釋迦譜 2.18.2

2.18.2

時釋種聞壞琉璃王眾。 是時諸釋即呼舍摩童子。 而告之曰。 年幼小兒。 何故辱我等門戶。 豈不知諸釋修行善法乎。 我等尚不能害虫。 況復人命耶。 我等亦能壞此軍眾。 一人敵萬人。 然我等復作是念。 殺害人命死入地獄。 若生人中壽命極短。 汝去。 不須住此。 是時舍摩童子即出國去。 是時琉璃王復至門中。 速開城門不須稽留。 是時諸釋自相謂言。 可與開門為不可乎。 爾時弊魔波旬作一釋形。 告諸釋言。 汝等速開城門勿共受困。 是時諸釋即開城門。 時琉璃王告群臣曰。 今此釋眾人民極多。 非刀劍所能害盡。 悉取埋脚地中。 然後使暴象蹈殺爾時群臣受王教勅。 即以象蹈殺之。 時琉璃王勅群臣曰。 汝等速選面手釋女五百人。 時諸臣受王教令。 即選五百端正女人。 將詣王所。 是時摩訶男釋至琉璃王所。 而作是說當從我願。 琉璃王言欲何等願。 摩訶男曰。 我今沒在水底隨我遲疾。 使諸釋種並得逃走。 若我出水隨意殺之。 琉璃王曰此事大佳。 是時摩訶男釋即入水底。 以頭髮繫樹根而取命終。 是時城中諸釋。 從東門出復從西門入。 從南門出還從北門入。 是時琉璃王告群臣曰。 摩訶男父何故隱在水中。 如今不出。 爾時諸臣聞王教令。 即入水中出之。 摩訶男已取命終。 爾時琉璃王。 以見摩訶男命終。 王方悔心。 我今祖父已取命終。 皆由愛親族故。 設當知者。 終不來攻伐此釋種。 是時琉璃王殺九千九百九十萬人。 流血成河。 燒迦毘羅越城往詣尼拘留園中。 是時琉璃王語五百釋女言。 汝等慎莫愁憂我是汝夫。 汝是我婦。 要當相接。 時琉璃王捉一釋女而欲弄之時女曰。 大王欲何所為。 時王報言。 欲與汝情通。 女曰。 我今何故。 與婢生種情通是時琉璃王甚懷瞋恚。 勅群臣曰速取此女。 刖其手足著深坑中。 諸臣受教刖其手足擲著坑中。 及五百女人皆罵王言。 誰持此身與婢生種共交通。 時王瞋恚盡取五百釋女。 刖其手足著深坑中。 是琉璃王壞迦毘羅越已。 還詣舍衛城。 爾時祇陀太子在深宮中。 與諸妓女共相娛樂。 王聞作妓聲。 即勅御者。 汝迴此象詣太子所。 是時守門人。 遙見王來而白王言。 王徐行。 祇陀太子今在宮中自娛。 勿相觸嬈。 是時琉璃王。 即時拔劍取守門人殺之。 祇陀王子。 聞琉璃王在門外。 便出與王相見。 善來大王。 報言。 豈不知吾與諸釋種共鬪乎。 祇陀對曰。 聞之。 琉璃王報言。 汝今何故與妓女遊戲。 而不佐我耶。 祇陀報言。 我不堪任殺害眾生。 是時琉璃王極懷瞋恚。 即復拔劍斫殺祇陀。 爾時世尊。 以天眼觀祇陀王子。 以取命終生三十三天。 是時五百釋女。 自歸稱喚如來名號。 如來於此間出家學道。 而後成佛。 今受此毒痛。 世尊何故而不見憶。 爾時世尊以天耳清徹。 聞諸釋女稱怨向佛。 將諸比丘往至迦毘羅越。 時五百釋女遙見世尊。 將諸比丘來皆懷慚愧。 爾時釋提桓因及毘沙門王在世尊後。 顧語釋提桓因言。 此諸釋女皆懷慚愧。 釋提桓因即以天衣覆此女上。 爾時世尊告毘沙門王曰。 此諸女人飢渴日久。 毘沙門王即辦自然天食。 與諸釋女皆悉充足。 世尊漸與諸女說微妙法。 苦習盡道盡與說之。 爾時諸女。 諸塵垢盡得法眼淨。 各於其所而取命終。 皆生天上。 爾時世尊詣城東門。 見城中煙火洞然。 爾時世尊。 往詣尼拘留園中坐。 告諸比丘。 我昔在中與諸比丘說法。 如今空墟無有人民。 自今以後如來更不復至此。 從座起去。 往舍衛祇樹給孤獨園。 告諸比丘。 今琉璃王及此兵眾。 却後七日盡當磨滅。 是時琉璃王聞世尊記。 聞已恐怖告群臣曰。 如來今記却後七日。 我及兵眾盡當沒滅。 汝等觀外境無有盜賊。 水火災變來侵國者。

