The Long Āgama Sūtra 27.44

27.44

又白佛言：「我昔一時至彼浮陀伽旃延所，問言：『大德！如人乘象、馬車，習於兵法，乃至種種營生，皆現有果報；今者此眾現在修道，得報不？』彼答我言：『大王！無力、無精進，人無力、無方便，無因無緣眾生染著，無因無緣眾生清淨，一切眾生有命之類，皆悉無力，不得自在，無有冤讐定在數中，於此六生中受諸苦樂。』猶如問李瓜報，問瓜李報。彼亦如是，我問現得報不？彼已無力答我。我即自念言：『我是剎利王，水澆頭種，無緣殺出家人，繫縛驅遣。』時，我懷忿結心，作此念已，即便捨去。」

He also said to the Buddha, “There was one time I went to Kakuda Katyāyana and asked, ‘Venerable, just as people ride elephants and horse chariots armed with … martial methods … various occupations give rise their rewards in the present. Now, this assembly presently cultivates the path. What reward do they obtain in the present?’

“He answered me, ‘Great king, there’s no strength and no effort. People have no power and no means. There’s no cause and no condition for the attachment of sentient beings to defilement, and there’s no cause and no condition for the purification of sentient beings. Every kind of sentient being that has a life has no power, and they can’t act freely. Without any enemies, they are certain to exist in numbers. They experience pain and pleasure in these six births.’

“Bhagavān, it was like someone asking about a melon and getting an answer about a plum; he was likewise. I asked if they attain rewards in the present or not, and he answered me about being powerless. So, I then thought, ‘I am a warrior king whose head was anointed with water. There’s no reason to kill this mendicant, but I should bind him and drive him away!’ I felt anger that fettered my mind. Having had this thought, I then departed.”