經律異相 47.15

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師子王生住深。山大谷。方頰巨骨身肉肥滿。頭大眼長眉高而廣。口鼻淵方齒齊而利。吐赤白舌雙耳高上。脩脊細腰其腹不現。六牙長尾髦髮光潤。自知氣力牙爪鋒芒。四足據地安住巖穴振尾出聲。若有能具如是相者。當知真師子王。晨朝出穴嚬申欠呿。四向顧視發聲震吼。為十一事。一壞實非師子詐作師子。二自試身力。三令住處淨。四使子知處。五群輩無怖心。六睡者得覺。七諸獸不敢放逸。八諸獸得來依附。九調大香象。十告諸子息。十一莊嚴眷屬。凡聞師子吼。水住深潛。陸行藏穴。高飛墮落。厩中香象振鎖斷絕失糞怖走。猶如野干。雖學師子至百千年。終不能作師子之吼。若師子子生始三歲則能哮吼。香山徑有師子。飛鳥走獸絕跡不闚。一切畜生。師子為最（出涅槃經第二十五卷又大智論）。

The lion king is born and dwells in deep mountains and great valleys. His jowls are square and his bones massive; his body and flesh are plump and full. His head is large, his eyes long, and his brow high and broad. His mouth and muzzle are deep and square, his teeth even and sharp. He extends a red and white tongue, his ears are erect and high. His back is long, his waist slender, and his belly is not seen. He has six canines and a long tail, and his mane is glossy and sleek. He knows his own strength and the sharpness of his claws and teeth. Planting his four feet firmly on the ground, he abides securely in the rock cave, lashes his tail, and roars. If there is one who possesses such features, know that he is a true lion king. Emerging from the cave at dawn, he stretches and yawns, glances around in the four directions, and lets out a resounding roar for eleven purposes: first, to unmask those who are not true lions but falsely pretend to be; second, to test his own bodily strength; third, to purify his dwelling place; fourth, to let his cubs know where he is; fifth, to remove fear from his pack; sixth, to awaken those who are asleep; seventh, to keep the beasts from falling into negligence; eighth, to allow the beasts to come and take refuge with him; ninth, to tame the great gandhahastins; tenth, to instruct his cubs; eleventh, to adorn his retinue. Whenever the roar of the lion is heard, those dwelling in water dive deep, those roaming on land hide in their burrows, and those flying high tumble down. The gandhahastins in the stables shake and break their chains, evacuate in terror, and flee. It is like the jackal: even if it imitates a lion for a hundred or thousand years, it can never make a lion's roar. When a lion cub is only three years old, it is able to roar. Where a lion treads the paths of the Gandhamādana mountains, flying birds and running beasts vanish without looking back. Among all animals, the lion is supreme. (Extracted from the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, fascicle 25, and also the Da zhidu lun)