子,我去禀告国王。”于是老师前去对国王说:“我们的弟子想侍奉大王,请大王考虑应给他的布施物。”国王说:“从你们所应得的布施物中分一半给他。”老师将此事告知木西罗。木西罗说:“如果我能得到和你们一样多的份额,我就侍奉;如果得不到,就不侍奉。”老师问:“什么原因?”木西罗说:“难道我不是完全掌握了你们所知的全部技艺吗?”老师答:“是的,你掌握了。”“既然如此,为什么只给我一半?”菩萨禀告了国王。国王说:“如果这样,若他能展示出与你们相等的技艺,就能得到相等的份额。”菩萨把国王的话转告给他,他说:“好的,我会展示。”菩萨又禀告国王,国王说:“好,让他展示,定在哪一天比试呢?”菩萨答:“从今天起第七天,大王。”
So cintesi – ‘‘mayhaṃ sippaṃ paguṇaṃ, idañca bārāṇasinagaraṃ sakalajambudīpe agganagaraṃ, ācariyopi mahallako, idheva mayā vasituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti. So ācariyaṃ āha – ‘‘ācariya ahaṃ rājānaṃ upaṭṭhahissāmī’’ti. Ācariyo ‘‘sādhu, tāta, rañño ārocessāmī’’ti gantvā ‘‘amhākaṃ antevāsiko devaṃ upaṭṭhātuṃ icchati, deyyadhammamassa jānāthā’’ti rañño ārocetvā raññā ‘‘tumhākaṃ deyyadhammato upaḍḍhaṃ labhissatī’’ti vutte taṃ pavattiṃ mūsilassa ārocesi. Mūsilo ‘‘ahaṃ tumhehi samakaññeva labhanto upaṭṭhahissāmi, na alabhanto’’ti āha . ‘‘Kiṃkāraṇā’’ti? ‘‘Nanu ahaṃ tumhākaṃ jānanasippaṃ sabbaṃ jānāmī’’ti? ‘‘Āma, jānāsī’’ti. ‘‘Evaṃ sante kasmā mayhaṃ upaḍḍhaṃ detī’’ti? Bodhisatto rañño ārocesi. Rājā ‘‘yadi evaṃ tumhehi samakaṃ sippaṃ dassetuṃ sakkonto samakaṃ labhissatī’’ti āha. Bodhisatto rañño vacanaṃ tassa ārocetvā tena ‘‘sādhu dassessāmī’’ti vutte rañño taṃ pavattiṃ ārocetvā ‘‘sādhu dassetu, kataradivasaṃ sākacchā hotū’’ti vutte ‘‘ito sattame divase hotu, mahārājā’’ti āha.
1431国王召见木西罗,问道:“听说你真的要和老师比试技艺?”木西罗答:“确实如此,陛下。”国王劝阻说:“与老师争执不合宜,别这样做。”但木西罗仍说:“不必多说了,大王,我必定要在第七天与老师比试,看我们俩谁的技艺更高明。”国王说“好吧”,准许后,下令击鼓宣告:“从今天起第七天,古帝喇老师和木西罗弟子将在王宫门前相互比对、展示技艺。请市民们前来聚集,一同观赏!”
Rājā mūsilaṃ pakkosāpetvā ‘‘saccaṃ kira tvaṃ ācariyena saddhiṃ sākacchaṃ karissasī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘saccaṃ, devā’’ti vutte ‘‘ācariyena saddhiṃ viggaho nāma na vaṭṭati, mā karī’’ti vāriyamānopi ‘‘alaṃ, mahārāja, hotuyeva me ācariyena saddhiṃ sattame divase sākacchā, katarassa jānibhāvaṃ jānissāmā’’ti āha. Rājā ‘‘sādhū’’ti sampaṭicchitvā ‘‘ito kira sattame divase ācariyaguttilo ca antevāsikamūsilo ca rājadvāre aññamaññaṃ sākacchaṃ katvā sippaṃ dassessanti, nāgarā sannipatitvā sippaṃ passantū’’ti bheriṃ carāpesi.
1432菩萨心想:“这个木西罗年轻力壮,我年迈体衰,力不从心;老年人的行动往往难以圆满。弟子即便落败也没什么大不了,但如果弟子获胜,我羞愧难当,还不如进入山林,死在那里反而更好。”于是他往山林里走,却因怕死而退缩,又因羞惭而往前。就这样进退徘徊了六天,草都枯萎了,踩出了一条小路。这时,帝释天的宫殿显出炽热之相。帝释天观察后知道了缘由:“古帝喇乾闼婆因为惧怕弟子,在林野中受着大苦,我应当为他作依靠。”他迅速赶来,站到菩萨面前,问:“老师,你为什么进入山林?”菩萨问:“你是谁?”帝释答:“我是帝释天。”于是菩萨对他说:“天子,我因为害怕败给弟子,才进入山林。”接着诵出第一首偈颂——
Bodhisatto cintesi – ‘‘ayaṃ mūsilo daharo taruṇo, ahaṃ mahallako parihīnathāmo, mahallakassa kiriyā nāma na sampajjati. Antevāsike nāma parājitepi viseso natthi, antevāsikassa pana jaye sati pattabbalajjato araññaṃ pavisitvā maraṇaṃ varatara’’nti. So araññaṃ pavisitvā maraṇabhayena nivattati, lajjābhayena gacchati. Evamassa gamanāgamanaṃ karontasseva cha divasā atikkantā, tiṇāni matāni, jaṅghamaggo nibbatti. Tasmiṃ khaṇe sakkassa bhavanaṃ uṇhākāraṃ dassesi. Sakko āvajjamāno taṃ kāraṇaṃ ñatvā ‘‘guttilagandhabbo antevāsikassa bhayena araññe mahādukkhaṃ anubhoti , etassa mayā avassayena bhavituṃ vaṭṭatī’’ti vegena gantvā bodhisattassa purato ṭhatvā ‘‘ācariya, kasmā araññaṃ paviṭṭhosī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘kosi tva’’nti vutte ‘‘sakkohamasmī’’ti āha. Atha naṃ bodhisatto ‘‘ahaṃ kho, devarāja, antevāsikato parājayabhayena araññaṃ paviṭṭho’’ti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
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1434“我教会了他弹奏七弦、极其甘甜、美妙可爱的琴。”
‘‘Sattatantiṃ sumadhuraṃ, rāmaṇeyyaṃ avācayiṃ;
1435“如今他竟召我到竞技场,请做我的归依,啊,枭氏族人。”
So maṃ raṅgamhi avheti, saraṇaṃ me hoti kosiyā’’ti.
1436这首偈颂的意思是:天子啊,我曾教导名叫木西罗的弟子,按我掌握的方法,教会他弹奏七弦、极其甘甜、美妙可爱的琴。如今,他却在竞技场中向我挑战,因此我祈求您——枭氏种姓者,做我的归依。
Tassattho – ahaṃ, devarāja, mūsilaṃ nāma antevāsikaṃ sattatantiṃ sumadhuraṃ rāmaṇeyyaṃ vīṇaṃ attano jānananiyāmena sikkhāpesiṃ, so maṃ idāni raṅgamaṇḍale pakkosati, tassa me tvaṃ, kosiyagotta, saraṇaṃ hohīti.
1437帝释天听了他的话,说:“不要害怕,我做你的庇护和救护。”然后说了第二首偈颂——
Sakko tassa vacanaṃ sutvā ‘‘mā bhāyi, ahaṃ te tāṇañca leṇañcā’’ti vatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
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1439“我为你的归依,善友,我是尊师者;”
‘‘Ahaṃ taṃ saraṇaṃ samma, ahamācariyapūjako;
1440“学生将不会战胜你,老师,你将战胜学生。”
Na taṃ jayissati sisso, sissamācariya jessasī’’ti.
1441在这里,「我为你的归依」:意思是,我成为你的归依、庇护和支撑来保护你。「善友」:这是表示亲爱的话。「学生,你将战胜老师」:指老师,你在弹奏维那琴时,将会战胜学生。而且,你弹琴时断了一根弦,就在六根弦上弹奏,你的琴还是会发出原本的声音。穆西喇也会把弦弄断,但那时他的琴就不会有声音了。就在那一刻,他将会落败。知道他落败后,你再第二次、第三次、第四次、第五次、第七次地把弦弄断,最后只剩一根光杆来弹奏;从断弦的端头发出声音,将会遍满整个十二由旬的波罗奈城,久久不散。
Tattha ahaṃ taṃ saraṇanti ahaṃ saraṇaṃ avassayo patiṭṭhā hutvā taṃ tāyissāmi. Sammāti piyavacanametaṃ. Sissamācariya, jessasīti, ācariya, tvaṃ vīṇaṃ vādayamāno sissaṃ jinissasi. Apica tvaṃ vīṇaṃ vādento ekaṃ tantiṃ chinditvā cha vādeyyāsi, vīṇāya te pakatisaddo bhavissati. Mūsilopi tantiṃ chindissati, athassa vīṇāya saddo na bhavissati. Tasmiṃ khaṇe so parājayaṃ pāpuṇissati. Athassa parājayabhāvaṃ ñatvā dutiyampi tatiyampi catutthampi pañcamampi sattamampi tantiṃ chinditvā suddhadaṇḍakameva vādeyyāsi, chinnatantikoṭīhi saro nikkhamitvā sakalaṃ dvādasayojanikaṃ bārāṇasinagaraṃ chādetvā ṭhassatīti.
1442说完这番话,帝释天给了菩萨三粒骰子,并这样说道:“当琴声遍满全城的时候,你就把一粒骰子抛向空中,那时就会有三百位天女降落在你面前跳舞。在她们跳舞的时候,你把第二粒抛出去,便会有另外三百位天女降落在你的琴颈上跳舞。然后你抛出第三粒,又会有另外三百位天女降落在舞场上跳舞。我也会来到你身边。去吧,不要害怕。”他这样安慰菩萨。菩萨在上午回到了家。城里的人们在王宫门口附近搭起亭子,为国王铺好了座位。国王从宫殿下来,坐在布置华丽的亭子中央的座位上。一万两千名装饰华丽的女子,以及大臣、婆罗门、居士等人都围绕着国王,所有市民都聚集起来,在王宫的广场上搭起了一层又一层的看台。
Evaṃ vatvā sakko bodhisattassa tisso pāsakaghaṭikā datvā evamāha – ‘‘vīṇāsaddeneva pana sakalanagare chādite ito ekaṃ pāsakaghaṭikaṃ ākāse khipeyyāsi, atha te purato otaritvā tīṇi accharāsatāni naccissanti. Tāsaṃ naccanakāle ca dutiyaṃ khipeyyāsi, athāparānipi tīṇi satāni otaritvā tava vīṇādhure naccissanti. Tato tatiyaṃ khipeyyāsi, athāparāni tīṇi satāni otaritvā raṅgamaṇḍale naccissanti. Ahampi te santikaṃ āgamissāmi, gaccha mā bhāyī’’ti bodhisattaṃ assāsesi. Bodhisatto pubbaṇhasamaye gehaṃ agamāsi. Nāgarā rājadvārasamīpe maṇḍapaṃ katvā rañño āsanaṃ paññapesuṃ. Rājā pāsādā otaritvā alaṅkatamaṇḍape pallaṅkamajjhe nisīdi, dvādasasahassā alaṅkatitthiyo amaccabrāhmaṇagahapatikādayo ca rājānaṃ parivārayiṃsu, sabbe nāgarā sannipatiṃsu, rājaṅgaṇe cakkāticakke mañcātimañce bandhiṃsu.
1443菩萨也沐浴涂香,享用过各种上等美味佳肴之后,让人取来维那琴,坐在为自己铺设的座位上。帝释天以不可见的身体前来,停在空中,只有菩萨能看见他。穆西喇也来了,坐在自己的座位上。大众层层围绕,一开始两个人同时弹奏,声音协调。大众对两人的演奏都很喜欢,发出了上千次的欢呼。帝释天站在空中,只让菩萨听见,说:“断一根弦。”菩萨便断了一根弦;弦虽然断了,从断口处仍然发出声音,就像天界的乾闼婆一样。穆西喇也把弦弄断,但从此就发不出声音了。老师又断了第二根……乃至第七根弦。最后只用一根光杆弹奏,声音遍满全城,久久不散。人们上千次地挥动衣服,并发出上千次的欢呼。菩萨把一粒骰子抛向空中,三百位天女降落下来跳舞。同样,抛出第二粒和第三粒时,各有三百位天女降落下来,按照前面讲过的方式跳舞。
Bodhisattopi nhātānulitto nānaggarasabhojanaṃ bhuñjitvā vīṇaṃ gāhāpetvā attano paññattāsane nisīdi. Sakko adissamānakāyena āgantvā ākāse aṭṭhāsi, bodhisattoyeva naṃ passati. Mūsilopi āgantvā attano āsane nisīdi. Mahājano parivāresi, āditova dvepi samasamaṃ vādayiṃsu. Mahājano dvinnampi vāditena tuṭṭho ukkuṭṭhisahassāni pavattesi. Sakko ākāse ṭhatvā bodhisattaññeva sāvento ‘‘ekaṃ tantiṃ chindā’’ti āha. Bodhisatto tantiṃ chindi, sā chinnāpi chinnakoṭiyā saraṃ muñcateva, devagandhabbaṃ viya vattati. Mūsilopi tantiṃ chindi, tato saddo na nikkhami. Ācariyo dutiyampi chindi …pe… sattamampi chindi. Suddhadaṇḍakaṃ vādentassa saddo nagaraṃ chādetvā aṭṭhāsi. Celukkhepasahassāni ceva ukkuṭṭhisahassāni ca pavattayiṃsu. Bodhisatto ekaṃ pāsakaṃ ākāse khipi, tīṇi accharāsatāni otaritvā nacciṃsu. Evaṃ dutiye ca tatiye ca khitte tīṇi tīṇi accharāsatāni otaritvā vuttanayeneva nacciṃsu.
1444就在那时,国王向大众使了个眼色,众人便站了起来,呵斥穆西喇说:“你跟老师闹翻后,还逞强说‘我要比试’,真是不知自己的分量!”于是众人随手拿起石头、棍棒之类的东西,把穆西喇砸得粉碎,让他断了气,然后抓着他的脚,把他丢到了垃圾堆里。国王满心欢喜,就像降下倾盆大雨一样,赐给菩萨许多财物,城里的人们也纷纷布施。帝释天与菩萨亲切话别后,说道:“智者啊,我会让人为你套好一辆由千匹骏马拉的良种宝车,随后派马塔利来;你登上那辆由千匹骏马拉的韦迦亚塔宝车,到天界来吧。”说完就离开了。
Tasmiṃ khaṇe rājā mahājanassa iṅgitasaññaṃ adāsi, mahājano uṭṭhāya ‘‘tvaṃ ācariyena saddhiṃ virujjhitvā ‘samakāraṃ karomī’ti vāyamasi, attano pamāṇaṃ na jānāsī’’ti mūsilaṃ tajjetvā gahitagahiteheva pāsāṇadaṇḍādīhi saṃcuṇṇetvā jīvitakkhayaṃ pāpetvā pāde gahetvā saṅkāraṭṭhāne chaḍḍesi. Rājā tuṭṭhacitto ghanavassaṃ vassāpento viya bodhisattassa bahuṃ dhanaṃ adāsi, tathā nāgarā. Sakko bodhisattena saddhiṃ paṭisanthāraṃ katvā ‘‘ahaṃ te, paṇḍita, sahassayuttaṃ ājaññarathaṃ gāhāpetvā pacchā mātaliṃ pesessāmi, tvaṃ sahassayuttaṃ vejayantarathavaraṃ abhiruyha devalokaṃ āgaccheyyāsī’’ti vatvā pakkāmi.
1445于是,天女们走向坐在黄色毛毯石上的他,问道:“大王,您去哪儿了?”帝释天把那件事的缘由详细说给她们听,并称赞了菩萨的戒行与功德。天女们说:“大王,我们也想拜见老师,请您把他带来这里吧。”帝释天召唤马塔利,吩咐道:“亲爱的,天女们想见古帝喇乾闼婆,你去请他坐上韦迦亚塔车乘,带他过来。”马塔利应声“好的”,便前去将菩萨请了来。帝释天与菩萨互相问候后,说道:“老师,听说这些天女想听您演奏乾闼婆音乐。”菩萨说:“大王,我们乾闼婆是靠技艺维生的,得到报酬才会演奏。”帝释天说:“请演奏吧,我会给你报酬。”菩萨说:“我不需要别的报酬,只请这些天女各自讲述自己所做的善业,那样我就演奏。”天女们于是对他说:“我们所作的善业稍后会向您讲述,老师,请先演奏乾闼婆音乐吧。”菩萨便为天神们演奏了七天乾闼婆音乐,这乐声力压天乐并流传开来。到了第七天,他从首位天女开始询问她们的善业。他问一位天女:在迦叶正自觉者的时代,你曾供养一位比丘一件最上等的衣服,以此善业成为帝释天的侍女,并拥有一千天女作为眷属——这位“最上衣天女”啊,“你前生作了什么业,而投生到这里?”这里的一问一答,在《天宫事》中已有记载。如那里所说:
Atha naṃ gantvā paṇḍukambalasilāyaṃ nisinnaṃ ‘‘kahaṃ gatāttha, mahārājā’’ti devadhītaro pucchiṃsu. Sakko tāsaṃ taṃ kāraṇaṃ vitthārena kathetvā bodhisattassa sīlañca guṇañca vaṇṇesi. Devadhītaro ‘‘mahārāja, mayampi ācariyaṃ daṭṭhukāmā, idha naṃ ānehī’’ti āhaṃsu. Sakko mātaliṃ āmantetvā ‘‘tāta, devaccharā guttilagandhabbaṃ daṭṭhukāmā, gaccha naṃ vejayantarathe nisīdāpetvā ānehī’’ti. So ‘‘sādhū’’ti gantvā bodhisattaṃ ānesi. Sakko bodhisattena saddhiṃ sammoditvā ‘‘devakaññā kira te, ācariya, gandhabbaṃ sotukāmā’’ti āha. ‘‘Mayaṃ mahārāja, gandhabbā nāma sippaṃ nissāya jīvāma, mūlaṃ labhantā vādeyyāmā’’ti. ‘‘Vādehi, ahaṃ te mūlaṃ dassāmī’’ti. ‘‘Na mayhaṃ aññena mūlenattho, imā pana devadhītaro attano attano kalyāṇakammaṃ kathentu, evāhaṃ vādessāmī’’ti . Atha naṃ devadhītaro āhaṃsu – ‘‘amhehi kataṃ kalyāṇakammaṃ pacchā tumhākaṃ kathessāma, gandhabbaṃ karohi ācariyā’’ti. Bodhisatto sattāhaṃ devatānaṃ gandhabbaṃ akāsi, taṃ dibbagandhabbaṃ abhibhavitvā pavatti. Sattame divase ādito paṭṭhāya devadhītānaṃ kalyāṇakammaṃ pucchi. Ekaṃ kassapasammāsambuddhakāle ekassa bhikkhuno uttamavatthaṃ datvā sakkassa paricārikā hutvā nibbattaṃ accharāsahassaparivāraṃ uttamavatthadevakaññaṃ ‘‘tvaṃ purimabhave kiṃ kammaṃ katvā nibbattā’’ti pucchi. Tassa pucchanākāro ca vissajjanā ca vimānavatthumhi āgatameva. Vuttañhi tattha –
1446“你以殊胜的容色,女神啊,伫立在那里;
‘‘Abhikkantena vaṇṇena, yā tvaṃ tiṭṭhasi devate;
1447照亮着所有方位,犹如一颗明星。
Obhāsentī disā sabbā, osadhī viya tārakā.
1448“你因何而有这样的容色?你因何而在此处获得成就?
‘‘Kena tetādiso vaṇṇo, kena te idha mijjhati;
1449而且,凡是心中所喜爱的那些资具,都会为我生起。
Uppajjanti ca te bhogā, ye keci manaso piyā.
1450“拥有大神力的女神啊,我问你:当你还是人间之身时,你做了什么福业?
‘‘Pucchāmi taṃ devi mahānubhāve, manussabhūtā kimakāsi puññaṃ;
1451你因何而有如此闪耀的威光,且你的容色照亮所有方向?”
Kenāsi evaṃ jalitānubhāvā, vaṇṇo ca te sabbadisā pabhāsatī’’ti.
1452那位布施了最上衣服的女子,在男女之中成为最殊胜者;
‘‘Vatthuttamadāyikā nārī, pavarā hoti naresu nārīsu;
1453同样地,这位布施了可爱之物、令人愉悦之物的女子,在命终之后获得了天界的住处。
Evaṃ piyarūpadāyikā manāpaṃ, dibbaṃ sā labhate upecca ṭhānaṃ.
