雜譬喻經 1.60

1.60

昔有捕鳥師張羅網於澤上，以鳥所食物著其中，眾鳥命侶競來食之，鳥師引其網，眾鳥盡墮網中。時有一鳥大而多力，身舉此網與眾鳥俱飛而去，鳥師視影隨而逐之。有人謂鳥師曰：「鳥飛虛空而汝步逐，何其愚哉？」鳥師答曰：「不如是告，彼鳥日暮要求拪宿，進趣不同如是當墮。」其人故逐不止，日以轉暮，仰觀眾鳥飜飛爭競，或欲趣東或欲趣西，或望長林或欲赴淵，如是不已須臾便墮，鳥師遂得次而殺之。捕鳥師者如波旬也，張羅網者如結使也，負網而飛如人未離結使欲求出要也，日暮而止如人懈怠心生不復進也，求拪不同者如起六十二見恒相反也，鳥墮地者如人受邪報落地獄也。此明結使塵垢是魔羅網也。

Once a fowler spread his snare over a marsh and placed food favored by birds inside it. A multitude of birds called to their companions and vied to come eat it. The fowler drew his net, and all the birds fell into the trap. At that time there was a bird, large and strong, that lifted the net with its body and flew off together with the flock. The fowler watched its shadow and gave chase on foot. Someone said to the fowler, “The birds fly in the empty sky while you pursue them on foot; how foolish you are!” The fowler replied, “It is not as you say. At nightfall those birds will seek a place to roost. Their inclinations being different, they will fall.” The man continued pursuing them without stopping. As it grew toward evening, he looked up and saw the flock flying about in disorder and contention: some wished to go east, some wished to go west; some looked toward the tall forest, and some wished to rush toward the abyss. Continuing thus without ceasing, in an instant they fell, and the fowler was then able to catch and kill them one by one. The fowler is like Pāpīyas; the spreading of the snare is like the fetters; flying while carrying the net is like a person who has not separated from the fetters yet seeks a path of escape; resting at nightfall is like when a person conceives negligence in his mind and no longer advances; seeking different roosts is like giving rise to the sixty-two views, which are ever in opposition; the birds falling to the ground is like a person receiving an unwholesome retribution and falling into hell. This illustrates that defilements and impurities are the snares of Māra.