釋迦譜 1.492

1.492

爾時迦葉心自念言。明日摩竭提王及諸臣民婆羅門長者居士等。當來就我作七日會。年少沙門若來在此。國王臣民婆羅門長者居士等。見其相好及以神通威德力者。必當捨我而奉事之。願此沙門。於七日中不來我所。佛知其意即便往詣北欝單越。七日七夜停彼不見。過七日已集會訖畢。國王辭去。迦葉心念。年少沙門近於七日不來我所。善哉快哉。我今既有集會餘饌欲以供之。其若來者善得時宜。於是世尊即知其意。從欝單越。譬如壯士屈伸臂頃來到其前。于時迦葉忽見如來。心大驚喜即問佛言。汝近七日遊行何處而不相見。佛即答言。摩竭提王及諸臣民。婆羅門長者居士。於七日中就汝集會。汝近心念不欲見我。是故我往北欝單越。以避汝耳。汝今心念欲令我來。所以今者故來詣汝。迦葉聞佛說此言已。心驚毛竪而作此念。年少沙門乃知我意。甚為奇特。然故不如我道真也。

At that time, Kāśyapa thought to himself, “Tomorrow the king of Magadha, along with his ministers, subjects, brahmins, elders, and householders, will come to me for a seven-day gathering. If the young śramaṇa is present here, the king, ministers, subjects, brahmins, elders, and householders, seeing his physical marks and the power of his supernatural majesty and virtue, will surely abandon me to serve him. May this śramaṇa not come to my place during these seven days.” The Buddha, knowing his thought, went to Uttarakuru in the north, staying there out of sight for seven days and seven nights. When the seven days had passed and the gathering concluded, the king took his leave. Kāśyapa thought, “The young śramaṇa did not come to my place during these past seven days. How wonderful! How delightful! I now have leftover food from the gathering and wish to offer it to him. If he were to come, it would be just the right time.” Thereupon the World-Honoured One, knowing his thought, came before him from Uttarakuru in the time it takes a strong man to bend or stretch his arm. At that time, Kāśyapa suddenly saw the Tathāgata and was greatly surprised and delighted. He asked the Buddha, “Where have you been traveling during these past seven days that we have not seen each other?” The Buddha replied, “The king of Magadha, along with his ministers, subjects, brahmins, elders, and householders, gathered at your place for seven days. You previously thought that you did not want to see me, so I went to Uttarakuru in the north to avoid you. Now you thought that you wanted me to come, which is why I have come to you now.” When Kāśyapa heard the Buddha speak these words, he was astonished and his hair stood on end. He thought, “The young śramaṇa actually knows my thoughts, which is exceedingly extraordinary, yet he is still not as true as my path.”