At that time, when the Śākyas heard that the army of King Virūḍhaka had been routed, the Śākyas immediately summoned the youth Śama and said to him: "Young boy, why have you brought disgrace upon our clan? Do you not know that the Śākyas practice the good Dharma? We cannot even kill insects, how much less human lives! We too could rout this army, for one man could stand against ten thousand. Yet we also reflect: killing human lives leads to falling into hell after death, and if born among humans, one's lifespan is extremely short. Leave! You must not remain here." Thereupon the youth Śama departed the country. At that time, King Virūḍhaka arrived at the gate again, [demanding]: "Open the city gates quickly, without delay!" At that time, the Śākyas said among themselves: "Should we open the gates for him, or should we not?" Then the wicked Māra Pāpīmān transformed into the shape of a Śākya and said to the Śākyas: "Open the city gates quickly, and do not all suffer hardship together!" Thereupon the Śākyas opened the city gates. King Virūḍhaka then said to his ministers: "The people of this Śākya host are exceedingly numerous, not such that can all be slain by knives and swords. Take them all and bury their feet in the ground, and then have fierce elephants trample them to death." At that time, the ministers received the king's order and had elephants trample them to death. Then King Virūḍhaka ordered his ministers: "Quickly select five hundred Śākya women with fine faces and hands." At that time, the ministers received the king's order, selected five hundred shapely women, and brought them before the king. At that time, Mahānāma the Śākya went to King Virūḍhaka and spoke thus: "You must grant my wish." King Virūḍhaka asked: "What wish do you desire?" Mahānāma said: "I shall now sink beneath the water; during the time, long or short, that I remain submerged, let all the Śākyas flee. If I emerge from the water, you may kill them at will." King Virūḍhaka said: "This is very fine." Thereupon Mahānāma the Śākya plunged to the bottom of the water, tied his hair to a tree root, and ended his life. At that time, the Śākyas in the city fled out the east gate and re-entered through the west gate; they fled out the south gate and returned through the north gate. Then King Virūḍhaka said to his ministers: "Why has my grandfather Mahānāma remained concealed in the water and not yet come out?" At that time, the ministers heard the king's command, went into the water, and brought him out; Mahānāma had already ended his life. When King Virūḍhaka saw that Mahānāma had ended his life, he felt remorse: "My grandfather has now ended his life, all because he loved his kinsmen. Had I known this, I would never have come to attack these Śākyas." Then King Virūḍhaka slaughtered ninety-nine million nine hundred thousand people, such that blood flowed into a river. He burned the city of Kapilavastu and went to the Nyagrodha grove. King Virūḍhaka then said to the five hundred Śākya women: "Do not grieve or worry! I am your husband and you are my wives; we shall surely unite." King Virūḍhaka then seized one Śākya woman, intending to molest her. The woman said: "Great King, what do you wish to do?" The king replied: "I wish to unite intimately with you." The woman said: "Why should I unite intimately with the offspring of a slave?" At this, King Virūḍhaka was greatly enraged and ordered his ministers: "Take this woman at once, cut off her hands and feet, and throw her into a deep pit!" The ministers received the order, cut off her hands and feet, and cast her into the pit. All five hundred women likewise cursed the king, saying: "Who would give this body to have sexual union with the offspring of a slave?" In his wrath, the king took all five hundred Śākya women, cut off their hands and feet, and threw them into a deep pit. Having destroyed Kapilavastu, King Virūḍhaka returned to Śrāvastī. At that time, Prince Jeta was deep within the palace, making merry with singing-girls. The king heard the sounds of music and ordered his driver: "Turn this elephant and proceed to the prince's quarters." At that time, the gatekeeper saw the king coming from afar and said to the king: "Walk slowly, O King! Prince Jeta is now amusing himself in the palace; do not disturb him." Thereupon King Virūḍhaka drew his sword immediately, seized the gatekeeper, and killed him. Prince Jeta, hearing that King Virūḍhaka was outside the gate, came out to meet the king: "Welcome, Great King!" [The king] said: "Did you not know that I was fighting with the Śākyas?" Jeta replied: "I heard of it." King Virūḍhaka said: "Why did you make merry with singing-girls and not assist me?" Jeta replied: "I cannot bear to kill sentient beings." At this, King Virūḍhaka was exceedingly enraged; he again drew his sword and struck Jeta dead. At that time, the World-Honoured One, viewing Prince Jeta with the divine eye, saw that he had ended his life and was reborn in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven. Meanwhile, the five hundred Śākya women took refuge and called upon the name of the Tathāgata: "The Tathāgata went forth and practiced the path here, and subsequently attained Buddhahood. Now that we suffer this bitter agony, why does the World-Honoured One not remember us?" At that time, the World-Honoured One, hearing with the clear purity of the divine ear the Śākya women crying out their grievances to the Buddha, led the bhikṣus and proceeded to Kapilavastu. When the five hundred Śākya women saw the World-Honoured One leading the bhikṣus coming from afar, they all felt shame. At that time, Śakra Devānām Indra and King Vaiśravaṇa were behind the World-Honoured One. Turning, he said to Śakra Devānām Indra: "These Śākya women all feel shame." Śakra Devānām Indra immediately covered these women with heavenly garments. Then the World-Honoured One said to King Vaiśravaṇa: "These women have been hungry and thirsty for a long time." King Vaiśravaṇa at once provided spontaneous heavenly food, fully satisfying all the Śākya women. The World-Honoured One gradually expounded the subtle and wondrous Dharma to the women, explaining suffering, its arising, its cessation, and the path. Thereupon, with all defilements exhausted, the women attained the pure Dharma-eye; each ended her life right where she was and all were reborn in heaven. Then the World-Honoured One went to the east gate of the city and saw that smoke and fire blazed fiercely within the city. The World-Honoured One then went and sat in the Nyagrodha grove, and said to the bhikṣus: "Formerly, I expounded the Dharma to the bhikṣus here; now it is an empty ruin without people. From now on, the Tathāgata will never come here again." Rising from his seat, he went to the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍada's park in Śrāvastī, and said to the bhikṣus: "Seven days from now, King Virūḍhaka and this army of his will all be destroyed." When King Virūḍhaka heard the World-Honoured One's prediction, he was terrified and said to his ministers: "The Tathāgata has now predicted that seven days from now, I and my army will all perish. Look outside our borders to see if there are any bandits, floods, fires, or disasters coming to invade the kingdom."