1454请看我的天宫,我是具有可爱容貌的天女。
‘‘Tassā me passa vimānaṃ, accharā kāmavaṇṇinīhamasmi;
1455我是千名天女中最殊胜的一位,请看这福业的果报。
Accharāsahassassāhaṃ, pavarā passa puññānaṃ vipākaṃ.
1456正因为那样,我才有这样的容貌;正因为那样,我才会在这里成就。
‘‘Tena metādiso vaṇṇo, tena me idha mijjhati;
1457「而且,凡是能让我心生欢喜的那些资具,全都会为我生起。」
Uppajjanti ca me bhogā, ye keci manaso piyā.
1458「正因为那样,我才有这般闪耀的威光。」
‘‘Tenamhi evaṃ jalitānubhāvā;
1459「我的容貌也能照亮一切方所。」(vi. va. 329-331, 333-336)
Vaṇṇo ca me sabbadisā pabhāsatī’’ti. (vi. va. 329-331, 333-336);
1460还有另一位,为了供养正在托钵游行的比丘而献上了花;另一位说“请把这些香和五指尖香供养到塔庙去”,于是供养了香;另一位供养了各种甘甜的果实和根果;另一位供养了甘蔗汁;另一位在迦叶十力者的塔庙,供养了香和五指尖香;另一位在自己的俗家住宅里,为前来安住的行道比丘和比丘尼,在近处听闻了法;另一位在船靠岸的时候,站在水中,把水供养给已经用过餐的比丘;另一位住在家里时,是个从不发怒的人,努力奉行对公婆的承事;还有另一位,即使是对自己分得的那一份,也总是先分给别人,自己才受用,而且她还持守净戒;另一位在别人家做婢女,从不生气,没有慢心,把自己所得的那一份也分给别人,后来转生为那位天王的侍女。就这样,所有在《古帝喇天宫事》中出现的三十六位天女,都是各自做过某一种业之后才转生到这里的。菩萨向她们一一询问了所有这些事情。她们也全部用偈颂,向菩萨讲说了自己所造的业。菩萨听了以后,说:‘我实在是太获益了,真是太幸运了!我来到这里之后,亲自听闻了仅仅凭着微小的善行,就能获得天界成就的情况。从今以后,我回到人界,一定要只做布施等种种善业。’这样说完,便发出如下的优陀那:
Aparā piṇḍāya caramānassa bhikkhuno pūjanatthāya pupphāni adāsi, aparā ‘‘cetiye gandhapañcaṅgulikaṃ dethā’’ti gandhe adāsi, aparā madhurāni phalāphalāni adāsi, aparā ucchurasaṃ adāsi, aparā kassapadasabalassa cetiye gandhapañcaṅgulikaṃ adāsi, aparā maggapaṭipannānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhunīnañca kulagehe vāsaṃ upagatānaṃ santike dhammaṃ assosi, aparā nāvāya upakaṭṭhāya velāya bhuttassa bhikkhuno udake ṭhatvā udakaṃ adāsi, aparā agāramajjhe vasamānā akkodhanā hutvā sassusasuravattaṃ akāsi, aparā attano laddhakoṭṭhāsatopi saṃvibhāgaṃ katvāva paribhuñji, sīlavatī ca ahosi, aparā paragehe dāsī hutvā nikkodhanā nimmānā attano laddhakoṭṭhāsato saṃvibhāgaṃ katvā devarañño paricārikā hutvā nibbattā (vi. va. aṭṭha. 328-336). Evaṃ sabbāpi guttilavimānavatthusmiṃ āgatā chattiṃsa devadhītā yaṃ yaṃ kammaṃ katvā tattha nibbattā, sabbaṃ bodhisatto pucchi. Tāpissa attano katakammaṃ gāthāhiyeva kathesuṃ. Taṃ sutvā bodhisatto ‘‘lābhā vata me, suladdhaṃ vata me, svāhaṃ idhāgantvā appamattakenapi kammena paṭiladdhadibbasampattiyo assosiṃ. Ito dāni paṭṭhāya manussalokaṃ gantvā dānādīni kusalakammāneva karissāmī’’ti vatvā imaṃ udānaṃ udānesi –
1461今天对我来说,确实是善来、善晨、善起的日子,
‘‘Svāgataṃ vata me ajja, suppabhātaṃ suhuṭṭhitaṃ;
1462因为我有幸亲眼见到这些天女,她们有着可爱的容颜。
Yaṃ addasāmi devatāyo, accharākāmavaṇṇiyo.
1463我听闻她们所说的法之后,一定会多行善事。
‘‘Imāsāhaṃ dhammaṃ sutvā, kāhāmi kusalaṃ bahuṃ;
1464通过布施、正行、自制和调伏。
Dānena samacariyāya, saṃyamena damena ca;
1465我将去到那里,到了那里就再也不会悲伤。
Svāhaṃ tattha gamissāmi, yattha gantvā na socare’’ti. (vi. va. 617-618);
1466七天过后,天王命令车夫马塔利,让他坐上车,直接把他送去了波罗奈。他到了波罗奈,便向人们讲述了自己在天界见到的原因。从那以后,人们都积极踊跃地想要行善积福。
Atha naṃ sattāhaccayena devarājā mātalisaṅgāhakaṃ āṇāpetvā rathe nisīdāpetvā bārāṇasimeva pesesi. So bārāṇasiṃ gantvā devaloke attanā diṭṭhakāraṇaṃ manussānaṃ ācikkhi. Tato paṭṭhāya manussā saussāhā puññāni kātuṃ maññiṃsu.
1467世尊宣说了这个教法,随后将本生故事串联起来说:“那时候,牟西罗是提婆达多,帝释是阿那律,国王是阿难,而古帝喇乾闼婆就是我本人。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā mūsilo devadatto ahosi, sakko anuruddho, rājā ānando, guttilagandhabbo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1569古帝喇本生注疏 第三。
Guttilajātakavaṇṇanā tatiyā.
1468[244] 4. 离欲求本生注疏
[244] 4. Vigaticchajātakavaṇṇanā
1469“所见的不希求,不希求所见的”这句话,是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位逃跑的游方者而说的。据说,那位游方者在整个阎浮提无人能辩得过他,他来到舍卫城,问:“有谁能和我辩论?”人们告诉他:“正自觉者。”于是他由大众簇拥着来到祇园,见到世尊正在四众弟子中间说法,便提出了问题。世尊回答了他的问题后,反问:“‘一’是什么意思?”他答不出来,就起身逃走了。在座的会众说:“大德,这游方者仅仅一句话就被折服了。”世尊说:“诸位近事男,我不只是现在才用一句话折服他,以前也同样折服过他。”接着便讲起了过去的故事。
Yaṃpassati na taṃ icchatīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ palāyikaṃ paribbājakaṃ ārabbha kathesi. So kira sakalajambudīpe paṭivādaṃ alabhitvā sāvatthiṃ āgantvā ‘‘ko mayā saddhiṃ vādaṃ kātuṃ samattho’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘sammāsambuddho’’ti sutvā mahājanaparivuto jetavanaṃ gantvā bhagavantaṃ catuparisamajjhe dhammaṃ desentaṃ pañhaṃ pucchi. Athassa satthā taṃ vissajjetvā ‘‘ekaṃ nāma ki’’nti pañhaṃ pucchi, so taṃ kathetuṃ asakkonto uṭṭhāya palāyi. Nisinnaparisā ‘‘ekapadeneva vo, bhante, paribbājako niggahito’’ti āhaṃsu. Satthā ‘‘nāhaṃ, upāsakā, idānevetaṃ ekapadeneva niggaṇhāmi, pubbepi niggaṇhiṃyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1470过去,在波罗奈梵授王治理国家时,菩萨出生在迦尸国的一个婆罗门家族。成年后,他舍弃了感官欲乐,出家成为隐士,长年居住在雪山。后来他下山,靠一个小镇在恒河转弯处搭了间树叶棚住下来。那时,有一位游方者在整个阎浮提没有对手,他来到这个小镇,问:“有人能和我辩论吗?”人们告诉他“有”,并说了菩萨的威德。于是他由大众簇拥着来到菩萨的住处,互致问候后坐了下来。菩萨问他:“您想喝带着色泽和香气的恒河水吗?”游方者想用论辩压倒对方,便说:“哪是恒河?沙是恒河,水是恒河,此岸是恒河,彼岸是恒河。”菩萨说:“那么,游方者,除了水、沙、此岸、彼岸,你还能到哪里去找恒河呢?”游方者无言以对,起身逃走了。他逃跑后,菩萨便为在座的会众说法,说出了以下的偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsiraṭṭhe brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto kāme pahāya isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā dīgharattaṃ himavante vasi. So pabbatā oruyha ekaṃ nigamagāmaṃ nissāya gaṅgānivattane paṇṇasālāyaṃ vāsaṃ kappesi. Atheko paribbājako sakalajambudīpe paṭivādaṃ alabhitvā taṃ nigamaṃ patvā ‘‘atthi nu kho koci mayā saddhiṃ vādaṃ kātuṃ samattho’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘atthī’’ti bodhisattassa ānubhāvaṃ sutvā mahājanaparivuto tassa vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā paṭisanthāraṃ katvā nisīdi. Atha naṃ bodhisatto ‘‘vaṇṇagandhaparibhāvitaṃ gaṅgāpānīyaṃ pivissatī’’ti pucchi. Paribbājako vādena ottharanto ‘‘kā gaṅgā, vālukā gaṅgā, udakaṃ gaṅgā, orimatīraṃ gaṅgā, pārimatīraṃ gaṅgā’’ti āha. Bodhisatto ‘‘tvaṃ pana, paribbājaka, ṭhapetvā udakaṃ vālukaṃ orimatīraṃ pārimatīrañca kahaṃ gaṅgaṃ labhissasī’’ti āha. Paribbājako appaṭibhāno hutvā uṭṭhāya palāyi. Tasmiṃ palāte bodhisatto nisinnaparisāya dhammaṃ desento imā gāthā avoca –
188一百八十八。
188.
1472他对自己看见的东西不想要,却渴望没看见的东西;
‘‘Yaṃ passati na taṃ icchati, yañca na passati taṃ kiricchati;
1473我想他将长久地流转,因为他得不到他所渴望的东西。
Maññāmi ciraṃ carissati, na hi taṃ lacchati yaṃ sa icchati.
189一百八十九。
189.
1475他对所得之物不感到满足,对所希求而得到的东西却又轻视;
‘‘Yaṃ labhati na tena tussati, yañca pattheti laddhaṃ hīḷeti;
1476因为欲望确实漫无边际,我们向那些已离欲者致敬。
Icchā hi anantagocarā, vigaticchāna namo karomase’’ti.
