[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [妙法蓮華經玄贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723) › 2.64 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.64 妙法蓮華經玄贊 2.64 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.64) 贊曰：梵云揭路荼，此云妙翅鳥，羽色妙不唯全金故。舊云「迦樓羅翻為金翅鳥」皆訛謬也。《增一阿含》說：「佛告諸比丘：有四生妙翅鳥，謂卵、胎、濕、化。有四生龍亦卵、胎、濕、化。比丘當知，若卵生鳥欲食龍時，上鐵叉樹自投於海，是時此鳥以翅闢水令兩向分，而取卵生龍出而食之。設欲取胎生龍等，鳥即喪亡。如是胎生鳥唯食胎、卵二生龍；濕生鳥食前三生龍，於化生龍，設欲食者鳥即喪亡。化生鳥能食四生龍。設使龍身而事佛者，是妙翅鳥不能食噉。所以者何？如來恒行慈、悲、喜、捨四等之心，是四等心有大筋力、有大勇猛，不可阻壞，故妙翅鳥不能食之。故諸比丘當行四等之心。」今此次第即四生鳥。亦云大威德者，諸龍怖故威德廣大，大身兩翅相去三百三十六萬里，大滿腹恒食飽，如意頷下有珠。 > The commentary says: In Sanskrit it is garuḍa, which means here 'wondrous-winged bird', because the plumage has a wondrous color and is not entirely gold. The old translation 'rendering garuḍa as golden-winged bird' is entirely mistaken. The Ekottarāgama says: 'The Buddha addressed the monks: "There are wondrous-winged birds of four kinds of birth: egg-born, womb-born, moisture-born, and apparitionally born. There are also dragons of four kinds of birth: egg-born, womb-born, moisture-born, and apparitionally born. Monks, you should know: when an egg-born bird wishes to eat dragons, it climbs an iron-fork tree and casts itself into the ocean; at that time this bird parts the water in both directions with its wings, seizes an egg-born dragon, brings it out, and eats it. If it should wish to seize a womb-born dragon or the others, the bird will perish. In this way, a womb-born bird eats only womb-born and egg-born dragons; a moisture-born bird eats dragons of the previous three kinds of birth; if it should wish to eat an apparitionally born dragon, the bird will perish. An apparitionally born bird can eat dragons of all four kinds of birth. If a dragon's body is devoted to the Buddha, this wondrous-winged bird cannot eat it. Why is this? The Tathāgata constantly practices the four equal minds of loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity; these four equal minds possess great sinews and strength, and great courage, and cannot be obstructed or destroyed; therefore the wondrous-winged birds cannot eat them. Therefore, monks, you should practice the four equal minds."' The present sequence corresponds to the birds of the four births. They are also called 'Great Majestic Virtue' because all dragons fear them and their majestic virtue is immense; 'Great Body' because the distance between its two wings is 3,360,000 li; 'Great Fullness' because its belly is constantly sated with food; and 'As-One-Wishes' because beneath its chin it has a wish-fulfilling jewel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.63) - [Next: 2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.65) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.2.64) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.2.64) · Pramāṇa