傳法正宗記 3.6

3.6

偈已汝即此生。以故得今馬鳴之號也。然汝當轉法輪為第十二世祖。師尋以大法眼付之。已而大士以其法遊化至花氏國。方大興佛事。雖三乘學人皆能度之。一旦遽有一老叟。陽為疾者。至其會前。坐而仆地。大士因曰。此非常也。將有異相。其人遂即不見。俄而從地涌出為一女子。其狀端美赩如金色。舉手指大士。而說偈曰。

'Having spoken the verse, you were born here, and for this reason you received your present name of Aśvaghoṣa (Horse-Cry). Moreover, you shall turn the wheel of the Dharma and become the twelfth patriarch.' The master soon after entrusted him with the Great Dharma-eye. Thereafter, the Mahāsattva travelled and transformed beings with this Dharma, arriving in the country of Pāṭaliputra. Just as he was greatly promoting the Buddha's work, though practitioners of all three vehicles were able to be delivered, suddenly an old man, pretending to be ill, came before the assembly, sat down, and collapsed to the ground. The Mahāsattva said: 'This is extraordinary; there will be an unusual sign.' The man thereupon vanished. In an instant, emerging from the earth, there appeared a woman whose form was upright, beautiful, and glowing like gold. Raising her finger and pointing at the Mahāsattva, she spoke a verse, saying: