金剛般若經贊述 2.13

2.13

"King Kali" also means "suffering and torment," because he frequently inflicted cruel and agonizing punishments. This refers to when the Tathāgata in the past was the hermit Kṣāntivādin cultivating the Way in the mountains. That king took his harem women into the mountains on a hunt. The king grew weary and fell asleep, and the women went to the hermit seeking to hear the true Dharma. When the king awoke, he looked around and saw them surrounding the hermit. The king then asked the hermit, "Who are you?" and further went on to ask, "Are you an ordinary person who has abandoned desire, or not?" [The hermit] answered, "I have not yet abandoned desire." Hearing this, the king grew angry and dismembered him. Because he was free of any lakṣaṇa of self, [his body] was then restored as before. This is cited now.