經律異相 44.42

44.42

昔有一人於兩業。有二婦適詣小婦。小婦語言。我年少。婿年老。我不樂住。可往大婦處作居。其婿拔去白髮。適至大婦處。大婦語言。我年老頭已白。婿頭黑宜去。於是拔黑作白。如是不止。頭遂禿盡。二婦惡之。便各捨去。坐愁致死。過去世時作寺中狗。水東一寺水西一寺。聞揵搥鳴狗便往得食。後日二寺同時鳴磬。狗浮水欲渡。適欲至西復恐東寺食好。向東復恐西寺食好。如是猶豫溺死水中（出十卷譬喻經）。

Formerly, there was a man who lived between two households and had two wives. He went to his younger wife, who said to him: 'I am young, but my husband is old; I take no joy in living together. You may go live with the elder wife.' Her husband then plucked out his white hairs. When he arrived at the elder wife's place, she said to him: 'I am old and my head is already white, but my husband's head is black; you should leave.' Thereupon she plucked out his black hairs to make them white. Continuing in this way without stopping, his head became completely bald. Both wives loathed him and each abandoned him. Dying of sorrow and grief, in a past life he was a dog in a monastery. There was a monastery east of a river and another monastery west of the river. Hearing the sounding-block struck, the dog would go there to get food. Later, both monasteries sounded their chimes at the same time. The dog swam in the water wishing to cross: just as he was about to reach the west, he feared the food at the eastern monastery would be better; turning toward the east, he feared the food at the western monastery would be better. Hesitating in this manner, he drowned in the water. (Extracted from the Ten Fascicles Parable Sūtra).