[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [經律異相](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121) › 43.17 # 經律異相 43.17 經律異相 43.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [43.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.43.17) 昔有薩薄。聞於外國更有異寶。欲往治生。而二國中間有羅剎難。不可得過。薩薄遊行見市西門。有一道人空床上坐云賣五戒。薩薄問云五戒云何。答曰。無形直。口受心持。後得生天。見世能却羅剎鬼難。薩薄欲買。問索幾錢。答金錢一千。即就授與受五戒竟。語言。卿向外國到界畔上。羅剎若來卿但語言。我是釋迦五戒弟子。薩薄少時到二國中間。見羅剎。身長一丈三尺。頭黃如蘘。眼如赤丁。舉體鱗甲。更互開口如魚鼓鰓。仰接飛鷰踏地沒膝。口熱血流。群眾數千直捉薩薄。語言。我是釋迦五戒弟子。羅剎聞此永不肯放。薩薄聊以兩拳扠之。拳入鱗甲拔不得出。又以脚踏頭。撞拔復不出。五體沒鱗甲中。唯背得動。羅剎謂言。 > Anciently, there was a caravan leader who heard that there were rare treasures in a foreign land and wished to go there to trade. However, between the two countries there was the danger of rākṣasas, making it impassable. The caravan leader travelled about and saw at the west gate of the marketplace a man of the Way sitting on an empty couch, saying that he was selling the five precepts. The caravan leader asked, “What are the five precepts?” He answered, “They have no physical form or price. Received by mouth and held in the mind, one will later be born in heaven, and in this present lifetime one can ward off the dangers of rākṣasas and demons.” The caravan leader wished to buy them and asked how much he sought. He replied, “One thousand gold coins.” He then conferred them upon him, and having received the five precepts, he told him, “When you head to the foreign land and arrive at the border, if a rākṣasa comes, you need only say: ‘I am a disciple of Śākya of the five precepts.’” A short while later, the caravan leader reached the area between the two countries and saw a rākṣasa. His body was one zhang and three chi tall; his head was yellow like tinder; his eyes were like red spikes; his whole body was covered in scales and armour; his mouth opened and closed alternately like a fish fanning its gills; he looked up to catch flying swallows, and his footsteps sank into the earth up to the knees; his mouth was hot and flowing with blood. A host of several thousands rushed directly to seize the caravan leader. He said, “I am a disciple of Śākya of the five precepts.” Hearing this, the rākṣasa refused to let him go under any circumstances. The caravan leader struck him casually with both fists, but his fists penetrated the scales and armour and could not be pulled out. He then kicked with his feet and struck with his head, but they could not be pulled out either. His five limbs were sunken into the scales and armour, and only his back could move. The rākṣasa said to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 43.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.43.16) - [Next: 43.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.43.18) - [Up: 43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.43) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121~en-mt.43.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.27.11) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.43.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2121.43.17) · Pramāṇa