Shikshasamuccaya 247

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yaṃ tvam satvam adrākṣīr udūkhala-ākāraṃ so * api bhikṣur āsīt | tasya pātra-karma pratyupasthitaṃ | tatra ca + ekaḥ śrāmaṇerako * arhan mudrā-vāre niyuktaḥ | sa tena + uktaḥ śrāmaṇeraka dadasva me khalistākaṃ kuṭṭayitvā + iti | sa kathayati | sthavira tiṣṭha tāvan muhūrtaṃ vyagro * asmi paścāt kuṭṭayitvā dāsyāmi + iti | sa saṃjāta-āmarṣaḥ kathayati | śrāmaṇeraka yadi mama kalpate udūkhalaṃ spraṣṭuṃ tvām eva + aham udūkhale prakṣipya kuṭṭayeyaṃ | prāg eva khalistokam iti | sa śrāmaṇeraḥ saṃlakṣayati | tīvra-paryavasthāna-paryavasthito * ayaṃ | yady aham asmai prativacanaṃ dāsyāmi bhūyasyā mātrayā prakopam āpatsyati + iti tūṣṇīm avasthitaḥ | yadā + asya paryavasthānaṃ vigataṃ tadā + upasaṃkramya kathayati | sthavira jānīṣe tvaṃ ko * aham iti | sa kathayati | jāne tvāṃ kāśyapasya samyak-saṃbuddhasya pravrajitaṃ śrāmaṇerakaṃ | aham api bhikṣuḥ sthaviraḥ | śrāmaṇerakaḥ kathayati | yady apy evaṃ tathā + api tu yan mayā pravrajitena karaṇīyaṃ tat kṛtaṃ | kiṃ kṛtaṃ kleśa-prahāṇaṃ chinna-sakala-bandhano * ahaṃ sarva-bandhana-vinirmuktaḥ | kharaṃ te vāk-karma niścāritaṃ | atyayam atyayato deśaya | apy eva nāma etat karma-parikṣayaṃ tanutvaṃ paryādānaṃ gacched iti | tena + atyayam atyayato na deśitaṃ tena karmaṇā + udūkhala-ākāraḥ saṃvṛttaḥ ||

'The being whom you saw in the shape of a mortar was also once a monk. A task with bowls had arisen for him, and a novice monk there, an Arhat, had been appointed to the turn of marking with seals. He was told by that monk, "Novice, pound the chalk and give it to me." He said, "Elder, wait a moment; I am busy. Afterward, having pounded it, I will give it." Overcome with anger, he said, "Novice, if it were permissible for me to touch a mortar, I would throw you into the mortar and pound you, let alone the chalk!" That novice reflected: "He is overcome by an intense active affliction. If I give him an answer, he will become even more enraged"; so he remained silent. When his active affliction had subsided, then [the novice] approached and said, "Elder, do you know who I am?" He replied, "I know that you are a novice monk gone forth under the perfectly awakened Kāśyapa; I too am an elder monk." The novice said, "Even if that is so, nevertheless, what was to be done by one who has gone forth has been done by me. What has been done? The abandonment of afflictions: I have severed all bonds, completely freed from all bondage! You have uttered harsh verbal karma. Confess your transgression as a transgression! Hopefully this karma may reach exhaustion, diminution, and end." He did not confess his transgression as a transgression. Due to that karma, he became one who has the shape of a mortar.'