分別功德論 3.3

3.3

十力所成、四無所畏。昔有長者將奴禮偷婆，云：「南無十力世尊。」奴在後禮云：「南無十一力如來。」長者曰：「如來正有十力，云何有十一力耶？」奴曰：「十一力復何苦？但莫言九力。言十一力更益一力，有何過失？」大家默然而歸。問諸法師曰：「如來為有幾力耶？」答曰：「或有三力、或有十力、或云無數。」以是言之，不限於十耶。長者即出家學道，免奴為家主。言四非為不足、言無數非為有餘，適時應物無有常量也。

Accomplished by the ten powers and four fearlessnesses. In the past, an elder took his slave to pay homage to a stūpa, saying: "Namo to the World-Honoured One of the Ten Powers." The slave, paying homage behind him, said: "Namo to the Tathāgata of the Eleven Powers." The elder said: "The Tathāgata has precisely ten powers; why do you say eleven powers?" The slave said: "What harm is there in eleven powers? Just do not say nine powers. Saying eleven powers adds one more power; what fault is there in that?" The master fell silent and returned. He asked the Dharma masters: "How many powers does the Tathāgata have?" They replied: "Sometimes it is three powers, sometimes ten powers, and sometimes countless." Speaking from this, they are not limited to ten. The elder then went forth to study the Way, and emancipated the slave to be the master of the household. To say four is not a deficiency; to say countless is not a superfluity; it responds to the time and accords with beings, having no fixed standard.