大方便佛報恩經 4.22

4.22

「爾時善友太子即前抱持導師，舉聲悲哭：『一何薄命，生失我所天！』即以導師，金沙覆上，埋著地中，右遶七匝，頂禮而去。前至金山，過金山已，見青蓮華遍布其地，其蓮華下有青毒蛇。此蛇有三種毒，所謂嚙毒、觸毒、氣噓毒。此諸毒蛇以身遶蓮華莖，張目喘息而視太子。爾時善友太子即入慈心三昧，以三昧力，即起進路，踏蓮華葉而去——時諸毒蛇而不毀傷，以慈心力故——逕至龍王所止住處。其城四邊有七重壍，其城壍中滿中毒龍，以身共相蟠結，舉頭交頸，守護城門。

"At that time, Crown Prince Kalyāṇamitra stepped forward, embraced the guide, and wept aloud in sorrow: 'How unfortunate I am to lose in life the one who was my heaven!' He then covered the guide with golden sand, buried him in the earth, circumambulated him seven times to the right, bowed with his head to the ground, and departed. He went forward to the golden mountain. Having passed the golden mountain, he saw blue lotus flowers spread all over the ground, and beneath the lotus flowers were venomous blue serpents. These serpents possessed three kinds of venom: biting venom, touching venom, and breath venom. These venomous serpents coiled their bodies around the lotus stalks, opened their eyes, panted, and glared at the crown prince. At that time, Crown Prince Kalyāṇamitra immediately entered the samādhi of benevolence (maitrī). By the power of the samādhi, he arose and proceeded on the way, treading upon the lotus leaves as he went—at that time, the venomous serpents did not harm him because of the power of his benevolence—and went straight to the dwelling place of the dragon king. On the four sides of that city were seven tiers of moats, and inside the moats were full of venomous dragons, coiling together with their bodies, raising their heads and intertwining their necks to guard the city gates.