經律異相 20.6

20.6

昔有婬逸之人。意專女色。思不能離。欲與交言通于夢想。時婦遇疾。骨消肉盡。家有知識道人往反。婦白道人曰。我今所患日夜羸困。將其意故欲陳我情。為可爾不。時道人曰。但說無苦。設有隱匿之事。我當覆藏不使彰露。婦人白言。我夫多欲。晝夜役嬈不容食息。由是生疾恐不自濟。道人曰。若汝夫主近汝者。語以此語。須陀洹法。禮應爾耶。婦尋語夫。夫甚懷慚。內自思惟。我是須陀洹。不即便息意。閑處思惟阿那含果。自知已得道迹。便不復與女人從事。婦人問夫。汝今何故永息欲心。夫曰。吾審見汝。何由復共往反。婦語其夫。汝言審見。我有何咎。我恒貞潔。不犯女禮。何以見罵。乃至於斯。婦人即集五親宗族。告語之曰。今我夫主意見疎薄。永息情親復見罵詈。稱言見我。今於眾前便可說之。夫言。且止須我引證自明。夫主還歸。綵畫好瓶。盛滿糞穢。牢蓋其口。香花芬熏。還至彼眾。告其婦曰。審愛我不。若愛我者可抱弄此瓶。如愛我身。婦隨其語。抱瓶翫弄意不捨離。夫主見婦愛著此瓶。即打瓶破。臭穢流溢蛆蟲現出。復語婦曰。汝今故能抱此破瓶不耶。答曰。我寧取死不能近此。寧入火坑。投於深水。高山自下。頭足異處。終不能近。夫主見汝正見。我觀汝身劇於此瓶。從頭至足。分別思惟。三十六物。有何可貪。重說偈言。

Formerly, there was a lustful man whose mind was exclusively devoted to female form, so enamoured that he could not part from it; wishing to converse with women, his longing even entered his dreams. At that time, his wife fell ill, her flesh wasting away until she was reduced to bone. A monk who was a spiritual friend of the family frequently visited. The wife said to the monk, “My current illness makes me grow weaker day and night. Because of [my husband's] desires, I wish to unburden my feelings; is it permissible to do so?” The monk replied, “Just speak; there is no harm. Even if there are secrets, I shall keep them concealed and not let them be revealed.” The woman said, “My husband is full of desire. Day and night he bothers and torments me, allowing no time to eat or rest. Because of this I have fallen ill, and I fear I cannot survive.” The monk said, “If your husband approaches you, tell him these words: ‘Is this in accordance with the decorum of the dharma of a srotaāpanna?’” The wife immediately spoke to her husband. The husband felt great shame, and reflected within himself: “Am I not a srotaāpanna? Why do I not immediately put an end to such thoughts, and in a secluded place contemplate the fruit of the anāgāmin?” Knowing that he had already attained the path, he no longer engaged in sexual intercourse with his wife. The wife asked her husband, “Why have you now permanently put an end to lustful desires?” The husband replied, “I have clearly seen through you; on what grounds should we still associate?” The wife said to her husband, “You say you have ‘clearly seen through me’; what fault do I have? I have always been chaste and never violated the decorum of womanhood. Why do you revile me to this extent?” The woman then gathered her five degrees of relatives and kinsmen, and told them: “Now my husband treats me with indifference, has permanently ended our affection, and furthermore reviles me, claiming that he has ‘seen through me.’ Let him explain this now before the assembly.” The husband said, “Wait, let me bring evidence to clarify it myself.” The husband returned home, took a finely painted, attractive jar, filled it with excrement and filth, tightly covered its mouth, and perfumed it with fragrant flowers. Returning to the assembly, he told his wife, “Do you truly love me? If you love me, you may embrace and fondle this jar just as you love my body.” Following his words, the wife embraced and fondled the jar, unwilling to let it go. The husband, seeing that his wife was attached to this jar, immediately struck the jar and broke it; the foul filth overflowed, and maggots emerged. He then asked his wife, “Can you still embrace this broken jar now?” She answered, “I would rather choose death than approach this. I would rather enter a pit of fire, throw myself into deep waters, or leap from a high mountain so that my head and feet are severed, than ever come near it.” The husband said, “Seeing your true nature, I view your body as far worse than this jar. From head to foot, I analyze and contemplate it: among the thirty-six bodily parts, what is there to be coveted?” He then spoke a verse: