景德傳燈錄 1.93

1.93

伏馱蜜多聞師妙偈便行七步。師曰。此子昔曾值佛悲願廣大。慮父母愛情難捨故不言不履耳。時長者遂捨令出家。尊者尋授具戒。復告之曰。我今以如來正法眼藏付囑於汝勿令斷絕。乃說偈曰。

Hearing the Master's wonderful verse, Buddhamitra immediately took seven steps. The Master said, “In the past this child met a Buddha, and his vows of compassion are vast. He feared his parents' loving attachment would be hard to abandon, so he did not speak or walk.” Thereupon the elder renounced him and allowed him to leave home. The Venerable One soon conferred full ordination upon him, and further told him, “I now entrust to you the Tathāgata's treasury of the eye of the correct Dharma; do not let it be broken off.” He then spoke a verse: