中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 1.35

1.35

次小巷北一院，名菩薩十二因緣之院。門向南巷，堂樹莊嚴，中無有鐘，有金猶子如小倭子。至時作聲，如天箜篌，音中所說菩薩四諦、十二因緣、無常苦空，其聲遍滿舍衛城。若欲止時，以物約口，其聲便止。此猶子是摩那斯龍王所造。如來欲涅槃時，㺃子眼中血沷出，唱言：「奇哉世尊！却後三月當涅槃。」最先唱告。信人天聞，咸懷悲悼。

Next, to the north of the small lane, is a courtyard called the Courtyard of the Bodhisattva Twelvefold Dependent Origination. Its gate faces the southern lane, and its halls and trees are adorned. Inside there is no bell, but there is a golden monkey-like creature shaped like a small ape. When the time arrives, it makes a sound like a celestial konghou; expounded in its sound are the Bodhisattva Four Truths, the twelvefold dependent origination, and impermanence, suffering, and emptiness, and its sound fills the city of Śrāvastī. If one wishes it to cease, one restrains its mouth with an object, and its sound immediately ceases. This monkey-like creature was made by the Nāgarāja Manasvin. When the Tathāgata was about to enter nirvāṇa, blood gushed forth from the monkey's eyes, and it proclaimed aloud: 'How wondrous is the World-Honoured One! After three months, he shall enter nirvāṇa!' It was the first to announce this. When faithful humans and devas heard it, they were all overcome with grief and lamentation.