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Now he should be named; let him be called Virūḍhaka (Liuli)." At that time King Prasenajit loved this crown prince Virūḍhaka and never let him leave his presence. As he approached eight years of age, the king told him, "You are now grown. You may go to Kapilavastu to learn the archery arts." At that time King Prasenajit provided attendants; riding a great elephant, \[the prince\] went to the Śākya home, reached Mahānāma, and said, "King Prasenajit has sent me here to learn archery arts. I only wish my grandparents would instruct me in all matters." Then Mahānāma replied, saying, "If you wish to learn arts, very well, you may train in them." Then the Śākya Mahānāma gathered five hundred youths to have them train in the arts together. At that time Crown Prince Virūḍhaka trained in archery arts with them. Meanwhile, in the city of Kapilavastu, a new lecture hall had recently been erected. They said among themselves, "Now this lecture hall has not been completed long; the colored paintings are finished, resembling a heavenly palace. We should first invite the Tathāgata to be venerated within it, along with the community of monks, so that we may obtain boundless merit. Only after that shall we enter this hall." Then the Śākyas spread various sitting mats in the hall, hung silk banners and canopies, sprinkled the ground with perfumed water, burned various renowned incenses, stored fine water, and lit bright lamps. At that time Crown Prince Virūḍhaka went to the lecture hall and directly mounted the lion throne. When the Śākyas saw this, they harbored great wrath; they came forward, seized his arms, and threw him out of the gate. They reviled him together, "How dare the offspring of this slave-girl enter the throne?" and dashed him to the ground. Then Crown Prince Virūḍhaka rose from the ground, gave a long sigh, looked back, and at that time there was the son of a brahmin named Ambariṣa (Haoku). Crown Prince Virūḍhaka said to the brahmin's son Ambariṣa, "These Śākyas have reviled and humiliated me even to this extent. When I later succeed to the royal throne, you must remind me of this matter." Then the brahmin's son Ambariṣa replied, "As you instruct." Then King Prasenajit died, and Crown Prince Virūḍhaka was installed as king. The brahmin Ambariṣa went to the king's place and spoke thus, "The king should remember the past humiliation by the Śākyas." King Virūḍhaka replied, "I remember the past matter." Then King Virūḍhaka gave rise to wrath and ordered his ministers, "Hurry, equip carriages and assemble the fourfold army; I wish to go punish the Śākya clan." The ministers received the king's command and immediately had the four types of troops gather like clouds, proceeding to Kapilavastu. At that time, many monks heard that King Virūḍhaka was going to punish the Śākya clan, and they fully reported it to the World-Honoured One. When the World-Honoured One heard these words, he went to intercept King Virūḍhaka. He sat cross-legged beneath a withered tree that had no branches or leaves. King Virūḍhaka saw the World-Honoured One from afar, stepped down from his chariot, bowed to his feet, and stood to one side. Then King Virūḍhaka addressed the World-Honoured One, "There are other fine trees with lush and flourishing branches; for what reason do you sit under this withered tree?" The World-Honoured One told him, "The shade of kinsmen surpasses that of outsiders." Then King Virūḍhaka thought, "Today the World-Honoured One acts on behalf of his kinsmen. I ought not to advance and punish them; I should turn back from here and return to my home country." Then the brahmin Ambariṣa again addressed the king, "The king should remember the past humiliation by the Śākyas." Having heard these words, the king again gathered troops and went to Kapilavastu. Mahāmaudgalyāyana heard that King Virūḍhaka was going to punish the Śākya clan and addressed the World-Honoured One, "Today King Virūḍhaka goes to attack the Śākya clan; I am capable of hurling King Virūḍhaka and his fourfold army into another world system." The World-Honoured One told him, "Could you take the Śākya clan's past karma and place it into another world system?" Then Maudgalyāyana addressed the Buddha, "Truly I am not capable of causing past karmic causes and conditions to be placed in another world system." Then the World-Honoured One told Maudgalyāyana, "Return to your seat." Maudgalyāyana again addressed the Buddha, "I am now capable of moving this Kapilavastu and placing it in empty space." The World-Honoured One told him, "Are you now capable of moving the past karma of the Śākya clan and placing it in empty space?" Maudgalyāyana replied, "No, World-Honoured One." The Buddha told Maudgalyāyana, "Now return to your original place." Maudgalyāyana again addressed the Buddha, "May you permit me to cover the city of Kapilavastu with an iron cage." The World-Honoured One told him, "How, Maudgalyāyana, could you cover the Śākyas' past karma with an iron cage?" Maudgalyāyana addressed the Buddha, "No, World-Honoured One." The Buddha told Maudgalyāyana, "Today the past karma of the Śākyas has ripened; they must now receive retribution." Then King Virūḍhaka advanced toward Kapilavastu. The Śākyas also assembled the fourfold host and, within one yojana, went out to intercept King Virūḍhaka. At that time, the Śākyas, from within one yojana, shot arrows at King Virūḍhaka from afar: some shot into his ear holes without harming his ears; some shot through the hair on his head without harming his head; some shot through his bowstring without harming his person; some shot into his armor without injuring him; some shot into his seat without harming him; some shot his chariot and broke its wheels without harming him; some destroyed the banners and standards without harming him. Seeing this, King Virūḍhaka was terrified and said to his ministers, "Look at these arrows; from where do they come?" The ministers replied, "These Śākyas shot these arrows from a yojana away." King Virūḍhaka replied, "If they had set their minds to harm us, we would all be dead. We should return from here to Śrāvastī." At that time, the brahmin Ambariṣa came forward and addressed the king, saying, "Great King, do not fear. These Śākyas all maintain the precepts together; they do not harm even insects, let alone human beings! Now you should advance; you will surely destroy the Śākyas." Then King Virūḍhaka gradually advanced toward those Śākyas. The Śākyas retreated into the city. King Virūḍhaka stood outside the city and called out to them, "Open the city gates quickly! If you do not, I will kill you all!" At that time, in the city of Kapilavastu, there was a Śākya youth approaching fifteen years of age named Śama. Hearing that King Virūḍhaka was now outside the gate, he put on armor, took up weapons, went up onto the city wall, and fought alone against King Virūḍhaka. At that time, the youth Śama killed many people, so that they scattered in all directions, saying, "Who is this person? Is he a deva? Is he a ghost or spirit? Viewed from afar, he looks like a small child!" King Virūḍhaka was terrified, and immediately went into a hole in the ground to avoid him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.2.18.2) 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." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.2.18.3) 何以故。 諸佛如來語無有二。 爾時好苦梵志白王。 王勿恐懼。 今外境無難亦無災變。 今日大王快自娛樂。 琉璃王言。 梵志當知佛言無異。 時琉璃王。 使人數日。 至七日頭。 王大歡喜踊躍不能自勝。 將諸兵眾及諸婇女。 往阿脂羅河側而自娛樂。 即於彼處。 卒大雷震非時雲起。 暴風疾雨。 時琉璃王及兵眾。 盡為水所漂皆悉消滅。 身壞命終入阿鼻地獄。 復有天火燒城內宮殿。 爾時世尊以天眼觀見琉璃王及四種兵。 皆悉命終入地獄中。 爾時諸比丘白世尊言。 琉璃王及四部兵。 今已命終為生何處。 世尊告曰。 琉璃王者今入阿鼻地獄中。 諸比丘白言。 今此釋種昔作何因緣。 今為琉璃王所害。 爾時世尊告諸比丘。 昔日之時。 此羅閱城中有捕魚村。 時世飢儉人食草根。 一斗金貿一斗米。 彼村中有大池水。 又復饒魚。 時羅閱城中。 人民之類。 往至池中捕魚食之。 當於爾時。 水中有二種魚。 一名鉤鎖。 二名多舌。 是時二魚各各相謂言。 我等於此眾人先無過失。 我是水性之虫不處乾地。 此人民之類。 皆來食噉我等。 設前世時。 少有福德者其當報怨。 爾時村中有小兒。 年向八歲亦不捕魚。 復非害命。 然復收魚在岸上。 小兒見已極懷歡喜。 比丘當知。 爾時羅閱城中人民之類。 豈異人乎。 今釋種是也。 爾時鉤鎖魚者。 今瑠璃王是。 兩舌魚者。 今好苦梵志是。 小兒見魚笑者。 今我身是。 爾時釋種坐取魚食。 無數劫中受地獄苦。 今受此對。 我時坐見而笑之。 今患頭痛如似石壓。 猶如以頭戴須彌山。 所以然者。 如來更不受形。 已捨眾行度諸厄難。 是諸比丘。 由此因緣今受此報（釋迦畢罪經。 大同小異。 云琉璃王滅釋種。 旋師罷軍。 遣使者致敬於佛。 佛視使者。 答王自受矣。 阿難整法服稽首白言。 佛不虛視其必有緣。 眾祐曰。 釋罪畢矣。 却後興矣却後七日太山鬼神。 以火逼王及其臣民。 王罪難救如釋禍難攘也。 王行湖邊軍眾入水浴。 神化為毒虫螫其王眾毒行身裏。 或在水中死或百步一里死者。 垂半入國凶鬼雲集宮中。 夜物鳴聚居宮相待。 日月博蝕星宿失度。 怪異首尾。 王聞佛誡災變之異。 內如湯灼會臣議論。 或云投山。 或言投川。 王遂乘船入海。 強富者得從。 貧羸者留國。 王內宮人解衣脫陽燧珠著船上其日雲興笮絕舟漂。 臣民僉曰。 弊王行兇乃致斯禍。 向中之時。 日出炙陽燧出火。 始燒王舟。 投水即沒雷震霹靂。 即入大山地獄。 留在岸者微怖而全。 法句譬經云。 佛弟子名目連。 見琉璃王伐舍夷國以報宿怨當殺四輩弟子。 念其可憐。 便到佛所白佛言。 今琉璃王攻舍夷國我欲以三方便。 救舍夷國一者舉舍夷國著虛空中。 二者舉舍夷國人。 著兩鐵圍山間。 三者舉舍夷國人。 著他方大國中央。 令琉璃王不知其處。 佛告目連。 雖知汝有智德。 能安處舍夷國人。 眾生有七不避。 何謂為七。 一者生。 二者老。 三者病。 四者死。 五者罪。 六者福。 七者因緣。 此七事。 意雖欲避不能自在。 如汝威神可得作此。 宿對罪負不可得離。 於是目連禮已便去。 猶意不已。 即取舍夷國人知識檀越。 四千五百人盛著鉢中。 舉著虛空星宿之際。 瑠璃王伐舍夷國。 