經律異相 32.6.3

32.6.3

唯弟一身牽持死尸而得全濟。 一切財物今皆已盡。 善友言。 天下大寶莫先己身。 弟言不爾。 人願富死不願貧生。 何以知然。 弟曾至塚間聞諸死鬼作如是論。 善友真直以實語弟。 汝雖失寶亦是閑耳。 吾今已得龍王如意寶珠。 弟言。 今在何處。 善友言。 今在髻中。 弟聞生嫉姤白善友言。 快哉甚善。 得此寶珠宜加守護。 善友解珠與弟而誡之言。 汝若疲臥我當守護。 我若眠時汝應守護。 時惡友次應守珠。 其兄眠熟。 起取二乾竹刺刺兄兩目（四分律云。 以佉羅陀樹刺之）奪珠而去。 善友喚惡友。 此有賊刺我兩目持寶珠去。 惡友不應。 兄便懊惱恐為賊殺。 如是高唱聲動神祇經久不應。 樹神發聲言。 汝弟惡友是汝惡賊。 刺汝兩目持寶珠去。 太子悵然憂恚苦惱。 惡友齎珠還國白父母言。 我身福德而得全濟。 善友與伴沒水死盡。 父母大哭悶絕躄地。 語惡友言。 汝云何乃能提是面來。 惡友聞是語已心生懊惱。 即以寶珠埋著土中。 善友被刺無人為拔。 徘徊婉轉靡知所趣。 當時苦惱大患飢渴。 求生不得求死不得。 漸漸前行到利師跋國。 其王有女。 先許與波羅㮈王子善友。 有一牧人為王放五百牛隨逐水草。 太子坐在道中。 牛群垂逼。 牛王騎太子上令諸牛過。 然後移足右旋婉轉反顧迴頸吐舌舐太子兩目拔出竹刺。 牧人見之問言。 汝是何人。 善友不陳本末。 答言。 我是盲乞兒耳。 牧人遍察。 有異人相語言。 我家在近。 當供養汝。 即將還家與種種飲食。 誡勅家人。 汝等侍之如我不異。 經月餘日其家厭患。 善友悵然明旦白主人言。 我今欲去。 主人曰。 有何不適。 善友曰。 客主之儀勢不得久。 善友言。 若念我者。 乞我一鳴箏送我著多人聚落。 時主人即隨意供給送到利師跋城多人眾處。 善友彈箏。 其音和雅悅可眾心。 一切大眾共給飲食。 王有一果園。 其園茂盛常患鳥雀。 時守園監語善友言。 為我防護鳥雀。 我相供給。 我以繩結諸樹頭安施銅鈴。 汝坐樹下聞鳥雀聲牽挽繩頭。 善友言。 如是。 我能安處樹下兼復彈箏以自娛樂。 時利師跋王女侍從入園。 見此盲人即往其所問言。 汝是何人。 答言。 盲乞人耳。 王女心生愛念不能捨離。 王復遣使往喚女歸。 女言不去為我送食。 供此盲人飲食訖竟。 白大王言。 王今持我與此盲人甚適我願。 王言。 鬼魅著汝顛狂心亂云何欲與盲人共居。 父母先以汝許與波羅㮈王太子善友。 善友入海未還。 汝今云何為乞人婦。 女言雖爾乃至捨命終不捨離。 王聞是語不能拒逆。 即遣使迎盲人來閉著靜室。 王女語盲人云。 我今共汝以作夫婦。 善友報言。 汝是誰家女欲為我婦。 答言。 我是利師跋王女。 善友報言。 汝是王女。 我是乞人云何能相恭敬。 婦言。 我當盡心供奉。 後婦出行不白其夫良久乃還。 善友責數汝私出外而不白我何處行還。 婦言。 我不私行。 婿言私與不私誰當知汝。 婦自呪誓。 我若私行令汝兩目始終不差。 若不爾者使汝一目平復如故。 作是願已平滿如故精光清徹。 婦言。 汝信我不。 善友含笑。 婦言。 汝不識恩養。 我是大國王女。 汝是小人而我盡心供事。 於汝而不體信。 婿言。 汝識我不。 答我識汝是乞人。 婿言非也。 我是波羅㮈王善友太子。 婦言。 汝大愚癡人云何乃發是言。 波羅㮈王太子入海未還。 汝今妄言吾不信也。 善友言我從生來未曾妄語。 婦言。 虛之與實誰當信之。 婿言。 我若欺誑汝者使我一目永不得愈。 若實語者使我一目平復如故令汝得見。 即如所誓睛光耀動如本不異。 善友太子兩目平復面首端正妙色超絕。 婦見歡喜。 如蒙賢聖遍體瞻視目不暫捨。 即入宮中白父王言。 今我夫者即是善友太子。 王言癡人。

"[I] your younger brother alone dragged and held onto a corpse, and thereby was saved alive. All the wealth and goods are now entirely lost." Kalyāṇamitra said, "Of all the great treasures under heaven, none precedes one's own body." The younger brother said, "It is not so. A person would rather die rich than live poor. How do I know this is so? I once went to a cemetery and heard the dead spirits holding such a discussion." Kalyāṇamitra was guileless and spoke truthfully to his brother: "Although you have lost your treasures, it is of no consequence. I have now obtained the wish-fulfilling jewel of the dragon king." The younger brother said, "Where is it now?" Kalyāṇamitra said, "It is now in my topknot." Hearing this, the younger brother felt jealousy and said to Kalyāṇamitra, "Splendid! Excellent! Having obtained this precious jewel, you should guard it with great care." Kalyāṇamitra untied the jewel, gave it to his brother, and admonished him, saying, "If you are tired and lie down, I shall guard it; when I sleep, you must guard it." Then it was Pāpamitra's turn to guard the jewel. When his elder brother was fast asleep, he got up, took two dry bamboo thorns, pierced both of his elder brother's eyes (The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya says: "He pierced them with thorns from a khadira tree"), seized the jewel, and went away. Kalyāṇamitra called out to Pāpamitra, "There is a thief here who has pierced both my eyes and gone off with the precious jewel!" Pāpamitra did not answer. The elder brother was then overcome with sorrow, fearing that he might be killed by the thief. Calling out loudly like this, his voice moved the spirits and deities, but after a long time there was no response. Then a tree spirit spoke, saying, "Your younger brother Pāpamitra is your evil thief. He pierced both your eyes and took the precious jewel away." The prince was dejected, grieved, and distressed. Pāpamitra brought the jewel back to his kingdom and reported to his parents, saying, "By the power of my own merit, I alone was saved alive. Kalyāṇamitra and the companions all sank into the water and perished." The parents wept bitterly, fainted, and fell to the ground. They said to Pāpamitra, "How could you have the face to come back?" Having heard these words, Pāpamitra felt anguish in his heart, and he immediately buried the precious jewel in the earth. Kalyāṇamitra had been pierced, but there was no one to pull out the thorns for him. He wandered around, rolling about, not knowing where to go. At that time, in his distress, he suffered greatly from hunger and thirst; he could neither manage to live nor manage to die. Gradually walking forward, he arrived in the kingdom of Ṛṣivadana. Its king had a daughter who had previously been promised to Kalyāṇamitra, the prince of Vārāṇasī. There was a cowherd tending five hundred cows for the king, following after water and grass. The prince was sitting in the middle of the road. The herd of cows approached and crowded around him. The bull king stood over the prince to let the herd of cows pass by. Afterwards, it shifted its feet, circled clockwise, turned its head back, stretched out its tongue, and licked the prince's two eyes, pulling out the bamboo thorns. Seeing this, the cowherd asked, "Who are you?" Kalyāṇamitra did not recount what had happened from beginning to end, but answered, "I am only a blind beggar." The cowherd observed him carefully; he had the signs of an extraordinary man. He said to him, "My home is nearby; I will provide for you." He then took him back to his home and gave him various kinds of food and drink. He instructed his family members, saying, "You must attend upon him just as you would attend upon me." After more than a month, the family grew weary and annoyed. Kalyāṇamitra felt dejected, and the next morning he said to the master, "I wish to leave now." The master said, "What was not to your liking?" Kalyāṇamitra said, "The etiquette between guest and host cannot last indefinitely." Kalyāṇamitra said, "If you care for me, please give me a sounding zither and send me to a place where many people gather." The master then provided for him as requested and escorted him to a crowded place in the city of Ṛṣivadana. Kalyāṇamitra played the zither; its notes were harmonious and elegant, pleasing to the hearts of the multitude. The entire crowd joined together to provide him with food and drink. The king had an orchard. The orchard was lush, but always troubled by birds. The keeper of the orchard said to Kalyāṇamitra, "Protect it from the birds for me, and I will provide for you. I will tie ropes to the tops of the trees and hang bronze bells from them. You will sit under the trees, and when you hear the sounds of birds, pull on the ends of the ropes." Kalyāṇamitra said, "Very well. I can sit comfortably under the trees and also play the zither to entertain myself." At that time, the princess of Ṛṣivadana entered the orchard with her attendants. Seeing this blind man, she went to his place and asked, "Who are you?" He replied, "Only a blind beggar." The princess felt love in her heart and could not bear