大乘起信論義記 1.35

1.35

第九翻譯年代者，《譯經紀》云「沙門波羅末陀，此云真諦；亦云狗那羅陀，此曰親依，西印度優禪尼國人。景行澄明器宇清肅，風神爽拔悠然自遠，群藏廣部罔不措懷，藝術異解偏素諳練；歷遊諸國隨機利見。以梁武帝泰清二年歲次戊辰，見帝於寶雲殿。帝勅譯經，即以太清二年訖承聖三年歲次甲戌，於正觀寺等，譯《金光明經》、《彌勒下生經》、《大乘起信論》等，總一十一部合二十卷。此論乃是其年九月十日，與京邑英賢慧顯、智愷、曇振、慧旻等，并黃鉞大將軍大保蕭公勃等，於衡州建興寺所譯。沙門智愷筆授，月婆首那等譯語，并翻論旨玄文二十卷。屬侯景作亂，乃適豫章、始興、南康等，雖復栖遑，譯業無輟。即汎舶西歸，業風賦命，還飄廣州。屬廣州刺史穆國公歐陽頠延住制止寺，請譯經論。自陳永定元年歲次丙子，至訖泰建元年己丑歲，更譯佛阿毘曇經論，及《俱舍》、《攝論》等。總陳梁二代，勅譯經論，四十四部一百四十一卷。然真諦或鋪坐具跏趺水上，若乘舟而濟岸接對吏君，而坐具無污；或以荷藉水乘而度之。如斯神異其例甚多。」

Ninth, regarding the era of translation, the Record of Translated Sūtras says: 'The Śramaṇa Paramārtha, translated here as Zhindi; also called Guṇarata, translated here as Qin-yi, was a native of the country of Ujjayinī in western India. His admirable conduct was lucid and pure, his deportment serene and austere, his refined spirit upright and outstanding, leisurely and far-reaching. Across the broad sections of the various piṭakas, there was none into which he did not set his mind; in arts and distinct interpretations, he was especially familiar. He traveled through various countries, benefiting and appearing in accordance with capacities. In the second year of Taiqing of Emperor Wu of the Liang dynasty, with the year-star in wuchen, he met the emperor at the Baoyun Hall. The emperor ordered him to translate sūtras, and from the second year of Taiqing to the third year of Chengsheng, with the year-star in jiaxu, at Zhengxian Monastery and other places, he translated the Suvarṇaprabhāsasūtra, Maitreyavyākaraṇasūtra, Mahāyānaśraddhotpādaśāstra, and others, totaling eleven works in twenty fascicles. This treatise was translated on the tenth day of the ninth month of that year at Jianxing Monastery in Hengzhou, together with the capital's eminent worthies Huixian, Zhikai, Tanzhen, Huimin, and others, along with Xiao Bo, Senior Grand Tutor and Grand General of the Yellow Battle-axe. Śramaṇa Zhikai served as scribe, Upasūna and others translated the spoken words, and they also translated the profound text of the treatise's meaning in twenty fascicles. Meeting with the rebellion of Hou Jing, he went to Yuzhang, Shixing, Nankang, and other places; although displaced, his translation work never ceased. Then, boarding a ship to return west, the wind of karma determined his fate, and he was blown back to Guangzhou. It happened that Ouyang Wei, Duke of the State of Mu and Inspector of Guangzhou, invited him to stay at Zhizhi Monastery, requesting him to translate sūtras and treatises. From the first year of Yongding of the Chen dynasty, with the year-star in bingzi, to the end of the first year of Taijian, the year yichou, he further translated Buddhist abhidharma sūtras and treatises, as well as the Kośa, the Saṃgraha, and others. Across the two dynasties of Chen and Liang, he was ordered to translate sūtras and treatises totaling forty-four works in one hundred forty-one fascicles. Furthermore, Paramārtha would sometimes spread his sitting-cloth and sit cross-legged upon the water, as if riding a boat to cross to the shore to meet officials and rulers, while the sitting-cloth remained unsoiled; or he would ride upon lotus leaves over the water to cross. Miraculous feats like this were very numerous.'