1477在这里,「他所见到的」是指:他见到水等东西,却不想要那样的恒河。「他所未见到者」是指:他见不到那离水等相状的恒河,却偏偏想要那样的河。「我想他将会长时间游走」是指:我这样认为——这位游方者为了寻找这样的恒河,会长时间地游走。或者,就像寻求那离水等相状的恒河一样,他也在寻求那离色等相状的“我”,因此会在轮回中长时间地游走。「因为他得不到那个」是指:即使游走很久,他所渴望的那种恒河或者“我”,终究是得不到的。「对所得」是指:对于得到的水或色等东西,他并不因此感到满足。「对所希求之所得却轻视」是指:这样对所得到的不满足,他每获得一种成就就希求另一种,得到后又说“这有什么用呢?”而轻视、看不起它。「欲望确实漫无边际」是指:因为轻视已得的东西,转而一再贪求新的所缘,这种名为‘渴望’的渴爱,确实漫无边际。「我们向离欲者致敬」是指:因此,那些如诸佛等已远离欲望的圣者,我们向他们行致敬礼。
Tattha yaṃ passatīti yaṃ udakādiṃ passati, taṃ gaṅgāti na icchati. Yañca na passatīti yañca udakādivinimuttaṃ gaṅgaṃ na passati, taṃ kiricchati. Maññāmi ciraṃ carissatīti ahaṃ evaṃ maññāmi – ayaṃ paribbājako evarūpaṃ gaṅgaṃ pariyesanto ciraṃ carissati. Yathā vā udakādivinimuttaṃ gaṅgaṃ, evaṃ rūpādivinimuttaṃ attānampi pariyesanto saṃsāre ciraṃ carissati. Na hi taṃ lacchatīti ciraṃ carantopi yaṃ taṃ evarūpaṃ gaṅgaṃ vā attānaṃ vā icchati, taṃ na lacchati. Yaṃ labhatīti yaṃ udakaṃ vā rūpādiṃ vā labhati, tena na tussati. Yañca pattheti laddhaṃ hīḷetīti evaṃ laddhena atussanto yaṃ yaṃ sampattiṃ pattheti, taṃ taṃ labhitvā ‘‘kiṃ etāyā’’ti hīḷeti avamaññati. Icchā hi anantagocarāti laddhaṃ hīḷetvā aññamaññaṃ ārammaṇaṃ icchanato ayaṃ icchā nāma taṇhā anantagocarā. Vigaticchāna namo karomaseti tasmā ye vigaticchā buddhādayo, tesaṃ mayaṃ namakkāraṃ karomāti.
1478导师开示完这段法义后,将过去生的故事连结起来说:“那时的游行外道,就是现在的这位游方者;而那位苦行者,就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā paribbājako etarahi paribbājako ahosi, tāpaso pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1581《离欲本生注释》第四。
Vigaticchajātakavaṇṇanā catutthā.
1479[245] 5. 《根本法门本生注释》
[245] 5. Mūlapariyāyajātakavaṇṇanā
1480“时间吞噬众生……”这是导师在优伽吒城附近的妙喜林中居住时,以《根本法门经》为因缘而开示的。据说,当时有五百位婆罗门,通晓三部吠陀,在佛法教义中出家后,学习了三藏,变得骄傲自满,心想:“正自觉者也不过是知道三藏,我们也知道这些,既然如此,我们和他有什么差别呢?”于是他们不去侍奉佛陀,抱着对立的态度行事。
Kālo ghasati bhūtānīti idaṃ satthā ukkaṭṭhaṃ nissāya subhagavane viharanto mūlapariyāyasuttantaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tadā kira pañcasatā brāhmaṇā tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sāsane pabbajitvā tīṇi piṭakāni uggaṇhitvā mānamadamattā hutvā ‘‘sammāsambuddhopi tīṇeva piṭakāni jānāti, mayampi tāni jānāma, evaṃ sante kiṃ tassa amhehi nānākaraṇa’’nti buddhupaṭṭhānaṃ na gacchanti, paṭipakkhā hutvā caranti.
1481后来有一天,导师来到他们中间,当他们坐在世尊身边时,世尊以八种层面的分析方式详尽开示了《根本法门经》,但他们什么都没理解。于是他们想道:“我们以前以为没有和自己一样有智慧的人,所以生起了我慢,现在看来,我们什么都不懂。世上确实没有能与佛陀们相比的智者,啊,佛陀的功德真是了不起!”从那时起,他们折服了慢心,变得如同被拔掉毒牙的蛇一样,不再有危害。导师在优伽吒城随心自在地住了一段时间后,前往毗舍离城,在乔达摩塔庙说了名为《乔达摩经》的经文,讲法时一万世界都发生了震动;听闻此法后,那些比丘证得了阿拉汉果。然而,在导师还住在优伽吒城时,《根本法门经》刚结束,比丘们就在法堂中生起议论:“贤友们,佛陀的威神之力真是不可思议!那些婆罗门出家的比丘们那样傲慢自满,世尊仅以根本法门的教说就粉碎了他们的慢心。”导师来到后问道:“比丘们,你们现在聚在一起在谈论什么?”他们回答说:“在讨论这些事。”导师便说:“不只是现在,比丘们,过去我也曾这样降伏这些被慢心冲昏头脑、到处昂首而行的人,摧毁他们的慢心。”接着便引出了过去的故事。
Athekadivasaṃ satthā tesu āgantvā attano santike nisinnesu aṭṭhahi bhūmīhi paṭimaṇḍetvā mūlapariyāyasuttantaṃ kathesi, te na kiñci sallakkhesuṃ. Atha nesaṃ etadahosi – ‘‘mayaṃ amhehi sadisā paṇḍitā natthī’ti mānaṃ karoma, idāni pana na kiñci jānāma, buddhehi sadiso paṇḍito nāma natthi, aho buddhaguṇā nāmā’’ti. Te tato paṭṭhāya nihatamānā hutvā uddhaṭadāṭhā viya sappā nibbisevanā jātā. Satthā ukkaṭṭhāyaṃ yathābhirantaṃ viharitvā vesāliṃ gantvā gotamakacetiye gotamakasuttantaṃ nāma kathesi, dasasahassilokadhātu kampi, taṃ sutvā te bhikkhū arahattaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu. Mūlapariyāyasuttantapariyosāne pana satthari ukkaṭṭhāyaṃ viharanteyeva bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, aho buddhānaṃ ānubhāvo, te nāma brāhmaṇapabbajitā tathā mānamadamattā bhagavatā mūlapariyāyadesanāya nihatamānā katā’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva, pubbepāhaṃ ime evaṃ mānapaggahitasire vicarante nihatamāne akāsiṃyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1482过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治时,菩萨出生在一个婆罗门家庭,长大成人后,精通三部吠陀,成为了全地区的首席老师,指导五百位年轻人学习各种学问。那五百人学成技艺后,专注于所学,心想:“我们所知道的,老师也不过就知道这些,并没有什么差别。”于是他们变得骄慢顽固,不再去老师跟前侍奉,也不履行各种义务。有一天,老师坐在一棵枣树下,他们想贬低老师,就用指甲敲打着枣树说:“这棵树根本没有坚实的核心。”菩萨知道他们在借此贬低自己,就对学生们说:“我要问你们一个问题。”他们听了很高兴,踊跃地回答:“请您讲,我们一定能解答!”老师为了提出问题,便诵出了第一首偈颂——
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū disāpāmokkho ācariyo hutvā pañca māṇavakasatāni mante vācesi. Te pañcasatāpi niṭṭhitasippā sippe anuyogaṃ datvā ‘‘yattakaṃ mayaṃ jānāma, ācariyopi tattakameva, viseso natthī’’ti mānatthaddhā hutvā ācariyassa santikaṃ na gacchanti, vattapaṭivattaṃ na karonti. Te ekadivasaṃ ācariye badarirukkhamūle nisinne taṃ vambhetukāmā badarirukkhaṃ nakhena ākoṭetvā ‘‘nissārovāyaṃ rukkho’’ti āhaṃsu. Bodhisatto attano vambhanabhāvaṃ ñatvā antevāsike ‘‘ekaṃ vo pañhaṃ pucchissāmī’’ti āha. Te haṭṭhatuṭṭhā ‘‘vadetha, kathessāmā’’ti. Ācariyo pañhaṃ pucchanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
190一百九十。
190.
1484“时间吞噬一切众生,连同自己一起,吞噬一切;
‘‘Kālo ghasati bhūtāni, sabbāneva sahattanā;
1485而那个成为‘吞噬时间’者,他烹煮了那烹煮众生者。”
Yo ca kālaghaso bhūto, sa bhūtapacaniṃ pacī’’ti.
1486在这里,「时间」是指午饭前的时间、午饭后时间等等。「众生」是众生的同义语,并不是说时间会撕扯众生的皮肉来吞食,而是说:它消耗着众生的寿命、容貌和体力,摧伏青春,毁坏健康,这样来吞食、吞噬。而这样吞噬时,它什么东西都不放过,会把一切都吞噬掉。而且它不光是「吞噬众生」,也会连同自己一起吞噬,比如午饭前的时间就到达不了午饭后时间。这个道理也同样适用于午饭后时间等所有情况。而「那个成为吞噬时间者」,是对诸漏尽者的称呼。因为他用圣道把未来结生的时间灭尽、吞食之后,便安住不动了,所以称为「吞噬时间者」。「他烹煮了烹煮众生者」:那个在恶趣中「烹煮」众生的渴爱,他以智慧之火将它烹煮、烧毁,化为灰烬,所以说他「烹煮了烹煮众生者」。也有读作「Pajani」的,意思是能生者、令出生者。
Tattha kāloti purebhattakālopi pacchābhattakālopīti evamādi. Bhūtānīti sattādhivacanametaṃ, na kālo bhūtānaṃ cammamaṃsādīni luñcitvā khādati, apica kho nesaṃ āyuvaṇṇabalāni khepento yobbaññaṃ maddanto ārogyaṃ vināsento ghasati khādatīti vuccati. Evaṃ ghasanto ca na kiñci vajjeti, sabbāneva ghasati. Na kevalañca bhūtāneva, apica kho sahattanā attānampi ghasati, purebhattakālo pacchābhattakālaṃ na pāpuṇāti. Esa nayo pacchābhattakālādīsu. Yo ca kālaghaso bhūtoti khīṇāsavassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ . So hi ariyamaggena āyatiṃ paṭisandhikālaṃ khepetvā khāditvā ṭhitattā ‘‘kālaghaso bhūto’’ti vuccati . Sa bhūtapacaniṃ pacīti so yāyaṃ taṇhā apāyesu bhūte pacati, taṃ ñāṇagginā paci dahi bhasmamakāsi, tena ‘‘bhūtapacaniṃ pacī’’ti vuccati. ‘‘Pajani’’ntipi pāṭho, janikaṃ nibbattakinti attho.