to part from him. The king again sent an envoy to summon his daughter back. The daughter said, "I will not go back. Send food to me." Having finished providing the blind man with food and drink, she said to the great king, "If the king now gives me to this blind man, it will suit my wishes very well." The king said, "A demonic ghost has possessed you; your mind is delirious and deranged! How could you wish to live together with a blind man? Your parents previously promised you to Kalyāṇamitra, the crown prince of the king of Vārāṇasī. Kalyāṇamitra went to the ocean and has not yet returned. How can you now become the wife of a beggar?" The daughter said, "Even so, even to the end of my life, I will never part from him." When the king heard these words, he could not oppose her. He immediately sent an envoy to welcome the blind man and locked them in a quiet room. The princess said to the blind man, "I will now become husband and wife with you." Kalyāṇamitra replied, "Whose family's daughter are you that you wish to be my wife?" She replied, "I am the daughter of the king of Ṛṣivadana." Kalyāṇamitra replied, "You are a king's daughter, and I am a beggar; how could we pay each other due respect?" The woman said, "I will serve you with all my heart." Later, the wife went out without informing her husband and returned only after a long time. Kalyāṇamitra rebuked her, saying, "You went out privately without telling me; where did you go and come back from?" The wife said, "I did not go out illicitly." The husband said, "Whether illicit or not, who could know for sure about you?" The wife made a vow of truth on herself: "If I went out illicitly, may both your eyes never heal. If it is not so, may one of your eyes be restored as before." After she had made this vow, [one eye] became fully restored as before, clear and brightly luminous. The wife said, "Do you believe me or not?" Kalyāṇamitra smiled. The wife said, "You do not recognize kindness and care! I am the daughter of the king of a great country, and you are a lowly man, yet I serve you with all my heart; why do you not understand and trust me?" The husband said, "Do you recognize me?" She answered, "I recognize that you are a beggar." The husband said, "That is not so. I am Prince Kalyāṇamitra of the king of Vārāṇasī." The wife said, "You foolish man! How could you utter such words? The crown prince of the king of Vārāṇasī went to the ocean and has not yet returned. Now you speak falsehoods; I do not believe you." Kalyāṇamitra said, "Since I was born, I have never spoken a falsehood." The wife said, "Whether false or true, who could believe it?" The husband said, "If I am deceiving you, may my other eye never be healed. If I speak the truth, may my other eye be restored as before, so that you may see." Thereupon, just as he had sworn, his eye shone with brilliance, no different from how it had originally been. Both eyes of Prince Kalyāṇamitra were restored; his countenance and head were handsome, and his exquisite appearance was extraordinary. Seeing this, the wife rejoiced, as though blessed by a sage; she looked over his entire body, her gaze not leaving him for an instant. She immediately went into the palace and said to her father, the king, "My husband now is none other than Prince Kalyāṇamitra." The king said, "Foolish person!"