注維摩詰經 3.219

3.219

[Kumāra]jīva says: Wheel-turning kings may also be born without entering a womb, like King Mūrdhagata (Crown-Born King). Formerly, a boil grew on a wheel-turning king's crown; the king suffered from its itching and pain, and a brāhmaṇa wished to cut it open with a knife. The king grew angry and said: "How can you apply a knife to the Great King's crown?" Another brāhmaṇa applied medicine to it, and on the seventh day the head-boil burst. Looking into the boil, they saw a young boy of upright, imposing features. They took him and raised him, and he later became king. Because he was born from the crown, he was named King Mūrdhagata. There are also those born from the shoulders, arms, hands, or feet; these are all born from a man or woman. If the Buddha had not gone forth, he would have been a great wheel-turning king ruling the four continents. If Rāhula had not gone forth, he would have ruled Jambudvīpa, and the spirits and deities ten yojanas beneath the earth and ten yojanas in the air would all have been Rāhula's subjects to serve him. In Rāhula's failure to accord with the situation, there were four points: first, he did not see the capacities of the persons, prescribing what was not the right medicine; second, the merit of going forth is immeasurable, yet he spoke of it with limitations; third, it is precisely the true mark, yet he spoke of it in terms of marks; fourth, the Dharma of going forth is fundamentally for the sake of the true mark and nirvāṇa, and going forth is the upāya for these two dharmas. Now, although the main achievement has been attained, it still has its marks. Although Rāhula spoke of the beauty of going forth, he did not speak of its ultimate characteristic; therefore, he contravened the principle, lost the truth, and was humbled on that occasion. Although both spoke of the merits of going forth, Rāhula went against the core theme due to four shortcomings, whereas Vimalakīrti responded to the occasion with four attainments. The contrast and difference between their shortcomings and attainments are like this. [Dao]sheng says: Rāhula possessed the marks of a wheel-turning king who would rule over Jambudvīpa.