[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [分別功德論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507) › 1.11 # 分別功德論 1.11 分別功德論 1.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.1.11) 何謂龍不可思議？凡興雲致雨者皆由於龍雨之，從龍眼耳鼻口出。為從身出耶？為從心出乎？依須彌山止有五種天亦能降雨。何以別龍雨、天雨？天雨者，細霧下者是；麁下是龍雨。何謂五種天？第一曲腳天、第二頂上天、第三放逸天、第四饒力天、第五四天王。阿須輪興兵上天鬪時，先與曲腳天鬪。得勝，然後次至頂上，次至放逸及與四天王乃至三十三天。下四天欲鬪時，以雨却敵，更無兵仗。有二種雨：有歡喜雨、有瞋恚雨。和調降雨是歡喜也，雷雹霹靂是瞋恚也。阿須輪亦降雨，天亦下雨，龍亦降雨。各各致雨，理不可定。故曰龍雨不可思議。 > What is meant by nāgas being incomprehensible? Whenever clouds are raised and rain is brought forth, it is entirely due to nāgas raining it down, issuing from the nāga's eyes, ears, nose, or mouth. Does it come from the body, or does it come from the mind? Dwelling dependent on Mount Sumeru there are five classes of devas who can also make rain fall. How does one distinguish the rain of nāgas from the rain of devas? As for the rain of devas, that which falls as fine mist is it; that which falls coarsely is the rain of nāgas. What are the five classes of devas? First, the Crooked-Legged Devas; second, the Summit Devas; third, the Indolent Devas; fourth, the Abundant-Power Devas; fifth, the Four Heavenly Kings. When the asuras raise troops to go up to the heavens to fight, they first fight with the Crooked-Legged Devas. Gaining victory, they then proceed next to the Summit, next to the Indolent, and to the Four Heavenly Kings, up to the Thirty-Three Devas. When the lower four heavens wish to fight, they repel the enemy with rain, having no other weapons. There are two kinds of rain: there is joyous rain, and there is angry rain. Harmonious and gentle rainfall is joyous; thunder, hail, and lightning bolts are angry. Asuras also send down rain, devas also drop rain, and nāgas also send down rain. Each brings forth rain, and the principle cannot be definitively fixed. Therefore it is said that the rain of nāgas is incomprehensible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.1.10) - [Next: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.1.12) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507~en-mt.1.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1507.1.11) · Pramāṇa