阿彌陀經疏 1.97

1.97

「羅睺羅」者，此云覆障，亦曰宮生。《五百弟子本起經》云：我昔為王，有一仙人犯罪，禁安後園，忘經六日不與其食。然我無惡心，以忘因緣遂墮黑繩地獄經六萬歲，最後身受胎六年乃生，故言覆障，謂被胎膜久所覆障也。佛出家六歲，羅睺羅乃生，諸釋皆疑非是釋種。佛成道後還宮說法，其妻耶輸陀羅此云名聲，欲自雪身知其清白，乃以歡喜丸與羅睺羅令奉汝父。佛知其意，乃變弟子皆作佛身，羅睺羅獻奉而不錯。佛既受已，化佛皆滅，諸釋方信實是宮生。《入大乘論》云：羅睺羅久住世者是變化身。

"Rāhula": This is translated as "Obstruction-Veil", and also as "Born in the Palace". The Sūtra on the Original Deeds of the Five Hundred Disciples says: In the past I was a king; a ṛṣi committed an offense, and I confined him in the rear garden, forgetting him for six days without giving him food. Although I had no malice, through the condition of this forgetfulness I fell into the Black-Rope Hell for sixty thousand years, and in my final rebirth I remained in the womb for six years before being born; hence he is called "Obstruction-Veil", meaning he was obstructed and veiled for a long time by the fetal membrane. Six years after the Buddha went forth, Rāhula was born, so all the Śākyas suspected he was not of the Śākya clan. After the Buddha attained the path, he returned to the palace to preach the Dharma. His wife Yaśodharā (translated here as "Fame"), wishing to clear herself and show her purity, gave a joy-cake to Rāhula and told him to present it to his father. Knowing her intention, the Buddha transformed all the disciples so that their bodies were identical to the Buddha's; Rāhula presented the offering without mistake. Once the Buddha accepted it, the transformed buddhas all vanished, and only then did the Śākyas believe that he was truly born in the palace. The Mahāyānāvatāra says: Rāhula's long dwelling in the world is a transformation body.