經律異相 15.27

15.27

阿難行路中道焦渴。有旃陀羅女名鉢吉蹄汲水。阿難詣從乞水。女報阿難。我是摩鄧伽種。阿難言。我不問是義但施我水。女曰。君母種成就。沙門瞿曇第一弟子。波斯匿王所敬。末利夫人阿闍梨。我是下賤。不敢持水相與。阿難又言。我不問是。但水見與。女許。時女先掬水澆阿難足。復掬水澆阿難手。便生婬意。阿難飲已便去。鉢吉蹄還白父母言。阿母願以沙門阿難為婿。母言。其轉輪王子。剎利釋種聖師貴族主。天人宗奉。我小家種云何得為夫。女言。不得者會當飲毒以刀自刺。若自絞死。母曰。有摩鄧伽神語符呪。能移日月以墮著地。亦能呪因帝梵天使下。況不能得沙門。阿難使來若已死若生不能婬。若瞿曇所護者。我不能得。除此皆可得耳。女便起澡浴莊嚴身體。著白服飾敷諸臥具。遙相望。母以牛屎塗地。以五色綖結縷。盛滿四瓶水。盛滿四椀[麩-夫+少]漿。以四口大刀竪牛屎。四角頭四箭。然八明燈。取四死人髑。髏種種香塗其上。以華布地。捉熨斗燒香。繞三匝向東方跪。而誦摩鄧伽呪術。時阿難在祇洹林。意便恍惚為呪所縛。如魚象被鉤。隨呪術至旃陀羅家。母便語女。阿難已至。時女前抱阿難。坐著床上。牽制衣裳。捻挃阿難。譬如力人手捉長毛。小羊從其人手。阿難見十方盡闇冥。譬如日月為羅柷所厭。阿難有大人力。當十大力士力。而不能得動。阿難以聖道諦力念還得寤。我今困厄世尊大慈寧不愍我。佛即知之。便誦佛語偈云。

As Ānanda was walking along the road, he became parched with thirst. There was a caṇḍāla maiden named Prakṛti drawing water. Ānanda approached her and begged for water. The maiden said to Ānanda, "I am of the Mātaṅga caste." Ānanda said, "I do not ask about such matters; just give me water." The maiden said, "You are born of an accomplished maternal lineage, the foremost disciple of the śramaṇa Gautama, revered by King Prasenajit, and the ācārya of Queen Mallikā. I am base and lowly, and dare not offer water to you." Ānanda said again, "I do not ask about this; just give me water." The maiden consented. Then the maiden first cupped water and poured it over Ānanda's feet, and then cupped water and poured it over Ānanda's hands, whereupon lustful thoughts arose in her. After Ānanda drank, he departed. Prakṛti returned and said to her parents, "Mother, I wish to take the śramaṇa Ānanda as my husband." Her mother said, "He is a prince of a wheel-turning sage-king, of the kṣatriya Śākya clan, a noble master and a lord of an exalted family, revered by gods and humans. How could our lowly caste obtain him as a husband?" The maiden said, "If I cannot have him, I will certainly drink poison, stab myself with a blade, or hang myself." Her mother said, "I possess a spirit-speech talismanic spell of the Mātaṅgas, which can move the sun and moon to fall to the earth, and can also summon down Indra and the gods of Brahmā; how much less can it not obtain a śramaṇa? I will make Ānanda come. Whether he is already dead or alive, he will be unable to refuse lust—unless he is protected by Gautama, then I cannot obtain him. Apart from this, all can be obtained." The maiden then arose, bathed, adorned her body, put on white garments, laid out bedding, and looked out into the distance. Her mother smeared the ground with cow dung, tied threads with cords of five colours, filled four jars with water, filled four bowls with roasted-flour broth, stuck four large knives upright in the cow dung, placed four arrows at the corners, lit eight bright lamps, took the skulls of four dead men, smeared various perfumes upon them, scattered flowers on the ground, held an incense burner, burned incense, circumambulated three times, knelt facing the east, and recited the Mātaṅga spellcraft. At that time, Ānanda was in the Jeta Grove. His mind suddenly grew dazed and confused, bound by the spell like a fish or an elephant caught by a hook. Following the spellcraft, he went to the caṇḍāla's house. The mother then said to the daughter, "Ānanda has arrived." The maiden came forward, embraced Ānanda, seated him on the bed, pulled at his robes, and stroked and gripped Ānanda, just as a strong man grabs a long-haired lamb by his hands, and the small lamb yields to his hands. Ānanda saw that the ten directions were entirely dark and murky, like the sun and moon eclipsed by Rāhu. Ānanda possessed the strength of a great person, equal to the strength of ten mighty champions, yet he was unable to move. With the power of the truth of the noble path, Ānanda regained his awareness, [thinking,] "I am now in grave distress; will not the Bhagavat of great compassion take pity on me?" The Buddha immediately knew this, and recited a verse of the Buddha's words, saying: