雜譬喻經 1.56

1.56

昔者外國從來久遠，曾有一石當人路側，時為車馬踐蹈小小損減。彼世有人嫌其妨道，務欲除之，時即打壞。見有毒蛇從石中出，得風轉大，須臾之間身滿閻浮提。閻浮提中眾生人物，一日之中悉皆噉盡然後乃死。此是惡報尚速疾如是，況之菩薩本為凡人，積功累德動經塵數之劫，適從發意便成佛道，說法度人而取泥洹，此之利疾豈足怪乎？

In ancient times in a foreign land long ago, there was once a stone situated by the side of a road, which was occasionally trodden on by carts and horses and slightly damaged. A person of that age disliked that it obstructed the road and made efforts to remove it, whereupon he smashed it. He saw a venomous snake emerge from within the stone; catching the wind, it grew larger, and in a moment its body filled Jambudvīpa. In a single day, the living beings and creatures in Jambudvīpa were entirely eaten up, after which it died. If an evil retribution is as swift as this, how much more so for a bodhisattva who, originally an ordinary mortal, accumulated merits and virtues over kalpas numbering as grains of dust, and as soon as he aroused the intention, achieved the Buddha Path, expounded the Dharma to liberate people, and attained nirvāṇa—how could such swiftness be a cause for wonder?