大唐西域記 6.15

6.15

瞿伽梨陷坑南八百餘步，有大深坑，是戰遮婆羅門女毀謗如來，生身陷入地獄之處。佛為人、天說諸法要，有外道弟子，遙見世尊大眾恭敬，便自念曰：「要於今日辱喬答摩，敗其善譽，當令我師獨擅芳聲。」乃懷繫木盂，至給孤獨園，於大眾中揚聲唱曰：「此說法人與我私通，腹中之子乃釋種也。」邪見者莫不信然，貞固者知為訕謗。時天帝釋欲除疑故，化為白鼠，齧斷盂系，系斷之聲震動大眾，凡諸見聞增深喜悅。眾中一人起持木盂，示彼女曰：「是汝兒耶？」是時也，地自開坼，全身墜陷，入無間獄，具受其殃。凡此三坑，洞無涯底，秋夏霖雨，溝池泛溢，而此深坑，嘗無水止。

Chanscha, the daughter of a Brahman, calumniated Tathagata, and here went down alive into hell. Buddha was preaching, for the sake of Devas and men, the excellent doctrines of the law, when a female follower of the heretics, seeing from afar the Lord of the World surrounded by a great congregation who venerated and reverenced him, thought thus with herself, "I will this very day destroy the good name of this Gautama, in order that my teacher may alone enjoy a wide reputation." Then tying a piece of wood next her person, she went to the garden of Anathapindada, and in the midst of the great congregation she cried with a loud voice and said, "This preacher of yours has had private intercourse with me, and I bear his child in my womb, the offspring of the Sakya tribe." The heretics all believed it, but the prudent knew it was a slander. At this time, Sakra, the king of Devas, wishing to dissipate all doubt about the matter, took the form of a white rat, and nibbled through the bandage that fastened the (wooden) pillow to her person. Having done so, it fell down to the ground with a great noise, which startled the assembly. Then the people, witnessing this event, were filled with increased joy; and one in the crowd picking up the wooden bolster, held it up and showed it to the woman, saying, "Is this your child, thou bad one?" Then the earth opened of itself, and she went down whole into the lowest hell of Avichi, and received her due punishment.

To the east of the sangharama 100 paces or so is a large and deep ditch; this is where Devadatta, having plotted to kill Buddha with some poisonous medicine, fell down into hell. Devadatta was the son of Dronodana-raja (Ho-wang). Having applied himself for twelve years with earnestness, he was able to recite 80,000 (verses) from the treasury of the law. Afterwards, prompted by covetousness, he wished to acquire the divine (supernatural) faculties. Associating himself with evil companions, they consulted together, and he spake thus: "I possess thirty marks (of a Buddha), not much less than Buddha himself; a great company of followers surround me; in what respect do I differ from Tathagata?" Having thought thus, he forthwith tried to put a stumbling-block in the way of the disciples, but Sariputra and Mudgalaputra, obedient to Buddha's behest, and endowed with the spiritual power of Buddha himself, preached the law exhorting the disciples to re-union. Then Devadatta, not giving up his evil designs, wickedly placed some poison under his nails, designing to kill Buddha when he was paying him homage. For the purpose of executing this design he came from a long distance to this spot, but the earth opening, he went down alive into hell. To the south of this again there is a great ditch, where Kukali the Bhikshuni slandered Tathagata, and went down alive into hell. To the south of the Kukali ditch about 800 paces is a large and deep ditch.

These three ditches are unfathomable in their depth; when the floods of summer and autumn fill all the lakes and ponds with water, these deep caverns show no signs of the water standing in them. East of the sangharama 60 or 70 paces is a vihara about 60 feet high. There is in it a figure of Buddha looking to the east in a sitting posture. When Tathagata was in the world in old days, he discussed here with the heretics. Farther east is a Deva temple of equal size with the vihara. When the sun is rising, the Deva temple does not cast its shade on the vihara, but when it is setting, the vihara obscures the Deva temple. Three or four li to the east of the vihara "which covers with its shadow" is a stupa. This is where Sariputra discussed with the heretics. When Sudatta first bought the garden of the Prince Jeta for the purpose of building a vihara for Buddha, then Sariputra accompanied the nobleman to inspect and assist the plan. On this occasion six masters of the heretics sought to deprive him of his spiritual power. Sariputra, as occasion offered, brought them to reason and subdued them. There is a vihara by the side, in front of which is built a stupa; this is where Tathagata defeated the heretics and acceded to the request of Visakha.