經律異相 41.15

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過去世時。有少婆羅門。名散若。往詣射師求學射術。師曰可學。散若於七年中常學此業。後問師曰。何時可罷。答曰。即索弓著箭。我暫入村待還後放。師即入村。散若待師良久而由不反。射前大樹箭經傷蛇。師還問曰。汝未放箭耶。答曰已放。師曰。汝若不放。於閻浮提為第一大師。既已放箭。若我死後次當汝。時師即莊嚴其女。以五百竿箭并一馬車與之。時散若受之。當度曠野。時有五百賊。於曠野中食。散若遣婦從賊乞食。賊曰。觀其所使非是常人。宜其與食。一賊曰。我曹猶活而聽此人將婦乘車而去耶。散若射之。應一箭而死。隨起隨射莫不皆殞。唯賊師在語於婦言。汝脫衣置地。即脫衣。見復射之應箭而死。五百賊者即五百比丘。散若舍利弗也（出四分律三分第九卷）。

In past times, there was a young brāhmaṇa named Saṃjaya. He went to a master archer to learn the art of archery. The master said, "You may learn it." Saṃjaya regularly studied this craft for seven years. Later, he asked the master, "When may I finish?" He replied, "Take your bow and notch an arrow. I will go into the village for a moment; wait until I return before shooting." The master then entered the village. Saṃjaya waited for the master for a long time, but he still had not returned. He shot at a large tree in front of him; the arrow passed through and wounded a serpent. When the master returned, he asked, "Have you not shot the arrow yet?" He replied, "I have already shot it." The master said, "If you had not shot it, you would have been the foremost master in Jambudvīpa. Since you have already shot it, you will only be second after I die." The master then adorned his daughter and gave her to him, along with five hundred arrows and a horse chariot. Saṃjaya received them. They were to cross a wilderness. At that time, there were five hundred bandits eating in the wilderness. Saṃjaya sent his wife to beg for food from the bandits. The bandits said, "Looking at the one who sent her, he is no ordinary man; we ought to give her food." One bandit said, "While we are still alive, are we to allow this man to take his wife, ride in a chariot, and depart?" Saṃjaya shot at him, and he died at a single arrow. As each one stood up, Saṃjaya shot him, and none failed to perish. Only the bandit leader remained. He said to the woman, "Take off your clothes and put them on the ground." She took off her clothes. Seeing him, Saṃjaya shot him again, and he died at the arrow. The five hundred bandits were the five hundred bhikṣus. Saṃjaya was Śāriputra (extracted from the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, Third Section, Fascicle 9).