佛頂尊勝陀羅尼經教跡義記 1.34

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述曰：第二聞成就也。亦作三門分別：一、釋阿難名；二、釋阿難因；三、正釋其聞字。第一阿難釋名者，是梵語，漢云歡喜，故《五分律》曰：「師子頰王有其四子，皆作國王。一、名淨飯；二、名白飯；二、名斛飯；四、名甘露飯。且淨飯王有其二子：一、名悉達多，二、名難陀。白飯王亦有二子：一、名拔提，二、名提沙。斛飯王亦有二子：一、名提婆達多，二、名阿難陀。甘露飯王亦有二子：一、名摩訶男，二、名阿泥盧豆。其淨梵王大子悉達多者，年十九捨輪王位，於二月八日夜半子時踰城出家，一志安禪合掌定心而坐，苦行六年，日食麻麥，皮骨相連，王聞如是，悲泣歎曰：『我子捨輪王位，空無所得。』菩薩於後食香乳訖，入尼連禪河，洗其質已，往金剛座，自發誓言：『不破結跏成等正覺。』發是語已天地震動，魔宮不安。時天魔波旬既見菩薩將欲成道，將八十億魔女及鬼，種種相惱，滿六十由旬，來怖菩薩。爾時菩薩入慈定三昧，令魔刀箭化作蓮華。魔知不如，即往淨飯王宮而惱其父王，於虛空中而告之曰：『汝子昨夜命終已訖。』王聞驚怖不覺墮床，良久乃蘇，悲泣流淚而說偈言：『阿夷陀言虛，瑞應亦無驗，先得吉利名，一切無所獲。』爾時淨飯王說此語已，菩提樹神見佛成道，將天曼陀羅華往淨飯王宮，於虛空中而說偈言：『汝子已成道，魔眾已退散，光明如日月，普照十方國。』時王疑曰：『前言我子已死，今道成佛，所言何耶？』樹神答曰：『前是魔王故來相惱，我是菩提樹神，今來相慶。』王時喜曰：『我子捨輪王成法輪王，彼此無失。』淨飯王正歡喜之時，斛飯王來報淨飯王曰：『貴弟夫人已誕一男。』王聞歡喜：『眾慶皆來，可因此樂而名為歡喜。』」又如頌曰：「面如淨滿月，眼若青蓮華，佛法大海水，流入阿難心。」此即第一釋阿難名竟。

The commentary says: This is the second, the fulfilment of hearing. It is also distinguished through three portals: first, explaining Ānanda's name; second, explaining Ānanda's causes; third, correctly explaining the word 'heard'. First, explaining Ānanda's name: this is Sanskrit, which in Chinese is Huanxi ('Joy'). Thus the Mahīśāsaka Vinaya says: 'King Siṃhahanu had four sons, all of whom became kings. The first was named Śuddhodana; the second, Śuklodana; the third, Droṇodana; the fourth, Amṛtodana. Śuddhodana had two sons: the first was named Siddhārtha, and the second, Nanda. King Śuklodana also had two sons: the first was named Bhaddiya, and the second, Tisya. King Droṇodana also had two sons: the first was named Devadatta, and the second, Ānanda. King Amṛtodana also had two sons: the first was named Mahānāma, and the second, Aniruddha. King Śuddhodana's eldest son, Siddhārtha, abandoned the status of a wheel-turning king at the age of nineteen, and at midnight in the hour of the rat on the eighth day of the second month, leaped over the city wall and left home. With single-minded determination he entered dhyāna, joined his palms, settled his mind, and sat, practicing austerities for six years, eating a hemp seed and a grain of wheat a day, his skin and bones connected. When the king heard this, he wept, sighed, and said: "My son abandoned the status of a wheel-turning king to gain nothing in vain." Later, after eating fragrant milk-rice, the Bodhisattva entered the Nairañjanā River, washed his body, went to the vajrāsana, and made this vow himself: "Without breaking this cross-legged posture, I will achieve equal and perfect enlightenment." Having spoken these words, heaven and earth shook, and Māra's palace was unsettled. At that time, when the heavenly Māra Pāpīyān saw that the Bodhisattva was about to accomplish the Path, he brought eighty koṭis of demonesses and ghosts of various forms to harass him, filling sixty yojanas, coming to terrify the Bodhisattva. At that time, the Bodhisattva entered the samādhi of loving-kindness, causing Māra's knives and arrows to turn into lotus blossoms. Māra knew he was no match, so he went to King Śuddhodana's palace to distress the royal father, announcing from the sky: "Your son died last night." Hearing this, the king was terrified and unconsciously fell from his couch; only after a long time did he revive, weeping tears and speaking a verse: "Asita's words were empty; the auspicious omens also lack verification. Previously obtaining an auspicious name, yet he attained nothing at all." When King Śuddhodana had spoken these words, the Bodhi tree deity, seeing that the Buddha had accomplished the Path, took heavenly mandārava flowers, went to King Śuddhodana's palace, and spoke a verse from the sky: "Your son has accomplished the Path; Māra's hosts have dispersed. His radiance is like the sun and moon, shining universally upon the lands of the ten directions." Then the king doubted, saying: "Earlier it was said that my son was dead; now you say he has become a Buddha. What are these words?" The tree deity replied: "The earlier one was the demon king who came on purpose to distress you; I am the Bodhi tree deity, who has now come to congratulate you." The king was then joyful and said: "My son abandoned the wheel-turning king to become a Dharma wheel king; between this and that, there is no loss." Just as King Śuddhodana was rejoicing, King Droṇodana came to report to King Śuddhodana: "My noble wife has given birth to a son." Hearing this, the king was joyful: "All celebrations have arrived together; because of this joy, he may be named Huanxi ('Joy')."' As the verse also says: 'His face is like the pure full moon, / his eyes like blue lotus blossoms; / the ocean water of the Buddha's Dharma / flows into Ānanda's mind.' This concludes the first, explaining Ānanda's name.