經律異相 39.49

39.49

時波羅奈國山中有仙人。以仲秋之月。於澡槃中小便。見鹿合會婬心即發。精流槃中鹿飲之。即時有身。滿月生子大類如人。頭有一角其足似鹿。鹿當產時往仙人舍前生子。付仙人而去。仙人出時見此鹿子。自念本緣知是己兒。取已養育。及其年大。懃教學習。通十八種大經。又學坐禪。行四無量心得五神通。一時上山。值大雨泥滑。其脚不便躄傷其足。便大瞋恚。呪令不雨。仙人福德諸龍鬼神皆為不雨。不雨故穀果不生。人民窮乏無復生路。波羅奈王憂愁懊惱。命諸大官集議雨事。明者議言。我聞有一角仙人。上山傷足瞋呪令十二年不雨。王即開募。若有能令仙人失五通屬我為民者。當與分國半治。是波羅奈國有婬女。名曰扇陀。端正巨富。來應王募。婬女言。若是人者我能壞之作是語已。取金槃盛好寶物。語王言。我當騎此仙人來。婬女即時求五百乘車。載五百美女。五百鹿車載種種歡喜丸。皆以眾藥草和之。及持種種大力美酒。色味如水服樹皮衣行林樹間。以像仙人。於仙人舍邊作草庵住。一角仙人遊行見之。諸女皆出好華妙香供養仙人。仙人歡喜。諸女以美言敬辭問訊仙人。將入房中坐好床褥。與好淨酒以為淨水。與歡喜丸以為果瓜。食飲飽已。語諸女言。我從生來初未得如此果水。諸女言。我一心行善故天與我願得此果水。仙人問女。汝那膚色肥盛。答曰。我常食此好果飲此美水。仙言。汝何不在此住。答曰。亦可住耳。女呼共澡洗。女手柔軟觸之。心動遂成婬欲。即失神通。天為大雨七日七夜。令得歡樂飲食七日。酒食皆盡。繼以水木果。其味不美。更索前者。答言已盡。今當共取。去此不遠有可得處。仙人言。隨意。共出去城不遠。女便臥地言。我極不復能行。仙人言。汝不能行者騎我項上。我當擔汝。女先遣信報王。王可暫出觀我智能。王見問言。何由得爾。女曰以方便力無所復能。令住城中好供養恭敬之。足其所欲拜為大臣。住城少日身轉羸瘦。念禪定心厭此世欲。王問仙人。汝何不樂。答曰。雖得五欲常念林間。王曰。本除旱患何為強奪其志。即便遣之。既還山中精進不久還得五通。一角仙人我身是也。婬女者耶輸陀羅是也（出大智論第十七卷）。

At that time, in the mountains of Vārāṇasī, there was a rishi. In the middle of autumn, he urinated into a washbasin. Seeing deer copulating, lustful thoughts were aroused in him, and his semen flowed into the basin. A doe drank it and immediately became pregnant. When the months were fulfilled, she gave birth to a child who was mostly like a human, but had a single horn on his head and feet resembling a deer's. When the doe was about to give birth, she went before the rishi's hut, gave birth to the child, entrusted it to the rishi, and left. When the rishi came out and saw this deer-child, he contemplated the past conditions and knew it was his own son. He took him in and raised him. When the child grew older, [the rishi] diligently taught him, and he mastered the eighteen great treatises. He also studied seated meditation, practiced the four immeasurables, and attained the five supernatural powers. Once, when he went up the mountain, encountering heavy rain and slippery mud, his feet were awkward, and he slipped and hurt his foot. He became exceedingly enraged and cursed [the heavens] not to rain. Because of the rishi's merit, the nāgas, spirits, and deities all caused it not to rain. Because it did not rain, the grains and fruits did not grow, and the people were destitute, with no means of livelihood. The king of Vārāṇasī was sorrowful and distressed, and summoned the high ministers to assemble and deliberate on the matter of rain. A wise person offered counsel, saying, 'I have heard that there is a one-horned rishi who injured his foot climbing the mountain and in anger cursed it not to rain for twelve years.' The king immediately offered a reward: 'If anyone can cause the rishi to lose his five supernatural powers and become my subject, I shall divide the kingdom and give half to them to rule.' In this kingdom of Vārāṇasī, there was a courtesan named Śāntā, who was beautiful and extremely wealthy. She came to respond to the king's recruitment. The courtesan said, 'If he is human, I can ruin him.' Having spoken these words, she took a golden platter filled with fine jewels and said to the king, 'I shall ride this rishi back.' The courtesan immediately requested five hundred carriages carrying five hundred beautiful women, and five hundred deer carts carrying various delight-pills, all compounded with various medicinal herbs, as well as various potent and delicious wines with the colour and taste of water. Wearing tree-bark garments, they walked among the forest trees to resemble rishis. They built a grass hut and lived beside the rishi's dwelling. When the one-horned rishi walked about and saw them, the women all brought out fine flowers and wonderful incense to offer to the rishi. The rishi was delighted. With sweet words and respectful phrases, the women greeted the rishi, took him into a room, seated him on fine couches and cushions, and gave him fine, pure wine pretending it was pure water, and gave him delight-pills pretending they were fruits and melons. After eating and drinking to satisfaction, he said to the women, 'Since my birth, I have never obtained such fruits and water.' The women said, 'Because we practice goodness with a single mind, heaven has granted our wish to obtain these fruits and water.' The rishi asked the women, 'Why are your complexions so plump and flourishing?' They replied, 'We constantly eat these fine fruits and drink this delicious water.' The rishi said, 'Why do you not live here?' They replied, 'We could live here as well.' A woman invited him to bathe together. When her soft hands touched him, his mind was stirred, and lustful desire was accomplished; he immediately lost his supernatural powers. Heaven then poured heavy rain for seven days and seven nights, and [the woman] had him indulge in joyful food and drink for seven days. When the wine and food were exhausted, they offered wild fruits from water and trees instead, but their taste was not delicious. He asked again for the previous ones. She replied, 'They are exhausted. Now we must go together to fetch them; not far from here is a place where they can be obtained.' The rishi said, 'As you wish.' They went out together, and not far from the city, the woman lay down on the ground and said, 'I am exhausted and can walk no further.' The rishi said, 'If you cannot walk, ride on my neck and I will carry you.' The woman had earlier sent a messenger to inform the king: 'The king may come out briefly to see my skill.' When the king saw it, he asked, 'How did you achieve this?' The woman said, 'By the power of expedient means, he is no longer capable of anything.' [The king] had him live in the city, treated him with fine offerings and respect, satisfied his desires, and appointed him as a grand minister. After staying in the city for a few days, his body grew increasingly emaciated; his mind contemplated dhyāna-meditation, and he grew weary of these worldly desires. The king asked the rishi, 'Why are you unhappy?' He replied, 'Although I have obtained the five desires, I constantly long for the forest.' The king thought, 'Originally, this was to eliminate the drought; why should I forcibly thwart his aspiration?' He then sent him away. Once he returned to the mountains, through diligence, he soon regained the five supernatural powers. The one-horned rishi was myself, and the courtesan was Yaśodharā. (From the seventeenth fascicle of the Da zhidu lun)