1487听了这个问题后,那些年轻人当中竟然没有一个人能够明白。于是,菩萨对他们说:“你们不要以为‘这个问题在三吠陀中就有’,你们自认为‘我所知道的,就是全部’,把我当成一棵枣树那样看待。你们不知道,我还有许许多多你们所不了解的智慧。去吧,我给你们七天期限,用这段时间好好思考这个问题。”他们顶礼菩萨后,各自回到住处,思考了整整七天,却依然看不到这个问题的尽头和边际。第七天,他们来到老师跟前,顶礼后坐下。老师问:“贤首们,问题想通了吗?”他们回答说:“我们不明白。”于是,菩萨责备他们,并说了第二首偈颂:
Imaṃ pañhaṃ sutvā māṇavesu ekopi jānituṃ samattho nāma nāhosi. Atha ne bodhisatto ‘‘mā kho tumhe ‘ayaṃ pañho tīsu vedesu atthī’ti saññaṃ akattha, tumhe ‘yamahaṃ jānāmi, taṃ sabbaṃ jānāmā’ti maññamānā maṃ badarirukkhasadisaṃ karotha, mama tumhehi aññātassa bahuno jānanabhāvaṃ na jānātha, gacchatha sattame divase kālaṃ dammi, ettakena kālena imaṃ pañhaṃ cintethā’’ti. Te bodhisattaṃ vanditvā attano attano vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā sattāhaṃ cintetvāpi pañhassa neva antaṃ, na koṭiṃ passiṃsu. Te sattamadivase ācariyassa santikaṃ gantvā vanditvā nisīditvā ‘‘kiṃ, bhadramukhā, jānittha pañha’’nti vutte ‘‘na jānāmā’’ti vadiṃsu. Atha bodhisatto te garahamāno dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
191一百九十一。
191.
1489众多人的头颅,长满了毛发且巨大;这些头颅被安放在颈项上,而在这当中,唯有一个人是有耳朵的。
‘‘Bahūni narasīsāni, lomasāni brahāni ca;
1490而那时间啃食者,亦就是啃食众生者。”
Gīvāsu paṭimukkāni, kocidevettha kaṇṇavā’’ti.
1491它的意思是:可以见到许多人的头颅,这些头颅全都有毛发,全都很大,并且都安放在颈项上,不像棕榈果那样能用手握住;在这些方面,它们之间没有差别。而这里所说的‘唯有一人是有耳者’,是指他自己。‘有耳者’意思是具有智慧的人,但耳孔却没有人没有。这样一来,他便批评那些年轻人说:‘你们这些愚人只有耳孔,却没有智慧。’之后解答了问题。那些年轻人听了以后,感叹说:‘啊!老师真是伟大!’并请求原谅,消除了骄慢,开始侍奉菩萨。
Tassattho – bahūni narānaṃ sīsāni dissanti, sabbāni ca tāni lomasāni, sabbāni mahantāni gīvāsuyeva ṭhapitāni, na tālaphalaṃ viya hatthena gahitāni, natthi tesaṃ imehi dhammehi nānākaraṇaṃ. Ettha pana kocideva kaṇṇavāti attānaṃ sandhāyāha. Kaṇṇavāti paññavā, kaṇṇachiddaṃ pana na kassaci natthi. Iti te māṇavake ‘‘kaṇṇachiddamattameva tumhākaṃ bālānaṃ atthi, na paññā’’ti garahitvā pañhaṃ vissajjesi. Te sutvā – ‘‘aho ācariyā nāma mahantā’’ti khamāpetvā nihatamānā bodhisattaṃ upaṭṭhahiṃsu.
1492世尊讲完这个法后,结合本生故事说:“当时的五百位年轻人,就是现在的这些比丘,而那位老师就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā pañcasatā māṇavakā ime bhikkhū ahesuṃ, ācariyo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1596《根本法门本生注疏》第五。
Mūlapariyāyajātakavaṇṇanā pañcamā.
1493“杀、砍、杀害”——这是世尊住在毗舍离城附近的重阁讲堂时,以师子将军的事为因缘而宣说的。师子将军归依世尊后,邀请世尊,并在第二天供养了带有肉的饭食。尼干陀们听说这件事后,气愤不悦,想要毁谤如来,便辱骂道:“沙门乔达摩明知这是特地为他准备的肉,还去吃。”比丘们在法堂里议论起来:“贤友,尼干陀若提子和他那一伙人到处谩骂,说:‘沙门乔达摩明知是特地为他准备的肉,还去吃呢。’”世尊听到后,说:“比丘们,尼干陀若提子并不是现在才以吃特备的肉来指责我,过去也曾指责过。”于是便引出过去的事。
[246] 6. Bālovādajātakavaṇṇanā
1494「杀、砍、杀害」:这件事是世尊住在毗舍离附近的重阁讲堂时,以狮子将军为缘起而说的。狮子将军归依、邀请世尊后,在隔天供养了带肉的饭食。尼干陀们听到这事后,既生气又不悦,想要加害如来,就骂道:“沙门乔达摩明知是专门为他杀的肉,居然还吃。”比丘们在法堂里议论起来:“贤友们,尼干陀若提子正带着他的徒众到处辱骂,说:‘沙门乔达摩明知是专门为他杀的肉,居然还吃。’”世尊听见后说:“比丘们,尼干陀若提子并不是现在才因为我吃特地杀作的肉而指责我,过去也曾指责过。”接着,世尊便开示了过去的因缘。
Hantvāchetvā vadhitvā cāti idaṃ satthā vesāliṃ upanissāya kūṭāgārasālāyaṃ viharanto sīhasenāpatiṃ ārabbha kathesi. So hi bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gantvā nimantetvā punadivase samaṃsakabhattaṃ adāsi. Nigaṇṭhā taṃ sutvā kupitā anattamanā tathāgataṃ viheṭhetukāmā ‘‘samaṇo gotamo jānaṃ uddissakataṃ maṃsaṃ bhuñjatī’’ti akkosiṃsu. Bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto ‘samaṇo gotamo jānaṃ uddissakataṃ maṃsaṃ bhuñjatī’ti saddhiṃ parisāya akkosanto āhiṇḍatī’’ti. Taṃ sutvā satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto idāneva maṃ uddissakatamaṃsakhādanena garahati, pubbepi garahiyevā’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1495过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王统治的时期,菩萨出生于一个婆罗门家庭,长大之后出家成为沙门,为了修持酸粥行而从雪山前往波罗奈城,第二天进入城中乞食。当时有一位居士心想:“我要刁难这个苦行者。”就把他请进家里,让他在备好的座位上坐下,用鱼肉来招待他。等他吃完饭,居士坐在一旁说:“这肉是专门为了您而杀害生命做成的,这个不善的业不只属于我们,也属于您。”接着诵出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā loṇambilasevanatthāya himavantato bārāṇasiṃ gantvā punadivase nagaraṃ bhikkhāya pāvisi. Atheko kuṭumbiko ‘‘tāpasaṃ viheṭhessāmī’’ti gharaṃ pavesetvā paññattāsane nisīdāpetvā macchamaṃsena parivisitvā bhattakiccāvasāne ekamantaṃ nisīditvā ‘‘imaṃ maṃsaṃ tumheyeva uddissa pāṇe māretvā kataṃ, idaṃ akusalaṃ mā amhākameva, tumhākampi hotū’’ti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
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1497“杀害、切割、杀死之后,以无觉悟的心行布施;”
‘‘Hantvā chetvā vadhitvā ca, deti dānaṃ asaññato;
1498享用这种食物的人,会被恶业染污。
Edisaṃ bhattaṃ bhuñjamāno, sa pāpena upalippatī’’ti.
1499在这里,「杀害」(hantvā)指击打。「切割」(chetvā)指使对方受苦。「杀死」(vadhitvā)指夺走性命。「以无觉悟之心行布施」(deti dānaṃ asaññato),意思是一个没有觉悟、没有道德的人,通过这种方式做了之后去行布施。「享用这样的食物,他被罪恶所染污」(edisaṃ bhattaṃ bhuñjamāno, sa pāpena upalippatī),意思是:享用这种通过指定杀生而做成的食物,就算是沙门,也会被恶业染污,也就是一定会跟恶业牵连在一起。
Tattha hantvāti paharitvā. Chetvāti kilametvā. Vadhitvāti māretvā. Deti dānaṃ asaññatoti asaññato dussīlo evaṃ katvā dānaṃ deti. Edisaṃ bhattaṃ bhuñjamāno, sa pāpena upalippatīti edisaṃ uddissakatabhattaṃ bhuñjamāno so samaṇopi pāpena upalippati saṃyujjatiyevāti.
1500菩萨听到后,说出了第二首偈颂:
Taṃ sutvā bodhisatto dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
193那些通过杀戮、砍割、致死对方而来行布施的人,既不善,也并非真正慷慨;
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1502「即使杀害了自己的儿女和妻子,以无觉悟之心来行布施;
‘‘Puttadārampi ce hantvā, deti dānaṃ asaññato;
1503具足智慧的人就算享用了这种食物,也不会被恶业染污。」
Bhuñjamānopi sappañño, na pāpena upalippatī’’ti.
1504在这里,「具足智慧的人就算享用了」(bhuñjamānopi sappañño),意思是:先不提别的肉,就算是杀害了自己的儿女和妻子、由一个没有道德的人所布施的食物,一位具足忍耐、慈爱等功德的有智慧者,即使吃下这种食物,也不会被恶业所染污。菩萨这样为他说完法后,便从座位起身离开了。
Tattha bhuñjamānopi sappaññoti tiṭṭhatu aññaṃ maṃsaṃ, puttadāraṃ vadhitvāpi dussīlena dinnaṃ sappañño khantimettādiguṇasampanno taṃ bhuñjamānopi pāpena na upalippatīti. Evamassa bodhisatto dhammaṃ kathetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.
1505导师开示完这段法语,将本生故事衔接起来说:“那时候的居士,就是现在的尼干陀·若提子,而那位苦行者就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā kuṭumbiko nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto ahosi, tāpaso pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1610《愚人论本生经注》第六。
Bālovādajātakavaṇṇanā chaṭṭhā.
1506[247] 七、《足合掌本生注》
[247] 7. Pādañjalijātakavaṇṇanā
1507「确实,足合掌于一切……」这件事是世尊住在祇园时,针对拉鲁达伊长老所讲的。有一天,两位上首弟子正在裁决一个问题,比丘们听他们裁决问题时,都称赞这两位长老。然而,拉鲁达伊长老坐在大众之中,心想:「他们跟我们一样,能知道什么?」于是就撇了撇嘴。两位长老看见后,起身离开了,大众也就散了。在法堂里,比丘们议论起这件事来,说道:「拉鲁达伊贤友批评两位上首弟子,在那儿大噘嘴唇。」世尊听到后,说:「比丘们,他不只是现在这样,过去拉鲁达伊除了噘唇之外,也不会别的。」接着就讲起了过去的事情。
Addhā pādañjalī sabbeti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto lāḷudāyītheraṃ ārabbha kathesi. Ekasmiñhi divase dve aggasāvakā pañhaṃ vinicchinanti, bhikkhū pañhaṃ suṇantā there pasaṃsanti. Lāḷudāyīthero pana parisantare nisinno ‘‘ete amhehi samaṃ kiṃ jānantī’’ti oṭṭhaṃ bhañji. Taṃ disvā therā uṭṭhāya pakkamiṃsu, parisā bhijji. Dhammasabhāyaṃ bhikkhū kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso lāḷudāyī, dve aggasāvake garahitvā oṭṭhaṃ bhañjī’’ti. Taṃ sutvā satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva, pubbepi lāḷudāyī ṭhapetvā oṭṭhabhañjanaṃ tato uttari aññaṃ na jānātī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1508过去,在波罗奈城梵授王统治的时期,菩萨是那位国王辅政治理、教导正法的大臣。国王有个名叫「足合掌」的王子,生性愚钝,反应很慢。后来,国王去世了。大臣们为国王办完后事,一起商量着说:「我们将为王子灌顶,立他为王。」于是便去把这想法告诉了足合掌王子。菩萨却说:「这个男孩愚钝迟缓,我们先好好考察他一番,再为他灌顶吧。」大臣们便安排了一场审判,让王子坐在近旁,他们故意把案子判错,没能公正裁决。然后,他们把无主之物判给有主之人,以此试探王子,问道:「王子,我们这案子判得好不好啊?」王子只是噘了噘嘴唇。菩萨心想:「这位王子说不定真是位智者,看来他已经发觉这是误判了。」于是便诵出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto tassa atthadhammānusāsako amacco ahosi. Rañño pādañjalī nāma putto lālo dandhaparisakkano ahosi. Aparabhāge rājā kālamakāsi. Amaccā rañño matakiccāni katvā ‘‘taṃ rajje abhisiñcissāmā’’ti mantayamānā rājaputtaṃ pādañjaliṃ āhaṃsu. Bodhisatto pana ‘‘ayaṃ kumāro lālo dandhaparisakkano, pariggahetvā naṃ abhisiñcissāmā’’ti āha. Amaccā vinicchayaṃ sajjetvā kumāraṃ samīpe nisīdāpetvā aḍḍaṃ vinicchinantā na sammā vinicchiniṃsu. Te assāmikaṃ sāmikaṃ katvā kumāraṃ pucchiṃsu – ‘‘kīdisaṃ, kumāra, suṭṭhu aḍḍaṃ vinicchinimhā’’ti. So oṭṭhaṃ bhañji. Bodhisatto ‘‘paṇḍito vata maññe kumāro, asammāvinicchitabhāvo tena ñāto bhavissatī’’ti maññamāno paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
194一九四。
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1510「确实,「足合掌」在所有这些人当中,以智慧而超胜;
‘‘Addhā pādañjalī sabbe, paññāya atirocati;
1511正因为他这样噘了噘嘴唇,想必是看到了更高一层的道理。」
Tathā hi oṭṭhaṃ bhañjati, uttariṃ nūna passatī’’ti.
1512这首偈颂的意思是:可以肯定,「足合掌」王子确实以智慧超胜我们所有人。正因为他这样噘了噘嘴唇,想必是看到了其他更高的理由。
Tassattho – ekaṃsena pādañjalikumāro sabbe amhe paññāya atirocati. Tathā hi oṭṭhaṃ bhañjati, nūna uttariṃ aññaṃ kāraṇaṃ passatīti.
1513第二天,大臣们又准备好审判,公正地判决了另一个案件,然后问道:“大王,我们这样判得好吗?”那位王子依然只是噘起嘴唇。菩萨知道他实在愚昧无知,便说出了第二首偈颂:
Te aparasmimpi divase vinicchayaṃ sajjetvā aññaṃ aḍḍaṃ suṭṭhu vinicchinitvā ‘‘kīdisaṃ, deva, suṭṭhu vinicchinita’’nti pucchiṃsu. So punapi oṭṭhameva bhañji. Athassa andhabālabhāvaṃ ñatvā bodhisatto dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
195一九五。
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1515“他不明白什么是法、什么是非法,也不知道什么是有益、什么是有害;
‘‘Nāyaṃ dhammaṃ adhammaṃ vā, atthānatthañca bujjhati;
1516除了噘起嘴唇之外,他什么也不知道。”
Aññatra oṭṭhanibbhogā, nāyaṃ jānāti kiñcana’’nti.
1517大臣们知道足合掌王子是愚笨之人后,便为菩萨灌顶,立他为王。
Amaccā pādañjalikumārassa lālabhāvaṃ ñatvā bodhisattaṃ rajje abhisiñciṃsu.
1518导师开示此法后,将本生联系起来,说:“那时,足合掌就是拉鲁达伊,而那位智慧的大臣正是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā pādañjalī lāḷudāyī ahosi, paṇḍitāmacco pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1624《合掌者本生经》的解说,第七篇。
Pādañjalijātakavaṇṇanā sattamā.
1519[248] 8. 《紧叔迦树譬喻本生经》的解说
[248] 8. Kiṃsukopamajātakavaṇṇanā
1520「金苏迦树被所有人看见」这句话,是世尊住在祇园时,以金苏迦树譬喻经为缘起而说出的。当时有四位比丘来到如来前请求传授业处,世尊便为他们说法。他们领受业处之后,各自前往自己的夜间与日间住处修行。他们之中,一位通过把握六触处证得阿拉汉果,一位通过五蕴,一位通过四大种,一位通过十八界。事后他们各自向世尊报告自己所证得的殊胜成就。这时,另一位比丘心里生起了这样的念头:“他们的业处各个不同,涅槃却只有一个,为什么大家都能证得阿拉汉果呢?”于是他就去问世尊。世尊回答他说:“比丘,你在这里起疑,跟那些见过金苏迦树的兄弟们有什么差别呢?”当比丘们请求说:“大德,请您为我们讲讲其中的缘由吧。”世尊便引出了过去的一段往事。
Sabbehikiṃsuko diṭṭhoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto kiṃsukopamasuttantaṃ ārabbha kathesi. Cattāro hi bhikkhū tathāgataṃ upasaṅkamitvā kammaṭṭhānaṃ yāciṃsu, satthā tesaṃ kammaṭṭhānaṃ kathesi. Te kammaṭṭhānaṃ gahetvā attano rattiṭṭhānadivāṭṭhānāni agamiṃsu. Tesu eko cha phassāyatanāni pariggaṇhitvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi, eko pañcakkhandhe, eko cattāro mahābhūte, eko aṭṭhārasa dhātuyo. Te attano attano adhigatavisesaṃ satthu ārocesuṃ. Athekassa bhikkhuno parivitakko udapādi – ‘‘imesaṃ kammaṭṭhānāni nānā, nibbānaṃ ekaṃ, kathaṃ sabbehi arahattaṃ patta’’nti. So satthāraṃ pucchi. Satthā ‘‘kiṃ te, bhikkhu, kiṃsukadiṭṭhabhātikehi nānatta’’nti vatvā ‘‘idaṃ no, bhante, kāraṇaṃ kathethā’’ti bhikkhūhi yācito atītaṃ āhari.
1521过去,在波罗奈城由梵授王治理国家的时候,国王有四个儿子。有一天,他们叫来车夫对他说:“朋友,我们想看金苏迦树,请你带我们去看。”车夫说:“好的,我带你们去。”但他并没有一次带四个人同去,而是先让大王子坐上马车,带到山林里,在一棵金苏迦树还是枯树桩的时节指给他说:“这就是金苏迦树。”又对第二个王子在枝叶茂盛的时节指示,对第三个在开花的时节指示,对第四个在结果的时节指示。过了一段时间,四兄弟坐在一起,聊起来说:“金苏迦树到底是什么样子呢?”于是其中一个说:“就像一根烧焦的木桩。”第二个说:“就像一棵孟加拉榕树。”第三个说:“就像一片肉。”第四个说:“就像一棵尸利莎树。”他们彼此都不满意对方的说法,于是来到父亲面前问:“父王,金苏迦树到底是什么样子?”国王反问他们:“你们各自是怎么说的?”他们就向国王述说了自己描述的情形。国王说:“你们四个人确实都看见了金苏迦树,只是因为带你们看树的车夫没有分别说明‘在这个时节金苏迦树是这个样子,在那个时节是那个样子’,所以你们心里才起了疑惑。”说完,便诵出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente tassa cattāro puttā ahesuṃ. Te ekadivasaṃ sārathiṃ pakkosetvā ‘‘mayaṃ, samma, kiṃsukaṃ daṭṭhukāmā, kiṃsukarukkhaṃ no dassehī’’ti āhaṃsu. Sārathi ‘‘sādhu, dassessāmī’’ti vatvā catunnampi ekato adassetvā jeṭṭharājaputtaṃ tāva rathe nisīdāpetvā araññaṃ netvā ‘‘ayaṃ kiṃsuko’’ti khāṇukakāle kiṃsukaṃ dassesi. Aparassa bahalapalāsakāle, aparassa pupphitakāle, aparassa phalitakāle. Aparabhāge cattāropi bhātaro ekato nisinnā ‘‘kiṃsuko nāma kīdiso’’ti kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ. Tato eko ‘‘seyyāthāpi jhāmathūṇo’’ti āha. Dutiyo ‘‘seyyathāpi nigrodharukkho’’ti, tatiyo ‘‘seyyathāpi maṃsapesī’’ti, catuttho ‘‘seyyathāpi sirīso’’ti. Te aññamaññassa kathāya aparituṭṭhā pitu santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘deva, kiṃsuko nāma kīdiso’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘tumhehi kiṃ kathita’’nti vutte attanā kathitanīhāraṃ rañño kathesuṃ. Rājā ‘‘catūhipi tumhehi kiṃsuko diṭṭho, kevalaṃ vo kiṃsukassa dassento sārathi ‘imasmiṃ kāle kiṃsuko kīdiso , imasmiṃ kīdiso’ti vibhajitvā na pucchito, tena vo kaṅkhā uppannā’’ti vatvā paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
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1523「你们所有人都亲眼看见了金苏迦树,为什么还要在这里疑惑?
‘‘Sabbehi kiṃsuko diṭṭho, kiṃ nvettha vicikicchatha;
1524实在是因为,在所有不同的情形下,你们都没有遍问那位车夫。」
Na hi sabbesu ṭhānesu, sārathī paripucchito’’ti.
1525在此,「因为在所有情形下,你们都没有遍问那位车夫」的意思是:你们每个人都看见了金苏迦树,为何还要对此疑惑呢?金苏迦树在所有情形下的样貌都是相同的,但你们并没有在一切情形下遍问车夫,因此你们才生起了疑惑。
Tattha na hi sabbesu ṭhānesu, sārathī paripucchitoti sabbehi vo kiṃsuko diṭṭho, kiṃ nu tumhe ettha vicikicchatha, sabbesu ṭhānesu kiṃsukoveso, tumhehi pana na hi sabbesu ṭhānesu sārathi paripucchito, tena vo kaṅkhā uppannāti.
1526世尊开示了这个缘由之后,说道:“比丘,正如同那四位兄弟因为不曾分别细问,才对金苏迦树产生了疑惑;同样地,你对这个法也产生了疑惑。”接着,世尊成为正等觉者后,诵出了第二首偈颂:
Satthā imaṃ kāraṇaṃ dassetvā ‘‘yathā, bhikkhu, te cattāro bhātikā vibhāgaṃ katvā apucchitattā kiṃsuke kaṅkhaṃ uppādesuṃ, evaṃ tvampi imasmiṃ dhamme kaṅkhaṃ uppādesī’’ti vatvā abhisambuddho hutvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
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1528「同样地,对于那些未能以一切智慧了知诸法的人,」
‘‘Evaṃ sabbehi ñāṇehi, yesaṃ dhammā ajānitā;
1529「那些人确实于诸法中生疑,如同众兄弟于金苏迦树中一般。」
Te ve dhammesu kaṅkhanti, kiṃsukasmiṃva bhātaro’’ti.
1530其义理是:如同那些兄弟因为在所有情形下都没有见过金苏迦树的全貌而心生疑惑;同样地,有些人对于一切应当通过观智来彻知的诸法——也就是依六触处、诸蕴、诸界分类的诸法——尚未了知,由于尚未证得入流道,所以未能通达,那些人确实会对这些触、处等诸法心生疑惑,就像那四位兄弟仅仅对着一棵金苏迦树产生疑惑一样。
Tassattho – yathā te bhātaro sabbesu ṭhānesu kiṃsukassa adiṭṭhattā kaṅkhiṃsu, evaṃ sabbehi vipassanāñāṇehi yesaṃ sabbe chaphassāyatanakhandhabhūtadhātubhedā dhammā ajānitā, sotāpattimaggassa anadhigatattā appaṭividdhā, te ve tesu phassāyatanādidhammesu kaṅkhanti yathā ekasmiṃyeva kiṃsukasmiṃ cattāro bhātaroti.
1531世尊开示了这个法教之后,将本生故事连接起来说:“那时波罗奈的国王就是我自己。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā bārāṇasirājā ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1638金苏迦树譬喻本生经注第八。
Kiṃsukopamajātakavaṇṇanā aṭṭhamā.
1532[249] 9. 舍罗迦本生经注
[249] 9. Sālakajātakavaṇṇanā
1533「你将是我的独子」这个故事,是世尊住在祇园时,针对一位大长老而宣说的。据说那位大长老让一位童子出家后,便在那里折磨他。沙弥受不了折磨,就还俗了。大长老去劝诱他说:“童子,你的衣会归你所有,钵也是,连我自己的钵与衣也都将归你所有。来吧,出家吧。”他说:“我不出家。”虽然这样说,但经不住反复劝说,还是又出家了。可是从出家那天起,大长老又折磨他。他忍受不了,再次还俗了。之后无论被请求多少次,他都心想:“你既容不下我,我也没办法离开你过活,你走吧,我绝不出家了。”于是就没有再出家。比丘们在法堂里议论纷纷:“贤友们,那位童子的心性真是善知善恶啊,在看清了那位大长老的习性后,就不出家了。”世尊来了以后,问道:“比丘们,你们现在聚在这里讨论什么事呢?”大家回答说:“在讨论这件事。”世尊听后说:“比丘们,不只是现在这位童子善知心性,过去他也是善知心性的。他一旦看到这只猴子的过失,就再也不会靠近了。”说完,世尊便讲起了过去的故事。
Ekaputtako bhavissasīti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto aññataraṃ mahātheraṃ ārabbha kathesi. So kirekaṃ kumārakaṃ pabbājetvā pīḷento tattha viharati. Sāmaṇero pīḷaṃ sahituṃ asakkonto uppabbaji. Thero gantvā taṃ upalāpeti ‘‘kumāra, tava cīvaraṃ taveva bhavissati pattopi, mama santakaṃ pattacīvarampi taveva bhavissati, ehi pabbajāhī’’ti. So ‘‘nāhaṃ pabbajissāmī’’ti vatvāpi punappunaṃ vuccamāno pabbaji . Atha naṃ pabbajitadivasato paṭṭhāya puna thero viheṭhesi. So pīḷaṃ asahanto puna uppabbajitvā anekavāraṃ yācantepi tasmiṃ ‘‘tvaṃ neva maṃ sahasi, na vinā vattituṃ sakkosi, gaccha na pabbajissāmī’’ti na pabbaji. Bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, suhadayo vata so dārako mahātherassa āsayaṃ ñatvā na pabbajī’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idānevesa suhadayo, pubbepi suhadayova, ekavāraṃ etassa dosaṃ disvā na puna upagacchī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1534在过去,波罗奈由梵授王统治的时候,菩萨投生在一个居士家族,长大成人后,靠贩卖谷物维生。当时有一个弄蛇人,训练了一只猴,教它去采药,然后利用这只猴子和蛇嬉戏来谋生。有一次,波罗奈城里到处响起节庆的喧闹声,这个弄蛇人想去看热闹,便把猴子托付给那位谷物商人照料,叮嘱说:“千万别疏忽了它。”然后自己就去参加节庆了。到了第七天,他回到谷物商人那里问:“猴子在哪里?”那只猴子一听到主人的声音,就飞快地从谷物摊后面跑了出来。弄蛇人见状,便用竹片抽打它的背,然后带着它去了园林,把它拴在一边,自己睡着了。猴子发现他睡熟了,便解开绳子逃走了。它爬上一棵芒果树,吃着成熟的芒果,还把芒果核丢在弄蛇人的身上。弄蛇人醒来后,抬头看见了它,心想:“我得用甜言蜜语把它从树上骗下来,再抓住它。”于是他便开始哄骗那只猴子,并说出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kuṭumbikakule nibbattitvā vayappatto dhaññavikkayena jīvikaṃ kappesi. Aññataropi ahituṇḍiko ekaṃ makkaṭaṃ sikkhāpetvā osadhaṃ gāhāpetvā tena sappaṃ kīḷāpento jīvikaṃ kappesi. So bārāṇasiyaṃ ussave ghuṭṭhe ussavaṃ kīḷitukāmo ‘‘imaṃ mā pamajjī’’ti taṃ makkaṭaṃ tassa dhaññavāṇijassa hatthe ṭhapetvā ussavaṃ kīḷitvā sattame divase tassa santikaṃ gantvā ‘‘kahaṃ makkaṭo’’ti pucchi. Makkaṭo sāmikassa saddaṃ sutvāva dhaññāpaṇato vegena nikkhami. Atha naṃ so veḷupesikāya piṭṭhiyaṃ pothetvā ādāya uyyānaṃ gantvā ekamante bandhitvā niddaṃ okkami. Makkaṭo tassa niddāyanabhāvaṃ ñatvā attano bandhanaṃ mocetvā palāyitvā ambarukkhaṃ āruyha ambapakkaṃ khāditvā aṭṭhiṃ ahituṇḍikassa sarīre pātesi. So pabujjhitvā ullokento taṃ disvā ‘‘madhuravacanena naṃ vañcetvā rukkhā otāretvā gaṇhissāmī’’ti taṃ upalāpento paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
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1536“你将成为我的独子,也将成为我们家族的主宰者;”
‘‘Ekaputtako bhavissasi, tvañca no hessasi issaro kule;
1537“从树上下来吧,舍罗迦,现在来吧,我们一起回家去吧。”
Oroha dumasmā sālaka, ehi dāni gharakaṃ vajemase’’ti.
1538它的意思是:你将是我的独子,并在家族中成为我的财富的主宰者。从那棵树上下来吧,来吧,到我们家去。他以名字称呼它,说“舍罗迦”。
Tassattho – tvaṃ mayhaṃ ekaputtako bhavissasi, kule ca me bhogānaṃ issaro, etamhā rukkhā otara, ehi amhākaṃ gharaṃ gamissāma. Sālakāti nāmena ālapanto āha.
1539听到这个之后,猴子说出了第二首偈颂:
Taṃ sutvā makkaṭo dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
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1541“难道你不认为我是善心者吗?而且你还用竹竿打我;”
‘‘Nanu maṃ suhadayoti maññasi, yañca maṃ hanasi veḷuyaṭṭhiyā;
1542“我们在结满果实的芒果林中尽情玩乐,你回家随心所欲吧。”
Pakkambavane ramāmase, gaccha tvaṃ gharakaṃ yathāsukha’’nti.
1543其中,「nanu maṃ suhadayoti maññasīti」(你不认为我是善心者吗?)的意思是:你难道不认为我是“善心者”?也就是你认为“这个人是善心者”。「Yañca maṃ hanasi veḷuyaṭṭhiyāti」(而且你用竹竿打我):因为你这样轻视我,又用竹片打我,所以我就不来了——他以此表明这个意思。接着,对它说:“我们在那成熟的芒果园里嬉戏,你回家随意去吧!”说完便跳起来进了森林。捕蛇者也不高兴,回自己家去了。
Tattha nanu maṃ suhadayoti maññasīti nanu tvaṃ maṃ ‘‘suhadayo’’ti maññasi, ‘‘suhadayo aya’’nti maññasīti attho. Yañca maṃ hanasi veḷuyaṭṭhiyāti yaṃ maṃ evaṃ atimaññasi, yañca veḷupesikāya hanasi, tenāhaṃ nāgacchāmīti dīpeti. Atha naṃ ‘‘mayaṃ imasmiṃ pakkambavane ramāmase, gaccha tvaṃ gharakaṃ yathāsukha’’nti vatvā uppatitvā vanaṃ pāvisi. Ahituṇḍikopi anattamano attano gehaṃ agamāsi.
1544世尊说完这个法教后,将本生故事联系起来:“那时的猴子是沙弥,捕蛇者是大长老,而谷物商人就是我。”
Satthā imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi – ‘‘tadā makkaṭo sāmaṇero ahosi, ahituṇḍiko mahāthero, dhaññavāṇijo pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1652舍罗迦本生经注第九。
Sālakajātakavaṇṇanā navamā.
1545[250] 十. 猴本生注释。
[250] 10. Kapijātakavaṇṇanā
1546“这位仙人乐于寂止与律仪”——这是导师住在祇园时,针对一位骗人比丘而说的。那位比丘的骗人行径已在比丘们中传开了。比丘们在法堂里议论起来:“贤友,某位比丘在导向解脱的佛陀教法中出家后,却行骗人之事。”导师到来后,问:“比丘们,你们现在聚在一起讨论什么事?”得知后,导师说:“比丘们,这位比丘不只是现在,过去也是个骗子,为了一点火种,曾变成猴子行骗。”于是引出过去的故事。
Ayaṃ isī upasamasaṃyame ratoti idaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto ekaṃ kuhakaṃ bhikkhuṃ ārabbha kathesi. Tassa hi kuhakabhāvo bhikkhūsu pākaṭo jāto. Bhikkhū dhammasabhāyaṃ kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ – ‘‘āvuso, asuko bhikkhu niyyānike buddhasāsane pabbajitvā kuhakavattaṃ pūretī’’ti. Satthā āgantvā ‘‘kāya nuttha, bhikkhave , etarahi kathāya sannisinnā’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘imāya nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘na, bhikkhave, esa bhikkhu idāneva, pubbepi kuhakoyeva, aggimattassa kāraṇā makkaṭo hutvā kohaññamakāsī’’ti vatvā atītaṃ āhari.
1547过去,波罗奈的梵授王在位时,菩萨投生在迦尸国一个婆罗门家庭。他长大后,正当孩子能跑能跳、到处玩耍的年纪,妻子去世了。菩萨把孩子抱在膝上,进入雪山出家,成为仙人。他也让儿子当上苦行者童子,一起住在草屋里。雨季时,连绵的大雨不停下着,一只猴子冻得直咬牙齿,瑟瑟发抖地到处走。菩萨搬来大木柴,生起火,躺在卧床(mañcaka)上,他的儿子则坐在一旁帮他按摩双脚。那只猴子穿上一位已故苦行者的衣袍,披上鹿皮,肩上搭着羚羊皮,手里拿着三叉杖和水壶,扮成仙人的模样,来到草屋门口,为了骗取火种而站在那里。苦行者童子看到后,向父亲请求道:“父亲,有一位苦行者冻得发抖,站在那儿,请叫他进来烤火吧。”于是说出了第一首偈颂:
Atīte bārāṇasiyaṃ brahmadatte rajjaṃ kārente bodhisatto kāsiraṭṭhe brāhmaṇakule nibbattitvā vayappatto puttassa ādhāvitvā paridhāvitvā vicaraṇakāle brāhmaṇiyā matāya puttaṃ aṅkenādāya himavantaṃ pavisitvā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā tampi puttaṃ tāpasakumārakaṃ katvā paṇṇasālāya vāsaṃ kappesi. Vassārattasamaye acchinnadhāre deve vassante eko makkaṭo sītapīḷito dante khādanto kampanto vicarati. Bodhisatto mahante dārukkhandhe āharitvā aggiṃ katvā mañcake nipajji, puttakopissa pāde parimajjamāno nisīdi. So makkaṭo ekassa matatāpasassa santakāni vakkalāni nivāsetvā ca pārupitvā ca ajinacammaṃ aṃse katvā kājakamaṇḍaluṃ ādāya isivesenāgantvā paṇṇasāladvāre aggissa kāraṇā kuhakakammaṃ katvā aṭṭhāsi. Tāpasakumārako taṃ disvā ‘‘tāta, tāpaso eko sītapīḷito kampamāno tiṭṭhati, idha naṃ pakkosatha, visibbessatī’’ti pitaraṃ āyācanto paṭhamaṃ gāthamāha –
200二百。
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1549“这位仙人乐于寂止与律仪,他站在那里,被寒冷的恐惧所折磨;”
‘‘Ayaṃ isī upasamasaṃyame rato, sa tiṭṭhati sisirabhayena aṭṭito;
1550让他进来这间小屋,彻底消除寒冷和疲劳。”
Handa ayaṃ pavisatumaṃ agārakaṃ, vinetu sītaṃ darathañca kevala’’nti.
1551在这里,「乐于寂止与律仪」意思是乐于贪等烦恼的止息和戒律的律仪。「他住立」意思是他站立着。「由于寒冷恐惧」意思是因为风雨引起的寒冷而产生的恐惧。「被困扰」意思是被压迫折磨。「让他进入」意思是让他进入这间小屋。「完全」意思是整个地、无余。
Tattha upasamasaṃyame ratoti rāgādikilesaupasame ca sīlasaṃyame ca rato. Sa tiṭṭhatīti so tiṭṭhati. Sisirabhayenāti vātavuṭṭhijanitassa sisirassa bhayena. Aṭṭitoti pīḷito. Pavisatumanti pavisatu imaṃ. Kevalanti sakalaṃ anavasesaṃ.
1552菩萨听了儿子的话,站起来一看,知道是只猴子,便诵出第二偈:
Bodhisatto puttassa vacanaṃ sutvā uṭṭhāya olokento makkaṭabhāvaṃ ñatvā dutiyaṃ gāthamāha –
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1554“这不是乐于寂止与律仪的仙人,这是一只以胜树枝为行境的猴子;
‘‘Nāyaṃ isī upasamasaṃyame rato, kapī ayaṃ dumavarasākhagocaro;
1555它是破坏者、惹人烦恼者,而且卑劣,要是它进来,也会把我的小屋弄脏。”
So dūsako rosako cāpi jammo, sace vajemampi dūseyyagāra’’nti.
1556在这里,「以胜树枝为行境」是指以殊胜的树枝作为活动的范围(gocara)。至于「他既是破坏者、激怒者,又是恶徒」这句话:「破坏者」,因为他对所到之处加以破坏,所以称为破坏者(dūsako);「激怒者」,由于他撞击、骚扰,所以称为激怒者(rosako);「恶徒」,则是因为其本性卑劣,所以称为恶徒(jammo)。「如果进入」的意思是:假如他跑进了这间叶屋,就一定会用大小便和放火的方式把一切全都毁掉。
Tattha dumavarasākhagocaroti dumavarānaṃ sākhagocaro. So dūsako rosako cāpi jammoti so evaṃ gatagataṭṭhānassa dūsanato dūsako, ghaṭṭanatāya rosako, lāmakabhāvena jammo. Sace vajeti yadi imaṃ paṇṇasālaṃ vaje paviseyya, sabbaṃ uccārapassāvakaraṇena ca aggidānena ca dūseyyāti.
1557菩萨这样说后,拿起火把,恐吓那猴子并把它赶走。那猴子跳起来逃进森林,就这样逃走了,再也没有回到那个地方。菩萨成就了神通与等至,并向苦行者童子教导遍作业处,他也生起了神通与等至。他们两人都成为不退禅那、往生梵天界的人。
Evañca pana vatvā bodhisatto ummukaṃ gahetvā taṃ santāsetvā palāpesi. So uppatitvā vanaṃ pakkhanto tathā pakkhantova ahosi, na puna taṃ ṭhānaṃ agamāsi. Bodhisatto abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca nibbattetvā tāpasakumārassa kasiṇaparikammaṃ ācikkhi, sopi abhiññā ca samāpattiyo ca uppādesi. Te ubhopi aparihīnajjhānā brahmalokaparāyaṇā ahesuṃ.
1558导师说:“比丘们,他不只现在是个骗人者,从久远以来就一直是这样。”作了这个法教开示之后,他揭示了诸谛,并把本生故事连结起来。在揭示诸谛结束时,有的人证得入流者,有的证得一来者,有的证得不来者,有的证得阿拉汉。“那时,那只猴子就是那个骗人比丘,儿子是罗睺罗,父亲就是我。”
Satthā ‘‘na, bhikkhave, idāneva, porāṇato paṭṭhāyapesa kuhakoyevā’’ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ āharitvā saccāni pakāsetvā jātakaṃ samodhānesi. Saccapariyosāne keci sotāpannā, keci sakadāgāmino, keci anāgāmino keci arahanto ahesuṃ. ‘‘Tadā makkaṭo kuhakabhikkhu ahosi, putto rāhulo, pitā pana ahameva ahosi’’nti.
1667猴本生注释第十。
Kapijātakavaṇṇanā dasamā.
1668豺品第十。
Siṅgālavaggo dasamo.
1559它的摄颂是:
Tassuddānaṃ –
1560一切牙与狗,古帝喇与离趣;
Sabbadāṭhī ca sunakho, guttilo vigaticchā ca;
1561根本法门、愚者教诫、合掌、如何善喻;
Mūlapariyāyaṃ bālovādaṃ, pādañjali kiṃ sukopamaṃ;
1562婆罗双树、猴,这十个故事。
Sālakaṃ kapi te dasa.
1563接下来是品的摄颂:
Atha vagguddānaṃ –
1564「坚固品」与「亲近」,以及「善法不相似」。
Daḷhavaggo ca santhavo, kalyāṇadhammāsadiso;
1565「鲁哈科」和「坚固品」,「毗罗那草柱」与「粗壮的婆罗双树」。
Rūhako daḷhavaggo ca, bīraṇathambhakāsāvo;
1566「凉鞋」与「豺」,这十个品都收录在「双集」里。
Upāhano siṅgālo ca, dasavaggā duke siyuṃ.
1677「双集」的注释完成。
Dukanipātavaṇṇanā niṭṭhitā.