འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱ་རང་བཞན་མཉམ་པ་ཉད་རྣམ་པར་སྤྲས་པ་ཏང་ང་འཛན་གྱ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 12.22

12.22

They said, ‘Father, do not speak such words!
We will not slay such a bhikṣu! {89}

“ ‘Even if our bodies and limbs were to be cut up
For as many eons as there are sand grains in the Ganges,
Nevertheless we would never slay this bhikṣu,
As we have developed the aspiration for enlightenment.’¹²⁵⁶ {90}

“When the king had heard the words of his sons
He furiously ordered his serving executioner,
‘Quickly bring to me this bhikṣu slain,
Who is standing in front of my harem!’ {91}

“Then the executioner named Nandika,
Cruel and malevolent, followed him.
He took a sword oiled with sesame oil,
And with it he cut the bhikṣu into eight pieces. {92}

“When he cut into the body and limbs,
Instead of blood a thousand light rays were emitted,
And where it was cut open, inside the body
Were symbols, such as śrīvatsas and wheels.¹²⁵⁷ {i}

“Having committed such a dreadful act,
The king instantly departed for the park.
Thinking of the bhikṣu Puṣpacandra,¹²⁵⁸
He could not join in amusements or be happy. {93}

“He very quickly and in a hasty manner
Departed from the park to return to his palace.
His chariot on the way came to the place
Where the bhikṣu lay in eight pieces. {94}

“There he heard the sound of the wailing
Of many millions of devas in the sky.
They cried, ‘King, you have created so much bad karma
That when you die you will go to the miseries of the Avīci hell!’ {95}

“When the king had heard those words
He became distressed, sorrowful, and afraid.
He thought, ‘I have created so much bad karma
Through my having Puṣpacandra killed! {96}

“ ‘He was the son of the buddhas, of the leaders of men,
Of the tathāgatas who have infinite wisdom.
He controlled his senses, was caring, had a peaceful mind,
But because of my desires I had him slain. {97}

“ ‘He possessed the Dharma of the tathāgatas.
In the age of destruction he was a treasure of the Dharma.
He was a lamp of wisdom for the entire world,
But because of my desires I had him slain. {98}

“ ‘He was a king of physicians for this entire world
And he was always healing beings.