釋迦譜 1.449

1.449

爾時如來。於七日中一心思惟。觀於樹王而自念言。我在此處盡一切漏。所作已竟本願成滿。我所得法甚深難解。唯佛與佛乃能知之。一切眾生於五濁世。為貪欲瞋恚愚癡。邪見憍慢諂曲之所覆障。薄福鈍根無有智慧。云何能解我所得法。今我若為轉法輪者。彼必迷惑不能信受。而生誹謗當墮惡道。受諸苦痛。我寧默然入般涅槃。爾時如來以偈頌曰。

At that time, for seven days, the Tathāgata single-mindedly contemplated, gazed at the king of trees, and thought to himself: 'In this place, I have exhausted all defilements. What was to be done is completed; my original vow is fulfilled. The Dharma I have attained is exceedingly profound and difficult to understand; only a Buddha and a Buddha can know it. In the world of the five defilements, all sentient beings are obscured and obstructed by greed, anger, ignorance, wrong views, arrogance, and deceit; their merits are meager, their faculties are dull, and they have no wisdom. How could they understand the Dharma I have attained? Now, if I were to turn the wheel of Dharma, they would surely be confused and unable to believe and accept it, and giving rise to slander, they would fall into the bad destinies and undergo all kinds of suffering. I would rather remain silent and enter parinirvāṇa.' At that time, the Tathāgata spoke in verse, saying: