Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 24.5.45-49

24.5.45

「龍出甚為難，龍與龍共集，
龍勿起害心，龍出甚為難。
過去恒沙數，諸佛般涅槃，
汝竟不遭遇，皆由瞋恚火。
善心向如來，速捨此恚毒，
已除瞋恚毒，便得生天上。」

“Birth as a nāga is extremely difficult to escape;
A nāga gathers together with a nāga.
Nāga, do not give rise to a harmful mind!
Birth as a nāga is extremely difficult to escape.
In the past, as many Buddhas as the sands of the Ganges
Have passed into parinirvāṇa,
Yet you never encountered them in the end,
All because of the fire of anger.
Direct a wholesome mind toward the Tathāgata;
Quickly discard this venom of hatred!
Having eliminated the venom of hatred,
You will thereupon be reborn in heaven.”

“Serpent, escaping is so hard to do,
One serpent and another have come together.
Serpent, don’t have harmful thoughts;
Escaping is so hard to do, serpent.

Numbering like the Gaṅgā River’s sands,
Buddhas [have attained] parinirvāṇa.
You haven’t met any of them;
That’s the reason for your hateful fire.

Have good thoughts towards the Tathāgata;
Quickly abandon this hateful venom.
Once the venom of hate is gone,
Then you’ll be born up in heaven.”

24.5.46

增壹阿含經卷第十四

Ekottara-āgama, Fascicle Fourteen

24.5.47

增壹阿含經卷第十五

Ekottara-āgama, Fascicle Fifteen

24.5.48

東晉罽賓三藏瞿曇僧伽提婆譯

Translated by the Tripiṭaka Master Gautama Saṃghadeva of Jibin under the Eastern Jin

24.5.49

高幢品第二十四之二

Chapter 24: The High Banner (Part Two)