經律異相 17.24

17.24

婆伽婆。在舍衛城。祇樹給孤獨園。爾時眾多比丘。到時著衣持鉢。入舍衛城乞食。聞王波斯匿宮門外有眾多人民。各携手啼哭喚呼。便作是說。於此國土有大惡賊。名鴦崛鬘。殺害人民暴虐無慈。村落居止不得寧息。殺害人民各取一指用作華鬘。以是故名曰鴦崛鬘。願王當降伏此人。比丘食已。詣佛世尊具陳上事。佛便往彼。時有眾人。擔薪負草。及耕田人。有行路人。蹈世尊所。語世尊言。沙門莫從此道行。所以然者。此道中有鴦崛鬘。殺害人民無有慈心。於眾生城郭村落皆為彼人所害。彼既殺人。以指作華鬘。懼嬈世尊。時佛世尊遂更前進。時鴦崛鬘遙見世尊來。見已便作是念。今此沙門獨來無伴。我當殺之。時鴦崛鬘。即拔腰劍往至佛所。世尊遙見便復道還。時鴦崛鬘走逐世尊後。盡其力勢欲及世尊。然不能及。時鴦崛鬘便作是念。我走能逮象。亦能及馬。亦能及車亦能及暴惡牛。亦能及人。然此沙門行亦不疾。然盡其力勢不能令及。時鴦崛鬘遙語世尊言。住住沙門。世尊告曰。我久自住。然汝不住。時鴦崛鬘便作是念。我行惡行。即捨腰劍。五體歸命。求為沙門受具足戒。佛言。善來比丘。鬚髮自墮猶如剃頭。彼所著衣化成袈裟。佛為說法成阿羅漢。時王波斯匿集四部兵。出舍衛城。欲往殺彼賊鴦崛鬘。先過世尊具向佛說。世尊告曰。若今王見鴦崛鬘。剃除鬚髮著三法衣。以信堅固出家學道。王取云何。王報言。若取當問訊禮敬無有害心。然彼兇惡無有慈心。安能修行沙門之行。時鴦崛鬘去佛不遠。結跏趺坐直身正意繫念在前。時佛舉手示鴦崛鬘處。時波斯匿見鴦崛鬘已。便懷恐怖衣毛皆竪。佛言勿怖。自到彼所當與王語。時波斯匿王。便往至鴦崛鬘所。到已頭面禮足在一面立。時波斯匿王問鴦崛鬘言。尊者鴦崛鬘。今名何等。鴦崛鬘答言。大王我名伽瞿。母名蔓多耶尼。王報言。汝善自勉進。我今盡形壽。供養尊者伽瞿。衣被飯食病瘦醫藥床臥具無所悋惜。常當以法擁護。時波斯匿王。頭面禮足繞三匝。詣世尊所白言。世尊不降伏者。能降伏之（出增一阿含第十九卷）。

The Bhagavat was in the city of Śrāvastī, at the Jetavana, Anāthapiṇḍada's park. At that time, many monks, when the time came, put on their robes, took up their bowls, and entered the city of Śrāvastī to beg for food. Outside the gate of King Prasenajit's palace, they heard many people taking one another by the hand, weeping, shouting, and saying: "In this kingdom there is a great, wicked bandit named Aṅgulimāla. He slaughters people and is cruel and devoid of compassion. Villages and settlements find no peace. When he kills people, he takes a finger from each to make a garland; hence he is named Aṅgulimāla ('Finger-Garland'). May the king subdue this man!" Having finished eating, the monks went to the Buddha, the Bhagavat, and recounted this fully. The Buddha then set out for that place. At that time, there were many people carrying firewood and bearing grass, as well as plowmen and travelers, who came to the Bhagavat and said to him, "Śramaṇa, do not travel along this road. Why? On this road is Aṅgulimāla, who slaughters people without compassion. The living beings of the cities and villages have all been harmed by that man. Since he kills people to make garlands of fingers, we fear he will molest the Bhagavat." The Buddha, the Bhagavat, then proceeded further. Seeing the Bhagavat coming from afar, Aṅgulimāla thought: "Now this śramaṇa comes alone without companions; I shall kill him." Aṅgulimāla immediately drew the sword at his waist and went toward the Buddha. Seeing him from afar, the Bhagavat turned back along the road. Aṅgulimāla ran after the Bhagavat, using all his strength in an effort to overtake him, yet he could not catch him. Aṅgulimāla thought: "In running I can catch elephants, horses, chariots, fierce bulls, and men; yet this śramaṇa does not walk swiftly, and even with all my strength I cannot overtake him." Aṅgulimāla called to the Bhagavat from afar, "Stop, stop, śramaṇa!" The Bhagavat replied, "I stopped long ago; it is you who have not stopped." Aṅgulimāla thought, "I have practiced evil deeds." He immediately cast aside the sword at his waist, prostrated his whole body in refuge, and asked to become a śramaṇa and receive the full ordination. The Buddha said, "Welcome, monk!" His hair and beard fell away naturally as though shaved, and his clothes transformed into kāṣāyas. The Buddha expounded the Dharma for him, and he became an arhat. At that time, King Prasenajit assembled the four divisions of his army and set out from the city of Śrāvastī, intending to kill the bandit Aṅgulimāla. Passing first by the Bhagavat, he explained this fully to the Buddha. The Bhagavat asked him, "If the king were now to see Aṅgulimāla with his hair and beard shaved off, wearing the three Dharma robes, having gone forth with firm faith to train in the Way, what would the king do?" The king replied, "If so, I would inquire after him, pay homage and show respect, without any intention to harm him. However, he is savage and without compassion; how could he practice the ways of a śramaṇa?" At that time, Aṅgulimāla was not far from the Buddha, sitting cross-legged with an upright body and correct mindfulness, focusing his attention before him. The Buddha raised his hand and pointed to Aṅgulimāla's place. When Prasenajit saw Aṅgulimāla, he was seized with fear, his hair standing on end. The Buddha said, "Do not be afraid. Go to him yourself, and he will speak with you, O King." King Prasenajit went to Aṅgulimāla, bowed with his head to the feet, and stood to one side. King Prasenajit asked Aṅgulimāla, "Venerable Aṅgulimāla, what is your name now?" Aṅgulimāla answered, "Great King, my name is Garga, and my mother's name is Mantānī." The king replied, "Endeavor well! For the rest of my life, I shall provide Venerable Garga with clothing, food, medicine for sickness, and bedding, begrudging nothing, and I will always protect you with the Dharma." King Prasenajit bowed his head to his feet, circumambulated him three times, went to the Bhagavat, and said, "The Bhagavat is able to subdue those who cannot be subdued." (From the nineteenth fascicle of the Ekottarika-āgama.)