Udanavarga 1.80

1.80

昔佛在羅閱祇，去國五百里有山，山中有一家，有百二十二人。生長山藪殺獵為業，衣皮食肉初不田作，奉事鬼神不識三尊。佛以聖明知其應度，往詣其家坐一樹下。男子行獵，唯有婦女在，見佛光相明照天地，山中木石皆變金色，大小驚喜，知佛神人，皆往禮拜供施坐席。佛為諸母人說殺生之罪、行慈之福，恩愛一時會有離別。諸母人聞經歡喜，前白佛言：「山民貪害以肉為食，欲設微供，願當納受。」佛告諸母人：「諸佛之法不以肉食，吾已食來不須復辦。」因告之曰：「夫人生世所食無數，何以不作有益之食，而殘害群生以自濟活，死墮惡道損而無益？人食五穀，當愍眾生，蠕動之類莫不貪生，殺彼活己殃罪不朽，慈仁不殺世世無患。」

In old times, Buddha was residing in a country about 500 li from Rājagriha, full of mountains. In these mountains there lived a certain clan of about 122 persons, who occupied themselves in hunting, and fed themselves on the flesh of the animals they killed. [Buddha goes to the place and converts the women, who were left alone during the day, whilst their husbands were hunting, and then adds these lines]: