妙法蓮華經文句 2.125

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「德叉迦」，此云現毒，亦云多舌，或云兩舌，本住樂說無礙辯法門，迹示多舌。「阿那婆達多」，從池得名，此云無熱。無熱池，《長阿含》十八云：「雪山頂有池，名阿耨達池，中有五柱堂，從池為名，龍王常處其中。閻浮提諸龍有三患：一、熱風、熱沙著身，燒皮肉及骨髓以為苦惱；二、惡風暴起吹其宮殿，失寶飾衣等，龍身自現以為苦惱；三、諸龍娛樂時，金翅鳥入宮，搏撮始生龍子食之，怖懼熱惱。此池無三患，若鳥起心欲往即便命終，故名無熱惱池也。」本住清涼常樂我淨，迹處涼池。觀者，三觀妙慧，淨五住之煩唼，免二死之熱沙（云云）。

"Takṣaka", translated here as "Displaying Poison", also called "Many Tongues", or called "Divided Tongues". Originally he abides in the Dharma approach of unhindered eloquence in delightful discourse, while his traces show many tongues. "Anavatapta" takes his name from the lake, translated here as "Without Heat". Regarding the Lake Without Heat, the *Dīrghāgama*, fascicle 18, says: "At the summit of the Snowy Mountains there is a lake named Lake Anavatapta, wherein there is a hall with five pillars. It is named after the lake, and the nāga king constantly dwells within it. The various nāgas of Jambudvīpa have three afflictions: first, hot wind and hot sand strike their bodies, scorching flesh, skin, and marrow to their distress; second, violent winds suddenly arise and blow away their palaces, so that losing their jewel-adorned garments and the like, their nāga bodies are exposed to their distress; third, when the various nāgas are amusing themselves, garuḍas enter the palace, seize newly born nāga young, and eat them, bringing fright and scorching agony. This lake is free from these three afflictions; if a bird conceives the thought to go there, it immediately dies; hence it is called the Lake Free from Scorching Agony." Originally he abides in cool permanence, bliss, self, and purity, while his traces dwell in the cool lake. As for contemplation: the wondrous wisdom of the threefold contemplation purifies the troublesome bites of the five entrenchments and avoids the hot sand of the two types of death (and so forth).