經律異相 3.68

3.68

北欝單曰天下。周匝廣長。各四十萬里。有種種山。其河兩邊。有種種樹及種種華。水中有船。以四寶作之。浴池名難陀。其水涼濡。底沙皆金。周匝有陛。四寶作之。金陛銀桄銀陛金桄。琉璃陛水精桄。水精陛琉璃桄。有種種蓮華。華若斷者。汁出如乳味甘如蜜。光照四十里。其香亦聞四十里。池東有河。名已味。池南有河。名修竭。池西有河。名大土。池北有河。名善種。是諸河水皆有華樹。以四寶成。池東有園。名賢上。欄楯行樹亦四寶成。園中香樹出種種香。有衣被樹。有瓔珞樹。出種種衣被瓔珞。有音樂樹。出種種音樂。樹高七里。有高六里五里四里三里二里。池南有園觀。名與賢。池西有園觀。名羅越。池北有園觀。名常有華。諸樹所出。及其高卑。亦如東園。北方天下樹曲交路。天人在上。男女異處。有淨潔粳米。不種自生。出一切味。若欲行婬。意起相視無所言說。男子便前行。女人隨後。至園觀中共相娛樂。或二三日。或至七日。隨意罷去。不相屬也。女人懷妊。七八日便生。持著四徼道中。若有人從四面來者。與指𫫠出乳飲之。過七日已。自以福德。即自長大。如閻浮人年二十。若二十五也。周匝四方。有水名阿耨多羅。後夜雲起雨八味水。如人飲食。地若油塗塵土不起。草樹常有。華實皆香。如香熱時。有亂風吹掃上賢園觀。伊蘭風生。吹落華至人膝。此天下人皆入園中遊戲相娛無所係屬。人欲食時。取淨潔粳米。以焰味珠光爨其下。飯熟則四方至隨皆食之。食亦不盡。

The continent of Northern Uttarakuru is four hundred thousand li in circumference, length, and breadth. There are various mountains; along both banks of its rivers grow various trees and various flowers. In the water are boats made of the four precious substances. There is a bathing pool named Nanda; its water is cool and soft, and the sand on its bed is entirely of gold. Around it are stairs made of the four precious substances: gold steps with silver railings, silver steps with gold railings, lapis lazuli steps with crystal railings, and crystal steps with lapis lazuli railings. There are various lotus flowers; if a flower is broken, its juice flows forth like milk, sweet-tasting like honey. Its light shines for forty li, and its fragrance can also be smelled for forty li. East of the pool is a river named Yimi; south of the pool is a river named Xiujie; west of the pool is a river named Datu; north of the pool is a river named Shanzhong. The waters of all these rivers have flowering trees made of the four precious substances. East of the pool is a park named Xianshang; its balustrades and rows of trees are also made of the four precious substances. The incense trees in the park produce various kinds of fragrances. There are clothing trees and jewel necklace trees, which produce various kinds of garments and necklaces. There are musical trees, which produce various kinds of music. The trees are seven li tall, or six li, five li, four li, three li, or two li tall. South of the pool is a garden observatory named Yuxian. West of the pool is a garden observatory named Luoyue. North of the pool is a garden observatory named Changyouhua. What the various trees produce, as well as their heights, are just like those of the eastern park. In this northern continent, the branches of the trees interlace over the roads; heavenly beings live atop them, men and women dwelling in separate places. There is pure non-glutinous rice, which grows naturally without being planted, possessing every flavor. When they wish to engage in sexual desire, the thought arises and they look at one another without speaking; the man then walks in front and the woman follows behind. Having arrived together at a garden observatory, they take pleasure with each other, whether for two or three days or up to seven days; when satisfied, they part without being bound to one another. When a woman becomes pregnant, she gives birth in seven or eight days. She takes the child and places it at the crossroads. If people come from the four directions, they give it a finger to suckle, which exudes milk to nourish it. After seven days have passed, through its own merit it naturally grows up, like a person of Jambudvīpa at the age of twenty or twenty-five. All around on four sides there is a water named Anavatapta. In the late night, clouds arise and rain down water of eight flavors, like food and drink for the people; the ground is as if smeared with oil, so that no dust or dirt arises. Grasses and trees are perpetual; their flowers and fruits are all fragrant. When it is hot as if with incense, chaotic winds blow and sweep the Xianshang garden observatory; then an eraṇḍa wind arises and blows down fallen flowers up to a person's knees. The people of this continent all enter the park to play and take pleasure together, unbound by any attachment. When people wish to eat, they take the pure non-glutinous rice and cook it beneath the light of a flaming jewel; when the rice is cooked, people from the four directions come and eat it as they please, and the food is never exhausted.