Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 31.8.8

31.8.8

「爾時，日食一麻一米，形體劣弱，骸骨相連，頂上生瘡，皮肉自墮，猶如敗壞瓠盧，亦不成就我頭。爾時亦復如是，頂上生瘡，皮肉自墮，皆由不食故也。亦如深水之中星宿現中，爾時，我眼亦復如是，皆由不食故。猶如故車敗壞，我身亦復如是，皆悉敗毀不可承順。亦如駱駝脚跡，兩尻亦復如是。若我以手按摩腹時，便值脊骨，若按脊時，復值腹皮，身體羸弱者，皆由不食故。

“It was then that I ate one grain of sesame or rice each day, and my body became emaciated. I was skeletal, and my joints were visible. The crown of my head became a sore. The skin and flesh fell off by itself. My head was like a rotten gourd or radish. It was like that during that time. The crown of my head was an open wound with skin falling off by itself because I wasn’t eating.

“My vision at that time was also blurry like stars seen through deep water because I wasn’t eating. My body was like a rotten cart; it was the same. All rotten and damaged, it couldn’t support itself like it normally did. My buttocks were like a camel’s footprint. If I touched my belly, I could feel my backbone. If I touched my back, then I could feel my belly’s skin. My body was that feeble because I wasn’t eating.