成唯識論掌中樞要 1.91

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「如夢者」者，「婆剌拏」者，此云流轉，即先「婆羅那」訛也。此流轉王是眉[示*希]羅國王，容貌端正，自謂無雙。求覓勝形，欲自方比，顯己殊類。時有人言：王舍城內有大迦旃延，形容甚好，世中無比。王遣迎之。迦旃延至，王出宮迎。王不及彼，人視迦旃延，無看王者。王問所以，眾白：「迦延容貌勝王」。王問大德今果宿因，迦延答曰：「我昔出家，王作乞兒。我掃寺地，王來乞食。我掃地竟，令王除糞。除糞既訖，方與王食。以此業因生人天中，得報端正」。王聞此已，尋請出家為迦延弟子。後共迦延往阿般地國山中修道，別處坐禪。阿般地王名鉢樹多，將諸宮人入山遊戲。宮人見王形貌端正，圍繞看之。鉢樹多王見婆剌拏王疑有欲意，問婆剌拏曰：「汝是阿羅漢耶不」？王答言：「非」！次第一一問餘三果，皆答言：「非」！又問：「汝離欲不」？又答言：「非」！鉢樹多嗔曰：「若爾，汝何故八我婬女之中」！遂鞭身破，悶絕而死，至夜方醒，至迦延所。迦延見已，心生悲愍，其諸同學問為療治。婆剌拏王語迦延曰：「我從師乞暫還本國集軍，破彼阿般地國，殺鉢樹多王，事竟當還從師修道」。迦延從請，語王欲去，且停一宿。迦延安置好處，令眠，欲令感夢。夢見集軍征阿般地，自軍破敗，身被他獲，堅縛手足，赤花插頭，嚴鼓欲殺。王於夢中恐怖大叫喚失聲云：「我今無歸，願師濟拔，作歸依處，得壽命長」。迦延以神力，手指出火，喚之令寤。問言：「何故」？其心未醒，尚言災事。迦延以火照而問之：「此是何處，汝可自看」，其心方寤。迦延語言：「汝若征彼，必當破敗，如夢所見」。王言：「願師為除毒意」。迦延為說一切諸法：譬如國土，假名無實，離舍屋等，無別國土。乃至廣說種種因緣，至一極微亦非實事，無此，無彼，無怨，無親。王聞此法得預流果，後漸獲得阿羅漢果。

Regarding "like a dreamer": "Varaṇa" means "transmigration" here; this is an error for the earlier "Varaṇa". This King of Transmigration was the king of the country of Mithilā. Handsome in appearance, he considered himself peerless. Seeking an excelling form, he wished to compare himself to show his own extraordinary quality. At that time someone said: In Rājagṛha there is Mahākātyāyana, whose appearance is exceedingly fine, matchless in the world. The king sent [envoys] to invite him. When Kātyāyana arrived, the king went out of the palace to welcome him. The king did not equal him; people looked at Kātyāyana and none looked at the king. The king asked why, and the crowd reported: "Kātyāyana's appearance surpasses the king's." The king asked the Venerable One about his present fruition and past causes. Kātyāyana answered: "In the past I went forth, and the king was a beggar. I swept the monastery grounds, and the king came begging for food. When I finished sweeping the ground, I made the king remove dung. Only after the dung was removed did I give food to the king. Due to this karmic cause, I was born among humans and devas, obtaining handsome retribution." Having heard this, the king immediately asked to go forth as Kātyāyana's disciple. Later, together with Kātyāyana, he went to a mountain in the country of Avanti to cultivate the path, sitting in meditation in a secluded place. The king of Avanti was named Pradyota, who led various palace women into the mountains for pleasure. The palace women saw the king's handsome form and surrounded him to look. King Pradyota saw King Varaṇa and suspected lustful intent. He asked Varaṇa: "Are you an arhat?" The king replied: "No!" He then asked one by one about the remaining three fruits, and the king replied to all: "No!" He also asked: "Have you abandoned desire?" The king again replied: "No!" Pradyota said in anger: "If so, why have you entered among my harem women?" He then whipped his body until it was torn, and [Varaṇa] fell unconscious as if dead. Only at night did he regain consciousness and go to Kātyāyana's dwelling. When Kātyāyana saw him, he gave rise to compassion, and his fellow students asked to treat him. King Varaṇa said to Kātyāyana: "I beg from my master to temporarily return to my home country to assemble an army, crush that country of Avanti, and kill King Pradyota; once the matter is finished, I shall return to follow the master and cultivate the path." Kātyāyana consented to the request and told the king: "If you wish to leave, stay for one night first." Kātyāyana arranged a fine place for him to sleep, intending to induce a dream. In the dream he saw himself assembling an army to attack Avanti; his own army was crushed and defeated, he was captured by the other, his hands and feet tightly bound, red flowers placed on his head, and drums sounded sternly about to kill him. In the dream, the king cried out loudly in terror, saying: "Now I have no refuge! May the master deliver me, serve as my place of refuge, that I may attain long life!" Kātyāyana, using his supernormal power, produced fire from his fingertips and called him to awaken. He asked: "What is the matter?" His mind was not yet awake, and he still spoke of the calamitous event. Kātyāyana illuminated it with fire and asked him: "What place is this? Look for yourself!" His mind then awakened. Kātyāyana said to him: "If you attack them, you will certainly be crushed and defeated, just as seen in the dream." The king said: "May the master eliminate my poisonous intent!" Kātyāyana explained all phenomena for him: "For example, a country is a nominal designation without reality; apart from houses and dwellings, there is no distinct country." Going so far as to explain extensively various causes and conditions, down to a single atom not being a real entity; there is neither this nor that, neither enemy nor kin. Hearing this teaching, the king attained the fruit of stream-enterer, and later gradually attained the fruit of arhat.