殺三億人已引軍還國。 於是目連往到佛所。 為佛作禮自貢告曰。 琉璃伐舍夷國。 弟子承佛威神。 救舍夷國四五千人。 今在虛空皆盡得脫。 佛告目連。 汝為往看鉢中人不。 答曰。 未往視之。 佛言。 卿先往視鉢中人還。 目連以道力下鉢。 見鉢中人皆死。 於是目連悵然悲泣。 還白佛言鉢中人者今皆死盡。 佛告目連業熟受報不可免也。 座上無央數人。 聞佛說無常法。 欣然得道。 逮須陀洹證）。 > Why is this? The words of the Buddha, the Tathāgata, are never dual.' At that time, the māṇava Hāku said to the king: 'Great King, do not be afraid. At present there is neither adversity nor disaster beyond our borders. Today, Great King, make merry and enjoy yourself!' King Virūḍhaka said: 'Māṇava, you should know that the words of the Buddha are unerring.' At that time, King Virūḍhaka had people count the days. When the seventh day arrived, the king was overjoyed, leaping with irrepressible delight. Taking his troops and court maidens, he went to the bank of the Aciravatī River to make merry. Right at that place, there was a sudden great crash of thunder, unseasonable clouds arose, and a violent wind and torrential rain fell. Then King Virūḍhaka and his troops were all swept away by the water and destroyed. When their bodies broke up and their lives ended, they fell into the Avīci Hell. Furthermore, a heavenly fire burned down the palace within the city. At that time, the World-Honoured One, viewing with his divine eye, saw that King Virūḍhaka and his fourfold army had all ended their lives and fallen into hell. At that time, the bhikṣus said to the World-Honoured One: 'King Virūḍhaka and his fourfold army have now ended their lives; where have they been reborn?' The World-Honoured One told them: 'King Virūḍhaka has now entered into the Avīci Hell.' The bhikṣus said: 'What cause and condition did these Śākyas create in the past that they have now been slain by King Virūḍhaka?' At that time, the World-Honoured One told the bhikṣus: 'In the past, there was a fishing village in this city of Rājagṛha. At that time, there was a famine in the world, and people ate grass roots; one dou of gold traded for one dou of rice. In that village there was a large pond, which also abounded with fish. At that time, the people of the city of Rājagṛha went to the pond to catch fish and eat them. At that very time, there were two kinds of fish in the water: one was named Gou-suo ('Hook-Chain') and the other was named Duo-she ('Many-Tongues'). Then the two fish said to each other: "We have never committed any offense against these people. We are water-dwelling creatures and do not live on dry land, yet these people have all come to eat us. If in a future life we have a little merit, we shall take revenge!" At that time, there was a young boy in the village, nearly eight years old, who did not catch fish nor harm life; yet seeing the fish caught and placed on the bank, the boy looked at them and felt great delight. Bhikṣus, you should know: were the people of the city of Rājagṛha at that time different people? They are the present Śākyas. The fish named Gou-suo at that time was King Virūḍhaka today. The fish named Liang-she ('Double-Tongued') was the māṇava Hāku today. The young boy who saw the fish and laughed was myself today. At that time, because the Śākyas took the fish and ate them, they suffered the torments of hell for countless kalpas, and now they have received this retribution. Because I looked on and laughed at the time, I now suffer a headache as if pressed by a stone, like carrying Mount Sumeru upon my head. Why is this so? The Tathāgata receives bodily form no more, having already abandoned all conditioned actions and crossed beyond all perils. Thus, bhikṣus, it was due to these causes and conditions that they have now received this retribution.' (The Sūtra on the Śākyas Expiating Their Guilt is broadly similar with slight differences. It says: King Virūḍhaka destroyed the Śākyas, turned his army around, and disbanded his troops. He sent an envoy to pay respects to the Buddha. The Buddha looked at the envoy and answered: 'The king shall receive it himself.' Ānanda adjusted his robes, bowed his head, and said: 'The Buddha does not look without reason; there must surely be a cause.' The One of All Blessings said: 'The Śākyas' guilt has ended. Henceforth retribution shall arise; after seven days, the ghosts and spirits of Mount Tai will press upon the king and his subjects with fire. The king's guilt will be hard to remedy, just as the Śākyas' calamity was hard to avert.' The king walked along the lakeside and his troops entered the water to bathe. Spirits transformed into poisonous insects and stung his troops; the poison coursed through their bodies, and some died in the water, while others died within a hundred paces or a li, nearly half of them. Entering the country, ominous spirits gathered in clouds within the palace. At night, creatures cried out and congregated in the palace, lying in wait for one another. The sun and moon suffered eclipses, and the constellations lost their regular courses; strange portents occurred from beginning to end. Hearing the Buddha's admonition and seeing the strange disasters, the king felt as if scalded by boiling water inside; he assembled his ministers to deliberate. Some said to flee to the mountains, while others said to take to the rivers. The king then boarded a boat and entered the sea. The strong and wealthy were able to follow, while the poor and weak remained in the country. The women of the king's inner palace took off their clothes and removed a burning lens, placing it on the boat. On that day, clouds arose, the ropes snapped, and the boat drifted. The ministers and people all said: 'The wicked king's cruel deeds have brought about this calamity!' Toward midday, the sun came out and scorched the burning lens, which produced fire and began to burn the king's boat. Falling into the water, he immediately sank; thunder crashed and lightning struck, and he straightway entered the Hell of Mount Tai. Those who remained on the shore were slightly frightened but safe. The Dharmapada Avadāna Sūtra says: The Buddha's disciple named Maudgalyāyana, seeing King Virūḍhaka invade the Śākya kingdom to repay a past grudge and that he was to kill the four groups of disciples, took pity on them. He went to where the Buddha was and addressed the Buddha, saying: 'Now King Virūḍhaka is attacking the Śākya kingdom. I wish by three expedient means to save the Śākya kingdom: first, by raising the Śākya kingdom and placing it in empty space; second, by raising the people of the Śākya kingdom and placing them between the two Iron Enclosing Mountains; third, by raising the people of the Śākya kingdom and placing them in the center of a great country in another realm, so that King Virūḍhaka will not know where they are.' The Buddha told Maudgalyāyana: 'Although I know you have wisdom and virtue and can settle the people of the Śākya kingdom in peace, sentient beings have seven things they cannot avoid. What are the seven? First is birth; second is old age; third is sickness; fourth is death; fifth is demerit; sixth is merit; seventh is cause and condition. Even if the mind wishes to avoid these seven things, one cannot do so at will. Although with your spiritual power you could do this, the debt of past retribution cannot be avoided.' Thereupon Maudgalyāyana paid homage and departed. Still unable to resign himself, he took four thousand five hundred acquaintances and dānapatis of the Śākya kingdom, placed them in his alms-bowl, and raised it into empty space amidst the stars. King Virūḍhaka invaded the Śākya kingdom, and after killing three hundred million people, he led his army back to his country. Thereupon Maudgalyāyana went to where the Buddha was, paid homage to the Buddha, and proudly said: 'Virūḍhaka invaded the Śākya kingdom; relying on the Buddha's spiritual power, your disciple saved four or five thousand people of the Śākya kingdom. Now they are in empty space, and all have completely escaped.' The Buddha told Maudgalyāyana: 'Have you gone to look at the people in the bowl or not?' He answered: 'I have not yet gone to look at them.' The Buddha said: 'You go first to look at the people in the bowl and come back.' Maudgalyāyana lowered the bowl with his spiritual power, and saw that the people in the bowl were all dead. Thereupon Maudgalyāyana was despondent and wept sorrowfully. Returning, he said to the Buddha: 'The people in the bowl are now all completely dead.' The Buddha told Maudgalyāyana: 'When karma ripens, the retribution must be endured; it cannot be avoided.' Countless people in the assembly, hearing the Buddha preach the teaching of impermanence, joyfully attained the Path and realized the fruit of the srotaāpanna.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040~en-mt.2.18.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2040.2.18) · Pramāṇa