代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 5.139

5.139

沙門覺超惠照等言。今月十五日中使楊貴玢至奉宣　聖旨。令覺超等於南山湫所七日祈雨者　陛下恭己育物。慮甘澤於夫時。以人為心。閔農殖於望歲。遂使有靈必禱神跡克祈。而萬姓荷慈愛之　恩。群生欣父母之義。比者雨雖罕降百草皆滋。旱不及憂五穀咸茂。此即　陛下順天之道潛運。體元之化內諧。覺超等猶愚不任慶美之甚。人皆含識。豈勝歡戴之極。覺超伏奉　聖旨。便結道場。晝夜精誠。以副　文思之旨。莫敢懈怠。用彰　光宅之令。持誦初經一宿。雲霧忽洽於山川。啟請未盡兩辰。霈澤遽洒於城闕。是知堯年之感。玄應在乎須臾。舜日之謀。休徵無復遲久。所樹苗稼。忽若增膏。凡謂糧儲。實將逾賤。覺超與鄉村父老等。以戴以躍。不覺手舞于閭閻。乃沷乃止。自然足蹈於衢巷。無任抃踊之至。謹奉表陳賀以聞。沙門覺超惠照等誠歡歡喜謹言。

The śramaṇas Juechao, Huizhao, and others state: On the fifteenth day of this month, the palace commissioner Yang Guibin arrived and reverently proclaimed the sacred decree ordering Juechao and others to pray for rain for seven days at the mountain pool in Nanshan. Your Majesty humbles yourself to nurture all creatures, worrying about sweet rain in its proper season; taking the people's heart as your own heart, you pity the farmers who look forward to a bountiful year. Thus, where there is a numinous presence you always offer prayers, and miraculous traces are successfully petitioned. The ten thousand families bear the grace of your loving kindness, and the myriad living beings rejoice in the duty of a father and mother. Lately, though rain fell rarely, the hundred grasses were all moistened; drought gave no cause for worry, and the five grains all flourished. This is because Your Majesty's alignment with the Way of Heaven operates imperceptibly, and your harmonization of primal nature accords internally. Juechao and the others, in our foolishness, cannot bear our immense celebration; since all people possess consciousness, how could they exceed the heights of our joyous veneration? Upon respectfully receiving the sacred decree, Juechao immediately established the ritual arena, maintaining pure sincerity day and night to comply with the imperial intention, not daring to be negligent, so as to manifest the radiant imperial mandate. When the recitation of the scriptures had just begun for one night, clouds and mist suddenly moistened the mountains and rivers; before the prayers had lasted two days, copious rain quickly poured down upon the city and the palace. Thus we know that the resonance of a Yao-like era responds mysteriously in an instant; the plans of a Shun-like day produce auspicious omens without delay. The planted shoots and grain suddenly seemed to have gained enrichment; all that was considered grain reserves will truly become even more abundant and cheap. Juechao, together with the rustic elders of the villages, dancing and leaping with joy, found ourselves waving our arms in the alleys without realizing it; as the rain fell and ceased, our feet naturally stamped in the streets. Unable to bear our utmost joyful leaping, we respectfully submit this memorial to present our congratulations and bring them to your hearing. The śramaṇas Juechao, Huizhao, and others state this with sincere joy and delight.