付法藏因緣傳 4.2

4.2

阿恕伽王復有一子名曰法增。顏色端政眼甚奇妙。時有一鳥名拘那羅。其目明淨狀似彼兒。因號此子為拘那羅。長為娉妻字真金鬘。王將子至雞頭末寺。上座耶舍知當失眼。而告之曰。眼者無常會當磨滅不可恃怙。宜勤精進求勝解脫。時駒那羅受教還宮。觀察斯眼苦空敗壞。王大夫人名帝失羅叉。於駒那羅極生愛著。欲火熾盛逼共交通。王子為性素自貞潔。立志堅固而不從命。帝失羅叉甚懷瞋恚。時拘那羅治在得叉尸羅城內。彼大夫人常伺其便。會遇王病甚大困篤。夫人療治尋即除差。求願七日代居王位。既蒙聽許便欲報怨。密為封書令挑其眼。王子奉教求一惡人令出右眼置掌而觀。便念耶舍本所勸誡。而作是言。實哉尊教。誠諦不虛。說眼無常猶如幻化。昔謂斯眼奇特微妙。今日深觀何可愛著。我當捨此危朽之法。專求最勝清淨慧眼。作是觀時得須陀洹。更出一眼重深思察。厭惡情至逮斯陀含。其妻金鬘聞夫挑眼。號哭雨淚驚泣而來。見已悶絕良久乃蘇。時拘那羅說偈曉之曰。

King Aśoka had another son named Dharmavardhana. His appearance was handsome and proper, and his eyes were exceedingly extraordinary. At that time there was a bird named kuṇāla, whose eyes were bright and clear, resembling that child's; hence they named this son Kuṇāla. When he grew up, a wife was wed to him, named Śuddhamatī. The King brought his son to the Kukkuṭārāma monastery. The elder Yaśas, knowing that he was destined to lose his eyes, told him: "Eyes are impermanent; they must inevitably be destroyed and cannot be relied upon. You should exert diligent effort to seek supreme liberation." At that time, Kuṇāla accepted the instruction and returned to the palace, contemplating these eyes as suffering, empty, and perishable. The King's chief queen, named Tiṣyarakṣitā, gave rise to extreme lustful attachment toward Kuṇāla; with the fire of desire blazing vehemently, she pressed him to have sexual intercourse. By nature the prince was inherently pure and chaste; his resolve was firm, and he would not comply with her command. Tiṣyarakṣitā harbored intense hatred. At that time Kuṇāla was governing within the city of Takṣaśilā; that chief queen was constantly watching for an opportunity. It happened that the King fell ill, becoming exceedingly distressed and critical; the queen treated him, and he was immediately cured. She requested the wish to take the King's throne for seven days. Having received permission, she then wished to avenge her grievance, and secretly sealed a letter ordering that his eyes be gouged out. The prince complied with the order, seeking a villain to extract his right eye and place it in his palm to look upon it. He then remembered Yaśas's original admonition and said: "True indeed is the Venerable's instruction! It is authentic, certain, and not false. He said eyes are impermanent, just like an illusion. Formerly I regarded these eyes as extraordinary and subtle; today, deeply contemplating them, what can be loved and attached to? I shall renounce this fragile and rotting phenomenon, and single-mindedly seek the most supreme, pure eye of wisdom." While making this contemplation, he attained the fruit of srotāpanna. Having the other eye extracted, he again contemplated deeply; his feeling of disgust reached its culmination, and he attained the fruit of sakṛdāgāmin. When his wife Śuddhamatī heard that her husband's eyes had been gouged out, weeping loudly with tears falling like rain, she came in shock and weeping; having seen him, she fell unconscious, reviving only after a long while. At that time Kuṇāla spoke a verse to instruct her, saying: