大方便佛報恩經 2.48

2.48

「爾時化人即復釋身，光明威耀，曒然炳著。時天帝釋報大王言：『作是供養，願求天王耶？魔王、梵王耶？』是時轉輪聖王報天帝釋言：『我亦不求人天尊貴，正欲求阿耨多羅三藐三菩提，為一切眾生故。不安者安，不解者解，未度者度，未得道者，欲令得道。』天帝釋言：『大王今者不乃愚耶？求阿耨多羅三藐三菩提者，久受勤苦，乃可得成，汝今云何欲求無上道耶？』報天帝釋言：『假使熱鐵輪在我頂上旋，終不以此苦，退於無上道。』『汝今雖發是言，吾不信也。』時轉輪聖王即於天王釋前，立此誓言：『我若不真實求於阿耨多羅三藐三菩提，欺誑天王釋者，使我千瘡終無愈時。若不爾者，血當為乳，千瘡平復。』說是語時，即復如故。天王釋言：『善哉大王！真是大悲！修大悲者，如是苦行，不久當得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。得三菩提時，要先度我。』時天帝釋放大光明，遍照王身，與百千諸天俱時發阿耨多羅三藐三菩提心。

"Then the transformed person resumed the form of Śakra, radiant with majestic brilliance, bright and manifest. Then Śakra, Lord of the Gods, asked the great king: 'In making this offering, do you wish to seek to become a heavenly king? A Māra king, or a Brahmā king?' At that time the wheel-turning sage king answered Śakra, Lord of the Gods: 'I do not seek the nobility of humans or gods; I purely wish to seek anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi for the sake of all sentient beings. Those who are not at peace I wish to bring peace; those who are not liberated I wish to liberate; those not yet crossed over I wish to ferry across; those who have not attained the path I wish to cause to attain the path.' Śakra, Lord of the Gods, said: 'Is the great king not being foolish now? One who seeks anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi can accomplish it only after long enduring toil and hardship. How can you now wish to seek the unexcelled path?' He answered Śakra, Lord of the Gods: 'Even if a red-hot iron wheel should spin upon my head, I would never regress from the unexcelled path on account of this suffering.' [Śakra said:] 'Though you speak these words now, I do not believe them.' At that time the wheel-turning sage king made this vow before Śakra, King of the Gods: 'If I am not truly seeking anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi and am deceiving Śakra, King of the Gods, let my thousand wounds never heal. If it is not so, let my blood become milk and the thousand wounds heal completely.' When he spoke these words, [his body] was restored as before. Śakra, King of the Gods, said: 'Excellent, great king! You are truly greatly compassionate! One who cultivates great compassion through such asceticism will before long attain anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi. When you attain saṃbodhi, you must deliver me first.' Then Śakra, Lord of the Gods, emitted a great radiance that shone all over the king's body, and together with hundreds of thousands of gods he simultaneously gave rise to the mind set on anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi.