傳法正宗記 2.18

2.18

尊者於是乃自念曰。我若偏住一國而滅度之。諸國必諍。非其當也。此應以平等而度諸有情。遂即恒河之中流而欲涅槃。其時大地六種皆震。先有五百仙人棲於雪山。及是相與乘空而來禮尊者足曰。今我等定於長老當證佛法。願乘見度。尊者默而許之。即變殑伽河悉為金地。遂為之說大法要。尊者又念。先時。所度弟子。宜當來集。須臾五百羅漢。自空而下。為其出家受戒仙者尋皆得四果。然其仙眾之中有二羅漢。一曰商那和修。一曰末田底迦（亦云未田地）尊者知其皆大法器。而命之曰。昔如來以正法眼付大迦葉。迦葉入定。而付於我。我今將滅。用傳汝等。汝受吾教。當聽偈言。

Thereupon the Venerable One reflected to himself, 'If I remain partially in one country and enter extinction there, the nations will surely dispute over it, which would not be right. Here I should deliver sentient beings with impartiality.' He then went to the midstream of the Ganges wishing to enter nirvāṇa. At that time, the great earth shook in six ways. Previously, there had been five hundred ṛṣis dwelling in the Snow Mountains; at this time, they came together flying through the air, bowed at the feet of the Venerable One, and said, 'Now we are destined to realize the Buddha's Dharma through the Elder; we pray to be ferried across upon seeing you.' The Venerable One silently assented. He immediately transformed the Ganges River entirely into golden ground, and thereupon expounded the essentials of the Great Dharma for them. The Venerable One reflected again, 'The disciples I delivered in former times should also assemble.' In an instant, five hundred arhats descended from the sky. They caused the ṛṣis to leave the household and receive the precepts, and the ṛṣis soon all attained the four fruits. Among that host of ṛṣis, however, were two arhats: one named Śāṇavāsa, and one named Madhyāntika (also called Modiantadi). The Venerable One knew that they were both great vessels of the Dharma, and instructed them, saying, 'In the past, the Tathāgata entrusted the Eye of the True Dharma to Mahākāśyapa. Kāśyapa entered samādhi and entrusted it to me. I am now about to enter extinction, and transmit it to you. Receiving my teaching, you should listen to this verse:'