經律異相 43.11

43.11

昔五百賈人。一字彌蓮。是最尊老也。五百人共船入海。為摩竭魚觸破其船。五百皆死。彌蓮騎板得活。在鼻摩地。為防魚故東西行走。見一小徑。入見銀城。樹木參天。間有浴池。其城方正地周匝渠水。有四女人從城中出。端正如玉。女共迎彌蓮言。甚獨勞苦。多賀來到。貪欲相見久矣。當侍仁者。今是銀城是仁者有也。城中幸樂樹木參天。有渠水浴池戲觀廬舍。城中有七寶殿。名曰羅縵。以金銀水精瑠璃珊瑚虎珀車𤦲為殿。我等四人當供給使。晚臥早起心存教勅。便可止此。不須到他面。彌蓮即與四女人入城。上七寶殿上日日極意。在此城中千有餘歲。後彌蓮自念。是四女人不欲令我去行到他面。何等意耶。彌蓮伺四女人寢臥。竊起下殿出城前行。遙見金城。樹木浴池事事如前。有八女人。端正要說辭皆如前。彌蓮與八女人相樂極意經數千歲。後彌蓮思惟。疑是八女人。不欲令我更到他面。何等意耶。彌蓮伺八女晝臥。竊起前行。遙見水精城。樹木浴池事事如前。有十六女人從城出迎辭說如前。彌蓮即與十六女。共樂極意經數千歲。彌蓮復去乃見瑠璃城。事亦如前。三十二女從城出迎。彌蓮與女共樂極意經數千歲。後出城前行。遙見鐵城。中了無迎者。彌蓮入城門。有鬼問之。彌蓮為行道。城中目見一男子。字俱引。燒鐵輪走其頭上。由入諸城坐不厭足。故使燒鐵輪走我頭上。彌蓮念。羅縵殿屑末殿羅摩殿氾欝單殿。淚出言。我何事入是中耶。彌蓮語灌鐵城鬼言。入燒鐵輪走我頭上何時當脫耶。鬼報言。有人如卿來乃得脫耳。佛言。鐵輪走彌蓮頭上。却後六十億萬歲乃得脫耳。彌蓮者我身是。未求道時。愚癡沐浴著新衣脚蹋母頭。是故燒頭一日。八關齋四月心猶歡喜。故得四寶城金銀水精瑠璃。壽數千萬歲。是故世間人至死不厭五欲。所思欲人。不孝父母師。車輪踐之。當如彌蓮矣（出彌蓮經又出福報經）。

Formerly, among five hundred merchants, one was named Maitrakanyaka, who was the most senior elder. The five hundred men shared a ship to enter the sea, but a makara fish smashed their ship, and all five hundred died. Maitrakanyaka survived by riding a plank. On the shore of Bhīma, to guard against fish, he ran east and west. He saw a small path, followed it, and saw a silver city. Its trees reached to the heavens, with bathing pools between them. The city was square, surrounded by moated waters. Four women came out from the city, upright and beautiful as jade. Together the women welcomed Maitrakanyaka, saying: 'You have labored in such solitude! Great congratulations on coming here! We have long yearned to see you and will attend upon you, benevolent sir. Today this silver city belongs to you, benevolent sir. In the city there is happiness, trees reaching to the heavens, moated waters, bathing pools, pleasure pavilions, and cottages. In the city there is a palace of seven jewels, named Luoman. The palace is made of gold, silver, crystal, lapis lazuli, coral, amber, and giant clam shell. The four of us will supply your service, lying down late and rising early, bearing your instructions in mind. You may reside here; there is no need to go to other quarters.' Maitrakanyaka then entered the city with the four women, ascended the seven-jewel palace, and enjoyed himself to the utmost day after day, staying in this city for over a thousand years. Later Maitrakanyaka thought to himself: 'These four women do not want me to leave and go to other quarters; what could their intention be?' Waiting until the four women were asleep, Maitrakanyaka secretly got up, went down from the palace, exited the city, and proceeded forward. In the distance he saw a golden city, with trees and bathing pools, everything just as before. There were eight women, whose uprightness, charm, and words were all as before. Maitrakanyaka made merry to the utmost with the eight women for several thousand years. Later Maitrakanyaka reflected and suspected: 'These eight women do not want me to go to other quarters again; what could their intention be?' Waiting until the eight women were asleep during the day, Maitrakanyaka secretly got up and went forward. In the distance he saw a crystal city, with trees and bathing pools, everything just as before. Sixteen women came out from the city to welcome him, their words as before. Maitrakanyaka then made merry to the utmost with the sixteen women for several thousand years. Maitrakanyaka left again and saw a lapis lazuli city, with things also as before. Thirty-two women came out from the city to welcome him. Maitrakanyaka made merry to the utmost with the women for several thousand years. Later he exited the city and went forward. In the distance he saw an iron city, where there was nobody at all to welcome him. Maitrakanyaka entered the city gate. A ghost asked him, and Maitrakanyaka walked on. Inside the city his eyes saw a man named Guhyin, on whose head a burning iron wheel was revolving: 'Because I entered the various cities and was seated without contentment, this caused a burning iron wheel to revolve on my head.' Maitrakanyaka recalled the Luoman palace, the Xemuo palace, the Luomo palace, and the Fanyudan palace, and with tears falling he said: 'For what reason did I enter this place?' Maitrakanyaka asked the ghost of the molten iron city: 'When the burning iron wheel enters and revolves on my head, when will I be released?' The ghost replied: 'Only when someone like you comes will you be released.' The Buddha said: 'The iron wheel revolved on Maitrakanyaka's head, and only after sixty billion ten thousand years was he released. Maitrakanyaka was myself. Before I sought the Path, when I foolishly bathed and put on new clothes, I stepped on my mother's head with my foot. Therefore my head burned for a day. Because I observed the eight precepts for four months with a joyful mind, I obtained the four jewel cities of gold, silver, crystal, and lapis lazuli, with a lifespan of tens of millions of years. Therefore, worldly people do not tire of the five desires until death. Those who pursue sensual desires and are unfilial to parents and teachers will have a cart wheel tread upon them, just like Maitrakanyaka' (from the Milian jing and also from the Fobao jing).