經律異相 46.11

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過去世時。有阿修羅王。名羅睺羅。生於一女。殊特端正。女德六十四種。無不具足。口吐言氣如優鉢羅華。身出牛頭旃檀之香。面色紅白見者愛樂。時釋提桓因作是念言。此宮諸女多有端正。比須輪女而皆不及。今我集兵往伐取之給我驅使。即召諸天具言此事。諸天啟曰。行可遣執樂神等。手執九十一絃琉璃之琴（胎經云九十九絃）歌我天人受福快樂。即勅執樂天子般遮翼等。嚴駕樂器到婆私呵前彈琴。現意言曰。欲得婆私呵與我給使。若不與者當以兵取。須輪大瞋。我亦有力足相擬逆。般遮翼等即報帝釋。時須輪集兵到須彌山側。壞曲脚天宮。次壞風天宮馬宮莊嚴等諸天宮。乃至四門。帝釋憶本所誦而呪之。須輪兵眾漸漸却退。引四種軍入拘郗羅池藕莖孔中。有一士夫見之。自念。我狂失性謬覩異事。佛告比丘。此真實也。時釋提桓因集諸天眾從四門出。但見刀鎧弓箭在地。不見須輪眾。轉前進直入阿須輪宮殿。見婆私呵女數千萬眾。不見阿須輪。將諸女眾歸詣忉利宮。時諸阿須輪等求哀歸命。向釋提桓因言。我等愚惑不識佛弟子神力巍巍。我等先祖信奉如來。聞佛有戒不取他物。今天王釋將我眷屬盡填天宮。非佛弟子之所應行。帝釋聞之悵然不樂。我寧當奉禁不犯偷盜。即還諸女。時阿須輪王以最可愛女奉上帝釋。帝釋即以甘露為報。須輪與天和好。共持如來三歸八戒（出胎經及出譬喻經下卷）。

In a past age, there was an asura king named Rāhula. He fathered a daughter who was exceptionally lovely and upright, completely endowed with all sixty-four feminine virtues. Her breath was like an utpala flower, and her body emitted the fragrance of ox-head sandalwood. Her complexion was fair and rosy, pleasing and delightful to all who saw her. At that time, Śakra Devānām Indra had this thought: "The maidens in this palace are mostly fair and upright, yet none can compare to the daughter of the asura. Now I shall gather an army to go attack, take her, and make her serve me." He immediately summoned the devas and told them the matter in full. The devas said, "You should send the musicians of the Gandharva devas, holding ninety-one-stringed lapis lazuli lutes (the Garbhāvakrānti Sūtra says ninety-nine strings) in their hands, to sing of the blessings and happiness enjoyed by our celestials." He then commanded the heavenly son of musicians, Pañcaśikha, and others to equip the musical instruments and go before Vāsiṭṭha to play the lute, expressing his intent: "We wish to obtain Vāsiṭṭha to serve me. If you do not give her, we will take her by force of arms." The asura grew enraged: "I too have sufficient strength to resist you!" Pañcaśikha and the others immediately reported this to Śakra. Then the asuras assembled their forces and came beside Mount Sumeru, destroying the Qujiao heavenly palace, then the wind deity palace, the horse palace, the adornment palace, and other heavenly palaces, all the way to the four gates. Śakra remembered what he had originally recited and chanted the spell over them. The asura forces gradually fell back and retreated, leading their fourfold army into the hollow of the lotus stalks in Lake Kokiṭa. A man saw this and thought to himself, "I have gone mad and lost my wits, mistakenly seeing bizarre things." The Buddha told the monks, "This was real." Then Śakra Devānām Indra assembled the celestial hosts and went out through the four gates, but saw only swords, armour, bows, and arrows on the ground, and did not see the asura host. Advancing further, they went straight into the palace of the asura, where they saw tens of millions of Vāsiṭṭha women, but did not see the asuras. He brought the women back to the Trāyastriṃśa palace. At that time, the asuras begged for mercy and took refuge, saying to Śakra Devānām Indra, "We were foolish and deluded, not recognizing the majestic spiritual power of the Buddha's disciple. Our ancestors had faith in and venerated the Tathāgata, and heard that the Buddha has a precept against taking what belongs to others. Now the Heavenly King Śakra has taken our kin to fill the heavenly palace entirely; this is not the proper conduct of a disciple of the Buddha." When Śakra heard this, he felt dejected and displeased, [thinking,] "I must rather uphold the precepts and not commit theft." He immediately returned the women. Then the asura king offered his most beloved daughter to Śakra, and Śakra reciprocated with amṛta. The asuras and the devas reconciled and lived in harmony, together upholding the Tathāgata's three refuges and eight precepts (from the Garbhāvakrānti Sūtra and the second fascicle of the Avadāna Sūtra).