Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 1267

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雜阿含經卷第四十八

Saṃyuktāgama, Fascicle Forty-Eight

Thus have I heard: One time, the Buddha was staying at Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park in Jeta’s Grove of Śrāvastī.

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宋天竺三藏求那跋陀羅譯

Translated by Guṇabhadra, Tripiṭaka Master from India during the Song dynasty

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（一二六七）

(1267)

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如是我聞：

Thus have I heard:

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一時，佛住舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園。

At one time the Buddha was staying in Śrāvastī at the Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍadārāma.

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時，有一天子，容色絕妙，於後夜時來詣佛所，稽首佛足，退坐一面。身諸光明遍照祇樹給孤獨園。

At that time, a devaputra of exquisite appearance came to where the Buddha was in the late night, bowed his head at the Buddha’s feet, and sat back to one side. The radiance of his body illuminated the entire Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍadārāma.

It was then that a god with a marvelous appearance visited the Buddha late at night. That god bowed at the Buddha’s feet and withdrew to sit to one side. The radiance of its body completely illuminated Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park and Jeta’s Grove.

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時，彼天子白佛言：「世尊！比丘！比丘度駛流耶？」

Then that devaputra said to the Buddha: “Bhagavat, bhikṣu! Does the bhikṣu cross the swift current?”

That god then asked the Buddha, “Bhagavān! Monk, monk! Did you cross the flood?”

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佛言：「如是，天子！」

The Buddha said: “It is so, devaputra.”

The Buddha said, “Yes, god.”

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天子復問：「無所攀緣，亦無所住，度駛流耶？」

The devaputra asked again: “Without clinging and without staying, does he cross the swift current?”

The god again asked, “Did you cross the flood without any support and no place to stand?”

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佛言：「如是，天子！」

The Buddha said: “It is so, devaputra.”

The Buddha said, “Yes, god.”

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天子復問：「無所攀緣，亦無所住而度駛流，其義云何？」

The devaputra asked again: “Without clinging and without staying, one crosses the swift current—what is the meaning of this?”

The god again asked, “What do you mean, you crossed the flood without any support and no place to stand?”

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佛言：「天子！我如是如是抱，如是如是直進，則不為水之所㵱。如是如是不抱。如是如是不直進，則為水所㵱。如是，天子！名為無所攀緣，亦無所住而度駛流。」

The Buddha said: “Devaputra, as I exert myself in this way and advance straight forward in this way, I am not swept away by the water. If I do not exert myself in this way and do not advance straight forward in this way, I am swept away by the water. In this way, devaputra, it is called crossing the swift current without clinging and without staying.”

The Buddha said, “God, when I held on again and again or moved forward again and again, I wasn’t carried away by the water. When I didn’t hold on again and again and didn’t move forward again and again, I was carried away by the water. This, god, is called crossing the flood without any support and no place to stand.”

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時，彼天子復說偈言：

Then that devaputra spoke a verse again:

That god spoke again in verse:

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「久見婆羅門，逮得般涅槃，
一切怖已過，永超世恩愛。」

“At last I see a brāhmaṇa
Who has attained parinirvāṇa,
Having passed beyond all fears,
Forever transcending the world’s affection and desire.”

“Long have I watched this priest
Who has won parinirvāṇa.
Having gone beyond all fear,
He has forever transcended love of the world.”

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時，彼天子聞佛所說，歡喜隨喜，稽首佛足，即沒不現。

Then that devaputra, hearing what the Buddha had said, was glad and rejoiced, bowed his head at the Buddha’s feet, and immediately vanished.

When that god heard what the Buddha taught, he rejoiced and was delighted. He bowed to the Buddha’s feet and disappeared.